Iowa · Nonprofit
DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART
DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART (Iowa) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,852,540 to it, the largest being THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,319,995). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What Dubuque Museum of Art does
Mission
To excite, engage & educate constituents through the presentation of collections, exhibitions, and programming; to form mutually beneficial partnerships that will enhance the role of the arts within the community.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions - provided to the general public to enrich art appreciation and promote cultural awareness. The exhibits feature visual arts in a variety of media including lectures, talks, and demonstrations.
$283,750 spent$23,962 earned by the program33% of program spendingArt classes - provided to the community to provide guidance and a setting for artist growth through experiments and instruction. These classes encourage exploration and increase production of the fine arts.
$198,013 spent23% of program spendingArt shows - provided to the general public to inspire and promote creativity and knowledge of the arts by aspiring artists. Shows provide a gallery for artists and critics to express themselves to the community.
$191,162 spent$7,156 earned by the program22% of program spendingTours - provided to the general public to promote existing art collections and artists. These tours help enhance the commitment and appreciation of fine arts which impact the community culture.
$188,343 spent$13,918 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $861,268.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3.8M to $6.0M (+59%).
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 6% · 2018 5% · 2019 2% · 2020 12% · 2021 11% · 2022 14% · 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of DUBUQUE 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. 3 of the last 7 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
Gary Stoppelman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 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 8 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $104k → $756k.
9 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 36% · 2019 31% · 2020 34% · 2021 32% · 2022 38% · 2023 52% — 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
57% of DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF 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
99% of DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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
DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,778 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,778 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Government funding DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $301k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$135k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$116k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$50k
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 DUBUQUE 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 DUBUQUE 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 DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART?
- DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART (Iowa) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,852,540 to it, the largest being THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,319,995). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $18,852,540 in grants to DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART?
- THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,319,995 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 36 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