Michigan · Nonprofit
WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,500 to it, the largest being DUFFY FOUNDATION ERIK H SERR ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,904 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,904 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Ann Arbor Sparklocalportfolio match
- James a and Faith Knight Foundationshared funderslocal
- Indiana Historical Societyportfolio match
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.
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.
36% of WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $9k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of WASHTENAW 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
WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 56% · 2018 50% · 2019 67% · 2020 50% · 2021 44% · 2022 67% · 2023 67% — 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
100% of WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 3 funders put you under-funded among the 330 organizations that share them.
- Ann Arbor Sparklocalportfolio matchMI · funds 414 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- James a and Faith Knight Foundationshared funderslocalMI · backs 28 organizations that share your funders · funds 51 organizations near you
- Indiana Historical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The William G Pomeroy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Indiana Humanities Council Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wisconsin Humanities Council Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jeffris Family Foundation Ltdportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Minnesota Historical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Humanities Kansas Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Greater Hudson Heritage Networkportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Arlin Falck Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ohio Humanities Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 WASHTENAW 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,500 to it, the largest being DUFFY FOUNDATION ERIK H SERR ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $111,500 in grants to WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- DUFFY FOUNDATION ERIK H SERR 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 WASHTENAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 3funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing