Public Charity

FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS

FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS is a Public Charity headquartered in ARLINGTON, VA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $17.9M revenue, $15.4M expenses, $4.0M total assets. 2 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $99K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 351409894 ARLINGTON, VA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$17.9M
Total Expenses$15.4M
Total Assets$4.0M
Grant Records2
Funding Total$99K
Filing Years2021–2025

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.

Where $100 goes at Federation of State Humanities Councils

How Federation of State Humanities Councils divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $86 for programs

$82
Special projects and other programs
95% of program spending
$3
Information exchange
3% of program spending
$1
National humanities conference
2% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Adam Davis
DIRECTOR Carin Berkowitz
DIRECTOR Chris Sommerich
CHAIR Eva Caldera
DIRECTOR Jama Best
DIRECTOR UNTIL MAY Jennifer Ortiz

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Research & Policy
$89,016 1 grant
Unspecified
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $17.9M $15.4M $4.0M
2024 $1.8M $1.8M $2.1M
2023 $1.6M $1.6M $1.8M
2022 $1.5M $1.6M $1.7M
2021 $1.1M $1.2M $1.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.1M to $17.9M (+1515%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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