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THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC

THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,596,251 to it, the largest being SOTIRIOS ZERVOULIAS & LEA SOUPATA Z ZERVOULIAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($820,646). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.5M
Funders on record
29
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$829k
21/29 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What The National Hellenic Society Inc does

Mission

Perpetuate the values and ideals of the hellenic heritage - humanistic & classical - associated with greek democracy.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Heritage greececontribute to the american college of greece to accomplish nhs's mission to perpetuate the values and ideals of the hellenic heritage by granting students of hellenic heritage an opportunity to explore and experience their roots, with classes at the american college of greece and various expeditions.

    $423,137 spent
    26% of program spending
  2. Heritage weekend classic:to promote hellenic values and ideals in a symposium format and workshops.

    $729,256 spent
    45% of program spending
  3. Chaptersto support nhs chapters.

    $74,047 spent
    5% of program spending
  4. Other program services included nhs films and documentaries, my greek table, parea website, music program and other programs.

    $380,955 spent
    24% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,607,395.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($293k)2018 Revenue 167 ($1.7M) Expenses 94 ($1.2M) Net assets 248 ($726k)2019 Revenue 115 ($1.2M) Expenses 96 ($1.3M) Net assets 203 ($596k)2020 Revenue 45 ($455k) Expenses 33 ($444k) Net assets 207 ($606k)2021 Revenue 87 ($870k) Expenses 74 ($989k) Net assets 166 ($487k)2022 Revenue 130 ($1.3M) Expenses 111 ($1.5M) Net assets 108 ($317k)2023 Revenue 120 ($1.2M) Expenses 105 ($1.4M) Net assets 43 ($126k)2024 Revenue 244 ($2.5M) Expenses 132 ($1.8M) Net assets 283 ($829k)
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Revenue (244)Expenses (132)Net assets (283)Peer revenue range

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 $390k to $1.2M (+204%).

$580k
$763k
$648k
$661k
$559k
$487k
$390k
$1.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

71% of THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$323k
’17
$433k
’18
−$130k
’19
$11k
’20
−$119k
’21
−$170k
’22
−$191k
’23
$699k
’24
3.0
months of
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

Art Dimopolous

Executive director

Board chair

George Marcus

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Listed1817191820202021
Joined·+6+2+0+4+0+0+7
No longer listed·7012006
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $10k → $150k.

6 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $211k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Elios Charitable Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC raised.

From the IRS filings of THE NATIONAL HELLENIC 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 NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

51%
largest funder
68%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 30% · 2021 36% · 2022 26% · 2023 23% — 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

40% of THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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 NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 12 states in all.

IL
WI
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $266k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 8%Fundraising 1%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

73%

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 NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC?
THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,596,251 to it, the largest being SOTIRIOS ZERVOULIAS & LEA SOUPATA Z ZERVOULIAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($820,646). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $1,596,251 in grants to THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC?
SOTIRIOS ZERVOULIAS & LEA SOUPATA Z ZERVOULIAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $820,646 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 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