Texas · Nonprofit
AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART (Texas) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,076,689 to it, the largest being Alice L Walton Foundation ($8,000,000). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 86
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $94M
What Amon Carter Museum of Western Art does
Mission
The Amon Carter Museum of Western Art was established through the generosity of amon g. Carter sr. (1879-1955) to house his collection of more than 400 paintings and sculptures by fredric remingtion and charles m. Russell, to collect, (continued on schedule o...)preserve and exhibit the finest examples of american art, and to serve an educational role through exhibitions, publication, and programs devoted to the study of american art.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Collections and special exhibitions:since opening in 1961, the museum has expanded and diversified its holdings from amon g. Carter's personal collection of western art to a collection of over 7,500 drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints, and watercolors; more than 45,000 exhibition quality photographic prints; and over 200,000 supporting documents and objects. The carter is now one of the world's preeminent museums devoted exclusively to the study of american art with premiere masterworks by great american artists from the 19th century to the present day. The museum is committed to engaging audiences through collecting, preserving, and displaying this collection and through an ambitious series of temporary exhibitions. Spanning a wide range of subjects, (continued on schedule o...)media, and time periods, these exhibitions, drawn from the collection as well as loans and presented in various spaces both in the museum and on its grounds, amplify the carter's ability to examine the breadth of american creativity.
$10,086,122 spentof which $8,000 as grants$105,884 earned by the program69% of program spendingPublic relations:the museum strives to create approachable, thought-provoking communications that demonstrate the inclusivity and dynamism of the museum. The carter's local, regional, and national strategic promotions include press releases, targeted media engagement, email campaigns, paid advertising, and organic and paid social media campaigns. The museum invests in publications with an emphasis on serving diverse audiences as a core pillar of the comprehensive advertising/media plan. The media plan emphasizes consistent coverage with multiple points of placement throughout the year building recognition for the carter while investing in diverse led business. The carter's website was rebuilt in 2019 with the emphasis of a user (continued on schedule o...)first model which included close attention to the web content accessibility guidelines (wcag). The museum's website policy includes wcag consideration into all aspects of work. With a collection and exhibitions, both onsite and online, that span the breadth of american art from the nineteenth century through the present, the museum can resonate with people of all backgrounds.
$2,433,097 spent17% of program spendingEducation and community outreach:the carter museum welcomes visitors of all ages and abilities and is committed to helping visitors enjoy its exhibitions and collection of american art through accessible facilities, events, and inclusive experiences. Partnerships and collaborations within the community extend beyond traditional museum activities and occur outside of the museum to create meaningful, creative connections between diverse communities and the museum's collection. Education is central to the museum's mission and service to the community. Regular program offerings at the carter and in the community include: - monthly family programs serving ages 0-12. - special family and community events (continued on schedule o...)during spring break, summer, and throughout the year.- bilingual, prek-12 guided student tours led by professional gallery teachers that serve nearly 20,000 students annually.- educator training workshops, distance learning broadcasts, and carter in the classroom educational experiences.- lectures, special tours, musical and cultural performances, artmaking workshops, and other social and creative opportunities inspired by the collection and exhibitions.-…
$2,184,082 spentof which $41,046 as grants$286,822 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,703,301.
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 $66M to $78M (+18%).
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 1% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 12% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Andrew J Walker
Executive director (thru 8/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $461k → $792k.
10 of 86 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $53M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Amon G Carter Foundation); $50k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest The Halperin Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART raised.
From the IRS filings of AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 86 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
AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 57%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 35% · 2019 76% · 2020 81% · 2021 20% · 2022 16% · 2023 19% — 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
44% of AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART'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
AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART's funding base is broadening — from 19 funders to 37 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $370k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$300k
- National Endowment for the Arts$70k
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 AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
21%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Amon G Carter Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART?
- AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART (Texas) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,076,689 to it, the largest being Alice L Walton Foundation ($8,000,000). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART have?
- IRS filings report 86 organizations giving $16,076,689 in grants to AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART?
- Alice L Walton Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $8,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 86 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