California · Nonprofit
SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,081 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $329k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association does
Mission
To preserve, archive and present the history of Sunnyvale to people of Sunnyvale of a close-up, well documented look at the unique history - from the Ohlone Indians who lived in their Valley in the distant past to the technological developments of the present, and all of the historical events in between, which have shaped the Sunnyvale they know today.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Sunnyvale Historical Society was incorporated in 1979 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit as a renowned history center and research library for Silicon Valley and beyond. The mission of the Society is to make known, to the residents of Sunnyvale and the neighboring communities, the heritage of Sunnyvale through the actions of preservation, promotion, education and coordination. Our collections and exhibitions are designed to inspire curiosity and knowledge of our City's past for generations to come.
$124,343 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $124,343.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.6M to $4.1M (+14%).
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 12% · 2018 66% · 2022 4% · 2023 3%. 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 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $6k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION’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
SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
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 SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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.
Organizations like SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
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 SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: 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 SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,081 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,081 in grants to SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUNNYVALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 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 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