North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,232 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($37,732). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $133k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $978k
What The Stanly County Historical Society Inc does
Mission
The stanly county historical society promotes knowledge,under- standing and appreciation of stanly countys rich heritage and history through education and preservation of artifacts and historic sites.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The society owns two historically significant houses in the county that are available for prearranged tours for school groups and the general public, free of charge, staffed by volunteer docents. There were around 500 visitors to these properties this year. The society also held free, special events at the properties which brought in an additional 1,200 visitors. These were also staffed by volunteers.
$35,060 spent$61 earned by the program60% of program spendingThe society has free monthly programs featuring a speaker on local historical people or events. In-person events had approximately 569 attendees, on-line presentations had over 21,400 viewers.
$17,204 spent$173 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe society awarded two grants this year. A grant was given to the local boy scout troop to be used in the restoration of the local historic boy scout hut. Another grant was given to local artists for the restoration of a historic ghost mural.
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $58,264.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $380k to $669k (+76%).
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.
23% of THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 1 of the last 6 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
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $38k → $14k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL 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 STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 32% · 2022 48% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
58% of THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $35k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $48k 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 STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin 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
Organizations like THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,232 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($37,732). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $83,232 in grants to THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $37,732 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE STANLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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