Georgia · Nonprofit
MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC
MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,308,015 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($670,900). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $-329965
What Museum of Design-Atlanta Inc does
Mission
Museum of design-atlanta's mission is to empower people to design a better world. We pursue this mission because we envision a world that celebrates design as a creative force that inspires change, transforms lives, and makes the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Exhibitions: in 2024, moda mounted three in-museum exhibitions that explored the intersection of creativity and functionality, highlighting design as a powerful tool for social impact. These exhibitions demonstrated how design can inspire change, transform lives, and contribute to a better world. Together, they welcomed approximately 22,000 visitors.youth education: moda offered dynamic education for children and teen through camps,classes, and field trips. These programs introduced young learners to the fundamentals of design and empowered them to apply creative thinking to real-world challenges , encouraging the next generation of changemakers.adult programs: for adults, moda hosted a robust calendar of lectures, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops. These programs showcased how designers are using their skills to solve complex problems, equipping participants with new ways to think critically, act creatively, and engage with the world through design.
$982,623 spent$181,287 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $982,623.
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 2020 to 2021, from $117k to $540k (+362%).
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 8% · 2018 8% · 2019 7% · 2020 9% · 2021 16% · 2022 12% · 2023 14% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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
Laura Flusche
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $35k → $384k.
4 of 28 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 MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
41% 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 DESIGN-ATLANTA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 52% · 2019 54% · 2020 77% · 2021 48% · 2022 38% · 2023 29% — 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
67% of MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $782k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 DESIGN-ATLANTA INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $130k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$130k
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 DESIGN-ATLANTA INC
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 Georgia
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
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 MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC: 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 DESIGN-ATLANTA INC?
- MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,308,015 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($670,900). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,308,015 in grants to MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $670,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSEUM OF DESIGN-ATLANTA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 28 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