OUTAGAMIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A82Z

Classification

2000

Street

330 E COLLEGE AVE

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Mission and programs · 2025

• FOUNDED IN 1872 AS A PIONEER ASSOCIATION, THE OUTAGAMIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INSPIRES PEOPLE TO DISCOVER AND APPRECIATE THE RICH HISTORY AND NATURAL WORLD IN THE FOX VALLEY THROUGH EXHIBITION, EDUCATION, AND COLLECTIONS. NOW AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE HISTORY MUSEUM AT THE CASTLE, DUE TO ITS LOCATION IN A FORMER MASONIC TEMPLE, THE ORGANIZATION IS A THRIVING CULTURAL INSTITUTION WITH DEEP TIES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE HISTORY MUSEUM AT THE CASTLE EXPANDED ITS MISSION IN 2025 TO INCLUDE NATURAL HISTORY. TO FACILITATE THAT ADDITION, THE HISTORY MUSEUM HIRED TWO MUSEUM SPECIALISTS AND INCORPORATED THE WEIS EARTH SCIENCE COLLECTION, CONSISTING OF 38,054 SPECIMENS, INTO ITS REGULAR OPERATIONS. BY PRESERVING THE WEIS EARTH SCIENCE COLLECTION LOCALLY, THE PUBLIC WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO LIVELY EARTH SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMING THAT BENEFIT FOX VALLEY RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS, AND UNIVERSITIES. ADDING THE WEIS COLLECTION TO THE HISTORY MUSEUM'S DYNAMIC LOCAL HISTORY OFFERINGS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO GROW THE REGION'S TOURIST ECONOMY. IN ADDITION, THE HISTORY MUSEUM CONTINUED TO ENGAGE AUDIENCES WELL BEYOND ITS WALLS. THE MUSEUM SUPPORTS A SERIES OF FREE TRAVELING POP-UP EXHIBITS ON RELEVANT LOCAL HISTORY TOPICS. IN 2024 THE MUSEUM ADDED OUR AFGHAN NEIGHBORS TO THAT CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITS. WORLD RELIEF FOX VALLEY AND THE HISTORY MUSEUM PARTNERED TO CONDUCT ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS WITH EIGHT AFGHAN REFUGEES FORCED TO FLEE AFGHANISTAN IN 2021 AND RESETTLE IN THE FOX CITIES. THEIR STORIES BECAME THE BASIS FOR THIS GROUNDBREAKING EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBIT TOURED THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN 2025. APPROXIMATELY 149,430 PEOPLE VIEWED OUR AFGHAN NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING STOPS AT THE HOLIDAY FOLK FAIR IN MILWAUKEE AND THE STATE CAPITAL IN MADISON. IN PURSUING OUR MISSION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS FOSTER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT BUILD SOCIAL COHESION AND MEET LOCAL CHALLENGES. DOING SO EXPANDS EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT A MUSEUM, AND OUR COMMUNITY, CAN BE.

  Expenses $565,015 · Revenue $110,432

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $836,463

  Expenses

  $804,220

  Contributions

  $703,171

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $963,462

  Expenses

  $593,380

  Contributions

  $839,960

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,124,480

  Expenses

  $675,349

  Contributions

  $933,609

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $764,108

  Expenses

  $489,198

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,562,977

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $853,254

  Expenses

  $570,282

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,109,667

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $767,125

  Expenses

  $772,501

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,756,420

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $499,550

  Expenses

  $739,894

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,571,195

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $518,057

  Expenses

  $442,496

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,831,043

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $590,958

  Expenses

  $475,395

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,570,776

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $492,727

  Expenses

  $395,509

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,372,437

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $376,772

  Expenses

  $405,427

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,264,923

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $454,730

  Expenses

  $538,990

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,271,751

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $740,693

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,189,276

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC

  $107,877

  2023 · A: ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC

  $105,911

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FOX CITIES CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC

  $100,000

  2024 · YOU ARE HERE EXHIBIT

• FOX COMMUNITIES CREDIT UNION

  $20,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT/SPONSOR

• THRIVENT CHARITABLE IMPACT & INVESTING

  $10,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC

  $5,039

  2022 · HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND PRESERVATION

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