Texas · Nonprofit
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,995 to it, the largest being STILL WATER FOUNDATION ($270,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $907k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $347k
- Net assets
- $373k
What Williamson County Historical Museum does
Mission
The mission of the williamson county museum is to collect and interpret items that promote the unique culture and heritage of williamson county.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs for the public including tours, outreach programs, educational materials, summer history camps, and other support materials for teachers, served more than 15,000 students central texas students in the fiscal year.
$331,211 spentof which $245,000 as grants58% of program spendingOperate the williamson museum and to collect, preserve, and exhibit documents, photographs, material objects, and oral histories relating to the history of williamson county, texas. There are nearly 15,000 items in our continually growing permanent collections. The museum's georgetown facility is provided by williamson county rent- free. Additionally, utilities and cleaning services are provided at no charge by williamson county. The estimated value of the rent, utilities, and cleaning services is 70,607. The museum saw 16,500 visitors in georgetown in fy 2022. We presented 810 programs, 14 new and refurbished exhibits, and served more than 15,000 students. We have staff available onsite monday through saturday and are open to the public tuesday through saturday, plus numerous curated after- hours events throughout the year. Museum staff conducts public tours of the courthouse, historic buildings on the georgetown square, local cemeteries, and more.
$162,156 spentof which $50 as grants28% of program spendingAnnual events held to highlight awareness of williamson county history and the services and exhibits of the williamson museum. These include: "pioneer days- and "midsommar" at old settlers park; "night at the museum," hands on history,- and "first friday artist receptions" at the museum; and monthly "salons at wildfire" at wildfire resturant.
$82,259 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $575,626.
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 2021 to 2022, from $275k to $925k (+237%).
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: 2017 51% · 2018 57% · 2019 56% · 2020 79% · 2021 70% · 2022 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM’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. 2 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $250 → $500.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL 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
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
99% of WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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.
Against its field
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,683 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,683 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Organizations like WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM?
- WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,995 to it, the largest being STILL WATER FOUNDATION ($270,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $346,995 in grants to WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM?
- STILL WATER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $270,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 7 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