California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,937,027 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($685,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What American Museum of Ceramic Art does
Mission
Amoca believes clay is magic. It is a simple yet extraordinary material from which artistic masterpieces are created and everyday products are made. From dinnerware to sculpture to cell phone chips and cosmetics, clay is a part of everyone's life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions: amoca's four galleries showcase a variety of ceramic exhibitions, from shows by emerging artists to career retrospectives of master ceramicists to permanent collection reviews of historic artworks. Exhibitions are often accompanied by print catalogs that leave a lasting scholarly legacy for the exhibiting artists, underscoring their importance in the art historical record. Amoca presents exhibitions that showcase and champion ceramic artists, reflect on historical and contemporary art movements, address overlooked and/or underrepresented communities, and examine contemporary issues through art.
$202,319 spent$121,885 earned by the program18% of program spendingEducation, outreach, and ceramics studio: all exhibitions are accompanied by artist talks, curator presentations, tours in english and spanish, and spanish exhibition text translations. All exhibition programming is free with museum admission.k-12 field trips provide a 2.5-hour museum experience and include admission, docent-led tours, gallery guides, and a hands-on clay activity. Amoca also offers complimentary exhibition tours for adults enrolled in college-level programs in southern california.the annual high school ceramics exhibition is the largest juried exhibition of its kind on the west coast. The virtual exhibition receives more than 500 applications from over 100 schools in 25 states and features the work of approximately 100 students in grades 9-12. There is no fee to apply.mudmobile mobile museum visits increase equitable access to arts and arts education for k-12 students, educators, and families, focusing on serving title 1 schools within 20 miles of the museum. The program provides a pop-up museum exhibition and hands-on clay activities that supplement teaching curriculums, support teachers in meeting state standards, and facilitate student exposure to the rich…
$433,422 spent$96,285 earned by the program38% of program spendingCollections: amoca preserves and collects significant ceramic achievements from around the globe, from ancient times to the present. Our permanent collection, which consists of over 13,000 pieces, is a growing representation of the impact of ceramics on the development of human cultures.
$506,683 spent$38,985 earned by the program44% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,142,424.
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 $4.6M to $7.4M (+61%).
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: 2019 9% · 2020 6% · 2021 26% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $15k → $497k.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 25 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 MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
27% 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 MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 72% · 2019 37% · 2020 48% · 2021 30% · 2022 51% · 2023 35% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $742k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$78k
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 MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART
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 California
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
61%
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 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART: 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 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART?
- AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,937,027 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($685,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,937,027 in grants to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART?
- WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $685,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 25 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