California · Nonprofit
THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION
THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being The Thomas Kinkade Foundation Charitable Trust ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $253k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Thomas Kinkade Museum Dba Kinkade Family Foundation does
Mission
The objective of the thomas kinkade museum is to conserve and archive the art and artifacts of thomas kinkade, to educate the public about the art and life of thomas kinkade by exhibiting the art of thomas kinkade within educational organizations and museums around the world, and to provide grants to other charitable organizations in furtherance of the arts and humanitarian efforts.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Programs
Providing financial aid, in-person support, fundraising aid, therapeutic art kits and/or art supplies to local and international nonprofits, in furtherance of the foundation's mission of making art accessible to all.
$73,794 spentConservation, research and archiving of original artwork by thomas kinkade and thomas kinkade's professional ephemera. These activities include legacy planning and programming to ensure thomas kinkade's legacy is well-documented, accessible, and preserved for generations to come.
$149,503 spentExhibiting, loaning and curating the original artwork of thomas kinkade. These efforts ensure the foundation meets its mission of sharing thomas kinkade's art with the public for educational purposes, as well as making art accessible for all.
$48,835 spentGeneral support for a documentary that is being made on the life of thomas kinkade. This documentary will further the foundation's mission of making the art and legacy accessible to the public. The foundation provided relevant materials such as photos, beta tapes, audio recordings, art, and other historical content that pertains to the life and career of thomas kinkade.
$11,300 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2017 to 2018, from $4.2M to $4.9M (+18%).
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.
92% of THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION’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
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.
Against its field
THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION's revenue fell 84% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION?
- THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being The Thomas Kinkade Foundation Charitable Trust ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY FOUNDATION?
- The Thomas Kinkade Foundation Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM DBA KINKADE FAMILY 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 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