Arkansas · Nonprofit
BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM
BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM (Arkansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being Carl B & Florence E King Foundation ($55,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $471k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Bafb Cold War Museum does
Mission
The national cold war museum is a non-profit organization that, inspired by the setting of a retired u.s. Air force base, shares the importance of the cold war--a unique superpower rivalry that prevailed between the u.s. And soviet union from the end of world war ii until the collapse of the u.s.s.r.--exploring it s military strategy, its impact on the country and its effect on world relations. As a destination for the region, the nation and the world, the museum expands understanding through the innovative presentation of facts, captivating experiences and tours of original u.s. Air force facilities. The national cold war museum, located on eaker air force base, will be recognized as a major tourist attraction in arkansas that will provide an immersive and authoritative experience in informing, interpreting and honoring the legacy of the cold war.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The national cold war museum is a non-profit organization that, inspired by the setting of a retired us.s. Air force base, shares the importance of the cold war--a unique superpower rivalry that prevailed between the us. And soviet union from the end of world war ii until the collapse of the u.s.s.r.--exploring its military stategy, its impact on the country and its effect on world relations. As a destination for the region, the nation and the world, the museum expands understanding through the innovative presentation of facts, captivating experiencxes and tours of original u.s. Air force facilities.
The national cold war museum will be recognized as a major tourist atraction in arkansas that will provide an immersive and authoritative experience in informing, interpreting and honoring the legacy of the cold war.
$51,065 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $51,065.
The organization over time
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Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $954k to $3.3M (+247%).
How it's funded, over time
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Government-grant reliance: 2021 70% · 2022 77% · 2023 62% · 2024 2% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Mary Gay Shipley
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BAFB COLD WAR 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
BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM holds deeper cash reserves 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
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In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
5% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM?
- BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM (Arkansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being Carl B & Florence E King Foundation ($55,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $55,000 in grants to BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM.
- Who is the largest funder of BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM?
- Carl B & Florence E King Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAFB COLD WAR MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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