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WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,815 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($72,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$354k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$83k
Net assets
$3.6M
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Watchorn Lincoln Memorial Association does

Mission

Preservation and promotion of the lincoln memorial shrine, raise funds to maintain the shrine, acquire materials of historical value for display at the shrine. The association also sponsors programs to promote and support the shrine.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Maintenance of the shrine including purchase of materials for display at the shrine and for public education and information on the life of abraham lincoln. Maintenance of a small shop that provides lincoln and civil war merchandise for sale to promote the shrine.

    $236,543 spent
    81% of program spending
  2. Lincoln memorial association annual lincoln dinner and symposium to celebrate the birth of abraham lincoln and to promote the shrine and its programs to the public.

    $45,492 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Forum and reception celebrating the shrines new acquisitions and promoting public awareness of the shrine.

    $11,502 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $293,537.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($510k) Expenses 100 ($123k) Net assets 100 ($4.2M)2018 Revenue 49 ($249k) Expenses 1193 ($1.5M) Net assets 71 ($3.0M)2019 Revenue 68 ($349k) Expenses 137 ($169k) Net assets 74 ($3.1M)2020 Revenue 42 ($212k) Expenses 100 ($123k) Net assets 74 ($3.1M)2021 Revenue 58 ($297k) Expenses 136 ($168k) Net assets 87 ($3.6M)2022 Revenue 60 ($307k) Expenses 259 ($320k) Net assets 73 ($3.0M)2023 Revenue 49 ($251k) Expenses 131 ($162k) Net assets 76 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 51 ($259k) Expenses 181 ($223k) Net assets 80 ($3.3M)2025 Revenue 69 ($354k) Expenses 276 ($340k) Net assets 85 ($3.6M)
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Revenue (69)Expenses (276)Net assets (85)Peer revenue range

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 $3.0M (−29%).

$4.2M
$3.0M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$3.7M
$3.0M
$3.2M
$3.3M
$3.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

59% of WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$387k
’17
−$1.2M
’18
$180k
’19
$89k
’20
$129k
’21
−$13k
’22
$89k
’23
$36k
’24
$14k
’25
7.3
months of
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.

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Listed989889988
Joined·+2+1+0+0+2+1+0+0
No longer listed·30101110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $37k → $36.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION’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

WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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

88% 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 WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.

88%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 73% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

88% of WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $73k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve7.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • City of Redlands - Lincoln Shrine · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION?
WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,815 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($72,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $82,815 in grants to WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $72,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WATCHORN LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION 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 3 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