Washington · Nonprofit
KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY
KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,589 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($83,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $32k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $89k
- Net assets
- $600k
What Key Peninsula Historic Society does
Mission
The mission of the Key Peninsula Historic Society is to gather, record, preserve and disseminate information about the history of the Pierce County area generally known as the "Key Peninsula" so that succeeding generations of residents will have a firm and accurate record from its earliest inhabitants, early exploration, and settlement, to the present time. To this end, we collect historic memorabilia from members and friends of the museum, engage with the local elementary schools to provide hands-on history learning at the museum or online, present talks to organizations, and sell books about the history of the Key Peninsula. We also promote the museum's collection and display using our website, by staffing a booth at local community events, and participating in STREAM nights at the local elementary schools.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Historic preservation of Vaughn Library Hall on the Key Peninsula, Pierce County, WA. Objective: This facility was restored to serve our entire community (about 20,000 people) for family events, community historical presentations, historical activities by our school children, and other community events. We have completed our remodeling of the building to its original condition from approximately circa 1893. It is the last remaining Community Hall on the Key Peninsula. The building is currently listed on the Pierce County and Washington State registers of Historic Buildings. We will soon be applying for Federal Historic landmark status. This building is now open for use by the general public. After the COVID-19 pandemic, we have returned to normal operations by serving our community during fiscal year 2024-2025. We constructed a "traveling" education exhibit on the Vaughn Library Hall which demonstrates our restoration progress, describes the historical significance of the building, and reached an additional 200 (estimated) citizens in fiscal year 2024-2025. Our dedicated team of volunteers spent approximately 10,000 hours (estimated) working to restore this building over the past…
$343 spent7% of program spendingMuseum displays and exhibits of historical significance to our local communities. Objective: To present the history of the life and times of the people who have lived, worked, and died in all the small communities on the Key Peninsula. Our community displays are created by our dedicated team of volunteers to provide a unique representation of each area on the Key Peninsula and were recently updated to highlight new artifacts and restored photographs and pictures which will serve to educate the general public about our local history for many years to come. Our annual exhibit features a different subject or topic each year. This past year depicted road development on the Key Peninsula from the early days of trails and dirt roads up to today's modern roadways and highlighted information about how each road received its name. Many published maps of the roads on the Key Peninsula were displayed to show how the roads developed and changed over the past 125 years and featured many restored photographs of road construction equipment used to build these roads during different periods of time. Our dedicated team of volunteers spent approximately 150 hours (estimated) researching and…
$1,908 spent39% of program spendingPeninsula High School student scholarship program awards. Objective: To help defray the high cost of college and university tuition fees for deserving students who meet the criteria and qualifications for these financial awards. We awarded $1,000 scholarships to two graduating high school seniors this past year who have primarily demonstrated an interest in the history of the Key Peninsula. Our fundraising activities and donations by concerned citizens throughout the year help us to support this extremely important local education program. Our dedicated team of volunteers spent approximately 40 hours (estimate) working on this program during the current fiscal year. Total expenses for this program service accomplishment during fiscal year 2025-2026 were $2,000.
$2,000 spent41% of program spendingHistorical outreach events and school activities. Objective: To continuously develop the history of the Key Peninsula through many other outreach events and school activities throughout the community each year. These include: (1) The Livable Community Fair and The Winter Warm-up at the Key Peninsula Civic Center, as well as the Farm Tour at the Longbranch Improvement Club and the "Art Walk" in Key Center sponsored by the Two Waters Art Alliance; (2) We conduct a Living History Day for third and fourth graders from Vaughn Elementary School each year at our museum and give the local elementary teachers access to our Traveling History Tote that meets the criteria for Common Core State Standards used to teach the next generation of students about the history of the Key Peninsula;(3) We make historical presentations to campers at Penrose Point State Park during the Summer months each year; and, (4) We also help local authors and citizens perform family genealogical research from our extensive data files on those families who settled here in the early years of the Key Peninsula. We sponsored or participated in these community activities to reach about 2,000 citizens (estimate) from our…
$603 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,854.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $273k to $577k (+112%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $103 → $83k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY’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
KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 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 KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $589 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.
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Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
16% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY?
- KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,589 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($83,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $88,589 in grants to KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $83,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KEY PENINSULA HISTORIC SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2022–2026), and the filings of 3 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