Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM
NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $649,683 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ($214,299). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $650k
- Net assets
- $11M
What National Civil War Museum does
Mission
The mission of the National Civil War Museum is to serve as a national center to inspire lifelong learning of the American Civil War through the preservation and balanced presentation of the American peoples struggles for survival and healing. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation of material, culture and information related to the the American Civil War during the period of 1861 through 1865, and to offer exhibits, publications, educational programs and research activities to that period of American history.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Museum is dedicated to the preservation of material, culture and information related to the the American Civil War during the period of 1861 through 1865, and to offer exhibits, publications, educational programs and research activities to that period of American history. And to acquire various artifacts related to that period for display and to operate a facility for the exhibit of such artifacts including a storage facility to preserve these artifacts for future generations.
$843,875 spent$415,437 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $843,875.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.9M to $12M (+300%).
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: 2017 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 18% · 2020 13% · 2021 15% · 2022 14% · 2023 14% · 2024 17% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
G Lee Miller
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $12k → $94k.
8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 NATIONAL CIVIL WAR 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
NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
57% 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 NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 71% · 2019 43% · 2020 22% · 2021 32% · 2022 33% · 2023 37% — 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
59% of NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
75% of NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% 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 NATIONAL CIVIL WAR 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 NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM?
- NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $649,683 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ($214,299). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $649,683 in grants to NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM?
- UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION is the largest funder on record, with $214,299 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 25 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