New York · Nonprofit
MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM
MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,957,607 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($5,002,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $204M
What Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum does
Mission
As an educational institution focused on american cultural history, the strong explores play in order to encourage learning, creativity, and discovery. The museum accomplishes this through exhibitions, programs, publications, and other actvities that engage, entertain and enlighten diverse audiences, especially families, children, and educators.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibits and education - as an educational institution focused on american cultural history, the strong explores play in order to encourage learning, creativity, and discovery. The museum accomplishes this through exhibitions, programs, and other activities that engage, entertain, and enlighten diverse audiences, especially families, children, and educators. (639,386 served)
$10,844,153 spent$7,901,323 earned by the program53% of program spendingCuratorial and collections- to support the mission, the museum collects, preserves, and researches objects, manuscripts, and other materials that reflect and document the importance of play, particularly as it reflects and illuminates the american experience and with special emphasis on toys and other artifacts related to play. (639,386 served)
$3,658,110 spentof which $15,750 as grants$32,999 earned by the program18% of program spendingGuest and membership services- to support the mission, the museum places great emphasis on guest services and the way in which guests are hosted and guided during their visit. The museum considers guest services to be a critical component of the visitors' experience which enhances their ability to learn, create and discover. (639,386 served)
$5,823,269 spent$1,029,255 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,325,532.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $148M to $181M (+22%).
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 5% · 2019 1% · 2020 7% · 2021 19% · 2022 12% · 2023 51% · 2024 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Steve M Dubnik
President/CEO
Board chair
Kenneth Glazer
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $47k → $2.0M.
10 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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: $38M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest Strong Museum Trust Xxxxx3007); $2.0M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM raised.
From the IRS filings of MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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 48% · 2018 38% · 2019 32% · 2020 20% · 2021 64% · 2022 48% · 2023 35% — 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
57% of MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M 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.
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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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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
- Adventure Place Development LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM?
- MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,957,607 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($5,002,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $16,957,607 in grants to MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM?
- THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,002,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 52 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