Washington · Nonprofit
WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,378 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound ($104,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $142k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $184k
- Net assets
- $483k
What Westport South Beach Historical Society does
Mission
Our mission is to educate and interpret the maritime history of our coastal community and to advocate for the preservation of our local historic structures. We own and operate the Grays Harbor Lighthouse and own the collections of and operate the Westport Maritime Museum. We give tours of the museum and lighthouse to school groups host lectures and work with state and local archeological groups identifying beach debris and shipwrecks.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Since 1984 with a consistent history of growth in service to its mission the Westport South Beach Historical Society has developed exhibits and education around the Westport Maritime Museum Destruction Island Lens and Grays Harbor Lighthouse. Housed in the original Grays Harbor Coast Guard Station the museum along with its Coast Guard heritage remains the heart of Westport. In its ongoing mission the society is a key element in local tourism and education and in continuing its outreach in 2025 hosted 11,997 visitors from 47 states and 14 countries. While based in a small economically depressed community the society has 125 supporting members who along with friends of the society donated over 3,794 volunteer hours operating the Westport Maritime Museum Destruction Island Lens hall and Grays Harbor Lighthouse along with providing education and service events. The society is currently in the restoration process of the Grays Harbor Lighthouse this iconic building is the tallest lighthouse in Washington state and the third tallest on the Pacific Coast of the United States.
$144,673 spentof which $76,252 as grants$141,907 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,673.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $603k to $544k (−10%).
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 35% · 2021 25% · 2022 49% · 2023 75% · 2024 69% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
John Shaw
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $24k → $99.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY’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
WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 40% · 2022 73% · 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
82% of WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY'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 $33k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $151k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 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 WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,378 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound ($104,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $184,378 in grants to WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound is the largest funder on record, with $104,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTPORT SOUTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2020–2025), 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