Colorado · Nonprofit
CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM
CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM (Colorado) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $944,760 to it, the largest being ELEANOR AND HENRY HITCHCOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($279,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $945k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Clyfford Still Museum does
Mission
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Museum building and galleries: the Clyfford Still Museum raised funds from private philanthropic sources to finance the construction of the Clyfford Still Museum facility. The two-story, 28,500-square-foot building broke ground in december 2009, construction was completed in september 2011 and the museum opened to the public in november 2011. The building, custom designed by brad cloepfil of allied works architecture for the storage and display of the still collection, won the 2012 honor award from the new york chapter of the american institute of architects. A cantilevered canopy of concrete leads visitors into the first-floor lobby, and glass walls allow visitors to see into the conservation studio and collections storage. The museum's open design embodies the founding principle of the institution, the revealing to the public of this once-private and very personal collection. The second floor consists of a series of nine distinct galleries, having varying ceiling heights and proportions designed for the optimal display of the different elements of the still collections. One of the singular features of the museum is its daylight system that includes diffusing skylights and…
$1,170,201 spent$61,893 earned by the program25% of program spendingExhibitions and collections: the Clyfford Still Museum was established to serve as a permanent repository and exhibition place for the works of one of the most important painters of the 20th century, clyfford still (1904-1980). Clyfford and patricia still's wills directed that the still collection be given to an american city that would agree to build and support such a museum. After the artist's death in 1980, the clyfford still estate was sealed off from public and scholarly view. In 2004-2005, the artist's widow patricia selected the city of denver to receive the substantial still collection, including the artist's archives. The Clyfford Still Museum, as the steward of this legacy collection, is continuing the lengthy process of attending to the conservation of still's paintings, many of which have been rolled and in storage for over 30 years, as well as the extensive works on paper collection. The museum is also devoting significant resources to the inspection and cataloging of the collections, the preparation of works for exhibition, and to the proper storage of the collections in the museum itself. The museum's collection of approximately 3,200 paintings, drawings, prints,…
$1,750,200 spent$169,536 earned by the program37% of program spendingEducation and programs: as part of the museum's vision to offer quality programs and conduct scholarly research relating to the art and life of clyfford still, the museum engages our audiences through programs and educational offerings that both enliven museum spaces and provide opportunities for meditation - in single events and longer term collaborations. Programs are designed to foster a dialogue about still's work and its current and future relevance. Using the work of clyfford still as a point of departure, the museum's programs create a unique platform for exploring the concerns of modern and contemporary art through multiple voices and interdisciplinary programs. The Clyfford Still Museum offers lectures, films, productions, tours and interpretive materials and technologies to support and engage visitors' understanding about the work of clyfford still, his life, and significance to modern and contemporary art. Programs include a variety of local, national, and international speakers and partners. The museum developed the instill gallery visit program for school groups in grades 4-12 through which trained gallery instructors provide thematically integrated, standards-aligned…
$1,798,343 spent38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,718,744.
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 2019 to 2020, from $22M to $21M (−6%).
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 8% · 2018 7% · 2019 8% · 2020 17% · 2021 15% · 2022 16% · 2023 7% · 2024 5% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $54k → $66k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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: $32M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Clyfford Still Museum Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM raised.
From the IRS filings of CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM’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
CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 43% · 2019 77% · 2020 54% · 2021 66% · 2022 55% · 2023 38% — 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
40% of CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
67% of CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $176k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $299k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$209k
- National Endowment for the Arts$90k
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 CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
22%
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
- Clyfford Still Museum Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM?
- CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM (Colorado) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $944,760 to it, the largest being ELEANOR AND HENRY HITCHCOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($279,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $944,760 in grants to CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM?
- ELEANOR AND HENRY HITCHCOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $279,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 22 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