Kentucky · Nonprofit
MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER
MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER (Kentucky) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,262,112 to it, the largest being INA B BOND ASHBOURNE CHARITABLE FUND INC ($5,674,069). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center does
Mission
The mission of the muhammad ali center (mac) is to preserve and share the legacy and ideals of muhammad ali, to promote respect, hope and understanding, and to inspire adults and children everywhere to be as great as they can be. The mac is an international education and cultural center featuring 2 1/2 levels of interactive media exhibits, public and educational programming, and global initiatives that inspire exploration of the greatness within ourselves.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational tours and youth programmingthe muhammad ali center provides outreach and educational tour experiences to school children primarily in grades k-12. Programming themes include civics and citizenship, civil rights, character education, and other topics that are based on the temporary exhibits on display at the center. They incorporate the legacy of muhammad ali and the six core principles of the center: confidence, conviction, dedication, giving, respect, and spirituality. In addition, the mac offers comprehensive after-school programs for high school youth. These programs focus on leadership development and service-learning where students explore strategies for positive social change, leadership skills, and social justice issues grounded in the life and core principles of muhammad ali.
$56,727 spent$34,169 earned by the program1% of program spendingFacility rental. Revenue generated from community organizations, businesses and individuals holding events in the various rental spaces at the muhammad ali center.
$117,464 spent$413,057 earned by the program2% of program spendingCenter for humanity and justicein 2024, the ali center continued to expand the reach of the center for humanity and justice (chj). The muhammad ali chj mobilizes muhammad ali's legacy and core principles through curricular and experiential learning. The chj curate's community-engaged programs designed to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and promote positive social change. The chj offers a range of programs to activate the mission of the muhammad ali center. Our champions league youth academy offers a host of youth leadership development programs that inspire the next generation of changemakers who, like muhammad ali, will grow to become advocates of peace and social justice. Our learning hub provides resources to educators to educate students of all ages about muhammad ali and inspire them to create positive change in their communities. We also offer professional development workshops for adult learners focused on compassionate leadership, as well as resources for teachers and educators.
$7,042,552 spent$3,360,181 earned by the program96% of program spendingPartner programsin 2024, the center continued to expand its partnership with regional universities. Founded in partnership with hanover college, the muhammad ali center experience for colleges and universities is designed to build community, respect, purpose, and resilience for incoming first-year students. Through a common experience and robust curriculum, students are introduced to muhammad's life and legacy, while engaging with the principles and practices of social justice. In addition, the program provides the opportunity for students to explore their own identities and core values. While exploring muhammad's life and legacy, students are asked to contemplate "how do your skills and passions align with your purpose as an engaged member of your college or university?". Our program is uniquely set up to center a sense of community in a student's approach to decision-making, major exploration, and campus involvement, with the long-term goals of increasing student retention and persistence to graduation. Program components include a common experience, curriculum, and faculty training.
$83,993 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,300,736.
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 2019 to 2020, from $33M to $31M (−6%).
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: 2021 39% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER’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. 5 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.
Chief executive
Devone Holt
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 15 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $411k.
6 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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: $4.3M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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
MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 97% · 2019 93% · 2020 96% · 2021 77% · 2022 77% · 2023 56% — 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
33% of MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
81% of MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $193k 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
MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $8.3M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$50k
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 MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER: 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 MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER?
- MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER (Kentucky) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,262,112 to it, the largest being INA B BOND ASHBOURNE CHARITABLE FUND INC ($5,674,069). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $8,262,112 in grants to MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER?
- INA B BOND ASHBOURNE CHARITABLE FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,674,069 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 54 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