Washington · Nonprofit
QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $254,675 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($245,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $174k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $255k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Quilcene Historical Museum does
Mission
To preserve, display and explain the history of the quilcene area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Quilcene Historical Museum was formed and exists to preserve the past history of the local area for future generations.
$156,958 spent100% of program spendingIn 2013 the Museum completed its purchase of the Worthington House and Grounds, an historic house situated on nearly ten acres of riverfront property adjacent to the Museum. Built from 1891-1892, the residence was originally a spectacular 17-room, 3 story mansard-style Victorian mansion built by Millard Fillmore Hamilton, who came to Quilcene in the 1880s. He lost the home in the economic depression of the 1890s. It was purchased by WJ Worthington in 1907 and remained in the family until the Museum purchased it in 2013.The Museum intends to renovate the structure and the grounds over a period of time. An Historic Structures Review has been completed and certain other planning has been initiated.Funds for the purchase were raised through a capital campaign which was oversubscribed. The amount of the purchase was $268,388.Further, local tradespeople and volunteers have given freely of their skills and services. The cost of renovations to the building has been booked to Construction in Progress which at year end stood at $1,995,100.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $156,958.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.9M to $2.2M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 7% · 2018 34% · 2019 28% · 2020 15% · 2021 27% · 2023 66% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Christine Satterlee
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1k → $933.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 QUILCENE HISTORICAL 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
QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — diversifying over time.
“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 QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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.
Against its field
QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM holds deeper cash reserves 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for QUILCENE HISTORICAL 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 QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM?
- QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $254,675 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($245,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $254,675 in grants to QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $245,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like QUILCENE HISTORICAL 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 5 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