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FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE
FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,072 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($106,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $228k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $193k
- Net assets
- $421k
What Friends of Ebeys Landing National Historical Reserve does
Mission
The organization is the fundraising entity for ebey's landing national historical reserve. Working in cooperation with the trust board of ebey's landing national historical reserve and the national park service, the organization funds projects and programs that protect, preserve and enhance the cultural and natural resources and visitor experience of the reserve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ebey's forever grant program - the grant program was established in 2009 as a means of supporting the preservation, rehabilitation and continued use of heritage buildings within the reserve. The organization works with donors to fund the ebey's forever grant program annually. To date, over ninety structures have received critical funding for brick and mortar preservation work. The program has circulated more than $2,000,000 into the local economy. Overall, the ebey's forever grant program is an inspiring example of how a vibrant community can keep history alive. The organization is proud to support the hard work of the trust board and their implementation of the ebey's forever grant program.
$65,196 spent52% of program spendingSupplemental funding for staffing needs - the organization provides funding for preservation. These positions provide support for programs that include administration of the ebey's forever grant program, technical assistance to historic property owners, public education workshops and lectures, social media and other means of sharing the significance of the reserve and its resources to the public.
$40,907 spent32% of program spendingHistoric property monitoring - the organization provides funding to allow the preservation coordinator to perform condition monitoring and reporting for the historic pratt properties including the trust board cottage, jacob and sarah ebey house and blockhouse, the ferry house and the pratt sheep barn.
$14,062 spent11% of program spendingSponsorships - the organization provides funding to the trust board of ebey's landing historical reserve for related organization sponsorships.
$6,392 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $126,557.
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 2023 to 2024, from $370k to $398k (+8%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $55k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE’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
FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 51% · 2022 37% · 2023 79% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 33% 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
87% of FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE'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 $25k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $168k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE?
- FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,072 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($106,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $193,072 in grants to FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $106,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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