Oregon · Nonprofit
The National Neon Sign Museum
The National Neon Sign Museum (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being RESTORE OREGON INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $120k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $-19658
What The National Neon Sign Museum does
Mission
Social enlightenment of the past
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Social enlightenment of th past through education and demonstration of the history of neon lights.
$62,436 spent$89,525 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $62,436.
The organization over time
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Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $7k to $34k (+367%).
How it's funded, over time
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Government-grant reliance: 2019 32% · 2020 60% · 2021 32% · 2022 23% · 2024 19% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of The National Neon Sign Museum’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
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Chief executive
David Benko
Executive Director
Board chair
Kirsten Benko
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Against its field
The National Neon Sign Museum's revenue grew 54% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding The National Neon Sign Museum receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$22k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like The National Neon Sign Museum
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 The National Neon Sign 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 The National Neon Sign Museum?
- The National Neon Sign Museum (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being RESTORE OREGON INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The National Neon Sign Museum have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to The National Neon Sign Museum.
- Who is the largest funder of The National Neon Sign Museum?
- RESTORE OREGON INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The National Neon Sign Museum find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2017–2025), 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