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AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM
AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $140k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $230k
What Al Lewis Historical Society Inc Al Lewis Museum does
Mission
The a.l. Lewis museum's mission is to document and interpret the rich tradition and legacy of african americans' ingenuity, perseverance and achievements. Through our exhibits and programs, we honor african americans as agents of change in the development of african-american and american society
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The a. L. Lewis historical society d.b.a a. L. Lewis museum at american beach re-opened october 2022. Formerly the american beach museum opened as the a. L. Lewis museum at american beach after a hiatus accomplishing new research, collection organization and digitation, website re-design an exhibit renovation and technical updates. The reopening of the a. L. Lewis museum at american beach was received by the community and visitors with excitement and rave reviews. The grants and donations for the collection digitation allowed the museum to establish the initial framework for the accessibility to the public of historic artifacts, documents, and exhibits to a wider audience. The website redesign served a valuable research tool for scholars and enhanced visitor understanding and created a platform that seamless guided visitors through the museum's rich history exhibits and offerings. Visitation increased in the last quarter of 2022 and educational programs enhance community outreach.
$61,660 spent76% of program spendingThe a. L. Lewis historical society d.b.a a. L. Lewis museum at american beach re-opened october 2022. Formerly the american beach museum opened as the a. L. Lewis museum at american beach after a hiatus accomplishing new research, collection organization and digitation, website re-design an exhibit renovation and technical updates. The reopening of the a. L. Lewis museum at american beach was received by the community and visitors with excitement and rave reviews. The grants and donations for the collection digitation allowed the museum to establish the initial framework for the accessibility to the public of historic artifacts, documents, and exhibits to a wider audience. The website redesign served a valuable research tool for scholars and enhanced visitor understanding and created a platform that seamless guided visitors through the museum's rich history exhibits and offerings. Visitation increased in the last quarter of 2022 and educational programs enhance community outreach.
$19,261 spent24% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $80,921.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $173k to $230k (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM?
- AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM.
- Who is the largest funder of AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AL LEWIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC AL LEWIS MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing