California · Nonprofit
MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $322,000 to it, the largest being Lennox Foundation ($315,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $190k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $322k
- Net assets
- $422k
What Moffett Field Historical Society does
Mission
The mission is to acquire, preserve and display artifacts related to the history of moffett field at the moffett field museum.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Acquisition,preservation of assets for display in the current period: air wing k-22 gondola (2) apii & infrastructure preservation/restoration
$95,000 spent$95,000 earned by the program35% of program spendingPreservation expenses gallery expenes operating expenses
$175,641 spent$94,782 earned by the program65% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $270,641.
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 $527k to $426k (−19%).
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.
27% of MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Jeff Wasel
Executive director
Board chair
Tom Spink
Chairman of the board/president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $87k.
From the IRS filings of MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL 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
MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
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
MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 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 MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $322,000 to it, the largest being Lennox Foundation ($315,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $322,000 in grants to MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- Lennox Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $315,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOFFETT FIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing