Milliken Museum Society
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROMOTE AMERICAN HERITAGE BY ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF ARTIFACTS, SPECIMENS, AND CULTURAL AND NATURAL FEATURES, SUCH AS STRUCTURES AND SITES.TO DISSEMINATE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND TO CONDUCT SYMPOSIA AND MEETINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING AND ENHANCING AMERICAN HERITAGE.TO DISCOURAGE AND CURTAIL THE DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOITATION IN CALIFORNIA OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES.TO STIMULATE GREATER PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RALPH MILLIKEN MUSEUM, ITS FUNCTIONS AN OPERATION, AND TO INCREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE MUSEUM.TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, AND EXPANSION OF THE RALPH MILLIKEN MUSEUM.TO RECEIVE DONATIONS OF BUILDINGS, SITES, AND OBEJECTS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HERITAGE AND TO PRESERVE AND ADMINISTER THEM FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.TO COLLECT, ACCEPT, HOLD, AND ADMINISTER GIFTS OF MONEY, SECURITIES, OR OTHER PROPERTY OF WHATSOEVER CHARACTER
- Income
- $68,656
- Spending
- $15,307
- Reserves
- 68.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $10,656 spent. PROMOTION OF AMERICAN HERITAGE BY ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF ARTIFACTS, SPECIMENS, AND CULTURAL AND NATURAL FEATURESDISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC DISCOURAGING AND AND CURTAILING THE DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOITATION IN CALIFORNIA OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCESSTIMULATING GREATER PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RALPH MILLIKEN MUSEUMENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, AND EXPANSION OF THE RALPH MILLIKEN MUSEUMRECEIPT OF DONATIONS OF BUILDINGS, SITES, AND OBEJECTS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HERITAGE AND PRESERVING AND ADMINISTERING THEM FOR PUBLIC BENEFITCOLLECTING, ACCEPTING, HOLDING, AND ADMINISTERING GIFTS OF MONEY, SECURITIES, AND OTHER PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE PROGRAMS OF THE SOCIETY
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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