California · Nonprofit
SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION
SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,864 to it, the largest being TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($28,841). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $164k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $79k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation does
Mission
The Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation's mission is to preserve the sierra nevada region's winter sports and olympic history, share the stories of its athletes and pioneers, and inspire future generations to experience the wonder and passion of our unique mountain spirit.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Snow sports museum accomplishments 2025: -successfully completed and received approval of the environmental impact report (eir) for the proposed museum and cultural center in olympic valley by placer county planning commission. -maintained and expanded our internship program with california state university, sacramento, university or nevada, reno and other partners, supporting the ongoing archiving and documentation of our collection. -advanced collections management efforts, including organization of the auburn ski club/western ski museum (asc) collection and continued cataloging of artifacts, photographs, and historical materials. -continued development of our collection through new artifact acquisitions and loans to support future exhibits. -operated an interim museum space at boatworks mall in tahoe city, providing public access to select exhibits and serving as a community gathering space. -hosted and participated in community events and educational programming, including a ski history day event in partnership with sugar bowl resort, featuring historical presentations and guided experiences. -continued fundraising efforts through campaigns such as big day of giving and give…
$28,658 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $28,658.
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 $1.3M to $1.1M (−16%).
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: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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 narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $19k → $29.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM 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
SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 44% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 54% · 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
SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION 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 SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION
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
35% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM 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 SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,864 to it, the largest being TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($28,841). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $78,864 in grants to SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $28,841 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SQUAW VALLEY SKI MUSEUM 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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