Ohio · Nonprofit
AKRON ART MUSEUM
AKRON ART MUSEUM (Ohio) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,629,988 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($5,875,329). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $68M
What Akron Art Museum does
Mission
To enrich lives through modern and contemporary art.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitionsthe museum promotes an awareness and interest in modern and contemporary art by displaying, for the benefit of the community, significant objects of high artistic merit. The past year's major exhibitions included: glow: neon & light, william richards: the vastness beyond vision and she said, she said: contemporary women artists.glow: neon & light (september 21 - february 9) this exhibition features spectacular and immersive works with glass, mirrors, light bulbs and neon tubes lighting up the karl and bertl arnstein galleries. The show includes information about light's scientific properties while posing questions about color perception, context, interpretation, and the blending of light with various materials in three-dimensional spaces. This exhibition is made possible by support from the bruce and erica greer foundation, the john s. And james l. Knight foundation, the lehner family foundation, mary and dr. George l. Demetros charitable trust, john p. Murphy foundation, kenneth l. Calhoun charitable trust, and hilton garden inn akron, and is supported by the ohio arts council which receives support from the state of ohio and the national endowment for the arts.william…
$642,131 spent$560,698 earned by the program13% of program spendingEducationthe museum has an active and engaged learning and engagement department that offers activities throughout the year for children, families, and fellow educators. The learning and engagement department aims to provide unique, one-of-a-kind experiences that bring participants joy, connection, and are relevant to their lives. For families:open studio: a space designed for children and their grown-ups, this is the place to explore, discover, play and get messy. Open studio is open during all museum open hours and is included with admission so visitors may use the resource on their own time. Inside you will find a treasure trove of materials and tools to create whatever your heart desires. Made possible by pnc with additional support from the kathy moses salem philanthropic fund of the akron community foundation, mary s. And david c. Corbin foundation, charles e. And mabel m. Ritchie foundation, samuel reese willis foundation and the henry v. And frances w. Christenson foundation.after school open studio: this monthly event is offered during post-school afternoon hours and will lead participants through a guided art making experience centered on a specific method or material.…
$3,704,604 spent$58,652 earned by the program75% of program spendingFor schools: in-person museum tours: schools are invited to visit the museum for free tours, during which students will explore the galleries and make connections with art, artists, their communities, and themselves. Aam tours are engaging, participatory, shared experiences that compliment and reach beyond what students are learning in the classroom. Digital, pre-recorded tours: four different, thematic tours are offered for use by teachers or families. There are separate tours of each topic for elementary, middle, and high school age groups. Each tour lasts approximately 15 minutes and covers three to four artworks. Four per grade. Live virtual tours: for teachers/schools who are able and interested, a limited number of time slots for live, virtual tours will be offered. During these events, an educator will lead a tour of the galleries and answer questions from participants in real time. Student art shows: the museum will host student art shows for the 2024-2025 school year. Student art shows take place during select thursday community nights from 5 8 pm, when admission is free and open to the public. Essential experiences collaboration with aps and gar: through this initiative,…
$592,736 spent$74,791 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,939,471.
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 2020 to 2021, from $55M to $64M (+16%).
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 8% · 2018 3% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 35% · 2022 16% · 2023 2% · 2024 9% · 2025 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of AKRON ART MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Jon Fiume
Director & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 36 funders, grant income fell $2.0M → $1.9M.
9 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 AKRON ART MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 funders by total. 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
AKRON ART MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 AKRON ART MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 20% · 2019 46% · 2020 42% · 2021 45% · 2022 53% · 2023 53% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
68% of AKRON ART MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AKRON ART MUSEUM draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
AKRON ART MUSEUM holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding AKRON ART MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
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 AKRON ART 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 Ohio
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
46%
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 AKRON ART MUSEUM: 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 AKRON ART MUSEUM?
- AKRON ART MUSEUM (Ohio) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,629,988 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($5,875,329). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AKRON ART MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $13,629,988 in grants to AKRON ART MUSEUM, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AKRON ART MUSEUM?
- JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,875,329 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AKRON ART MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 66 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing