New York · Nonprofit
MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA
MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA (New York) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,370,758 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,451,786). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $54M
What Museum of Chinese in America does
Mission
The Museum of Chinese in America aims to engage audiences in an ongoing and historical dialogue, in which people of all backgrounds are able to see american history through a critical perspective, to reflect on their own experiences, and to make meaningful connections between: the past and the present, the global and the local, themselves and others.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To preserve and interpret the history and culture of chinese and their descendants in the united states. Research and disseminate historical and current information and materials regarding the community heritage. Included in its programs is the digital moca project, a national online destination for people to explore, connect with and learn about the culture and experiences of the chinese in america from anywhere in the world. At the heart of this purely online experience will be a repository that will collect, document and present chinese american stories from around the nation, including text, images and multimedia--and incorporate them into moca's collections. It will create a vibrant online community that also redefines the nature and capacity of a cultural history museum as a center for preserving human stories, not just objects.moca maintains a current exhibits schedule with new exhibits each year as well as maintenance of a permanent exhibit called "with a single step." moca hosts public programs and performances each year including music and theater performances, author talks, teacher education, chinese american history lectures, and asian american arts development.
$3,334,928 spent$198,862 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,334,928.
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 2023 to 2024, from $17M to $57M (+235%).
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 3% · 2018 7% · 2019 7% · 2020 2% · 2021 1% · 2022 13% · 2023 7% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% 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
Nina Curley
Interim executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $305k → $1.4M.
25 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 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
MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
54% 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 MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 29% · 2019 47% · 2020 58% · 2021 64% · 2022 50% · 2023 43% — 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
29% of MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
53% of MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA'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. Of the $11M that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $539k on record.
- National Archives and Records Administration$349k
- National Endowment for the Arts$78k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$62k
- 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 MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA: 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 MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA?
- MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA (New York) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,370,758 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,451,786). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $23,370,758 in grants to MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,451,786 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 102 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