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FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC

FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,859,468 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,783,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.2M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$2.9M
Net assets
$10M
2/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What Fundacin Luis Muoz Marin Inc does

Mission

Helping to build puerto rico's future by preserving both the social and natural history and disseminating the values, philosophy and ideas of luis muoz marn and promoting them in identifying and solving the island's most urgent problems.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Educational activities and special projects - the foundation commemorates annually the birthdays of luis muoz marn, luis muoz rivera, and ins mara mendoza de muoz marn. In addition to the cultural activities derived from these annual commemorations, the foundation is also involved in other educational and cultural initiatives.

    $252,608 spent
    15% of program spending
  2. Doa ines maria mendoza park - this project is related to the development of an arboretum in a location adjacent to the foundation's premises. This park is open to the general public and features an urban forest and an educational center dedicated to the biodiversity of the caribbean and conservation of our flora, among others.

    $127,362 spent
    8% of program spending
  3. Museums, exhibitions and guided tours - various edifications within the foundation premises have been converted into museums and exhibition area. Museum facilities include the muoz-mendoza residence, the luis muoz marn office and library, as well as the "boho- or meeting place. Exhibition rooms include the luis muoz marn and ins mara mendoza halls. These facilities are open to the general public. In addition, the foundation provides guided tours throughout the historic site, including the museums, exhibitions, gardens, as well as the presentation of films regarding the life and work of luis muoz marn, and the contemporary history of puerto rico, among others.

    $165,137 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. Luis muoz marin historical archives - 260,507 - the historical archive constitutes one of the primary resources of the foundation. Its contents have been estimated at close to one and a half million items, including, among others, private and public documents, as well as documents compiled by luis muoz marn during his younger years, and during his incumbencies as founder and as chairman of the popular democratic party from 1938 to 1960, as president from 1941 to 1949 and as member of the puerto rican senate on five occasions, and as first elected governor of puerto rico from 1949 to 1965 and other historical material of the 20th century in puerto rico and the caribbean. The gardens - 121,588 - in accordance with luis muoz marn's last will, the foundation maintains in its original state the property of approximately four "acres" where his family resided and where the foundation's facilities are located. This property serves as the site for varieties of over thirty (30) different trees, and a diversity of collections of plants and flowers, which serve as an urban forest for the enjoyment of the general public, and to enhance the environment in the metropolitan area. Publications -…

    $1,119,240 spent
    67% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,664,347.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($8.7M)2022 Revenue 104 ($1.8M) Expenses 123 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($8.7M)2023 Revenue 102 ($1.8M) Expenses 118 ($1.7M) Net assets 101 ($8.8M)2024 Revenue 151 ($2.6M) Expenses 141 ($2.1M) Net assets 107 ($9.3M)2025 Revenue 182 ($3.2M) Expenses 139 ($2.1M) Net assets 120 ($10M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (182)Expenses (139)Net assets (120)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $9.9M to $11M (+13%).

$9.4M
$9.1M
$9.5M
$9.9M
$11M
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 60% · 2022 40% · 2023 46% · 2024 46% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$270k
’21
$11k
’22
$48k
’23
$548k
’24
$1.1M
’25
9.3
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

Julio Quiros Alcala

Sub exec dir

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed1518171718
Joined·+3+2+1+4
No longer listed·0313
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $38k → $300k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC’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

FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 53% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Puerto Rico, across 2 states in all.

NY
DC

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

’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
Puerto Rico out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

Government funding FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $530k on record.

Federal$530k
grants $530kcontracts $0
17
26
Top agencies
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services$500k
  • National Endowment for the Humanities$30k

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

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 14%Fundraising 5%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC?
FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,859,468 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,783,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,859,468 in grants to FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC?
THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,783,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FUNDACIN LUIS MUOZ MARIN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Puerto Rico. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 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