Georgia · Nonprofit
THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,275 to it, the largest being HMS FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $165k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $559k
What The Southern Jewish Historical Society does
Mission
The promotion of research into and the study of Jewish history in the South and the collection, preservation, exhibition, publication, and popularization of materials relating to the experience of Jews in the region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publications: Southern Jewish History annual academic journal vol. 28; The Rambler quarterly newsletter; website with bibliography of Southern Jewish historical books and publications, next conference program, past conference lists.
$27,157 spent$3,753 earned by the program64% of program spendingIn-person conference held in conjunction with Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY.
$7,717 spent$2,021 earned by the program18% of program spendingProvided research grants ranging, ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. These grants included: work on the Beth El Civil Rights Experience project; understanding Jewishness, Family, Commerce, and Slavery in Early and Antebellum America; research on southern Jewish politics; and a book project on the "worst people in America".
$7,530 spentof which $7,530 as grants18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,404.
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.
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 $322k to $457k (+42%).
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.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $600 → $11k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY’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 SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 50% · 2019 80% · 2020 97% · 2021 99% · 2022 94% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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
25% of THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
92% of THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 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 THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,275 to it, the largest being HMS FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $72,275 in grants to THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- HMS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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