Nebraska · Nonprofit
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM (Nebraska) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,229,769 to it, the largest being THE HAWKS FOUNDATION ($24,554,984). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 115
- Grants received
- $97M
- Net assets
- $134M
What Joslyn Art Museum does
Mission
The joslyn brings people together to explore art across time and cultures.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
On may 3rd, 2022 the museum closed to the public due to construction. However, off-site programming was conducted and continued throughout the closure. Works from the collections were seen on national exhibition tours and loans during the museum closure. The museum reopened to the public in the fall of 2024 after a two year closure.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Learning & engagement: the mission of the joslyn's learning & engagement department is to equip the general public with skills to enjoy, understand, appreciate, and engage with art of various time periods and cultures. To this end, the museum provides interpretive programming in a variety of formats tailored to different learning styles, interests, and needs. The joslyn offers programs for youth, family, and adult audiences and pk-16 students and teachers. Through guided tours, lectures, gallery talks, outreach programs, studio classes and camps, programs for teachers, and special events, the joslyn strives to provide quality arts education experiences for its diverse constituencies.
$3,914,175 spent$68,809 earned by the program35% of program spendingPresentation: on september 10, 2024, the museum reopened to the public following a two-year closure for expansion and renovation. A new entry atrium welcomes visitors and 16,000 sf of gallery space houses the phillip g. Schrager collection and other contemporary art. Galleries in the existing buildings were reinstalled with new interpretations, including a ground-breaking reimagining of the american galleries. Across the museum, over 100 works new to the collection were on view. Over 90,000 visitors came in just a few months, enjoying art, the rejuevenated gardens, and new amenities.
$2,795,839 spent25% of program spendingPreservation: including over 12,000 objects, the permanent collection represents 5,000 years of human creativity and the word's diverse cultures. A complete reinstallation of the permanent collection was undertaken over the last two years in anticipation of the september 2024 reopening of the museum. With this revitalized display, we showcase the museum's renowned collections, assert the relevance of art and historical objects to contemporary issues, diversify the identities and experiences represented in the galleries, and foster connections among artworks across collection areas, including ancient mediterranean art, european art, american art, native american art, 20th century art, contemporary art, and asian art.
$2,236,671 spent20% of program spendingSignificant items in other program revenue include the hitchcock museum shop net sales revenue and exhibition rental fees.
$2,236,672 spent$299,698 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,183,357.
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 $44M to $87M (+98%).
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 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 7% · 2021 3% · 2022 5% · 2023 1% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of JOSLYN ART MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Jack Becker
Executive director & CEO
Board chair
Kirk Kellner
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $734k → $29M.
14 of 115 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $19M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Joslyn Art Museum Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money JOSLYN ART MUSEUM raised.
From the IRS filings of JOSLYN ART MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 115 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
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 69% · 2019 46% · 2020 25% · 2021 27% · 2022 41% · 2023 47% — 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
42% of JOSLYN ART MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
93% of JOSLYN ART MUSEUM's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM has grown faster than three-quarters 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 JOSLYN ART MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $167k on record — $165k federal, $1k state.
- Department of the Interior$93k
- National Endowment for the Arts$65k
- Department of Defense$8k
- Royalties$1k
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 JOSLYN ART 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Joslyn Art Museum Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM?
- JOSLYN ART MUSEUM (Nebraska) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,229,769 to it, the largest being THE HAWKS FOUNDATION ($24,554,984). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOSLYN ART MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 115 organizations giving $97,229,769 in grants to JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, 71 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOSLYN ART MUSEUM?
- THE HAWKS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $24,554,984 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOSLYN ART MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 115 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