California · Nonprofit
PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE LANEY AND PASHA THORNTON FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $192k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $0
What Peter Mullin Automotive Museum Foundation does
Mission
To support nonprofit public charities that are dedicated to the study, preservation, and public display of classic automobiles or public education regarding classic automobiles.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization maintains and preserves a collection of historical automobiles and makes the collection of automobiles and/or memorabilia available for loan to the supported organizations and other non-profit organizations, for use in their exhibitions and/or education programs. The organization has previously pledged and paid funds to one of its supported organizations to endow a scholarship in transportation design and to fund a classic automobile design competition.during 2023, agreements were entered into to transfer the assets of the foundation upon the passing of the founder, peter mullin. Mr. Mullin passed away in september of 2023 and steps were taken to begin the process of transferring the assets of the foundation in accordance with the agreements. The final transfers were made in 2025, leading to the termination of the foundation.
$12,042 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,042.
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 $26M to $7.6M (−70%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Organizations like PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation · exempt
- Art Center College of Design · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: 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 PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE LANEY AND PASHA THORNTON FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- THE LANEY AND PASHA THORNTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PETER MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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