Connecticut · Nonprofit
AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC
AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,772,749 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($690,250). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $837k
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What American Mural Project Inc does
Mission
The American Mural Project (AMP) is a not-for-profit organization established in 2001 whose principal purpose is to celebrate American ingenuity, productivity, and commitment to work. AMP seeks to inspire, to invite collaboration, and to reveal to people of all ages the many contributions they can make to American culture.At the core of AMPs programs and activities is a permanent indoor collaborative artwork so large that one of two former mill buildings owned by AMP has been enlarged and renovated for public display of the artwork. Onsite programs related to the artwork and with the objectives of inspiration and collaboration commenced in 2018. The renovation of the first mill building has been completed, which allowed the exhibit to open to the public with regular hours as of June 2022.AMPs primary activities are connected to its exhibit, education programs and cultural events.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mural and building updatefocus remains on preparation and installing the collaborative pieces in the gallery behind the mural. More of these projects were installed by the end of 2024, and work continues on these sections. A new collaborative art project for this area behind the mural was begun. It is called regeneration and involves approximately 100 students from 10 schools in connecticut working with ellen directly on creatively expressing their solutions to climate change. The project will be installed in 2025.the roof of the second mill building was replaced at the end of 2024. Payment for which was made in 2025. Leaking and other issues required this improvement to ensure that the buildings integrity would remain intact for future renovations.
$188,869 spent48% of program spendingPublic programmingamp saw over 6,000 people come through its doors in 2024.public programming includes public access to the exhibit on fridays, saturdays and sundays; special exhibit activities; and public events offered as part of the live @amp series, amp talks, and other similar events. 2024 was the second full calendar year during which the exhibit was available to the public. The exhibit was enhanced with the addition of thirteen audio stories available to exhibit visitors to listen to via amps podcasters or theirown mobile phone. We also piloted a monthly family days program and continued successful 2023 initiatives such as the monthly teen art studio program and the happy hour piano series. Exhibit attendance goals were not met for the year, and we assume that was largely due to the discontinuation of the states summer at the museum grant program which supported free admission for families.the live @amp series and the piano series continued to introduce amp to new audiences. We presented four live @amp concerts of various genres, hosted talks by two mural subjects edwind raymond and melissa bennett - and produced a sandra boynton christmas holiday event.the board and…
$106,578 spent$45,810 earned by the program27% of program spendingEducation programsin its 24-year history, amp has grown through two distinct phases, each with a different focus. The initial years of creating the mural were built on strategic creative partnerships across the country to create each states collaborative project. In recent years, amp has focused programming efforts on establishing its identity and as a place in the winsted community and surrounding towns where learning occurs. Local partnerships with the community college, public schools, local businesses and other arts organizations are the bedrock of amps program growth. Amp has recruited a small, high-caliber group of contracted teaching artists whose innovative ideas for programming and philosophy of working with students reflects amps approach to student directed learning and collaboration.in 2024, amp hosted afterschool programming for winchester elementary school students. Amp also provided weekly summer enrichment programming, monthly teen art studio sessions, field trips for grade schools and for transitional academies serving young adults with special needs, as well as professional development workshops for educators. The internship program, continuing through our…
$96,703 spent$48,331 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $392,150.
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 2017 to 2018, from $3.7M to $4.8M (+32%).
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 47% · 2018 49% · 2019 4% · 2020 12% · 2021 3% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC’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 8 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.
Board chair
Evan Berns
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $64k → $91k.
12 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 61%; 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 AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 52% · 2019 77% · 2020 62% · 2021 48% · 2022 23% · 2023 43% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
57% of AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC'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 $770k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $401k on record — $10k federal, $391k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$287k
- State Aid Grants$103k
- Fees And Permits$275
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 AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
42% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC?
- AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,772,749 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($690,250). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $1,772,749 in grants to AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $690,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 35 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