Louisiana · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $585k
What International Petroleum Museum and Exposition Inc does
Mission
The museum gathers, saves, preserves, and interprets artifacts and information about the offshore oil and gas industries and educates the public concerning the history, culture, and working conditions of these industries and on the impact and significance of these Cajun-born industries upon the rest of the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The museum educates the public in the history, culture, and working conditions of the offshore oil and gas industries utilizing the historic offshore drilling rig Mr. Charlie as a hands-on live aboard training area. Students were trained on the rig in formal classroom training. Hands-on training was done in actual offshore work settings on the rig. Many students also lived on the rig to give them a true offshore working and living experience.
$3,200 spent$1,162 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe museum educates the public in the history, culture, and working conditions of the offshore oil and gas industries by renovating and preserving the historic offshore drilling rig Mr. Charlie for generations to come to visit and train on. The renovations and preservation work is a daily task because of the ongoing tours and live aboard training. Some of the work is done by students as well as by volunteers.
$32,166 spent29% of program spendingThe museum educates the public in the history, culture, and working conditions of the offshore oil and gas industries by giving guided tours of the historic offshore drilling rig Mr. Charlie. Over 3,479 tourists from across the country and around the world visited the museum. The guided tours bring the tourists throughout the offshore drilling rig including the living and working areas of the rig. With the hands-on, live aboard training done on the rig, the tourists get to visit and actual working rig giving them a true offshore rig experience.
$26,016 spent$19,124 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe museum educates the public in the history, culture, and working conditions of the offshore oil and gas industries by erecting a monument of an offshore hardhat diver with explantation of the history of the oil and gas diving industry. Additional information and displays are provided in the museum's diving and ROV section.
$48,455 spent$42,111 earned by the program44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $109,837.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $896k to $1.0M (+14%).
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 14% · 2021 16% · 2022 1% · 2023 6% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION 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
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 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 INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC has grown faster than half of the 14,575 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,575 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC?
- The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MUSEUM AND EXPOSITION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 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