National History Day

A fifty-year civic education program that uses an annual research contest to turn students into thoughtful citizens and teachers into confident historians.

  • nhd.org
  • Movement
  • College Park, MD
  • Charitable and service nonprofit
  • Read from public sources, Sep 2026
24named by peers

Financial profile

National History Day · EIN 34-1262642 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$3,183,558$1,688,851$1,273,487$2,800,350$5,698,874Aug 2023
FY2022$2,572,315$1,579,978$558,500$2,237,631$5,138,252Aug 2022
FY2021$2,561,679$1,755,212$517,694$2,049,549$5,647,924Aug 2021
FY2020$1,908,285$1,425,133$362,161$2,203,937$4,306,041Aug 2020
FY2019$2,675,370$1,002,827$1,267,430$2,926,598$4,307,745Aug 2019
FY2018$3,720,311$2,105,219$1,321,933$2,911,630$4,823,675Aug 2018

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Peer societies

Five societies National History Day is read alongside.

Who backs NHD

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs National History Day's peers, but not National History Day

Companies named publicly by at least one of National History Day's five peer societies, and not found in National History Day's reviewed public records.

CompanySOIOHPeers
3D Molecular DesignsGold1 of 2
Amcor Cares FoundationSilver1 of 2
Atwell Gives FoundationPlatinum1 of 2
Avantor FoundationPlatinum1 of 2
Cleveland-Cliffs FoundationGold1 of 2
CodeHSSilver1 of 2
Discovery Education 3M Young Scientists ChallengeSilver1 of 2
Discovery Education 3M Young Scientists ChallengeSilver1 of 2
Double Good FoundationSilver1 of 2
EmpowerlyBronze1 of 2
GoogleStrategic Partners1 of 2
International MotorsGold1 of 2
Kinder Morgan FoundationSilver1 of 2
Lyceum AgencyNamed1 of 2
Modernist FinancialNamed1 of 2
NBCUniversal FoundationStrategic Partners1 of 2
OnshapeSilver1 of 2
Pearl WealthNamed1 of 2
PrequelSilver1 of 2
STEMConnectorStrategic Partners1 of 2
The StandardNamed1 of 2
TKS WorldSilver1 of 2
Tonkon TorpNamed1 of 2
Ward's SciencePlatinum1 of 2

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The outside view

A fifty-year civic education program that uses an annual research contest to turn students into thoughtful citizens and teachers into confident historians.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Movement

Gathered around a cause, and built to move.

The Movement is mission-led and built to mobilize, organized around changing something in the world. Its gift is passion and external impact, its challenge is turning momentum into something that lasts.

Also reads toward The Village and The Legacy.

Strengths

→Real influence on the wider field.
→Members are motivated by a clear why.
→Quick to rally around what matters now.

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