Massachusetts · Nonprofit
COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC
COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $487,285 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($257,576). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $487k
- Net assets
- $117M
What Collings Foundation Inc does
Mission
To organize and preserve living history events and the presentation of historical artifacts and content that enable Americans to learn more about their heritage through direct participation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The American Heritage Museum was open to the public. This facility houses one of the world's largest collections of armored vehicles and tanks, all displayed in unique diaramas and displays. The museum includes exhibits covering from the Revolutionary War right up to current times, including a World War I Trench Experience, the Clash of Steel Exhibition, the Hanoi Hilton and a Holocaust Railcar. A gift shop is also available for the public to purchase items which promote the Organization's mission and American history. Approximately 62,772 people attended the Museum during the year.
$1,740,950 spent$644,395 earned by the program70% of program spending"Battle for the Airfield" - This Columbus Day Weekend event featured approximately 300 re-enactors. The entire property in Hudson/Stow was open: the Automobile Collection, Foundation Airplane Hangar, and the American Heritage Museum. Fully restored military equipment of all kinds were on display. Camps were set up with authentic materials and appearance. Re-enactors acted as docents and shared a wealth of information about life as a member of the military. Veterans from all ranks and branches of the service participated in discussions around each encampment. Approximately 4,821 individuals attended this event.
$179,685 spent$164,234 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe Foundation offered to the public the opportunity to drive or ride in a tank. Approximately 872 individuals took part in these experiences, helping to teach the general public and raise awareness of the importance of these vehicles in the history of the United States.
$396,847 spent$535,314 earned by the program16% of program spendingThe Foundation hosted additional public events, such as "Fathers Day Weekend Open House", "World War I Aviation Weekend", and a Pacific War re-enactment event. In addition, the Foundation rented out its facility for multiple private events during the year. It also allowed the use of its vehicles in a Military Parades. In addition, some charitable contributions were made and some college scholarships awarded. based on merit.
$164,595 spent$163,469 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,482,077.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $91M to $116M (+28%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 7% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $10k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC’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
COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 100% · 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
68% of COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC'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. Of the $156k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $331k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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
COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Collings Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC: 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 COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC?
- COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $487,285 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($257,576). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $487,285 in grants to COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $257,576 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLINGS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 8 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