Texas · Nonprofit
GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,938,216 to it, the largest being The Moody Foundation ($2,921,133). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Galveston Historical Foundation does
Mission
Historic preservation and education-Galveston Historical Foundation preserves and revitalizes the architectural and maritime heritage of galveston island
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ghf events, dickens on the strand and historic homes tour, play a major role in heritage tourism on galveston island attracting people from all over texas and beyond. In addition to these large events, ghf is host to galveston island beach revue, tall ships galveston and many other smaller events held at our historic venues. Over 2,000 volunteers are utilized for ghf events.
$662,125 spent12% of program spendingGhf preservation and conservation services advances the preservation and revitalization of galveston's historic neighborhoods, buildings and cultural resources. This department oversees the preservation resource center, architectural salvage warehouse, revolving fund and a variety of community programs including windstorm exemption and historic tax credit consulting.
$651,434 spent11% of program spendingGhf historic properties include the operation of two museum sites, the 1892 bishop's palace and the texas seaport museum. Ghf maintains and operates five other historic sites as rental venues and a collections facility. Through the texas seaport museum, we operate the seagull ii, our maritime and historic harbor tour vessel. Education and group tours play a major function in bringing visitors to the sites.
$4,399,526 spent77% of program spendingPurpose of galveston island tours which operates as a subsidiary for the exclusive and sole benefit of Galveston Historical Foundation, inc. To market, organize and conduct tours of galveston island.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,713,085.
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 $20M to $33M (+64%).
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.
37% of GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Wilmon Jones
CEO/secretary
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $436k → $473k.
5 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 funders by total. 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
GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 46% · 2019 39% · 2020 43% · 2021 71% · 2022 22% · 2023 30% — 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
57% of GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
97% of GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 21 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $755k on record.
- Department of the Interior$750k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GALVESTON HISTORICAL 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GALVESTON HISTORICAL 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 GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION?
- GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,938,216 to it, the largest being The Moody Foundation ($2,921,133). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $7,938,216 in grants to GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION?
- The Moody Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,921,133 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 45 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