Rhode Island · Nonprofit
MUSE FOUNDATION
MUSE FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($80). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $133k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $80
- Net assets
- $114k
What Muse Foundation does
Mission
The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island (MUSEOFRI) is committed to nurturing creativity and innovation within communities of color through strategic philanthropic investments and initiatives. Our mission revolves around three core principles: enriching communities through education and inspiration, empowering them through advocacy and action, and equipping them with essential resources and networks.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
TurnUp RI is a youth and community engagement initiative designed to empower young people through mentorship, leadership development, educational opportunities, arts and cultural programming, and community collaboration. The program promotes positive youth development, civic participation, and creative expression while creating safe and inclusive opportunities for engagement and personal growth throughout Rhode Island.
$45,804 spent45% of program spendingYESPVD! is a community-based initiative focused on youth empowerment, education, and social impact through collaborative programming and outreach efforts. The program supports underserved youth and communities by providing opportunities for leadership development, mentorship, community engagement, and access to educational and cultural resources that encourage long-term personal and community success.
$35,625 spent35% of program spendingRhode Island Black Philanthropy Month is an annual initiative that celebrates and promotes Black philanthropy, cultural awareness, civic engagement, and community leadership throughout Rhode Island. The program convenes community members, nonprofit leaders, artists, educators, and advocates through events, discussions, and partnerships that highlight the importance of equity, collective impact, and investment in underserved communities.
$20,357 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $101,786.
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.
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 $97k to $117k (+21%).
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.
100% of MUSE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Juan Wilson Jr
Founder and Executive Director
Board chair
Dr Deana Waite
Board Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $33 → $47.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 MUSE FOUNDATION’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 MUSE FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MUSE FOUNDATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80 to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MUSE FOUNDATION
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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 MUSE FOUNDATION: 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 MUSE FOUNDATION?
- MUSE FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($80). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MUSE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $80 in grants to MUSE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSE FOUNDATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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