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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FED OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,891,277
Total expenses
$15,445,730
Contributions and grants received
$17,790,316
Grants paid
$13,870,254
Program service revenue
$21,409
Investment income
$41,523
Other revenue
$38,029
Total assets, end of year
$4,007,878
Total liabilities, end of year
$493,784
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,514,094
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,785,239
Management and general expenses
$560,844
Fundraising expenses
$99,647
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,785,239

Program services were 95.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,125,232

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $16,665,084

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT FEES

    total $21,409 · related or exempt $21,409

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,523 · excluded $41,523

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $38,029 · related or exempt $38,029

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $38,029

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,870,254 · program services $13,870,254

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $175,001 · program services $104,395 · management and general $51,961 · fundraising $18,645

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $493,112 · program services $253,909 · management and general $186,307 · fundraising $52,896

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $84,482 · program services $45,395 · management and general $27,290 · fundraising $11,797

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,878 · program services $27,899 · management and general $18,442 · fundraising $5,537

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $28,702 · program services $12,921 · management and general $11,713 · fundraising $4,068

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,800 · management and general $28,800

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $88,207 · program services $88,207

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,626 · management and general $10,626

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,750 · management and general $10,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,405 · program services $17,690 · management and general $31,233 · fundraising $6,482

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $92,991 · management and general $92,991

  • 17 · Travel

    total $257,158 · program services $230,018 · management and general $27,076 · fundraising $64

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,727 · management and general $22,727

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,203 · management and general $6,203

  • 24a · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $80,283 · program services $78,504 · management and general $1,779

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES,SUBS & REGISTRATIO

    total $49,942 · program services $46,995 · management and general $2,789 · fundraising $158

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSES

    total $17,648 · management and general $17,648

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIP AND MAINTENANCE

    total $16,704 · program services $6,769 · management and general $9,935

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,857 · program services $2,283 · management and general $2,574

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $652,122 · end of year $2,497,658

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $35,588

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,809

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,929 · end of year $22,218

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $131,069

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $120,173

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $33,623 · end of year $10,896

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $879,274 · end of year $1,074,566

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $477,605 · end of year $402,540

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $163,811 · end of year $39,053

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $417,323

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $534,798 · end of year $454,731

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,004,018 · end of year $1,070,060

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $2,444,034

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE FEDERATION ADVOCATES FOR INCREASED INVESTMENT IN AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF HUMANITIES COUNCILS. WE SUPPORT, CONNECT, AND AMPLIFY THE WORK AND VOICES OF OUR MEMBERS, DEMONSTRATING COUNCILS' VALUE FOR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR COLLECTIVE IMPACT ON CIVIC HEALTH AND CULTURAL VIBRANCY.

  • INFORMATION EXCHANGE - THE FEDERATION HOSTS SEVERAL INTERNAL LISTSERVS FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY, THE FEDERATION SENDS WEEKLY ADVOCACY UPDATES VIA A MEMBER AS WELL AS A NON-MEMBER LISTSERV. MONTHLY DEDICATED E-NEWSLETTERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT COUNCIL AND FEDERATION ACTIVITIES, ONGOING ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AS WELL AS PARTNER ACTIVITIES IN THE WIDER HUMANITIES COMMUNITY GO TO 1) MEMBERS AND 2) THE GENERAL PUBLIC.HUMANITIES ON THE HILL (HOH) - THE FEDERATION'S ANNUAL ADVOCACY EVENT, WHICH BRINGS HUMANITIES COUNCIL ADVOCATES TOGETHER FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF FUNDING FOR NEH AND THE NEH FEDERAL/STATE PARTNERSHIP, IS A TWO-DAY EVENT THAT INCLUDES A MEMBER BRIEFING. THE EVENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEDERATION MEMBERS TO MEET WITH THEIR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SHARE ADVOCACY BEST PRACTICES, AND PRESENT A UNITED MESSAGE ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE HUMANITIES. OFTEN, CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFFERS SHARE REMARKS AT THE BRIEFING AND CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION (LAST HELD IN 2024).

    Expenses $520,876 · Revenue $21,409

  • NATIONAL HUMANITIES CONFERENCE - ESTABLISHED IN 1978 BY THE FEDERATION, THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CONFERENCE (NHC) WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS A RESOURCE TO BRING TOGETHER THE NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF THE STATE AND JURISDICTIONAL HUMANITIES COUNCILS AND THOSE INTERESTED IN ADVANCING THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HUMANITIES. IN 2015, THE FEDERATION AND THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE (NHA) PARTNERED TO MAKE THE CONFERENCE AVAILABLE TO BOTH PUBLIC AND ACADEMIC HUMANITIES PRACTITIONERS TO ADDRESS LOCAL AND NATIONAL CHALLENGES THROUGH THE LENS OF THE HUMANITIES AND TO SPARK INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIONS, CONVERSATIONS, AND RESEARCH WHILE BROADENING THE IMPACT AND RELEVANCE OF THE HUMANITIES IN EVERYDAY AMERICAN LIFE. DUE TO THE TERMINATION OF MEMBER HUMANITIES COUNCILS' OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS IN APRIL 2025 THAT LEFT MEMBERS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, THE FEDERATION CANCELLED THE 2025 NHC IN DETROIT.

    Expenses $248,586

  • SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS - THESE PROGRAMS PROMOTE WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC HUMANITIES AND RELATE TO DISCRETE PROJECTS, WHICH ARE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME. IN 2025, THE FEDERATION CONDUCTED BY THE PEOPLE: CONVERSATIONS BEYOND 250, A SERIES OF COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROGRAMS CREATED BY 51 STATE AND JURISDICTIONAL HUMANITIES COUNCILS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL PARTNERS. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS EXPLORE 250 YEARS OF THE NATION'S CULTURAL LIFE AND IMAGINE ITS SHARED FUTURE. THE INITIATIVE WAS DEVELOPED BY THE FEDERATION AND THE SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. ALSO IN 2025, FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN CANCELLATION OF HUMANITIES COUNCIL FEDERAL OPERATING GRANTS IN APRIL 2025, THE FEDERATION RECEIVED $15 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING TO STABILIZE ALL 56 STATE AND JURISDICTIONAL HUMANITIES COUNCILS. THROUGH THE FEDERATION, EACH HUMANITIES COUNCIL RECEIVED SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES IN THE WAKE OF THE NEH ABRUPTLY TERMINATING ALL FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THE COUNCILS.

    Expenses $14,015,777 · Grants $13,870,254

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eva Caldera

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Paxton Williams

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Miyake

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Miranda Restovic

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Lindsey

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carin Berkowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jama Best

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawnrece Butler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juana Guzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Lamascus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nashid Madyun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Ortiz

    DIRECTOR UNTIL MAY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leo Pangelinan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Price

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JUNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Rudnik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Sommerich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phoebe Stein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $196,514
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,514
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,985
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,529
    Filer's total
    $196,514

  • Joy Hickey

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $111,185
    From this org
    $111,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Theresa Worden

    DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $111,185
    From this org
    $111,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
3 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632199349303563

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