Florida · Nonprofit
SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC
SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC (Florida) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,964 to it, the largest being LAT FOUNDATION ($270,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $362k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Sanibel Historical Museum & Village Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to preserve, share, and celebrate sanibel's history. Our goal is to foster an understanding of and appreciation of the history of sanibel, to act as a resource for various cultural and educational organizations and institutions, as well as to encourage the preservation, maintenance, and compatible re-use of sanibel's historic resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The village consists of nine (9) authentic,historically restored buildings, each representing an aspect of pioneer life. There is a schoolhouse, a fishing cottage, a "snowbird" cottage, a general store and tea room. Admissions were up 10% over last year. The museum hosted special tours during the season. These special tours are geared totally toward education, again fulfilling our mission to preserve, share, and celebrate sanibel's history. Each tour is hosted by one or two experienced tour guides and ranges from 1-1/2 to two hours.
$198,424 spent$2,835 earned by the program98% of program spendingThe museum offered two twilight talks during the season with approximately 200 people attending each talk. This program is one of our best vehicles for educating people about the history of the island and the purpose of the museum. By these talks, we are fulfilling our mission. The talks included: - the history of tarpon bay - god and sanibel: the history of religion on sanibel
$3,427 spent$5,186 earned by the program2% of program spendingThe museum offered three volunteer update events. These are casual lunch- time talks for volunteers and members at the 150 level or above. Their purpose is education, and they are usually attended by about 60 people, the full capacity of our on-site location. The talks were: - state of the village and its future (expenses and revenue zero) - our buildings have a past (expenses and revenue zero) - growing up on the bay (expenses and revenue zero) the village also held fun mule appreciation week to highlight the importance of mules to the island pioneers. There is a new mule exhibit perfect for picture taking and special items for sale in the gift shop.
$143 earned by the program
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $201,851.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.0M to $844k (−18%).
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 11% · 2018 16% · 2019 15% · 2020 15% · 2021 23% · 2022 11% · 2024 32% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE 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. 3 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $265k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE 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
SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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: 2017 80% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 72% · 2021 55% · 2022 38% · 2023 94% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
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
SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC holds deeper cash reserves 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
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC?
- SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC (Florida) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,964 to it, the largest being LAT FOUNDATION ($270,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $361,964 in grants to SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC?
- LAT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $270,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 12 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