California · Nonprofit
TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM
TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,402,488 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($7,362,218). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2018
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum does
Mission
The organization has provided interactive programs at school campuses for the enlightenment of children and in the introduction to them of both military and civilian aircraft and aviation generally. Specifically, as an example, the organization has flown helicopters to a school location, with prior governmental authority and had children meet with the pilot, sit in the aircraft and secure general information on the theory of flight.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
The organization has provided static displays of military aircraft at various air fairs and has provided interactive programs at school campuses for the enlightenment of children and in the introduction to them of both military and civilian aircraft and aviation generally. Specifically, as an example, the organization has flown helicopters to a school location, with prior governmental authority and had children meet with the pilot, sit in the aircraft and learn about flight and aviation in general. These programs have been accomplished through the use of volunteers, both with respect to equipment and personnel. Additionally, the organization provides interactive after school programs for at risk youth.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
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 $3.9M to $4.0M (+5%).
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.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $5.2M → $2.2M.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $30k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Government funding TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $136k on record.
- Department of Defense$136k
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 TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Celebrity Helicopters Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL 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 TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM?
- TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,402,488 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($7,362,218). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $7,402,488 in grants to TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $7,362,218 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOMORROWS AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 6 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