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MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC

MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $326,000 to it, the largest being 1440 VENTURES FOUNDATION INC ($326,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$45k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$326k
Net assets
$520k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What McCormick School Museum Inc does

Mission

To showcase and protect its historical and architectural importance while telling the story of wichita public school through artifacts and archives.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Maintaining a museum of wichita public school history which provides exhibits and archives open to the public, to preserve and share our educational history.

    $19,092 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. Providing scholarships to local needy and meritorious college students and a student teaching program. (the organization did not provide any scholarship funding during 2024, but the program is still active.)

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,092.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($31k) Expenses 100 ($26k) Net assets 100 ($366k)2024 Revenue 412 ($127k) Expenses 143 ($37k) Net assets 144 ($525k)2025 Revenue 147 ($45k) Expenses 192 ($50k) Net assets 142 ($520k)
202320242025
Revenue (147)Expenses (192)Net assets (142)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $366k to $525k (+44%).

$366k
$525k
$520k
202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 2% · 2024 77% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

86% of MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’23
$90k
’24
−$5k
’25
49
months of
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.

202320242025
Listed111111
Joined·+1+0
No longer listed·10
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $300k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.

KS

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Kansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−11% · below the median
Months of reserve49.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

38% of spending goes to programs.

Program 38%Management 57%Fundraising 5%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC?
MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $326,000 to it, the largest being 1440 VENTURES FOUNDATION INC ($326,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $326,000 in grants to MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC?
1440 VENTURES FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $326,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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