Michigan · Nonprofit
PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM
PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,650 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($156,900). 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
- $471k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $209k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Pontiac Transportation Museum does
Mission
A) the Pontiac Transportation Museum opened its doors to the public in may 2024. It is devoted to curation and communication of the very significant historical legacy of wheeled transportation in the pontiac michigan area. Beyond this operational mission, the ptm board has guided the organization to serve its community in the following three aspects: (1) assist economic development of the pontiac community by attracting heritage tourism to the area, (2) provide educational outreach to the community focusing on steam topics and capabilities, (3) grow pride in the pontiac community regarding its enviable history in transportation. B) activities of the museum include: 1. Open hours each week - thursday/friday/saturday/sunday 2. Several "open houses" annually and also a 50% discount for pontiac residents (re-emphasizing our community responsibilities) 3. Community evening outreach lectures 4. Venue for private parties and selected civic activity 5. Hosting of school children and assisted l
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Activities of the museum include: 1. Open hours each week - thursday/friday/saturday/sunday 2. Several "open houses" annually and also a 50% discount for pontiac residents (re-emphasizing our community responsibilities) 3. Community evening outreach lectures 4. Venue for private parties and selected civic activity 5. Hosting of school children and assisted living community visits
$92,234 spent$48,803 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $92,234.
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
Terry Connolly
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 6 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 PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION 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
PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM.
“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 PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM'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 $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $189k 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
PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM: 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 PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM?
- PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,650 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($156,900). 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 PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $208,650 in grants to PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $156,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 6 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing