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DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY
DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,688 to it, the largest being BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($181,503). 2 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 FY2024
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $182k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Dayton Historic Depot Society does
Mission
The dayton historical depot society's mission is to maintain and use its primary artifacts, the depot building and the boldman house, for interpretation and education of local history. In keeping with their historical status, the depot and the boldman house will serve as resources for community use. The depot society will continue the conservation of photographs, archives, video histories, and historical artifacts and also serve as a resource to encourage the preservation of local history. The societys collection will enhance its ability to educate and interpret without degrading the depots or the boldman houses historical designations on the local, state and national registers of historic places.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Dayton days: community members experience the magic of dayton days with us right after the parade. There are fun activities for all ages: from corn shelling to rope making, butter churning to apple peeling, and even old- time games and more. All wheels weekend: we celebrate fathers day weekend and showcase our 1934 chevrolet, a beloved tradition each year. Art in the garden or quilts in the garden: every alternating year, usually on the last weekend in june, these enchanting events bring together art, culture, and the beauty of our garden surroundings. Dayton on tour: on the first saturday in october, the boldman house museum proudly takes part in the historic home tour. Admission to the museum is always free. Christmas kickoff: the museum brings festive cheer on the friday and saturday after thanksgiving. Community members enjoy live piano performances, and they can explore our beautifully decorated house adorned with vintage boldman ornaments and local greenery, and dive into the joy of the season with free copies of boldman family recipes and a special scavenger hunt for the kids. The musuem has a float in the kickoff parade on friday eveningwith volunteers to help decorate.
$62,759 spent$1,549 earned by the program35% of program spendingDayton historical depot museum: established as an agricultural community in 1871, the community of dayton grew rapidly. However, its residents struggled to get their products overland to market. For several years, there were rumors of railroads coming to dayton, and finally in may 1880, henry villard, the president of oregon railway & navigation (or&n) promised dayton a line. The following year, the spur line to dayton was complete, as was the fashionably designed stick/eastlake style depot. Originally the depot and the entire rail yard were located at the base of rock hill on the southwest edge of dayton, right beside the touchet river. This location was chosen because the or&n needed the logs that came down a flume along the river in order to build trestles into the palouse. Competition between railroads was intense in the late 19th century and columbia county farmers took advantage of this. Believing that a direct line to the puget sound would save them money, they negotiated with the oregon & washington territory railroad to bring a line into the center of dayton, right up commercial street. This line was completed in 1889. Within just a few years, or&n who by this time had…
$114,432 spent$6,906 earned by the program64% of program spendingThe newland/pioneer cemetery was created in 1863 when j.h. Newland donated five acres of his homestead to the community of dayton. Located on a hill west of town, this cemetery was the first developed east of fort walla walla in washington territory. The location of the graveyard on a wind blown hill just outside of town was typical of western cemeteries. Because of health concerns, the community picked this location on well-drained ground. Newland/pioneer cemetery became the burial ground for the communitys prominent citizens, including daytons founder, jesse n. Day, and the boldman family. By the middle of the 20th century, the cemetery was run-down and not well- maintained by the city. In 1954, the nonprofit pioneer cemetery association of columbia county took possession of the graveyard. In the 1990s, gladys boldman secured in perpetuity an easement to the burial ground from highway 12. She had her familys burial stones cleaned and polished, and other descendants of the pioneers buried on this ground did the same. In 1999, when gladys died she was interred in the boldman family plot. At this time, the gladys boldman estate bequeathed 100,000 to the pioneer cemetery association…
$2,964 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $180,155.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $2.8M to $2.5M (−13%).
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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $24k.
2 of 2 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 DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY’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
DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY'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. $182k 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.
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
24%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY?
- DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,688 to it, the largest being BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($181,503). 2 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 DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $181,688 in grants to DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY?
- BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $181,503 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2024), 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