Illinois · Nonprofit
THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC
THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,128,000 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT AND ILDIKO BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($296,924). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $915k
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What The Irish Georgian Society Inc does
Mission
To conserve, protect, and foster interest in irelands architectural heritage, historic structures, and decorative arts, including gardens and landscapes, and to support educational undertakings and outreach activities to raise public awareness and appreciation of the foregoing.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To conserve, protect, and foster interest in irelands architectural heritage, historic structures, and decorative arts, including gardens and landscapes, and to support initiatives such as educational undertakings and outreach activities to raise public awareness and appreciation of all of the foregoing through lectures, conferences and other similar events.
$144,950 spent$130,270 earned by the program31% of program spendingSirius arts centre - the restoration and preservation of the sirius arts centre in cork, ireland (formerly the clubhouse of the royal cork yacht club). This 1850s building is the only work of architect anthony salvin in ireland and is of international importance.
$259,941 spentof which $259,941 as grants55% of program spendingIgf grants - a bequest from the estate of the late richard anderson to the irish georgian foundation in ireland, to further the mission of the society in any and all ways.
$42,174 spentof which $42,174 as grants9% of program spendingMembership dues - the irish georgian society, inc. (igs inc) encourages the appreciation and conservation of irelands architecture and decorative arts. We have chapters in chicago, new york, boston and palm beach. Membership dues collected in the united states are granted to the igf.
$15,480 spentof which $15,480 as grants$26,745 earned by the program3% of program spendingJournal - the igf produces an annual academic journal in dublin. Funds raised for this purpose in the united states by the igs inc are granted to the igf.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants2% of program spendingBuilding conservation fund - the preservation and conservation of important buildings or architectural elements of buildings in ireland. Funds raised for this purpose by igs inc are granted to the igf.
$500 spentof which $500 as grants0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $473,045.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $1.3M (+19%).
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: 2020 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Michael G Kerrigan
Executive director
Board chair
John M Sullivan Jr
Chairman/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 12 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $240k → $107k.
4 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC’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 IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY 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
40% 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 IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 51% · 2019 45% · 2020 52% · 2021 71% · 2022 57% · 2023 52% — 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
29% of THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $457k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC?
- THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,128,000 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT AND ILDIKO BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($296,924). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,128,000 in grants to THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC?
- THE GILBERT AND ILDIKO BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $296,924 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 28 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