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FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC

FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,023,355 to it, the largest being MYRON L FULLER TRUST ($3,123,750). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.5M
Funders on record
41
Grants received
$7.0M
Net assets
$13M
27/41 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Fuller Craft Museum Inc does

Mission

Fuller craft museum offers expansive opportunities to discover the world of contemporary craft. By exploring the leading edge of craft through exhibitions, collections, education, and public programs, we challenge perceptions and build appreciation of the material world. Our purpose is to inspire, stimulate, and enrich an ever expanding community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Fuller craft offers a rich range of educational programs for all ages, from hands-on studio classes to free children's programming. Young visitors can explore creativity through professor gizmo, a stem-based art program, and mini-maker events that connect artmaking to current exhibitions. Beyond the classroom, the museum brings the wider community together through signature events like the annual craft fair, which highlights the work of local makers, and fuller after dark, an interactive after-hours experience.

    $1,281,627 spent$234,126 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,281,627.

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 ($685k) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($2.6M)2018 Revenue 175 ($1.2M) Expenses 110 ($1.5M) Net assets 89 ($2.3M)2019 Revenue 273 ($1.9M) Expenses 106 ($1.4M) Net assets 108 ($2.8M)2020 Revenue 219 ($1.5M) Expenses 102 ($1.4M) Net assets 370 ($9.5M)2021 Revenue 210 ($1.4M) Expenses 96 ($1.3M) Net assets 451 ($12M)2022 Revenue 223 ($1.5M) Expenses 116 ($1.6M) Net assets 377 ($9.7M)2023 Revenue 236 ($1.6M) Expenses 116 ($1.6M) Net assets 394 ($10M)2024 Revenue 312 ($2.1M) Expenses 126 ($1.7M) Net assets 435 ($11M)2025 Revenue 368 ($2.5M) Expenses 123 ($1.7M) Net assets 488 ($13M)
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Revenue (368)Expenses (123)Net assets (488)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 2019 to 2020, from $2.9M to $9.8M (+240%).

$2.6M
$2.5M
$2.9M
$9.8M
$12M
$9.8M
$10M
$11M
$13M
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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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2021 26% · 2022 9% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC’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. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$675k
’17
−$288k
’18
$425k
’19
$122k
’20
$135k
’21
−$56k
’22
$36k
’23
$428k
’24
$840k
’25
0.2
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.

Chief executive

Erin Mcgough Rowe

Executive director (to 11/8/24)

Board chair

Sarah Richards

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+8+3+8+1+4+3+1+5
No longer listed·510500274
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $312k → $2.2M.

4 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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

FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

44%
largest funder
71%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 92% · 2019 64% · 2020 35% · 2021 62% · 2022 53% · 2023 46% — 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

48% of FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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

FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 11 states in all.

NH
WI
NY
MA
CA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
NC
TX

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

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $609k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin33% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · top quartile

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

Government funding FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $242k on record.

State$242k
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  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$238k
  • (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$5k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 14%Fundraising 9%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

68%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC?
FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,023,355 to it, the largest being MYRON L FULLER TRUST ($3,123,750). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC have?
IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $7,023,355 in grants to FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC?
MYRON L FULLER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $3,123,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC 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 41 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