Colorado · Nonprofit
San Juan County Historical Society
San Juan County Historical Society (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,000 to it, the largest being GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $496k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What San Juan County Historical Society does
Mission
Education of public on local history and preservation of historical buildings and mining sites.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
The San Juan County Historical Society (SJCHS) was established in 1964 as a Non-profit 501(c)(3) Colorado Corporation for preserving the history of San Juan County, Colorado.Our mining heritage has been the heart of San Juan Countys development. Many service industries were instrumental in the success of the mining industry including the railroad for transportation of the ores, Otto Mears toll road system, the mining of precious metals (from numerous mines, the mills and smelters, boarding houses) and the support towns that followed the big strikes, which provided employment, supplies, housing, cultural opportunities, and entertainment.The Town of Silverton, the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and the Mayflower Mill have each been designated a National Historical Landmark. The Old Hundred Boarding House, owned by SJCHS, is on the Colorado list of Historic Places. Properties owned by the San Juan Historical Society include the Mayflower Mill the Little Nation Mill (located at Howardsville), the Silverton Northern Engine House (housing the famous 315 narrow gauge steam locomotive), the oldest caboose in the state of Colorado, the Casey Jones, and the Silverton Power…
$286,811 spent$111,283 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $286,811.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.9M to $2.3M (+20%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Beverly Rich
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of San Juan County Historical Society’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
San Juan County Historical Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of San Juan County Historical Society's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
San Juan County Historical Society runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Government funding San Juan County Historical Society receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78k on record.
- Department of the Interior$78k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like San Juan County Historical Society
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for San Juan County Historical Society: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds San Juan County Historical Society?
- San Juan County Historical Society (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,000 to it, the largest being GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does San Juan County Historical Society have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $32,000 in grants to San Juan County Historical Society.
- Who is the largest funder of San Juan County Historical Society?
- GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like San Juan County Historical Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing