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PIONEER FARM MUSEUM

PIONEER FARM MUSEUM (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,240 to it, the largest being PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$235k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$94k
Net assets
$473k
1/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Pioneer Farm Museum does

Mission

Employ "hands-on" experiential learning tools to foster global citizenship by connecting people to the past and preparing them for the future. Pioneer Farm Museum is dedicated to providing living history, environmental and cultural educational opportunities through hands-on activities and experiences.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Outreach programs for elementary schools, providing cross cultural experiences with learning centers which contrast the traditional lifestyles of native americans with that of northwest pioneers. Benefitted: 2,500

    $22,791 spentof which $4,675 as grants$17,842 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  2. Living history "hands on" guided tours of 1880's farm and one room schoolhouse. Activities include chores done by children in northwest 100 years ago. Teaching self-sufficiency and history. Folklore & craft tours as well as nature trail. Benefitted: 8,744.

    $119,620 spent$93,645 earned by the program
    54% of program spending
  3. Overnight programs for groups teaching "pioneer living" for school children, scout groups, camp fire, church groups and others to learn about life in northwest 100 years ago. Also, crafts and nature walk. Benefitted: 27.

    $1,022 spent$800 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  4. Northwest native american cultural programs for groups and general public teaches value of living in harmony with nature and traditional native lifestyles. Native heritage tour as well. Benefitted: 6,574.

    $76,330 spent$59,756 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  5. Provide opportunity for children to experience the atmosphere of a one room school house, with learning as in the 1800's. Primary subject discussed is washington state history. Benefitted: 133.

    $1,505 spent$1,179 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $221,268.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($205k) Expenses 100 ($217k) Net assets 100 ($325k)2018 Revenue 113 ($231k) Expenses 96 ($207k) Net assets 107 ($349k)2019 Revenue 97 ($199k) Expenses 97 ($211k) Net assets 104 ($337k)2020 Revenue 111 ($227k) Expenses 64 ($139k) Net assets 131 ($425k)2021 Revenue 169 ($346k) Expenses 76 ($164k) Net assets 184 ($597k)2022 Revenue 65 ($133k) Expenses 120 ($260k) Net assets 144 ($468k)2023 Revenue 135 ($276k) Expenses 121 ($262k) Net assets 151 ($491k)2024 Revenue 114 ($235k) Expenses 117 ($253k) Net assets 145 ($473k)
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Revenue (114)Expenses (117)Net assets (145)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $430k to $605k (+41%).

$328k
$352k
$341k
$430k
$605k
$507k
$493k
$530k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 17% · 2023 25% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
$23k
’18
−$12k
’19
$88k
’20
$182k
’21
−$128k
’22
$14k
’23
−$19k
’24
0.9
months of
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.

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Listed33366766
Joined·+0+0+3+0+1+0+0
No longer listed·0000010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $86.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 PIONEER FARM MUSEUM’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

PIONEER FARM MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

61% 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 PIONEER FARM MUSEUM.

27%
largest funder
69%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 47% · 2022 93% · 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.

How long its funders stay

14% of PIONEER FARM MUSEUM's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 11% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

85% of PIONEER FARM MUSEUM's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA
MN
WI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like PIONEER FARM 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 Washington

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

0
board members
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PIONEER FARM MUSEUM?
PIONEER FARM MUSEUM (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,240 to it, the largest being PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PIONEER FARM MUSEUM have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $94,240 in grants to PIONEER FARM MUSEUM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PIONEER FARM MUSEUM?
PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PIONEER FARM MUSEUM find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 9 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