Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION
PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,650 to it, the largest being HANNAH L HAMLIN MEMORIAL FUND INC 494 ($43,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $71k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $437k
What Penn Brad Historical Oil Well Corporation does
Mission
The Mission of the Museum shall be to preserve and display the history of the petroleum industry in the Bradford Oil field and the unique culture that developed with it. The museum shall be a repository off oil & gas memorabilia, artifacts, documents, and apparatus and will host educational events that foster an appreciation of our community heritage and honor the people and businesses that contributed to its development.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Breakfast meetings to educate the public about the history of the Bradford Oil Field and other topics of local interest
$2,625 spent100% of program spendingAnnual Derrick Day to educate the public about the contributions of the oil industry.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOpening Event which welcomes the public to see the displays and artifacts at the museum.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,625.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $392k to $438k (+12%).
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.
68% of PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $19k.
From the IRS filings of PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION’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
PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 99% · 2019 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
100% of PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION: 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 PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION?
- PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,650 to it, the largest being HANNAH L HAMLIN MEMORIAL FUND INC 494 ($43,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $43,650 in grants to PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION?
- HANNAH L HAMLIN MEMORIAL FUND INC 494 is the largest funder on record, with $43,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENN BRAD HISTORICAL OIL WELL CORPORATION 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 FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 2 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