Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM
FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,173,763 to it, the largest being CATHEDRAL FUND ($2,436,876). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Fitchburg Art Museum does
Mission
The mission of the Fitchburg Art Museum is to inspire creativity and learning, and to contribute to the well-being of our diverse communities in fitchburg, north central massachusetts, and new england. To accomplish the mission, we organize exhibitions of the work of new england contemporary artists and artworks from our historical collections, offer programs for learners of all ages, support public art projects, invite community participation and partnerships, and stimulate the creative economy - all in the spirit of inclusivity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Collection and exhibitions: preserve and care for Fitchburg Art Museum's permanent art collection; display permanent and temporary exhibitions for the education and enjoyment of the public; feature exhibitions of contemporary new england artists. / educational programs: provide learning opportunities for all ages in the galleries; artist and curator talks; public and school group tours; art classes; workshops; and teacher training. / community partnerships and engagement: partner with educational and civic organizations to create and sustain a livable and vibrant city and region; community outreach and accessibility initiatives; create economy initiatives.
$1,346,292 spent$135,235 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,346,292.
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 $22M to $26M (+18%).
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 4% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 7 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $126k → $606k.
8 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 FITCHBURG ART 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
FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 72%; 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 33% · 2018 29% · 2019 25% · 2020 63% · 2021 60% · 2022 43% · 2023 66% — 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
57% of FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $614k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $205k on record — $25k federal, $180k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$25k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$180k
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 FITCHBURG ART 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM: 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 FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM?
- FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,173,763 to it, the largest being CATHEDRAL FUND ($2,436,876). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $4,173,763 in grants to FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM?
- CATHEDRAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,436,876 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 30 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