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WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION

WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $174,294 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($51,896). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$73k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$174k
Net assets
$565k
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Wilsons Creek National Battlefield Foundation does

Mission

To work in cooperation with and to support the wilson's creek national battlefield, a unit of the national park service and its staff

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organization's program service activity is to support wilsons creek national battlefield. A periodic newsletter, annual report and other publications are produced for members and contributors. Approximately 500 persons benefit from these publications.

    $19,586 spent
    80% of program spending
  2. The organization provided two grants to support the battlefield, including 1) purchase of an historical artifact, and 2) conserving a lithograph and frame pertaining to general sterling price. These artifacts are part of important and historic collections that will benefit the american public for generations to come.

    $973 spent
    4% of program spending
  3. Explorer summer quest camp was hsoted for nine-to-twelve year old kids to give them an in-depth experience at the battlefield. Approximately 60 kids benefited.

    $4,015 spent
    16% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,574.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($67k) Expenses 100 ($61k) Net assets 100 ($315k)2022 Revenue 435 ($290k) Expenses 191 ($116k) Net assets 152 ($478k)2023 Revenue 97 ($65k) Expenses 128 ($78k) Net assets 151 ($476k)2024 Revenue 245 ($163k) Expenses 130 ($78k) Net assets 178 ($560k)2025 Revenue 110 ($73k) Expenses 113 ($68k) Net assets 179 ($565k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (110)Expenses (113)Net assets (179)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 2021 to 2022, from $315k to $478k (+52%).

$315k
$478k
$476k
$560k
$565k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

82% of WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’21
$174k
’22
−$13k
’23
$84k
’24
$5k
’25
98
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.

Chief executive

Melissa Adler

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202220242025
Listed141516
Joined··+2
No longer listed··1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $26k → $3k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION’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

WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

59% 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 WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION.

30%
largest funder
82%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 96% · 2020 68% · 2021 90% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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

WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 4 states in all.

MO
AR
DC
OK

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Missouri out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k 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

WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve98.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Government funding WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $37k on record.

Federal$37k
grants $37kcontracts $0
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18
19
20
23
24
26
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$37k

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 WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION

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 Missouri

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

36% of spending goes to programs.

Program 36%Management 31%Fundraising 33%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

80%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION?
WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $174,294 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($51,896). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $174,294 in grants to WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $51,896 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILSONS CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2021–2025), 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