Missouri · Nonprofit
LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK
LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK (Missouri) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,172,981 to it, the largest being REGIONAL CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ($586,893). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Laumeier Sculpture Park does
Mission
To engage the community in art and nature.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
CuratorialLaumeier Sculpture Park commissions, collects, and preserves contemporary art with a focus on sculpture throughout its 105-acre campus. The art collection consists of more than 70 large-scale sculptures on view outdoors plus additional works on loan and in storage. Laumeier also presents temporary exhibitions both indoors and outdoors that feature local, national, and international artists. More than 360,000 annual visitors from around the globe visit laumeier free of charge to enjoy the combination of art and nature offered through our exhibitions, education, and public programs.
$359,544 spent22% of program spendingEducationlaumeier's education programs serve lifelong learners through classes, workshops, camps, school field trips, community programs and printed publications. These programs engage more than 450 artists and art educators each year. Our education vision is for a global community where curiosity, exploration, creativity, innovation, and collaboration are the catalysts for sparking vibrant exchange between artists, educators, and learners of all ages and backgrounds. Through this exchange we unlock the power of art and nature, including its ability for personal restoration and growth as well as its broader impact on local, national, and international issues.
$498,879 spentof which $10,275 as grants$319,687 earned by the program30% of program spendingPublic programslaumeier scultpure park is an accredited museum and public park. The institution provides a broad spectrum of culturally enriching activities for community members and guests from around the globe to enjoy each year. Presenting a unique mix of art and nature, laumeier annually hosts art fair and many other public programs. These programs provide the public with opportunities to participate in experiences that further develop their appreciation for art and nature.
$430,553 spent$535,215 earned by the program26% of program spendingExhibits laumeier presents a unique mix of public programs inspired by art and nature, many of which are free or low cost. One of the most popular public programs is a 3-day art fair that attracts more than 25,000 attendees and supports mroe than 150 artists, entertainers, and food vendors. Discover laumeier gives the public a chance to participate in hands-on artmaking free of charge and laumeier after dark allows visitors to explore the art at night while enjoying the work of artists whose practice is light-based. Three in-residence artists are selected annually to further engage the community with special projects and programs.
$365,695 spent22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,654,671.
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 $6.5M to $4.7M (−28%).
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 32% · 2018 34% · 2019 29% · 2020 36% · 2021 32% · 2022 49% · 2023 30% · 2024 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK’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. 4 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
Lauren Ross
Executive director
Board chair
Meridith Mckinley
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $231k → $243k.
8 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
55% 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 LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 57% · 2019 44% · 2020 33% · 2021 24% · 2022 19% · 2023 32% — 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
38% of LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
69% of LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $362k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 15 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $135k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$135k
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 LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK?
- LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK (Missouri) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,172,981 to it, the largest being REGIONAL CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ($586,893). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $2,172,981 in grants to LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK?
- REGIONAL CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION is the largest funder on record, with $586,893 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 45 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