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Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation

Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being Bloedorn Foundation ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$46k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$49k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation does

Mission

Preserve the history and culture of NE Colorado through collecting, interpreting, researching, and exhibiting materials reflecting the diverse history and traditions of hte area. We serve as a depository for histocial items and records and act as the educational information center of the community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Collections and Artifacts acqusition and maintenance

    $1,193 spent
    3% of program spending

  2. Museum exhibits, rental, setup, maintenance and construction

    $40,273 spent
    89% of program spending

  3. Educational programs pertaining to the history and heritage of the NE Colorado area through both in house and outreach programs.

    $3,101 spent
    7% of program spending

  4. Program Service Expenses 789, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Special programs and public relations outreach from the museum

    $789 spent
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $45,356.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($143k) Expenses 100 ($138k) Net assets 100 ($54k)2018 Revenue 36 ($51k) Expenses 34 ($47k) Net assets 108 ($58k)2019 Revenue 34 ($49k) Expenses 32 ($45k) Net assets 128 ($69k)2020 Revenue 13 ($19k) Expenses 19 ($26k) Net assets 116 ($62k)2021 Revenue 26 ($37k) Expenses 26 ($36k) Net assets 118 ($63k)2022 Revenue 27 ($39k) Expenses 32 ($44k) Net assets 108 ($58k)2023 Revenue 26 ($37k) Expenses 24 ($34k) Net assets 115 ($62k)2024 Revenue 32 ($46k) Expenses 42 ($58k) Net assets 91 ($49k)
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Revenue (32)Expenses (42)Net assets (91)Peer revenue range

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 $63k to $51k (−20%).

$55k
$64k
$69k
$65k
$65k
$60k
$63k
$51k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

57% of Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’17
$4k
’18
$5k
’19
−$7k
’20
$898
’21
−$5k
’22
$4k
’23
−$13k
’24
10
months of
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.

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Listed1717171717171717
Joined·+2+0+0+5+0+0+0
No longer listed·2005000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

CO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Colorado out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation's revenue fell 68% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−27% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−15% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation

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 Colorado

Colorado Historical Foundation81%Denver Mountain Parks Foundation80%Moffat Road Railroad Museum Association80%Colorado Model Railroad Museum80%Montezuma County Historical Society79%Pioneers Museum Foundation of Colorado Springs79%Morgan County Family Center Inc79%Historic Denver Inc79%

Nationally

Montana History Foundation81%Colorado Historical Foundation81%Denver Mountain Parks Foundation80%Moffat Road Railroad Museum Association80%Colorado Model Railroad Museum80%Montezuma County Historical Society79%Pioneers Museum Foundation of Colorado Springs79%Teton Valley Museum Foundation Inc79%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

68%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CO

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation: 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 Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation?
Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being Bloedorn Foundation ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation?
Bloedorn Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 1 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