California · Nonprofit
THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION
THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,777,285 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,723,300). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $66M
What The Richard Nixon Foundation does
Mission
The Richard Nixon Foundation is an educational institution, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, delaware, 1983. The Richard Nixon Foundation applies the legacy and vision of president richard nixon to defining issues that face our nation and the world today. The yorba linda based foundation actively encourages and supports scholarships, sponsors in-person and online programs that engage the public with american civics, creates and promotes educational programs and fosters discussion and debate about america's thirty-seventh president.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Programming included free, community commemorations and celebrations that have become a staple in the southern california area; the nixon foundation hosted legacy-advancing content, such as the nixon national cancer conference, the nixon grand strategy summit, a conference bringing together some of our nation's finest minds to explore whether the united states was following a grand strategy in its pursuit of its international goal and community-oriented events, such as the annual september 11 commemoration, the pat nixon day of volunteer service, and the nixon foundation's annual presidents day, memorial day, independence day and veterans day commemorations.with the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, The Richard Nixon Foundation embarked on a conquering covid campaign, working with local blood banks to host blood drives resulting in thousands of donated units of blood and saving lives. The campaign continues with blood drives added every month at the nixon library.
$8,786,755 spentof which $272,438 as grants$519,546 earned by the program86% of program spendingBi-partisan lecture series, special tours and events at the richard nixon library and museum.in 2024, the nixon foundation curated and opened a special exhibition, "the ancient world: unlocking the middle east," which provided case studies of some of the ancient empires that originate from the middle east, providing contemporary framework to understand the geopolitical struggles that occurred during the cold war between iran (persia), israel, and egypt.
$1,387,865 spent14% of program spendingFree admission days to the richard nixon library and museum in yorba linda, ca during national holidays; programs commemorating the legacy and achievements of the 37th president of the united states:january 9, 2024 for richard nixon's birthdaymarch 16, 2024 for pat nixon's birthday
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,174,620.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $63M to $71M (+13%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 6% · 2022 74% · 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. 3 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
James Byron
President & CEO
Board chair
Robert C Obrien
Chairman & director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $406k → $1.1M.
7 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $861k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Committee of 100 Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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 RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
49% 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 THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 72% · 2019 85% · 2020 62% · 2021 20% · 2022 39% · 2023 54% — 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
56% of THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
69% of THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION: 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 RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION?
- THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,777,285 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,723,300). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $6,777,285 in grants to THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,723,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 43 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