Virginia · Nonprofit
JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC
JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,247,494 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($5,747,727). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc does
Mission
The jamestown-yorktown foundation, inc. Is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that pursues private funds to strengthen and maintain museum programs and services, assists with the development of the museum collection, and oversees the endowment. The jamestown-yorktown foundation, an educational institution of the commonwealth of virginia, shall foster through its living-history museums - jamestown settlement and american revolution museum - an awareness and understanding of the early history, settlement and development of the united states through the convergence of american indian, european and african cultures and the enduring legacies bequeathed to the nation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Visitor experience - jamestown yorktown foundation's museums - jamestown settlement and the american revolution museum at yorktown - welcomed 453,103 paid visitors in fiscal year 2024. In addition to partial operating support from the commonwealth of virginia and earned income through museum admission, retail, and concessions, fundraising totaling $1.9 million supported jyf's ability to engage visitors from across the nation in 17th and 18th-century virginia and american history through living-history areas, permanent galleries, special exhibitions, and annual and special programs.the special exhibition "ruth e. Carter: afrofuturism in costume design" welcomed new and diverse audiences to jamestown settlement, raising the profile of jyf museums and programming. On display at jamestown settlement may 11, 2024, through january 5, 2025, this innovative special exhibition showcased the work of two-time academy award-winning costume designer ruth e. Carter, who uses extensive historical research in her films, including "amistad," "malcom x," "selma, and marvel's "black panther" film series. In june 2024, jyf's susan constant, a re-creation of one of the original three ships that…
$1,468,247 spentof which $344,923 as grants88% of program spendingEducational programs - jyf continued to carry out its mission as the largest provider of museum education programs in the commonwealth, providing onsite, in-person outreach, and virtual outreach education to nearly every city and county in virginia. In fy24, jyf educated 211,431 students, a 6% increase over the previous year, including 9,169 under-resourced students from 41 title I school districts in virginia, a 33% increase over the previous year. Teacher professional development also had an extensive reach in fy24, with 317 teachers from 58 virginia school districts participating in virtual professional development workshops, a 67% increase over the previous year. The summer teacher institute, which held its inaugural session for middle and high school teachers, welcomed 33 teachers from 20 virginia school districts. As an educational agency of the commonwealth of virginia, all jyf education programs and teacher professional development are rooted in the virginia standards of learning for history and social science (sol). Jyf continues to cultivate local and regional partnerships in supporting these programs.
$145,895 spentof which $135,740 as grants9% of program spendingCollections - the foundation collection is comprised of approximately 210,877 archaeological and non-archeological artifacts relating to historical themes at the museums, including 17th- and 18th-century portraits, documents, furnishings, toys, ceremonial and decorative objects, tools and implements, weaponry, military equipment, nautical objects, clothing, personal effects and household objects. The foundation continues to build its collection by acquiring artifacts to exhibit at both museums to support its educational mission. The foundation's collections policy reflects an emphasis on public education and exhibition by acquiring objects that are central to a dynamic exhibits program. Period artifacts add another dimension to the fulfillment of the agency's educational mission, allowing historical themes and educational programs to be more effectively illustrated. All artifacts in our collection are given a high standard of care. Our conservation facilities give us the capacity to carry out the full range of collection care that is expected and required of a fully accredited institution.
$49,969 spent3% of program spendingAnnual fund - in fiscal year 2024, the annual fund raised $868,769 from 1,700 donors. Gifts to the annual fund provide unrestricted support that sustains the foundation's museums and programming, including artifact acquisitions and collections care; living-history interpretation; public programs and events; education programming for k-12 students; volunteer recruitment and retention; and maritime education.
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,664,111.
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 $21M to $26M (+21%).
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.
69% of JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Christy S Coleman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $533k → $562k.
13 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 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
JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 68%; 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 28% · 2018 13% · 2019 16% · 2020 15% · 2021 21% · 2022 87% · 2023 20% — 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 JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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
JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$2k
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 JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: 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 JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC?
- JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,247,494 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($5,747,727). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $9,247,494 in grants to JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,747,727 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 74 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