Alabama · Nonprofit
MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM
MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,469 to it, the largest being THE SYBIL SMITH FOUNDATION ($126,669). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $349k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $320k
- Net assets
- $972k
What Monroe County Heritage Museum does
Mission
To bring people and history together - first hand experience observing well presented displays designed to tell the story of our past.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Approx 26,000 people are served locally by this organization. The purpose of this organization is to preserve local history, restore and maintain historical buildings, collect and exhibit local artifacts and items of historical interest.
$295,028 spent100% of program spendingManage and maintain seven locations and sites in monroe county, al. These sites are open to the public for tour and historical presentations.
$0 spent0% of program spendingPresent historical programs to school children as well as to citizens of monroe county, surrounding counties, state at large and international citizens - provide for purchase, materials which relate to historical events.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $295,028.
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 $1.0M to $939k (−7%).
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 53% · 2021 33% · 2022 21% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM’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 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $12k → $69k.
From the IRS filings of MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE 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
MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
39% 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 MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2019 67% · 2020 89% · 2021 56% · 2022 77% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.
“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
57% of MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM's grant income comes from Alabama 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
MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE 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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM: 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 MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM?
- MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,469 to it, the largest being THE SYBIL SMITH FOUNDATION ($126,669). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $320,469 in grants to MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM?
- THE SYBIL SMITH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $126,669 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 7 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