Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $294,413 to it, the largest being FRANK G & FRIEDA K BROTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($67,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $477k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $294k
- Net assets
- $563k
What Sheboygan County Historical Research Centerinc does
Mission
The sheboygan county historical research center serves the public by collecting, preserving and making available the written documentation and images of sheboygan county.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
HISTORY PUBLICATIONS OUTREACH: Each year more than 100 articles and a number of local history books are published and share the countys stories and resources with its citizens. Articles are researched by staff and volunteers and published in local newspapers, newsletters, online on SCHRCs website and Facebook feeds. The new books are sold in SCHRCs store and online at schrc.org.
$67,947 spent$6,260 earned by the program34% of program spendingEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING: Each year more than 50 educational programs are offered to the public. The objective of our programming is to encourage lifelong learning and the development of a deeper understanding of the history around us. Most programs are free of charge. They include Second Saturdays-Journeys into History speakers series,History on the Move local history series,genealogy classes,gravestone cleaning workshops,history-themed book club, annual meeting,and much more. On average about 3000 are served through our programs.
$67,862 spent34% of program spendingRESEARCH AND USE OF COLLECTIONS: The Sheboygan County Historical Research Center was formed in 1983 to provide a central and safe place to store and use valuable historical documents not saved elsewhere. Since then between 4,000 and 5,000 researchers visit the Research Center each year to use its resources. Last year they came from 26 states,the Netherlands,and Germany. Some 10,000 queries (questions) were answered by phone, email and snail mail. The Research Center is open to the public 50 weeks per year, 4 days per week. Other events occur weekends and evenings. The Research Center has a collection of almost 1,000,000 photographs (images, negatives, slides and digital images) and over 2,000,000 documents. Each year hundreds of collection items are donated by the general public. They are processed, organized and made available for use by the general public. 99% of the collection is open to use by the public.
$64,717 spent$3,592 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,526.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $427k to $1.1M (+148%).
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 24% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $8k → $47k.
2 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC’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
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 55% · 2019 69% · 2020 35% · 2021 52% · 2022 37% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“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
60% of SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
99% of SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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In Wisconsin
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC: 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 SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC?
- SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $294,413 to it, the largest being FRANK G & FRIEDA K BROTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($67,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $294,413 in grants to SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC?
- FRANK G & FRIEDA K BROTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $67,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing