Florida · Nonprofit
SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC
SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $552,246 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $-112236
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $552k
- Net assets
- $0
What Sarasota Classic Car Museum Inc does
Mission
The sarasota classic car museum (sccm) exists to acquire, preserve and exhibit the evolutionary, dwindling cars of the 20th century. We seek to provide a foundation for scholarly research and learning programs that inspire an interest in and understanding of the impacts of the automobile upon life in america. The museum building is the same building from 1953 that was converted from the old stable design to a car barn with rustic beams and antique bronze lighting. Because it is the same building from 1953 being 50,000 square feet, it requires a lot of maintenance and upkeep. To stay operational, sccm needs to be able to recruit volunteer help, automobile donations and financial support to survive. Admission alone does not maintain the entire entity. Automobiles date back to the early 1900's including autos from 1905 - 1908. Some of these autos are the same that were present when the horn brothers originally opened the museum. The autos are displayed in a timeline in order to give the a
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The sarasota classic car museum (sccm) exists to acquire, preserve and exhibit the evolutionary, dwindling cars of the 20th century. We seek to provide a foundation for scholarly research and learning programs that inspire an interest in and understanding of the impacts of the automobile upon life in america.
$355,630 spentof which $38,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $355,630.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $491k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2023 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM 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
SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
91% 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 SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC.
“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
91% of SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC'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 $52k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Florida funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $500k 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.
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In Florida
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC: 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 SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC?
- SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $552,246 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $552,246 in grants to SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SARASOTA CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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