Iowa · Nonprofit
CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $809,960 to it, the largest being THE GREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY FOUNDATION ($799,960). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $167k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $810k
- Net assets
- $828k
What Carnegie Museum Foundation of Jefferson County does
Mission
To collect and interpret the history and culture of fairfield, jefferson county and the surrounding area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The carnegie museum foundation is focused on providing educational and research based opportunities, as well as community engagement, through the carnegie museum. This is done through hosting open houses, community events, museum programs for all ages, and supporting research opportunities for phd, genealogy, and travel guide research.
$136,866 spentof which $136,153 as grants$2,324 earned by the program84% of program spendingThe carnegie museum foundation supports various other historical preservation endeavors throughout jefferson county. In the current fiscal year, the foundation donated money towards the restoration of the bonnifield cabin.
$26,520 spentof which $26,520 as grants16% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $163,386.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $723k to $869k (+20%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 7% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $27k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 86% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY is better cushioned than half 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 CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: 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 CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY?
- CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $809,960 to it, the largest being THE GREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY FOUNDATION ($799,960). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $809,960 in grants to CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY?
- THE GREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $799,960 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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