Society For Historians Of American | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 23-7266899

Foundation Overview

Based in Murfreesboro, TN, Society For Historians Of American has awarded 189 grants totaling $553,776 to organizations in New Jersey, California and 26 other states, plus international recipients. Individual grants range from $500 to $17,500, with a median award of $2,000.

Latest Tax Year
2024
Total Giving (all years)
$553,776
Total Assets
$2,293,138
Median Grant (all grants)
$2,000

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
30
Median Grant
$2,000
% No Significant Change
0% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: February 2026

Foundation Intelligence

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New Applicant Friendliness
Highly Accessible: 90%

27 of 30 recipients (90%) were new grantees. Foundation prioritizes discovering new partners. Most funding supports first-time applicants with compelling missions.

Geographic Focus
New York

Grants are geographically diversified with 10% in New York and funding distributed across 38 total locations. This foundation values broad geographic impact and diverse community partnerships. Within New York, funding concentrates in Brooklyn (37%), New York (32%), Ithaca (21%).

Funding Trajectory
+15%

Stable funding levels with 15% change over 4 years indicate consistent grant-making capacity and predictable philanthropic resources. This stability suggests reliable ongoing funding opportunities.

Program Areas
General Purposes + Education

Dual focus on general purposes (88%) and education, indicating strategic concentration in complementary program areas.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Society For Historians Of American's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
Sarah Conyer Sears $2,000 Durham, NC, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Mattie Webb $1,000 New Haven, CT, US William Emerging Scholar Grant 2024
Dante Liriccia $2,000 Richmond, VA, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Eleanor Lenoe $4,000 Raritan, NJ, US Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship 2024
Carlotta Wright $4,000 Berkeley, CA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2024
Janna Haider $2,000 Santa Barbara, CA, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Minseok Jang $2,000 East Lansing, MI, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Amanda Waterhouse $2,000 Indianapolis, IN, US Williams Emerging Scholar Grant 2024
Ngoc Gia Tran $2,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Sean Raming $2,000 South Bend, IN, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Ji Soo Hong $16,667 Providence, RI, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2024
Jetrho Clacday $17,500 Purok, BARANGAY, RP Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2024
Casey Vansise $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Benjamin Gladstone $2,000 Uxbridge, ONTARIO, CA Bemis Research Grant 2024
Jeffrey Lamson $4,000 Millbrook, NY, US Gelfand-rappaport-lafeber Dissertation Fellowship 2024
Shaffer Bonewell $2,000 Van Buren, AR, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Robert A Ferguson $2,000 Decatur, GA, US Bemis Research Grant 2024
Oliver Lazarus $4,000 Washington, DC, US Holt Dissertation Fellowship 2024
Ngoc Gia Tran $2,500 Los Angeles, CA, US Gale Digital Fellowship 2024
Harris Ford $2,500 Saskatoon, SASKATCHEWAN, CA Gale Digital Fellowship 2024
Theresa Keeley $2,500 Louisville, KY, US Gale Digital Fellowship 2024
Elisabeth Leake $1,000 Somerville, MA, US 2024 Bernath Lecture Prize 2024
Sheyda Jahanbani $2,500 Lawrence, KS, US Bernath Book Prize 2024
Sarah Conyer Sears $1,000 Durham, NC, US Bernath Article Prize 2024
Alvita Akiboh $2,500 New Haven, CT, US Myrna Bernath Book Prize 2024
Erik Scott $1,000 Lawrence, KS, US Ferrell Book Prize 2024
Richard Immerman $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Graebner Prize 2024
Taylor Zajicek $1,000 New York, NY, US Shafr Dissertaion Prize 2024
Mattias Fibiger $1,500 West Newton, MA, US Shafr Hunt Book Prize 2024
Megan Black $500 Arlington, MA, US 2023 Bernath Lecture Prize 2024
Sarah Meiners $2,500 Ithaca, NY, US 2023 Myrna Bernath Fellowship 2023
Evan Bonney $4,000 Cromwell, CT, US Bernath Dissertation Fellowship 2023
Brian Mcnamara $4,000 Warren, MI, US Gelfand-rappaport Lafeber Dissertation Fellowship 2023
Andrew Klein $4,000 Berkeley, CA, US Stull Holt Fellowship 2023
Jaime Graydon Dennison $2,000 Bullington, ONTARIO, CA Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Kaitlin Simpson $2,000 Knoxville, TN, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Abdiel J Perez $2,000 State College, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Damanpreet Pelia $2,000 New Hyde Park, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Syrus Jin $2,000 New York, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Chayanon Ruamcharoen $2,000 Boston, MA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Rohan Shah $2,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Laila Ballout $1,000 Wichita, KS, US Williams Rising Scholar Grant 2023
Jilene Chua $16,667 Richland, WA, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2023
Alina Bykova $4,000 East Palo Alto, CA, US Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship 2023
Viven Chang $2,000 New Haven, CT, US Williams Rising Scholar Grant 2023
Molly Avery $1,000 Southsea, HAMPSHIRE, UK Williams Rising Scholar Grant 2023
Sam Rogers $2,000 Acworth, GA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Richard Sakamoto-pugh $2,000 Nashville, TN, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Kaitlin Findlay $2,000 Ithaca, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2023
Megan Black $1,000 Arlington, MD, US Bernath Lecture Prize 2023
Ji Soo Hong $8,338 Providence, RI, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2023
Roberto Saba $1,500 Middleton, CT, US Michael Hunt Prize In International History 2023
Roberto Saba $2,000 Middleton, CT, US Stuart L Bernath Book Prize 2023
Nicholas Mulder $2,500 Ithaca, NY, US Bernath Book Prize 2023
Samantha Payne $1,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Betty Miller Unterberger Dissertation Prize 2023
Victor Seow $1,500 Lexington, MA, US Michael Hunt Prize In International History 2023
Elisabeth Leake $1,000 Somerville, MA, US Ferrell Prize 2023
Emilie Connolly $1,000 Acton, MA, US Bernath Scholarly Article Prize 2023
Oliver Chabonneau $500 Galsgow, UNITED KINGDOM, UK Bernath Lecture Prize 2023
Ayelet Marron $4,000 Highland Park, NJ, US Bernath Dissertation Research Grant 2022
Graeme Mack $4,000 San Diego, CA, US W Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship 2022
Eri Sakai $4,000 New Brunswick, NJ, US Gelfand Rappaport Lafeber Dissertation Fellowship 2022
Nora Lessersohn $4,000 Washington, DC, US Hogan Foreign Language Fellowshipbernath Lecture Prize 2022
E Kyle Romero $2,500 Parkville, MD, US Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grant 2022
Kimberly Beaudreau $2,000 Chicago, IL, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Amy Fallas $2,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Christopher Hulshof $2,000 Madison, WI, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Jilene Chua $12,500 Richland, WA, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2022
Miriam Pensack $2,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Minami Nishioka $12,500 Chiba, JAPAN, JA Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2022
Emily Sneff $2,000 Williamsburg, VA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Joshua Stern $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Adam Stone $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Dexter Fergie $2,000 Evanston, IL, US Bernath Dissertation Grant 2022
Kuan-jen Cheng $1,500 New Taiei City, TAIWAN, TW William Emerging Scholar Grant 2022
Muhammed Cihad Kubat $2,000 Malatya, BATTALGAZI, TU Bemis Research Grant 2022
Thomas Jamison $1,000 Walham, MA, US Oup Usa Dissertation Prize 2022
Oliver Charbonneau $1,000 Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM, UK Bernath Lecture Prize 2022
Mattiasd Fibiger $1,000 Cambridge, MA, US Stuart Bernath Scholarly Artical Prize 2022
Mark Atwood Lawrence $1,000 Austin, TX, US Ferrell Book Prize 2022
Frank Costigliola $2,000 Storrs, CT, US Graebner Award 2022
Joanne Meyerowitz $2,500 Hamden, CT, US Myrna Bernath Book Award 2022
Emily Conroy-krutz $500 East Lansing, MI, US Stuart Bernath Lecture Prize 2022
Constance Shulz $1,000 Mitchellville, MD, US Link-kuel Prize For Documentary Editing 2022
Kaho Yasuda $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Ayelet Marron $4,000 Highland Park, NJ, US Bernath Dissertation Research Grant 2022
Graeme Mack $4,000 San Diego, CA, US W Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship 2022
Eri Sakai $4,000 New Brunswick, NJ, US Gelfand Rappaport Lafeber Dissertation Fellowship 2022
Nora Lessersohn $4,000 Washington, DC, US Hogan Foreign Language Fellowshipbernath Lecture Prize 2022
E Kyle Romero $2,500 Parkville, MD, US Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grant 2022
Kimberly Beaudreau $2,000 Chicago, IL, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Amy Fallas $2,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Christopher Hulshof $2,000 Madison, WI, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Jilene Chua $12,500 Richland, WA, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2022
Miriam Pensack $2,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Minami Nishioka $12,500 Chiba, JAPAN, JA Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2022
Emily Sneff $2,000 Williamsburg, VA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Joshua Stern $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Adam Stone $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Dexter Fergie $2,000 Evanston, IL, US Bernath Dissertation Grant 2022
Kuan-jen Cheng $1,500 New Taiei City, TAIWAN, TW William Emerging Scholar Grant 2022
Muhammed Cihad Kubat $2,000 Malatya, BATTALGAZI, TU Bemis Research Grant 2022
Thomas Jamison $1,000 Walham, MA, US Oup Usa Dissertation Prize 2022
Oliver Charbonneau $1,000 Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM, UK Bernath Lecture Prize 2022
Mattiasd Fibiger $1,000 Cambridge, MA, US Stuart Bernath Scholarly Artical Prize 2022
Mark Atwood Lawrence $1,000 Austin, TX, US Ferrell Book Prize 2022
Frank Costigliola $2,000 Storrs, CT, US Graebner Award 2022
Joanne Meyerowitz $2,500 Hamden, CT, US Myrna Bernath Book Award 2022
Emily Conroy-krutz $500 East Lansing, MI, US Stuart Bernath Lecture Prize 2022
Constance Shulz $1,000 Mitchellville, MD, US Link-kuel Prize For Documentary Editing 2022
Kaho Yasuda $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Ayelet Marron $4,000 Highland Park, NJ, US Bernath Dissertation Research Grant 2022
Graeme Mack $4,000 San Diego, CA, US W Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship 2022
Eri Sakai $4,000 New Brunswick, NJ, US Gelfand Rappaport Lafeber Dissertation Fellowship 2022
Nora Lessersohn $4,000 Washington, DC, US Hogan Foreign Language Fellowshipbernath Lecture Prize 2022
E Kyle Romero $2,500 Parkville, MD, US Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grant 2022
Kimberly Beaudreau $2,000 Chicago, IL, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Amy Fallas $2,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Christopher Hulshof $2,000 Madison, WI, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Jilene Chua $12,500 Richland, WA, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2022
Miriam Pensack $2,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Minami Nishioka $12,500 Chiba, JAPAN, JA Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2022
Emily Sneff $2,000 Williamsburg, VA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Joshua Stern $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Adam Stone $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Dexter Fergie $2,000 Evanston, IL, US Bernath Dissertation Grant 2022
Kuan-jen Cheng $1,500 New Taiei City, TAIWAN, TW William Emerging Scholar Grant 2022
Muhammed Cihad Kubat $2,000 Malatya, BATTALGAZI, TU Bemis Research Grant 2022
Thomas Jamison $1,000 Walham, MA, US Oup Usa Dissertation Prize 2022
Oliver Charbonneau $1,000 Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM, UK Bernath Lecture Prize 2022
Mattiasd Fibiger $1,000 Cambridge, MA, US Stuart Bernath Scholarly Artical Prize 2022
Mark Atwood Lawrence $1,000 Austin, TX, US Ferrell Book Prize 2022
Frank Costigliola $2,000 Storrs, CT, US Graebner Award 2022
Joanne Meyerowitz $2,500 Hamden, CT, US Myrna Bernath Book Award 2022
Emily Conroy-krutz $500 East Lansing, MI, US Stuart Bernath Lecture Prize 2022
Constance Shulz $1,000 Mitchellville, MD, US Link-kuel Prize For Documentary Editing 2022
Kaho Yasuda $2,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2022
Minami Nishioka $12,510 Chiba, JAPAN, JA Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2021
Clare Richardson $6,013 N/a, BERLIN, GM Michael J Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship 2021
An Thuy Nguyen $10,417 Old Town, ME, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2021
James Fortuna $2,000 West Hartford, CT, US Bemis Dissertation Grant 2021
Nathan Ellstrand $2,000 Chicago, IL, US Bemis Research Grant 2021
Miriam Lipton $4,000 Corvallis, OR, US Holt Fellowship 2021
Nada Khalifa $2,000 New York, NY, US Bemis Research Grant 2021
Robert Konkel $2,500 Princeton, NJ, US Gelfan Rappaport Lefeber Fellowship 2021
Frances Martin $2,000 Willimantic, CT, US Bemis Research Grant 2021
Steven Rodriguez $2,000 Nashville, TN, US Bemis Research Grant 2021
Nicole De Silva $2,500 Goleta, CA, US Myrna Bernath Grant 2021
Jilene Chua $4,000 Richland, WA, US Bernath Dissertation Research Fellowship 2021
Sarah Meiners $2,000 Ithaca, NY, US Bemis Dissertation Research Grant 2021
Elizabeth Hameeteman $2,500 Brighton, MA, US Gelfand Rappaport Lafebre Fellowship 2021
Amit Sadan $2,000 Ann Arbor, MI, US Bemis Research Grant 2021
Zifeng Liu $4,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Gelfand Rappaport Lafeber Fellowship 2021
Debbie Sharnak $2,000 Mooorestown, NJ, US William Appleman Williams Junior Faculty Research Grantbernath Lecture Prize 2021
Megan Streit $2,000 Washington, DC, US Bemis Research Grant 2021
Emily Conroy-krutz $1,000 East Lansing, MI, US Stuart Bernath Lecture Prize 2021
Paul Behringer $1,000 Dallas, TX, US Unterberger Dissertation Prize 2021
Mira Kohl $1,000 New Orleans, LA, US Bernath Article Prize 2021
Stefan Link $2,500 Hanover, NH, US Bernath Book Prize 2021
Samuel Zipp $1,000 Providence, RI, US Ferrell Book Prize 2021
Toshihiro Higuchi $1,500 Arlington, VA, US Hunt Prize International History 2021
Ida Yalzadeh $14,583 Chicago, IL, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2020
An Thuy Nguyen $14,583 Old Town, ME, US Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2020
Ji Soo Hong $4,000 Providence, RI, US Holt Fellowship 2020
Clayton Vaughn-roberson $2,000 Pittsburgh, PA, US Williams Junior Faculty Research Grant 2020
Jessica Levy $2,000 Charlottesville, VA, US Williams Junior Faculty Research Grant 2020
Sarah Sklaw $4,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Gelfan-rappaport-lafeber Fellowship 2020
Kevan Malone $1,818 San Diego, CA, US Bemis Grant 2020
Mira Kohl $1,818 New Orleans, LA, US Bemis Grant 2020
Aniket De $1,818 Cambridge, MA, US Bemis Grant 2020
Arang Ha $1,818 Houston, TX, US Bemis Grant 2020
Lael Weinberger $1,818 Watertown, MA, US Bemis Grant 2020
Kesley Zavelo $1,818 Durham, NC, US Bemis Grant 2020
Andisheh Ghaderi $4,000 Lawrence, KS, US Hogan Language Fellowship 2020
Aden Knaap $1,818 Providence, RI, US Bemis Grant 2020
Rong Aries Li $4,000 Edison, NJ, US Bernath Dissertation Grant 2020
Ashley Serpa-flack $1,818 Mountain View, CA, US Bemis Grant 2020
Varsha Venkatasubramanian $1,818 Berkeley, CA, US Bemis Grant 2020
Sally Chengji Xing $1,818 New York, NY, US Bemis Grant 2020
Arash Azizi $1,818 New York, NY, US Bemis Grant 2020
Julia F Irwin $1,000 Tampa, FL, US Bernath Lecture Prizebernath Lecture Prize 2020
Lucy Salyer $2,500 Portsmouth, NH, US Myrna Bernath Book Prize 2020
Cindy Ewing Co Univ Of Missouri $1,000 Columbia, MO, US Oup Dissertation Prize 2020
Monica Kim $2,500 New York, NY, US Bernath Book Prize 2020
Vladimir Pechatnov $500 N/a, MOSCOW, RS Link-kuehl Prize 2020
Bathsheba Demuth $1,000 Providence, RI, US Bernath Scholarly Article Prize 2020
Guiliana Chamedes $500 Madison, WI, US Hunt Book Prize 2020
Amy Offner $500 Philadelphia, PA, US Hunt Book Prize 2020
Daniel Immerwahr $2,500 Chicago, IL, US Ferrell Book Prize 2020

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Contact Information

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EIN 23-7266899
Website http://www.shafr.org
Address 1301 E MAIN ST BOX 23 Murfreesboro, TN 37132-0002

Key People (3)

Board members, trustees, and key staff who oversee Society For Historians Of American's grant making decisions and strategic direction. Understanding leadership composition can provide insights into foundation priorities and potential networking opportunities.

Vice President Mitchell Lerner
President Mary Ann Heiss
Executive Director Amy Sayward

Forms 990-PF

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Data Currency: Last updated February 2026 based on IRS Form 990-PF filings. Foundation information reflects most recent available tax year data.