Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,216 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($510,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $96M
What Moore College of Art and Design does
Mission
Moore is dedicated to excellence in art and design. Founded in 1848, Moore is the first and only visual arts college for women in the US. With its undergraduate BFA degree for women and coeducational graduate programs, Moore cultivates creativity, promotes scholarship and prepares students for careers in the arts by emphasizing critical thinking, problem solving, risk-taking, and strong communication skills. Moore is dedicated to producing graduates who distinguish themselves as leaders. As a cultural leader, Moore promotes the arts in the broader community. The Galleries at Moore present work of significant regional, national and international artists to the community through distinctive exhibitions and educational programs. The Continuing Education programs provide opportunities for men and women to learn new skills for personal and professional growth. Moore's acclaimed Young Artists Workshop, founded in 1922, enriches the lives of children and youth through creative arts education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Higher Education: Moore enrolls approximately 400 students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program with an 8:1 student student/faculty ratio. Moore cultivates each student's creative talents and provides the technical and professional skills essential to building a successful career in the visual arts. Students learn from award-winning, professionally active faculty who bring real-world knowledge and expertise into the classroom and encourage excellence, creative exploration and self-expression to prepare students for leadership in their chosen field. Moore offers majors in Animation & Game Arts, Art Education, Curatorial Studies, Entertainment Design, Fashion Design, Film & Digital Cinema, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design and Photography & Digital Arts. Moore also offers students an array of minors that complement their course of study and allow them to advance their interests in support of their artistic and professional goals. Moore requires internships in all its undergraduate majors with the exception of Art Education, which has a student teaching requirement. Beginning in 2010, the College provides all students with an Internship Fellowship. Moore is…
$28,355,368 spentof which $12,800,915 as grants$27,493,008 earned by the program96% of program spendingHigher Education: Graduate Programs: MA in Art Education with an Emphasis in Inclusive Practices, MA in Art Education with an Emphasis in Inclusive Practices + Pre-K-12 Art Teacher Certification, and PB Pre-K-12 Art Teacher Certification. After months of planning, Moore announced in summer 2008 the creation of three unique new graduate programs designed to prepare motivated men and women with the skills, knowledge and resources to become professional artists, designers and teachers. The program is low-residency, recognizes the critical value of professional exposure and requires a field practicum, internship or international studio residency. Programs emphasize critical thinking, innovation and synthesis of theory and practice. Self-directed research and rigorous inquiry are key components. Candidates work closely with professionally active faculty artists, educators and designers, as well as work independently with professionals in the field. The program hosts an annual symposium featuring guest speakers of national and international significance, focusing on contemporary issues. The program features summer intensive, evening and weekend year-round scheduling that are well suited…
$479,203 spentof which $199,150 as grants$705,103 earned by the program2% of program spendingContinuing Education and Youth Programs Moore offers certificate programs as well as single credit and non-credit courses for men and women who want to learn new skills, advance their careers or simply learn for their own personal enrichment and fulfillment. Offered during the evening and weekend hours on Moore's campus, continuing education courses are available in digital media, digital photography, fashion, interior decorating and the fine arts. Courses combine a flexible and dynamic approach to learning while remaining grounded in the time-honored strengths of Moore's BFA programs and award-winning faculty, who are committed to sharing their expertise and bringing real world experience into the classroom. Approximately 100 adults enroll in Moore's continuing education courses each year. Moore's Teachers Summer Institute is designed to enhance the culture of teaching and to empower learning in and through visual art. A professionally directed program of studio-based workshops offers educators the opportunity to expand studio skills, deepen personal direction, and discover new applications in educational practice. Moore offers a full range of educational programs for boys and…
$749,875 spentof which $190,805 as grants$839,557 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,584,446.
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 2024 to 2025, from $99M to $108M (+9%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 2% · 2022 1% · 2023 4% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 11 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $135k → $540k.
9 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
43% 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 MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 31% · 2019 54% · 2020 33% · 2021 20% · 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
43% of MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.7M on record — $2.5M federal, $235k state.
- Department of Education$2.4M
- National Endowment for the Arts$60k
- NJ$235k
- FL$40
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 MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN?
- MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,216 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($510,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $3,888,216 in grants to MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $510,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 47 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