Washington · Nonprofit
MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART
MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART (Washington) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,071,295 to it, the largest being BRUCE AND MARY STEVENSON FOUNDATION INC ($460,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Maryhill Museum of Art does
Mission
Maryhill Museum of Art ignites a journey of educational enrichment in the Columbia River Gorge by preserving and interpreting art and historic collections.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Museum building - the historic beaux-arts building (built in 1917 & listed on the national register of historic places) and the mary and bruce stevenson wing (built in 2012 and leed certified) house the museum's collections, changing exhibitions and permanent exhibitions as well as space for educational programs. The museum maintains specific environmental conditions in exhibition and collection spaces for the thousands of works of art that the museum cares for, exhibits and provides access to for public enrichment. The museum also owns and preserves the stonehenge memorial monument (built in 1918-1929 anf listed on the national register of historic places) and the maryhill loops road (first macadam-paved road in the state of washington and protype for oregons historic columbia river highway), both of which are 3 miles east of the museum.in 2025, the museum fundraised for and installed a new walk-in freezer inside an existing building facility for processing of specific museum collections. The facility accelerates the number of ojects that can be processed at one time, particularly important given the museums emphasis on collecting and preserving objects such as textiles and…
$637,494 spent$358,877 earned by the program55% of program spendingExhibitions, educational programs, and preservation of collections are the vital services that fulfill the museum's mission. Maryhill is the only fine art museum in the central pacific northwest. Founded in 1940, it is accredited by the american alliance of museums and serves 549,495 people across seven rural counties in washington and oregon. The museums collection of over 18,000 objects spans american and european fine and decorative arts, indigenous american art, an exceptional selection of 80+ sculptures and watercolors by auguste rodin, fashion, contemporary sculpture, and other works from america and around the world. Our strategic plan guides additions and updates to our permanent exhibitions and displays. The museum's collection is shared in exhibitions at the museum, with researchers, and with other museum institutions.educational programs are the heart of our mission and the museum hosts field trips throughout the year for k-12 and college groups. We subsidize field trips costs as needed to remove barriers to visiting, prioritizing title I schools in the region.museum educators provide & update classroom curriculum resources to meet state standards with a steam focus and…
$310,069 spent27% of program spendingGardens the museum campus spans nearly 29 acres and includes the william and catherine dickson sculpture park, the lewis and clark overlook and garden, and the cannon power plaza and river walk. In 2025, the museum completed a renovation of the sculpture park with ada-compliant walking paths through the park that connect the east and west campus, new seating, and public art.the gardens are used for diverse programs including annual public cultural events, field trips, facility rentals, and other special programs.
$205,794 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,153,357.
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 2022 to 2023, from $14M to $15M (+5%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 5% · 2022 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $35k → $170k.
3 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 MARYHILL 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
MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2020 48% · 2021 45% · 2022 29% · 2023 59% — 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
50% of MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
74% of MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $292k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$25k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$10k
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 MARYHILL 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.
In Washington
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
73%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARYHILL 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 MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART?
- MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART (Washington) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,071,295 to it, the largest being BRUCE AND MARY STEVENSON FOUNDATION INC ($460,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,071,295 in grants to MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART?
- BRUCE AND MARY STEVENSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $460,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 22 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