New York · Nonprofit
SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM
SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE WALTER J & ANNA H BURCHAN CHARITABLE ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $102k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $342k
What Swart-Wilcox House Museum does
Mission
The organization's mission is to stimulate the use and enjoyment of the Swart-Wilcox House Museum by maintaining an association of persons interested in the museum; to develop and continue educational programs that promote life-long learning & appreciation of local history; to cooperate with the city of oneonta, ny, in developing activities related to oneonta's history and the history of the swart-wilcox house, the oldest building in the city; and to encourage the general public and other organizations to participate in supporting and using the historical programs and projects developed and offered by the Swart-Wilcox House Museum in order to appreciate the on-going historical significance of the leatherstocking region of new york state and of the city of oneonta in particular.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Sunday summer series - eight sessions during the summer on sunday in july & august. Guest speakers cover topics including local history events, famous historic people, antique collections, local historic institutions, and other topics about local history in and around the city of oneonta, ny. The programs are open to the public and average attendance at each session is about 45 people. The sessions are held on the museum lawn & the final session includes refreshments and a tour of the swart-wilcox house meseum. There is no charge for these sessions.
$160 spent32% of program spendingAdult education programs in local history - this is a special series of programs for adulst from april until october. Attendees average about 20 people per session and sessions are open to all adults. Programs are held inside the house museum followed by a tour of the museum. Presenters all donate their time and expertise and attendees include members of the local rotary club, dar, local historic societies, catskill area teacher center,other local organizations, and any other interested adults. Again, there is no charge for these programs.
$113 spent23% of program spendingLocal history curriculum & classes for local 4th grade students: the board members of the museum provide a series of 8 classes in local history with a focus on the history of the swart-wilcox house, built in 1807. There are 2 classes held in each of the 4 elementary schools in the city of oneonta. The 1st class includes a power point presentation followed by a special learning activity. The 2nd class, given a week later, involves a field trip to the Swart-Wilcox House Museum where the students get a tour of the museum and do a hands-on craft project involving something they saw at the museum. This project involves approximately 110 4th grade students in the four elementary schools in the city of oneonta. All services are donated.
$227 spent45% of program spending.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $500.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $244k to $342k (+40%).
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.
90% of SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM’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
SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
“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 SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM's grant income comes from New York funders.
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
SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM's revenue fell 59% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM: 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 SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM?
- SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE WALTER J & ANNA H BURCHAN CHARITABLE ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $150,000 in grants to SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM.
- Who is the largest funder of SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM?
- THE WALTER J & ANNA H BURCHAN CHARITABLE is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SWART-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2024–2025), 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