Montana · Nonprofit
DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,800 to it, the largest being Vincent Gaffney Foundation ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $143k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $371k
What Daniels County Museum Association does
Mission
The Daniels County Museum Association (the governing body of the Daniels County Museum) attempts to address the educational needs of visitors of all ages who have an interest in cultural museums in general or who have an interest in Daniels County history specifically.It is the Museum's intention to take the visitor "back in time" to the point in history that the Daniels County area became home to some of its early settlers, i.e. from the earliest days to the present.It is the Daniels County Museum Association's purpose to collect, preserve and display Daniels County history in a manner that meets standards of the museum industry. This is to be accomplished in an organized, ethical and structured fashion. Standards will be met by education and training of personnel and members and accountability of these same people in the execution of their duties.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Daniels County Museum Association (the governing body of the Daniels County Museum) attempts to address the educational needs of visitors of all ages who have an interest in cultural museums in general or who have an interest in Daniels County history specifically.It is the Museum's intention to take the visitor "back in time" to the point in history that the Daniels County area became home to some of its early settlers, i.e. from the earliest days to the present.It is the Daniels County Museum Association's purpose to collect, preserve and display Daniels County history in a manner that meets standards of the museum industry. This is to be accomplished in an organized, ethical and structured fashion. Standards will be met by education and training of personnel and members and accountability of these same people in the execution of their duties.
$88,676 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $88,676.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $336k to $371k (+10%).
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.
32% of DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION’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 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $14k.
From the IRS filings of DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION’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
DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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 74% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 3 states in all.
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
DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,800 to it, the largest being Vincent Gaffney Foundation ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $43,800 in grants to DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- Vincent Gaffney Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $34,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DANIELS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 3 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