Wyoming · Nonprofit
JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM
JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM (Wyoming) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,581,149 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ($2,214,962). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum does
Mission
The Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum tells the stories of jackson hole that connect people to the history of this valley and region. We steward and share artifacts and ideas that foster curiosity and continual learning, forge connections, and inform our 21st century dialogue.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Museum:the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum operates one museum gallerywith multiple exhibits focused on over 11,000 years of human history in thetetons including archaeology and the history of native americans, furtrapping and exploration, homesteading, dude ranching, tourism,conservation, and outdoor recreation. Temporary exhibits are rotated intothe space seasonally.
$1,113,718 spent$102,251 earned by the program86% of program spendingEducation:the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum's education program focuseson "place-based" curriculum that uses the local environment and jacksonhole history to provide hands-on, real-world learning experiences to fostera strong connection to our community. We aim to serve as a resource forlifelong learners by encouraging discovery through investigation, research,and creation for all ages. Through our education program, students foster adeeper understanding and appreciation for our local heritage.
$154,004 spent$32,274 earned by the program12% of program spendingResearch:the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum cares for 7,116 objects,19,618 photographs, 11,716 archival records, 3,526 books and 645 oralhistories. These items are made accessible in the stan klassen researchcenter, which is open to researchers and the public by appointment.
$33,977 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,301,699.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $11M to $18M (+57%).
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: 2018 44% · 2020 25% · 2021 79% · 2022 24% · 2023 35% · 2024 16% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $5k → $911k.
11 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM’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
JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 79% · 2022 44% · 2023 48% — 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 JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
72% of JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM'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 $1.3M that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from funders outside Wyoming, across 12 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$750k
- Department of the Interior$353k
- Department of Agriculture$37k
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 JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM
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 Wyoming
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM?
- JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM (Wyoming) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,581,149 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ($2,214,962). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $4,581,149 in grants to JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE is the largest funder on record, with $2,214,962 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wyoming. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 29 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