Indiana · Nonprofit
EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC
EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,449,462 to it, the largest being SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,324,000). 3 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
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $6.8M
What Early Ford V-8 Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization exists to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history and heritage of the products manufactured by the ford motor company between 1932 and 1953. Since moving the organization to indiana in 2009 they have continued to expand not only the car collection but the collection of printed material, films and historical information on the ford motor company. The original structure was 8,000 sq ft. With the size of the collection expanding to 37 - 40 cars, the organization implemented a plan beginning in july 2017 to expand the size of the building to add an additional 25,000 sq ft. This addition was completed in early 2019 and includes 10,000 sq ft which is used for a collection of eighteen 1936 ford automobiles. The addition includes a 1940 ford service garage replica. A 1/4 scale replica of the ford rotunda as first displayed at the 1934 world's fair in chicago is also a highlight of the addition. In 2023, the organization completed costruction and had a grand openin
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
During 2023, 4,936 visitors toured the museum. Of this amount, 2657 were paid admissions. The remaining visitors consisted of life or annual members, various events at the museum with no paid admission required.
$672,184 spent$19,994 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $672,184.
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. 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 $5.2M to $6.7M (+30%).
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 2% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $85.
4 of 5 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 EARLY FORD V-8 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
EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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 EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 95% · 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 EARLY FORD V-8 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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
EARLY FORD V-8 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 EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC
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In Indiana
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
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EARLY FORD V-8 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 EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC?
- EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,449,462 to it, the largest being SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,324,000). 3 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 EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,449,462 in grants to EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC?
- SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,324,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 5 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