New York · Nonprofit
H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO
H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,923 to it, the largest being RICHARD S SHINEMAN FOUNDATION ($25,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $400k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $718k
What H Lee White Maritime Museum Oswego does
Mission
The h.lee white maritime museum at oswego, aka h. Lee white marine museum, mission is to promote, protect, enhance and collect the maritime historical resources associated with the oswego river and its drainage basin, the oswego canal and lake ontario.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The museumss purpose is the restoration of the national landmark lt-5 nash, eleanor d and national reg. Canal barge derrick boat 8 through volunteer and professional efforts and the sponsorshop of related public and childrens educational programs, lectures and exhibits. In addition the hlwmm also serves as stewards to the national register oswego west pierhead lighthouse, conducting restoration while offering educational activities and related on the the water experiences.
$222,327 spent$319,746 earned by the program98% of program spendingThe museum is undertaking the refit of a 85 foot schooner, ontario, to serve as an educational vessel on the great lakes
$5,643 spent$80,363 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $227,970.
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 2024 to 2025, from $475k to $632k (+33%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 7% · 2019 14% · 2020 14% · 2021 3% · 2022 50% · 2023 2% · 2024 17% · 2025 11% · 2026 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO’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. 5 of the last 10 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
Mercedes Niess
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $25k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO’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
H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2020 95% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
99% of H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68 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.
Against its field
H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $366k on record.
- Department of the Interior$366k
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 H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO
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 New York
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
63%
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 H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO: 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 H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO?
- H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,923 to it, the largest being RICHARD S SHINEMAN FOUNDATION ($25,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $31,923 in grants to H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO?
- RICHARD S SHINEMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like H LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 6 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing