New York · Nonprofit
HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME
HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,050,057 to it, the largest being GLADYS AND ROLAND HARRIMAN FOUNDATION ($449,689). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame does
Mission
The harness racing museum & hall of fame is dedicated to comprehensive, active and authoritative support and promotion of the standardbred racing through documentation and preservation of the history and traditions of this american-born sport. It will also continue to augment existing collections and provide extensive research, educational programming and exciting exhibitry to expand harness racing's interest appeal, both nationally and internationally, to assure an informed audience and a successful future.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibits: display the history and culture of the trotting horse and its impact on u.s. Economic, social and cultural history. The historic collections contain over 30,000 objects.admissions to the museum were 1901. The museum's three travelling exhibits were shown at numerous venues in the united states and abroad.
$239,382 spent27% of program spendingPublic information and education: educational programs offered to school children relating to the trotting horse; distribution of posters, brochures and newsletters.the museum hosted 7613 students. 527 attended educational workshops.the museum also conducts the annual harness racing hall of fame awards ceremony, which is open to public.the museum gift shop sold educational items related to harness racing and its history.
$301,650 spent$144,216 earned by the program34% of program spendingLibrary and research: the museum offers a diversity of research activities, and it furnishes articles and photographs to interested parties.the museum's department of information services responded to 60 research requests via museum website, email and telephone.
$344,334 spent39% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $885,366.
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 $7.3M to $9.0M (+24%).
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 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME’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. 3 of the last 10 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 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $189k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME’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
HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 92% · 2019 79% · 2020 74% · 2021 82% · 2022 63% · 2023 47% — 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
67% of HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME'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
51% of HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k 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.
Against its field
HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 62 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 62 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Government funding HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- ADVERTISING$1k
- PROMOTIONAL SUPPLIES$216
- FREIGHT$15
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 HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME?
- HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,050,057 to it, the largest being GLADYS AND ROLAND HARRIMAN FOUNDATION ($449,689). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,050,057 in grants to HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME?
- GLADYS AND ROLAND HARRIMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $449,689 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARNESS RACING MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing