Connecticut · Nonprofit
BRUCE MUSEUM INC
BRUCE MUSEUM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 160 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,819,369 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,840,897). 87 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.8M
- Funders on record
- 160
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $93M
What Bruce Museum Inc does
Mission
The bruce cultivates discovery and wonder, engaging a broad audience through the power of art & science.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The bruce museum, located in bruce park, overlooking the long island sound in greenwich, connecticut, harnesses the transformative potential of art and science to spark curiosity and connection. Opening in 1912 with a multidisciplinary vision, the museum houses a unique collection that encompasses visual arts as well as works of scientific, historical and cultural significance spanning millennia. With learning at its core, the bruce offers wide-ranging exhibitions and public programs, serving as a dynamic center for discovery that welcomes and engages visitors of all ages.the bruce underwent a dramatic expansion and upgrade in 2023 with the opening of a new building that doubled its size and tripled its gallery spaces. In its new state-of-the-art home, the bruce is deepening its role as a vital resource for learning, community building and connectivity. For more information, visit www.brucemuseum.org.in april 2025, dr. Mary-kate o'hare became the new susan e. Lynch executive director and ceo. She has 25 years of curatorial and leadership experience and came to the bruce from citi private bank art advisory, where she served as head of art advisory and director. Prior to her time at…
$8,756,455 spent$566,350 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,756,455.
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 $42M to $81M (+93%).
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 15% · 2018 13% · 2019 12% · 2020 12% · 2021 6% · 2022 12% · 2023 7% · 2024 9% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of BRUCE MUSEUM INC’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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 59 funders, grant income rose $719k → $3.7M.
17 of 160 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 BRUCE MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 160 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
BRUCE MUSEUM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
52% 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 BRUCE MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 39% · 2019 27% · 2020 48% · 2021 24% · 2022 38% · 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
46% of BRUCE MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
51% of BRUCE MUSEUM 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 $12M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
BRUCE MUSEUM INC's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BRUCE MUSEUM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $727k on record.
- State Aid Grants$554k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$173k
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 BRUCE MUSEUM 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRUCE MUSEUM INC?
- BRUCE MUSEUM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 160 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,819,369 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,840,897). 87 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRUCE MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 160 organizations giving $23,819,369 in grants to BRUCE MUSEUM INC, 87 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRUCE MUSEUM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,840,897 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRUCE MUSEUM 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 160 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