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EIN 36-4328170

The HistoryMakers

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
15
City
Chicago
State
Illinois
Year formed
1999
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
A80: Historical Societies, Historical Preservation
Description
The HistoryMakers is committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans. Here is how we do it.
Total revenues
$3,558,124
2022
Total expenses
$2,326,816
2022
Total assets
$12,806,180
2022
Num. employees
15
2022

Program areas at The HistoryMakers

Digital video oral history interviews: video taped oral history interviews. Each Historymakers interview is approximately 4 hours in length (includes background research, videotape editing, transcribing, encoding, digitizing, and archiving each interview).website: development and maintenance of The Historymakers website that allows users to sample The archive holdings on The internet.digital library: The library currently houses over 12,500 images, audio, and video files.

Who funds The HistoryMakers

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation2023 Grant Award 1 of 4$250,000
New York Life FoundationCca General$250,000
Lincoln Financial FoundationSpecial Initiatives$100,000
...and 18 more grants received totalling $1,096,046

Personnel at The HistoryMakers

NameTitleCompensation
Zhu SunChief of Staff$125,000
Toni Cook BushRegent , Smithsonian Institute
Al B. ReidBoard Member$0
Julieanna L RichardsonFounder and President$160,000
Andrea L TaylorSecretary$0
...and 2 more key personnel

Financials for The HistoryMakers

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,458,279
Program services$948,058
Investment income and dividends$107,840
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$43,387
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$560
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$3,558,124

Form 990s for The HistoryMakers

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-08-14990View PDF
2021-122022-08-04990View PDF
2020-122021-08-25990View PDF
2019-122021-01-28990View PDF
2018-122020-02-10990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Irondale ProductionsBrooklyn, NY$946,949
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Catapult Film FundBerkeley, CA$894,759
OTV Open TelevisionChicago, IL$1,004,042
Visual Communications MediaLos Angeles, CA$1,036,459
Data update history
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $30,733 from American Online Giving Foundation
March 11, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
January 3, 2024
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $250,000 from New York Life Foundation
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $80,000 from American Endowment Foundation
October 9, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesAfrican AmericansHistory
Characteristics
Receives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
1900 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
Metro area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
County
Cook County, IL
Website URL
thehistorymakers.org/contact-us 
Phone
(312) 674-1900
Facebook page
TheHstryMakers 
Twitter profile
@thehstrymakers 
IRS details
EIN
36-4328170
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1999
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A80: Historical Societies, Historical Preservation
NAICS code, primary
512110: Motion Picture and Video Production
Parent/child status
Independent
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