Kentucky · Nonprofit
OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,613,582 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE DEPOSITORY INC ($368,304). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $30M
What Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation Inc does
Mission
To ignite the human spirit with thoughtfully crafted stories to spark curiosity about who we are and our connection to the future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibition, projects & collection items:the permanent exhibits of the museum showcase artifacts made between the 16th and 20th centuries which include themes of the revolutionary war, westward expansion and the civil war to name a few. Several of our featured exhibits include the bloedner monument, president theodore roosevelt's "big stick and the family bible of daniel boone. The temporary exhibitions and projects enhance the visitor's museum experience by the "awe" factor and "blockbuster" effect. The organization's collection is made up of historical artifacts that are held for exhibition and various other programs. Items are catalogued, preserved and cared for, and activities verifying their existence and assessing their condition are performed continuously. The museum maintains the preservation, display and safe-keeping of a vast collection of historic artifacts. Timely review, preparation, and preservation are put into the historic collection and other objects that are under consideration for adding to the museum's collection, which at times can be costly, in order to build an authentic and noteworthy historical collection.
$3,571,165 spent$1,548,918 earned by the program87% of program spendingEducation:the museum features great educational programming, live performances by costumed interpreters, re-enactments, hands-on interactive multimedia presentations, and a 48-seat movie theater. The museum has educational programming for all ages. School groups, civic organizations and families all visit the museum to reconnect with the past and to gain a deeper understanding of history. The museum has facilities for special events and cultural programming.
$552,623 spent$309,943 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,123,788.
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 $43M to $37M (−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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2021 12% · 2022 9% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Andrew Trienen
President & CEO
Board chair
J Mccauley Brown
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $155k → $223k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION 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
OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
71% 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 OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 41% · 2019 44% · 2020 33% · 2021 44% · 2022 35% · 2023 45% — 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
45% of OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
64% of OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC'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 $585k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 58% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $195k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$195k
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 OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC?
- OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,613,582 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE DEPOSITORY INC ($368,304). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,613,582 in grants to OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE DEPOSITORY INC is the largest funder on record, with $368,304 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 22 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