New York · Nonprofit
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,602 to it, the largest being THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE NY COUNTY CLERK INC ($184,502). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $513k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $687k
- Net assets
- $758k
What The Historical Society of the New York Courts does
Mission
The mission of the society is as follows: - to preserve the legal history of the state of new york; - to foster scholarly understanding and public appreciation of the history of the new york courts and the contribution of the judicial branch of government to new york state and the nation; - to encourage research into the history and development of the courts of new york and of the common law, and to exchange and disseminate information; - to issue publications in all formats; - to gather, collect, hold, preserve and make available to scholars appropriate collections of artifacts and other materials; - to sponsor appropriate permanent, temporary and traveling exhibits and displays; - to undertake appropriate programs and events; and - to place markers at appropriate historic sites and seek to preserve and maintain those sites.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student initiativesin 2025, the society continued its expansion of its educational programming, emphasizing working with other civics organizations and developing relationships with schools. This resulted in four class visits to different schools, on topics that included career modeling, contract law, and criminal law, as well as presentations for students, educators, and civics partners. The society also continued to award students in a law day art contest, developed in partnership with the unified court system. The society awarded $1,000 total in three top prizes for students who produced artwork on the american bar association's law day theme. In 2025, the theme was the constitution's promise: out of many, one.
$65,664 spentof which $1,000 as grants22% of program spendingPublications- the society published and distributed to its members the 2025 annual calendar. The topic for the 2025 calendar is new york: over a century at the center of preservation law.- the society also published its 19th issue of judicial notice, its scholarly journal. Articles featured themes including gibbons v. Ogden, workers' compensation law in the state, and the rights of lgbtq people in new york.
$55,842 spent19% of program spendingEducational programs open to the public on topics of nys legal history were conducted in a variety of formats. Most programming was done in-person, or hybrid in-person and virtual. Below is a list of public programs:- hybrid: celebrating the rule of law in new york and south africa | october 21, 2025- in-person: remembering willowbrook: ensuring justice, dignity & inclusion for individuals with intellectual & developmental disabilities | october 27, 2025- in-person: albany's most acclaimed architect: henry hobson richardson | november 17, 2025- in-person: rising to the bench: asian american perspectives from the judiciary | november 17, 2025in addition, the society supported its program partners for the following events:- in-person: the meredith trial: a historical reenactment (appellate division, first department) | february 24, 2025- in-person: screening of abacus: small enough to jail (appellate division, first department) | may 19, 2025- in-person: dedication of the red room at the ny court of appeals as the chief judge judith s. Kaye room (ny court of appeals) | september 12, 2025
$48,090 spent16% of program spendingPodcasts & videocastsin 2025, the society continued its two series chatting with the authors of judicial notice and wrecking ball: tales of preservation, the law, and the places that new yorkers love.- podcast episode #26: samuel jones tilden: lawyer, statesman, and victim of fate (chatting with the authors). Editor-in-chief of judicial notice hon. Helen e. Freedman discusses tilden's career, contributions to new york's legal community, and presidential bid in the 1876 election. - podcast episode #27: a conversation with andrew berman: the "cher" of preservation (wrecking ball). This podcast provides a far-ranging discussion on preservation in new york, past, present, and future, including the case studies of st. Vincent's hospital, the "weatherman house, and university expansions. - podcast episode #28: buffalo v. Rochester: the judge and the anarchist at the dawn of the 20th century (chatting with the authors). This episode explores two prominent, though ideologically opposed figures: john r. Hazel, a powerful gop machine boss from buffalo who became a federal judge, and emma goldman, a russian immigrant from rochester sometimes referred to as the "high priestess of anarchy." -…
$125,483 spentof which $25,275 as grants$10,350 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $295,079.
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 2022 to 2023, from $571k to $878k (+54%).
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 13% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Morey Allison M
Executive director
Board chair
Giuffra Robert J Jr Esq
Chair & trustee
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $9k → $300k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS’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
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
43% 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 THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 62% · 2019 71% · 2020 55% · 2021 33% · 2022 21% · 2023 61% — 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
75% of THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
77% of THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $97k 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.
Against its field
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
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
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS?
- THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,602 to it, the largest being THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE NY COUNTY CLERK INC ($184,502). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $686,602 in grants to THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS?
- THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE NY COUNTY CLERK INC is the largest funder on record, with $184,502 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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