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BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR

BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR (Virginia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,862,921 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($719,891). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.2M
Funders on record
26
Grants received
$1.9M
Net assets
$4.6M
12/26 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Black History Museum & Clt Ctr does

Mission

BHMVA mission is to share, interpret, preserve, exhibit, and commemorate the history and culture of African Americans in Virginia and beyond.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. BHMVA presented major exhibitions including Prescription for Change,

    $503,958 spent
    35% of program spending
  2. BHMVA strenghtened community engagement through partnerships,

    $791,934 spent
    55% of program spending
  3. BHMVA also continued its leasership in stewarding and interpreting

    $143,988 spent
    10% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,439,880.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($456k) Expenses 100 ($652k) Net assets 100 ($3.5M)2018 Revenue 119 ($543k) Expenses 93 ($608k) Net assets 98 ($3.5M)2019 Revenue 153 ($699k) Expenses 103 ($674k) Net assets 98 ($3.5M)2020 Revenue 452 ($2.1M) Expenses 119 ($773k) Net assets 135 ($4.8M)2021 Revenue 440 ($2.0M) Expenses 110 ($717k) Net assets 164 ($5.8M)2022 Revenue 164 ($746k) Expenses 220 ($1.4M) Net assets 145 ($5.1M)2023 Revenue 307 ($1.4M) Expenses 248 ($1.6M) Net assets 138 ($4.9M)2024 Revenue 336 ($1.5M) Expenses 249 ($1.6M) Net assets 122 ($4.3M)2025 Revenue 476 ($2.2M) Expenses 287 ($1.9M) Net assets 131 ($4.6M)
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Revenue (476)Expenses (287)Net assets (131)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $6.6M to $8.5M (+28%).

$4.7M
$4.4M
$4.4M
$5.7M
$6.6M
$8.5M
$8.3M
$6.9M
$6.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 5% · 2019 20% · 2020 67% · 2021 86% · 2023 42% · 2024 32% · 2025 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$196k
’17
−$65k
’18
$25k
’19
$1.3M
’20
$1.3M
’21
−$690k
’22
−$221k
’23
−$91k
’24
$297k
’25
11
months of
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.

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Listed121111710101099
Joined·+2+8+0+3+4+3+0+0
No longer listed·38404310
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $93k → $214k.

6 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

65% 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 BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR.

39%
largest funder
62%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 43% · 2019 33% · 2020 43% · 2021 28% · 2022 59% · 2023 60% — 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

33% of BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

81% of BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

WA
MA
OH
VA
MD
NC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $821k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve10.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR

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 Virginia

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 19%Fundraising 4%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • Bhm of Richmond · disregarded
  • Armory Fund · disregarded
  • Events on Leigh · disregarded
  • The 1895 Group · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR?
BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR (Virginia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,862,921 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($719,891). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR have?
IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,862,921 in grants to BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $719,891 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 26 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