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Grants Pass Museum of Art

Grants Pass Museum of Art (Oregon) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,745 to it, the largest being Josephine County Cultural Coalition ($70,657). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$263k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$274k
Net assets
$476k
8/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 49%
01What it does

What Grants Pass Museum of Art does

Mission

The Grants Pass Museum of Art enriches lives of people from all walks of life by offering art experiences that stimulate the senses, intrigue the intellect, and bring joy to the spirit.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Exhibits in 2024 included: Andrade Estate Exhibit: Open:27-Jan Close:17-FebScholarship Fund Exhibit: Open:27-Feb Close:16-MarEileen Bowie Abstracts: Open:26-Mar Close:10-MayClaire Jones-Fiber Art: Open:15-May Close:19-JulyHeidi Bruekner: Open:24-July Close:20-SeptAlx Fox Abstracts: Open:25-Sept Close:15-NovMembership Exhibit: Open:22-Nov Close:19-DecThe Membership Exhibit is an annual event where museum members can display the art they create. In 2024 we had over 90 pieces of art displayed by 115 artists.The museum saw over 10,000 attendees in 2024.The main functions of a museum are to collect, protect, exhibit, and educate. One additional element has been added recently, and that is to entertain. For most of the exhibits, we were able to host the actual artist for a First Friday event. People enjoy meeting the artists and it generally will draw a larger group of attendees. For the Reid and Niblack exhibit, we also had a professor discuss the effects of climate change in Southern Oregon. He is a regular presenter for JPR and was highly appreciated. The American Alliance of Museums states the importance of educating our youth - since they are the ones who will be dealing with the…

    $167,084 spent$27,346 earned by the program
    70% of program spending
  2. The museum's retail operations offer for sale artwork which contribute importantly to the achievement of the museum's exempt educational purpose by making works of art familiar to a broader segment of the public. The sale of such artwork contributes importantly to the achievement to the museum's exempt purpose by stimulating and enhancing public awareness, interest and appreciation of art. Moreover, a broader segment of the public may be encouraged to visit the museum itself to share in its functions and programs as a result of seeing the items sold.

    $47,651 spent$71,839 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  3. Education programs and enrichment activities at our facility further the mission of the museum by providing educational and enlightment opportunities in artistic ventures though art classes, music, and film programs.557 children participated in the field trips, classes and concerts.

    $23,890 spent$8,155 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $238,625.

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 ($194k) Expenses 100 ($187k) Net assets 100 ($476k)2018 Revenue 106 ($207k) Expenses 102 ($191k) Net assets 101 ($480k)2019 Revenue 91 ($177k) Expenses 107 ($199k) Net assets 100 ($474k)2020 Revenue 96 ($186k) Expenses 90 ($169k) Net assets 106 ($504k)2021 Revenue 111 ($216k) Expenses 114 ($213k) Net assets 112 ($535k)2022 Revenue 130 ($253k) Expenses 140 ($263k) Net assets 104 ($497k)2023 Revenue 131 ($254k) Expenses 140 ($262k) Net assets 105 ($498k)2024 Revenue 135 ($263k) Expenses 161 ($301k) Net assets 100 ($476k)
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Revenue (135)Expenses (161)Net assets (100)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 2021 to 2022, from $559k to $515k (−8%).

$521k
$519k
$508k
$547k
$559k
$515k
$510k
$481k
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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: 2018 1% · 2020 13% · 2021 6% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

51% of Grants Pass Museum of Art’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
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$15k
’18
−$22k
’19
$18k
’20
$3k
’21
−$10k
’22
−$8k
’23
−$37k
’24
1.2
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

Hyla Lypson

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed10101088988
Joined·+1+1+2+4+3+2+0
No longer listed·1144230
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $11k → $46k.

3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 Grants Pass Museum of Art’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

Grants Pass Museum of Art has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Grants Pass Museum of Art.

26%
largest funder
60%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 59% · 2019 50% · 2020 77% · 2021 45% · 2022 43% · 2023 23% — 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

22% of Grants Pass Museum of Art's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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

91% of Grants Pass Museum of Art's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

OR
CA

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

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Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Grants Pass Museum of Art's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding Grants Pass Museum of Art receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23k on record.

State$23k
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Top programs
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$23k

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 Grants Pass 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 13%Fundraising 7%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

82%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Grants Pass 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 Grants Pass Museum of Art?
Grants Pass Museum of Art (Oregon) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,745 to it, the largest being Josephine County Cultural Coalition ($70,657). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Grants Pass Museum of Art have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $273,745 in grants to Grants Pass Museum of Art, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Grants Pass Museum of Art?
Josephine County Cultural Coalition is the largest funder on record, with $70,657 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Grants Pass Museum of Art find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 15 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