Alabama · Nonprofit
MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION
MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION (Alabama) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,627,166 to it, the largest being JOHN AND JOYCE CADDELL FOUNDATION ($350,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association does
Mission
Mmfa provides experiences centered on human creativity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fy2024-25 | mmfa learning + programs in the past year, the l+p department has created and led 400+ programs, tours, workshops, and events in the museum and community, with 8,496 participants for programs and 3,696 for tours. Every program incorporates inclusive aspects for physical and sensory needs. From november 2023 to december 2026, all mmfa public programs will be free to the public because of the art bridges access for all grant, which totals $280,000. The l+p department wrote and managed this grant. Dr.a.w., drop-in artmaking workshop, is a new free program added to the artworks interactive gallery. During the fall, winter, and summer holidays, visitors can create art inspired by the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. In fall 2024, we added the infant-focused art program, art crawl. Partnering with clyfford still museum, where the program originated, art crawl is an uplifting opportunity for infants to have a meaningful formative experience with art. Both parents and caretakers will be a part of this journey and learn with their children. Art crawl features an array of themes for each class, ranging from color theory to shapes and texture. In winter of 2025, we…
$64,896 spent$77,725 earned by the program38% of program spendingPermanent collection acquisitionsthe montgomery museum of fine arts is the premier art collecting institution in central alabama, serving the tri-county river region by exhibiting its collections for the benefit of the public. The collection focuses primarily on american art, however significant additions in other collecting areas are important to developing the collections, now numbering more than 4,000 objects. In fy 2024-2025, the museum acquired the following works of art: john bankston (american, born 1963), cover up, 2013, acrylic on linen, gift of rebecca and jack drake, 2024.3.1 harrison begay (american, 1914/1917-2012), cloud symbol dancer during mountain chant ceremony, about 1995, acrylic, gouache, and ink on paper, gift of rebecca and jack drake, 2024.3.2, tim denny (american, born 1957), taking the short cut across the conjurer's pasture, acrylic, color pencil, and oil crayon on paper, gift of rebecca and jack drake, 2024.3.3, jean dewasne (french, 1921-1999), composition, about 1970, gouache on paperboard, gift of rebecca and jack drake, 2024.3.4, thornton dial, sr. (american, 1928-2016), joy ride, about 1990, watercolor and pastel on paper, gift of rebecca and jack…
$6,434 spent4% of program spendingExhibitions for fy 2024-2025in addition to semi-permanent installations of art from the museum's permanent collection, the museum offers temporary exhibitions that range in length from 8 to 12 weeks. The caddell sculpture garden is an outdoor venue in which primarily loaned works of sculpture rotate on an 18 month to 2-year schedule.temporary exhibitions2023 southern prize and state fellowships for visual arts exhibitionnovember 15, 2024 through february 9, 2025selma is now: civil rights photographs by spider martinfebruary 28 through june 1, 2025the nature of homemay 2 through february 22, 2025home: the 46th biennial montgomery art guild museum exhibition side questsjune 27 through september 14, 2025permanent collection exhibitionsart connectsaugust 9 through october 20, 2024art connects: circle of lifeaugust 9 through october 20, 2024frank spangler, sr.: drawing on experienceaugust 16 through november 17, 2024hans grohs: the alphabet with death (das abc mit tod)october 4 through november 17, 2024at the tablenovember 15, 2024 through february 9, 2025canvas as a mirror: artists' self-portraitsnovember 22, 2024 through february 2, 2025art and artists of the southjanuary 17 through…
$101,394 spent59% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $172,724.
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 $13M to $15M (+17%).
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 11% · 2018 13% · 2019 13% · 2020 20% · 2021 27% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION’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. 3 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $181k → $103k.
3 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $193k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Central Alabama Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION’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
MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 59% · 2019 49% · 2020 54% · 2021 45% · 2022 47% · 2023 49% — 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
47% of MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION'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
89% of MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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
MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION?
- MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION (Alabama) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,627,166 to it, the largest being JOHN AND JOYCE CADDELL FOUNDATION ($350,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $1,627,166 in grants to MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION?
- JOHN AND JOYCE CADDELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing