Washington · Nonprofit
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART (Washington) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,568,909 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY ($813,035). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Bainbridge Island Museum of Art does
Mission
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (bima) inspires curiosity, wonder and understanding by connecting people with the contemporary art and craft of the puget sound region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Curatorial: at the core of bima's mission is shining a light on the talented and diverse artists of the puget sound region and beyond. Bima's exhibition feature recognized masters and emerging artists that are sure to leave you inspired by their striking work and thought-provoking themes. With major exhibitions changing three times per year (that's 15-20 new shows to experience annually!) there is always something new and exciting to experience at bima.
$1,660,224 spent69% of program spendingCultural & educational programs: bima's educational and cultural programs continued to support the community, including producing and presenting more than 50 different forms of program outreach. The museum spotlighted the works of more than 100 other artists of multiple genres through digital programs, films, concerts, poetry, lectures, art kit delivery, and humanities programs, both at the museum and virtually. This included off-site, digital and live programs to a community celebration of martin luther king jr day and dia de los muertos, all aimed at keeping people connected to art. Bima placed a special emphasis on reaching vulnerable populations and those experiencing challenges to arts engagement, including those facing isolation, financial hardship, and health/mobility challenges, as well as maintaining its mission to showcase and amplify diverse voices and art forms.
$514,184 spent$74,725 earned by the program22% of program spendingOther events: with bima's doors wide open, bima's staff, volunteers, patrons, artists and all guests attended community and art events to celebrate the pacific northwest's amazing artists!
$217,056 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,391,464.
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 $19M to $23M (+20%).
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: 2020 18% · 2021 11% · 2022 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 2% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF 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 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
Sheila Hughes
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 18 funders, grant income fell $695k → $550k.
14 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
67% 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 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 20% · 2019 76% · 2020 36% · 2021 39% · 2022 44% · 2023 20% — 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
39% of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
61% of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART'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 $2.2M that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M 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
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART 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 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$40k
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 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF 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 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART?
- BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART (Washington) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,568,909 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY ($813,035). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $5,568,909 in grants to BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $813,035 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 48 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