Oklahoma · Nonprofit
NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM
NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM (Oklahoma) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,587,875 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,931,750). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $138M
What National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum does
Mission
To preserve and interpret the evolving history and cultures of the american west for the education and enrichment of its diverse audiences of adults and children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Special events are held on site throughout the year to educate the public in the ways of the american west, encourage artists to preserve and interpret the western heritage through their artwork and to recognize excellence in literature, television, and other media for the presentation of the american west.
$2,409,462 spent$1,619,347 earned by the program25% of program spendingExhibits are showcased throughout the museum to encourage curiosity and educate the public about the history and values of the american west.
$5,535,167 spent$1,275,269 earned by the program57% of program spendingChallenging educational programs are provided and integrated with exhibitions, technology and research to promote the museum's missions of preserving and interpreting the west. The educational programs also strengthen the artistic value of the museums's collection to the public and expose the public to various cultures and artistic traditions of the west.
$1,702,938 spent$478,407 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther programs
$746,383 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,647,567.
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.
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 $107M to $122M (+14%).
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 13% · 2021 14% · 2022 1% · 2023 4% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $1.6M → $2.8M.
17 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 funders by total. 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 COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
36% 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 COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 84% · 2019 18% · 2020 13% · 2021 37% · 2022 55% · 2023 39% — 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
61% of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
81% of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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.
Government funding NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $423k on record — $400k federal, $23k state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$400k
- Rent of Other Building Space$7k
- Pmts-Local Gov't-Hlth,Soc Svc$7k
- Pmts-Local Gov't-Gen Govt$6k
- Rent of Office Space$2k
- Rent-Equipment And Machinery$1k
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 NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN 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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 COWBOY AND WESTERN 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 NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM?
- NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM (Oklahoma) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,587,875 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,931,750). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $18,587,875 in grants to NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,931,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 82 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