California · Nonprofit
Saratoga Historical Foundation
Saratoga Historical Foundation (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $772,041 to it, the largest being THE VALLEY FOUNDATION ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $56k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $772k
- Net assets
- $774k
What Saratoga Historical Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Saratoga Historical Foundation is to preserve the rich history of Saratoga for the education and enjoyment of the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Saratoga Historical Foundation had a good year providing its membership with a lecture series of important events including a look at one of Saratogas pioneers during the gold rush as well as travelling west during the 1800s. The Foundation also participated in the 4th of July and the state of the city annual events gaining awareness for the group. Other awareness activity included producing the Blossom Festival the 11th year in a row celebrating the citys agricultural heritage. A catered Thank You party was extended to key sponsors and all volunteers. Over 450 students took part in the Pioneer Living classes for 2nd though fifth gradesa record breaking number of students. The year concluded with 3 exhibits. It was a busy year.
$28,933 spent$2,911 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $28,933.
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.
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 $427k to $1.0M (+139%).
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 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $16.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 Saratoga Historical Foundation’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
Saratoga Historical Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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
35% 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 Saratoga Historical Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 45% · 2019 97% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Saratoga Historical Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $254k 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.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 Saratoga Historical Foundation: 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 Saratoga Historical Foundation?
- Saratoga Historical Foundation (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $772,041 to it, the largest being THE VALLEY FOUNDATION ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Saratoga Historical Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $772,041 in grants to Saratoga Historical Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Saratoga Historical Foundation?
- THE VALLEY FOUNDATION 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 Saratoga Historical Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 7 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