Ohio · Nonprofit
TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY
TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500,000 to it, the largest being ASHLAND UNIVERSITY ($2,500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Teaching American History does
Mission
We support teachers of american history, government and civics, believing they do the most important work in america. We help them bring the documents and debates of america's past into the present through free document-based seminars, document collections both online and in print, and other resources. We are dedicated to making every american history, government, and civics class in america its best.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Primary documents present america's story in the words of those who wrote it. When students read these documents they have direct access to the minds of those, both great and humble, who shaped our nation's history. They can see the challenges earlier generations faced, examine their intentions, and join the great debates that guided their choices. As a teacher in our programs put it, "reading primary documents allows students to ask questions of themselves, ask questions of each other, and ultimately ask questions of history."
$1,850,585 spentof which $1,850,585 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,850,585.
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 2024 to 2025, from $10M to $11M (+4%).
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.
61% of TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY's grant income comes from Ohio 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
TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY: 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 TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY?
- TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500,000 to it, the largest being ASHLAND UNIVERSITY ($2,500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500,000 in grants to TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY.
- Who is the largest funder of TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY?
- ASHLAND UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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