Iowa · Nonprofit
Van Buren County Historical Society
Van Buren County Historical Society (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,645 to it, the largest being QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($88,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $201k
- Net assets
- $179k
What Van Buren County Historical Society does
Mission
Collect Preserve and Promote Local Histo
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Renovation of the Twombley Museum and operation of museum; open to the public for the preservation of the history of Van Buren County
$49,770 spentof which $33,100 as grants90% of program spendingOperation of Welcome Center and organization of community events to promote the preservation of history of Van Buren County
$4,271 spent8% of program spendingOngoing restoration and upkeep of the Pearson House and conducting tours to over 400 people in Van Buren County
$1,272 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,313.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $138k to $179k (+30%).
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.
86% of Van Buren County Historical Society’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $65k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 Van Buren County 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
Van Buren County Historical Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 Van Buren County Historical Society.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 55% · 2020 67% · 2021 94% · 2022 96% · 2023 38% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of Van Buren County Historical Society's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $89k 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.
Against its field
Van Buren County Historical Society runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Van Buren County Historical Society
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Van Buren County 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 Van Buren County Historical Society?
- Van Buren County Historical Society (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,645 to it, the largest being QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($88,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Van Buren County Historical Society have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $200,645 in grants to Van Buren County Historical Society, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Van Buren County Historical Society?
- QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $88,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Van Buren County Historical Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 5 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