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
Personnel at The HistoryMakers
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Zhu Sun | Chief of Staff | $125,000 | 2024-09-16 |
| Toni Cook Bush | Regent , Smithsonian Institute | | 2024-06-10 |
| Julieanna L Richardson | Founder and President | $160,000 | 2024-11-15 |
| Al B. Reid | Board Member | $0 | 2024-06-10 |
| Kamau Coar | Secretary | $0 | 2023-12-31 |
| ...and 3 more key personnel |
Financials for The HistoryMakers
| Revenues | FYE 12/2023 | FYE 12/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,248,834 | $2,458,279 | -8.5% |
| Program services | $1,032,116 | $948,058 | 8.9% |
| Investment income and dividends | $322,626 | $107,840 | 199.2% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $-35,682 | $43,387 | -182.2% |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $51 | $560 | -90.9% |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $3,567,945 | $3,558,124 | 0.3% |
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|---|
| Black Public Media (NBPC) | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $4,166,277 |
| Lincoln Hills Cares | 501(c)(3) | Denver, CO | $968,945 |
| Jackson Wild | 501(c)(3) | Jackson, WY | $1,385,375 |
| World War Ii Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Wakefield, RI | $1,470,699 |
| Love Now Media | 501(c)(3) | Philadelphia, PA | $892,369 |
| Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Board | 501(c)(3) | Minneapolis, MN | $1,078,502 |
| Pacific Islanders in Communications | 501(c)(3) | Honolulu, HI | $1,912,512 |
| Bffoundation | 501(c)(3) | Bentonville, AR | $1,604,153 |
| Uniondocs | 501(c)(3) | Ridgewood, NY | $2,287,167 |
| Light House Studio | 501(c)(3) | Charlottesville, VA | $1,111,740 |
Data update history
January 6, 2025
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
January 4, 2025
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
January 3, 2025
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
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-usÂ
- Phone
- (312) 674-1900
- Facebook page
- TheHstryMakersÂ
- Twitter profile
- @thehstrymakersÂ
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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