Kentucky · Nonprofit
SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC
SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,128,817 to it, the largest being TIRBRACKEN GREEN FOUNDATION INC ($1,328,285). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc does
Mission
Shaker village is on a mission to inspire generations through discovery by sharing the legacies of the kentucky shakers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program/preservation: shaker village maintains and preserves 34 original historic structures and 3,000 acres of land that was settled in 1805 by members of the united society of believers in christ's second appearing, the group more commonly known as the shakers. The site is the largest such site in america and is one of the most extensive intact examples possessing a high degree of integrity even to this day. The buildings that have been preserved are considered to be exquisite examples of the harmonious relationship between functional architecture and a beautiful rolling landscape. This is especially important considering the fact that the buildings were all designed and built by uneducated yet very skilled craftsmen using rudimentary, handmade tools. Shaker village conducts a variety of activities and programs designed to help educate the public on the lives of the individuals who settled this community with a focus on the impact their contributions made to the development of the american frontier. The site is considered one of the country's finest historic outdoor educational sites because of the interpretation program that is focused on the social, entrepreneurial and…
$2,853,665 spent$701,930 earned by the program43% of program spendingDining services: shaker village features a dining experience that is well known for friendly service and shaker-inspired recipes. Dining on the property is considered to be a vital component of the educational experience of our guests. Featured dishes include locally grown vegetables, fruits, and meats. The dining service maintains and interprets a large garden located just outside of the dining facility. The garden produce is used to create many of the dishes featured in the dining room. Through this activity shaker village is better able to interpret the sustainability aspects of the shaker lifestyle.
$2,240,821 spent$1,854,246 earned by the program33% of program spendingLodging: guests at shaker village may also take advantage of a unique opportunity to lodge within the historic buildings. Rooms have been decorated in a minimalist fashion to feature shaker-designed furniture and to offer the same peaceful atmosphere that many of the original shaker journals document. Our goal is to provide experiences to our guests that help them fully understand the shaker life and the relevancy that experience still holds today.
$964,110 spent$1,412,293 earned by the program14% of program spendingCraft sales: traditional crafts are an important component to the experience at shaker village. Guests may engage with interpreters to make boxes, brooms, barrels, and baskets as well as rugs, intricate weavings, and other fiber arts items. This is important to our educational initiatives but we have also been able to offer the guests the opportunity to purchase these items through our craft stores. In addition, the stores offer a variety of traditional kentucky craft items along with a fine selection of books on shaker, american, and kentucky history. The sale of these items supports the village's on-going educational programs and is an important avenue for deepening the understanding of our guests to the history of site and the shaker community.
$633,381 spent$676,443 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,691,977.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2017 to 2018, from $25M to $22M (−11%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 16% · 2022 16% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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
Ann B Bakhaus
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $411k → $1.1M.
11 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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
SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 42% · 2019 26% · 2020 32% · 2021 48% · 2022 46% · 2023 29% — broadly stable.
“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.
How long its funders stay
52% of SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $959k on record.
- Department of the Interior$734k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$130k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$96k
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 SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Tirbracken Green Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC?
- SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,128,817 to it, the largest being TIRBRACKEN GREEN FOUNDATION INC ($1,328,285). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $5,128,817 in grants to SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC?
- TIRBRACKEN GREEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,328,285 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 37 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