Pueblo County Historical Society
To presrve and share the history of the pueblo area.
Pueblo County Historical Society at a glance
- Total assets
- $2,248,986
- +17.4% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $193,046
- +7.3% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $8
- -96.2% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $257,131
- +166.0% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Pueblo County Historical Society funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 6 (100%).
How Pueblo County Historical Society gives
- Giving grew 47% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $18K (2020) to $26K (2023). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $26K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lore | — | $19,830 |
| Library | — | $6,128 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,248,986 | $193,046 | $257,131 | — | — | $8 |
| 2024 | $1,914,879 | $179,954 | $96,661 | — | — | $208 |
| 2023 | $1,676,565 | $1,039,469 | $84,561 | $25,958 | 2 | $84,443 |
| 2022 | $721,657 | $53,463 | $84,725 | $24,283 | 2 | $-41,436 |
| 2021 | $753,167 | $193,378 | $85,431 | $24,863 | 2 | $109,890 |
| 2020 | $644,972 | $91,877 | $54,389 | $17,656 | 1 | $38,304 |
| 2019 | $607,484 | $69,297 | $69,016 | $24,007 | 2 | $17,201 |
About Pueblo County Historical Society
Based on IRS filings
Pueblo County Historical Society is a public charity, based in Pueblo, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $8.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Pueblo County Historical Society is led by Ruth Ann Brabdon, V President since 2024 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 20 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ruth Ann Brabdon
V President
Board of Director → Vice President, 2022
Vice President → V President, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pam Jacobsen
President
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Mahaney
Director
Board of Director → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Larry Frank
Director
Board of Director → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peggy Wilcox
Director
Board of Director → Secretary, 2021
Secretary → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Perkins
Director
Board of Director → Director & Pub, 2022
Director & Pub → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Judy McGinnis
Director
Board of Director → Director & Lib, 2022
Director & Lib → Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Ward Masias
Director
Board of Director → Director & Pho, 2022
Director & Pho → Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Hart
Director
Board of Director → Director, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Garrett Jett
Director
Intern Coordinator → Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pat Crump
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Pollard
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Romero
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary Watson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jackie Sopko
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Dowdy
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jj McCranie
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John C. Wendt
Employee
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$53K (2025)
Peg Walker
Treasurer
Board of Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dwight Hunter
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: Bill Crain (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Bill Wood (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Joanne Dodds (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Carol Tokar (2019–2023) — Board of Director
- Former: John Ercul (2019–2023) — Board of Director
- Former: Pamela Jacobsen (2019–2023) — President
- Former: Patricia Crump (2019–2023) — Board of Director
- Former: Art Shinn (2023) — Trustee & Director
- Former: Kathleen Deherrera (2022) — Board of Director
- Former: Mary Wallace (2019–2021) — Board of Director
- Former: Ken Johnson (2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Allyn Middelkamp (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Arlene Manzanares (2019–2020) — Board of Director
- Former: Dorothy Hammond (2019–2020) — Board of Director
- Former: Effie Fern (2019–2020) — Board of Director
- Former: Halcyon Mathis (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Louise Keach (2019–2020) — Board of Director
- Former: Michael Theis (2019–2020) — Board of Director
- Former: Renee Montano (2019–2020) — Board of Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $53K, to John C Wendt (Employee).
Frequently asked questions about Pueblo County Historical Society
How large is Pueblo County Historical Society?
Pueblo County Historical Society reported $2.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $193K.
What is Pueblo County Historical Society's EIN?
Pueblo County Historical Society's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-0851563. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 19, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 9, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 11, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
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