California · Nonprofit
THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART
THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,006,397 to it, the largest being PUTNAM FOUNDATION TRUST XXXXX7002 ($6,565,175). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $56M
What The Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art does
Mission
The Putnam Foundation (the Foundation) is a non-profit organization whose primary activity is the education of the public in fine arts through the operation of the Timken Museum of Art (the Museum) located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, and is the only fine art museum in San Diego that does not charge admission. Accessibility, whether through our free-admission policy or through outreach to underserved groups in the community is at the heart of the Timken.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Putnam Foundation (the Foundation) is a non-profit organization whose primary activity is the education of the public in fine arts through the operation of the Timken Museum of Art (the Museum) located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, and is the only fine art museum in San Diego that does not charge admission. Accessibility, whether through our free-admission policy or through outreach to underserved groups in the community is at the heart of the Timken.
$2,451,584 spent95% of program spendingEducational Programs:The museums educational programs, broad and varied, are offered throughout the year and are free of charge. The programs, both in the museum and out in the community include school residencies, classes at Juvenile Hall, and Balboa Naval Medical Center, school tours, teacher trainings, family art making, docent tours, art programs in senior residence and Outreach Espaol our bi-national program which provides transportation to the museum and tours in Spanish for students in Baja CA. In addition our educational programs also include exhibitions, artist in residency and musical performances. Our exhibitions examine, in depth, a specific painting or body of work in the museums collection, by placing the work or works into the broader context of the art and culture of its time. Our intent is to expand and deepen our viewers understanding of art and specifically the pieces in our collection. Exhibitions are an essential part of the Timkens educational programs and we believe our free admission mandate promotes art awareness and appreciation by making our collection accessible to any and all that visit.
$121,889 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,573,473.
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 2022 to 2023, from $48M to $56M (+17%).
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 9% · 2018 12% · 2019 8% · 2020 2% · 2021 13% · 2022 28% · 2023 4% · 2024 20% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Jessie Knight
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $807k → $2.6M.
7 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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 PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 79% · 2019 64% · 2020 69% · 2021 50% · 2022 63% · 2023 60% — diversifying over time.
“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
58% of THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART?
- THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,006,397 to it, the largest being PUTNAM FOUNDATION TRUST XXXXX7002 ($6,565,175). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $15,006,397 in grants to THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART?
- PUTNAM FOUNDATION TRUST XXXXX7002 is the largest funder on record, with $6,565,175 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART 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 32 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