California · Nonprofit
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $70 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($70). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $70
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Sons of the Revolution does
Mission
The purpose of this Society is to venerate those who served in America's Revolutionary War, to keep alive the traditions engendered during and as a result of that conflict, to maintain the patriotic traditions of the United States of America, and to keep ever fresh the memory of individuals who served in that war through genealogical research into the heritage of those eligible for membership in the SR. To facilitate the above, the Society maintains a genealogical research library, open to members and the public at no charge.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our Library and Museum is open to the public at no charge, offering our unique collection of books, manuscripts and photograph for study and research. School aged children, students and adults, individually and in groups, viewed rotating exhibits and utilized the collections during the year to gain further insight, understanding and knowledge of our nation's heritage, patriotic traditions and significant historical events relating to the founding of our country and events in the 19th and 20th centuries. Patrons made use of our book and manuscript collections conducting research.
$23,828 spent86% of program spendingWe completed additional accessions to our electronic catalog which totals in excess of 30,000 titles. Our catalog utilizes the leading library automation software solution for special libraries. Built on a flexible and scalable backbone with a variety of powerful query and edit capabilities, it is capable of a keyword search across 100,000 records in less than one second. We performed conservation activities to promote preservation of books, manuscripts, photographs and artifacts for future generations. We hosted our electronic catalog on the Internet for the free use and benefit of the public. Our catalog is also available through search engines including Google, Yahoo, as well as on our website.
$3,978 spent14% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,806.
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. 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 $1.7M to $1.7M (−2%).
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.
39% of SONS OF THE REVOLUTION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20 → $50.
From the IRS filings of SONS OF THE REVOLUTION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of SONS OF THE REVOLUTION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 SONS OF THE REVOLUTION: 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 SONS OF THE REVOLUTION?
- SONS OF THE REVOLUTION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $70 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($70). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SONS OF THE REVOLUTION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $70 in grants to SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SONS OF THE REVOLUTION?
- SEMPRA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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