California · Nonprofit
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,865,465 to it, the largest being JOHN AND NANCY EDWARDS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($890,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $92k
What The Natural History Museum Santa Maria California does
Mission
Provide education throuth exhibits, displays and events showcasing the natural environment ty operating the natural history museum in santa maria, ca.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Exhibit maintenance and replacement, related suppliesmaterials and printing for providing education, displaysand events showcasing the natural environment
$23,919 spentof which $19,766 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $23,919.
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 $88k to $109k (+24%).
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.
100% of THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $102k → $409k.
1 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 32% · 2019 56% · 2020 46% · 2021 45% · 2022 37% · 2023 43% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,285 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,285 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA?
- THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,865,465 to it, the largest being JOHN AND NANCY EDWARDS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($890,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $2,865,465 in grants to THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA?
- JOHN AND NANCY EDWARDS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $890,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing