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MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC

MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $619,707 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($350,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$783k
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$620k
Net assets
$3.8M
6/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What Museum of North Idaho Inc does

Mission

The museum of north idaho preserves and illuminates our past to inspire our future.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing historical programs and tours.

    $35,521 spent$14,197 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  2. Providing historical exhibits and admissions to the museum.

    $13,148 spent$7,943 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  3. Publish books and monthly newsletter related to the history of the coeur d alene region.

    $4,152 spent$10,274 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $121,737 spent
    70% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $174,558.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($196k) Expenses 100 ($127k) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2018 Revenue 92 ($180k) Expenses 79 ($100k) Net assets 101 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 186 ($365k) Expenses 95 ($121k) Net assets 130 ($1.3M)2020 Revenue 365 ($716k) Expenses 107 ($136k) Net assets 189 ($1.9M)2021 Revenue 299 ($587k) Expenses 169 ($215k) Net assets 231 ($2.4M)2022 Revenue 278 ($546k) Expenses 180 ($230k) Net assets 254 ($2.6M)2023 Revenue 465 ($912k) Expenses 243 ($310k) Net assets 318 ($3.3M)2024 Revenue 399 ($783k) Expenses 247 ($314k) Net assets 368 ($3.8M)
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Revenue (399)Expenses (247)Net assets (368)Peer revenue range

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 $2.6M to $3.3M (+25%).

$1.0M
$1.0M
$1.3M
$1.9M
$2.4M
$2.6M
$3.3M
$3.8M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 8% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2021 3% · 2022 4% · 2023 2% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

85% of MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$69k
’17
$80k
’18
$245k
’19
$580k
’20
$371k
’21
$316k
’22
$603k
’23
$468k
’24
19
months of
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

Britt Thurman

Executive director

Board chair

Steve Towles

Board president

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.

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Listed1310131010121212
Joined·+2+6+3+6+4+0+2
No longer listed·5366202
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $410k.

5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC’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

MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

56%
largest funder
75%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 50% · 2022 40% · 2023 85% — 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.

How long its funders stay

33% of MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside Idaho, across 7 states in all.

WA
ID
MT
NY
RI
NE
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Idaho out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $129k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin60% · top quartile
Months of reserve18.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.

Federal$75k
grants $75kcontracts $0
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26
Top agencies
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services$75k

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 MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 11%Fundraising 33%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC?
MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $619,707 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($350,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $619,707 in grants to MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC?
M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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