Texas · Nonprofit
SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC
SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,953 to it, the largest being SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY FOUNDATION ($7,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $305k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What San Antonio Fire Museum Society Inc does
Mission
The mission of the san antonio fire museum society is to preserve and share the heritage and history of fire fighting in san antonio, and to provide an educational experience of fire safety and fire prevention for children and adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The san antonio fire museum, located behind the alamo, which is a unesco world heritage site, is ideally located to showcase the rich history of firefighting in san antonio. Over 7500 visitors were entertained in the original 1939 structure which was the central fire headquarters until 2012. The museum opened its doors to the public in 2013. During our hours of operation (tuesday thru saturday, 10 a.m. To 4 p.m.), our volunteer staff greeted visitors, telling them the history of firefighting in san antonio and sharing first-hand experiences of their firefighting experiences. Our docents, who are mostly retired san antonio firefighters, are frequently mentioned in visitors' online posts as the high point of their visit. The museum's educational committee conducted many fire safety presentations to scheduled groups. Our collections group received numerous donations which were catalogued and either stored, or used in enhancing our displays and exhibits. Our antique fire trucks participated in several parades in san antonio and surrounding areas. Volunteer hours for the fiscal year totaled over 12,400. We remain in a strong financial position thanks to the continued generosity of our…
$160,855 spent$74,351 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $160,855.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $286k to $3.0M (+960%).
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.
71% of SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC’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.
Chief executive
Carl Wedige
President/CEO
Board chair
Dan Reese
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $130 → $73.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC’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
SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
98% of SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $323 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC?
- SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,953 to it, the largest being SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY FOUNDATION ($7,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $8,953 in grants to SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC?
- SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN ANTONIO FIRE MUSEUM SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 4 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