New York · Nonprofit
GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM
GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,868,703 to it, the largest being THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE ($5,737,163). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $61M
What George Eastman Museum does
Mission
The mission of the George Eastman Museum, as a research and educational institution, has three interrelated goals:(continued on schedule o) -provide leadership in the fields of photography and cinema;-preserve and develop our world class collections of photography and cinema, as well as george eastman's estate, a national historic landmark; and-serve our communities, in greater rochester and elsewhere
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Museum operating activities and functions: in 2022, approximately 82,000 people visited the George Eastman Museum, continuing the rebound from our pandemic-related closings. This large influx of visitors was from the rochester community and from around the world. Our visitors experienced photographic exhibitions, self-guided and mobile tours of the historic house and gardens, film screenings, a discovery room for interactive learning, and the museum store and eatery. The museum continued to offer a robust schedule of online programing that fostered engagement with a global audience. (continued on schedule o)the museum expanded its resources that are accessible online, including its online database of our collections, online finding aids from our archival holdings, and an extensive array of online audio and video recordings. The museum's l. Jeffrey selznick school of film preservation, one of the first graduate school programs in film preservation, with more than 275 alumni employed in professional positions in 29 countries, further developed its curriculum related to digital preservation techniques. The museum revitalized and renewed its inclusive education and outreach efforts,…
$2,041,744 spent$1,072,668 earned by the program29% of program spendingCollections, preservation and exhibitions: the museum is the steward of the world's leading collection covering the fields of photography, cinema and related technology, as well as george eastman's historic mansion, gardens, furniture, decorative objects, and personal papers. In 2022, the museum acquired 2,382 objects, displayed 7 exhibitions, and lent collection objects to numerous museums around the world. During 2022, the museum displayed the exhibition "joshua rashaad mcfadden: I believe I'll run on", which used photography to critically examine race, masculinity, sexuality, and gender in the united states. (continued on schedule o) the museum is one of the leading motion picture archives in the world, home to more than 28,000 film titles, 3 million objects of cinematic ephemera, a film screening program, and an active film preservation and digitization program. The museum runs an active book publishing program focused on catalogs of the exhibitions recognized by the museum and subjects related to the museum's collections.
$5,030,594 spent$866,468 earned by the program71% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,072,338.
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 $48M to $54M (+12%).
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 10% · 2018 2% · 2019 4% · 2020 29% · 2021 26% · 2022 8% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Nannette Nocon
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $690k → $2.1M.
15 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 29% · 2019 52% · 2020 28% · 2021 48% · 2022 63% · 2023 57% — 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
52% of GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M 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
GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$1.4M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$1.1M
- Department of the Interior$499k
- National Endowment for the Arts$20k
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 GEORGE EASTMAN 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Eastman Museum La · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM?
- GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,868,703 to it, the largest being THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE ($5,737,163). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $13,868,703 in grants to GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM?
- THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $5,737,163 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 76 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