California · Nonprofit
NHRA VISION
NHRA VISION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,659 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($486,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $542k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Nhra Vision does
Mission
Nhra Vision is organized for charitable and educational purposes. The organization obtains, cares for and displays items of lasting interest or value relating to the sport of drag racing in a facility that is open to the general public. The organization sponsors and carries on activities that foster a better understanding of the history and development of the sport and the people and industry associated with the sport, and promotes the sport of drag racing, including promoting participation in the sport by youth and others.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Since their inception, the nostalgia racing events formerly known as "hot rod reunions and now known as "nostalgia nationals" have offered hot rodders and racers the opportunity to reunite with old friends and reminisce about "the good old days" while also providing a platform for new people to experience the historic origins of the sport. The nostalgia nationals include vintage drag racing, a car show, a chance for fans to meet the legends and stars of the sport, and the highly popular "cacklefest" automobile exhibition.
$424,097 spent$409,434 earned by the program55% of program spendingMaintain the nhra motorsports museum.
$350,536 spent$59,142 earned by the program45% of program spendingInvolvement in youth education and racing programs including support for motorsports career opportunity and development programs and support for youth drag racing programs.
$2,395 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $777,028.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.6M to $2.9M (+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: 2021 4%. 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 8 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
Dale Coleman
President & chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $22k → $220k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 NHRA VISION’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
NHRA VISION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
94% 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 NHRA VISION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
90% of NHRA VISION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $55k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $487k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like NHRA VISION
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- National Hot Rod Association · exempt
- Nhra Ignition · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NHRA VISION: 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 NHRA VISION?
- NHRA VISION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,659 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($486,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NHRA VISION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $541,659 in grants to NHRA VISION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NHRA VISION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $486,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NHRA VISION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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