California · Nonprofit
MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART
MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,174,116 to it, the largest being PUBLIC CORP FOR THE ARTS OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ($1,031,173). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Museum of Latin American Art does
Mission
The specific purpose of this corporation is to: expand knowledge and appreciation of modern and contemporary latin american tine art that has been created since world war ii; to operate a museum; to collect and display latin american contemporary art; to provide education and research services regarding modern and contemporary latin american tine art.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions: in 2024, the Museum of Latin American Art (molaa) organized five major exhibitions, welcoming over 65,000 visitors. Key exhibitions included artenica: art, science, and technology in latin america today, a getty-supported show highlighting pioneering and contemporary latin american digital artists; and the endless spiral by betsabe romero, an exhibition presented as a collateral event at the 60th venice biennale exploring themes of migration and displacement. Cross-border women by alejandra phelts focuses on everyday experiences that link intimacy, affective relationships, and attitudes of female empowerment. Another major exhibition, vermillion like embers by indigenous brazilian artist andrey guaian zignnatto, explored memory, ancestral knowledge, and resistance through sculptural installations rooted in native traditions and urban experiences. Importantly, the curatorial team worked to continue the growth of its permanent collection of over 1,600 works.by showcasing both historical and contemporary voices, molaa fosters greater global understanding of the region's cultural richness, complexity, and ongoing contributions to the world of art.
$2,648,490 spent60% of program spendingEducations: in 2024, molaa served over 15,000 k12 students through its aprende tour and workshop program, offering free and low-cost in-person and virtual experiences aligned with california visual arts standards. Using visual thinking strategies (vts), aprende fosters visual literacy, critical thinking, and language development while increasing access to latin american and latino art for underserved communities.molaa expanded its educational impact through initiatives like the g.r.I.t. Series and the molaa zoom project, supporting high school students in creative expression, college and career readiness, and exploration of artistic research. Additional programming included five annual cultural festivals, 30+ corporate inclusion programs, and 20+ youth internships.recognized as a model for museum education, molaa received the 2024 superintendent award for excellence in museum education from the california department of education and the california association of museums. Molaa also contributed to national arts education by publishing a curriculum and serving as a peer reviewer for scholastic arts magazine.
$1,273,886 spent$119,261 earned by the program29% of program spendingPublications: in 2024, molaa continued to expand its publications and exhibition catalog series, supporting artists while enhancing public access to and understanding of latin american and latino art. These scholarly publications serve as lasting records of exhibitions and individual artists, supporting academic research and increasing recognition and value of the art and artists represented. Recent and upcoming titles include vermillion like embers (andrey guaian zignatto), memorias de nuestra tierra (judy baca), cross border women (alejandra phelts). Work also progressed on the molaa collection book, a comprehensive volume highlighting the museum's permanent collection.through these efforts, molaa contributes to global art discourse and the long-term visibility and appreciation of latin american and latino art.
$514,944 spent$163,037 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,437,320.
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 $42M to $40M (−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: 2019 8% · 2020 33% · 2021 9% · 2022 8% · 2023 7% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART’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. 7 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
Lourdes Ramos-Rivas
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $242k → $695k.
8 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 LATIN AMERICAN ART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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 LATIN AMERICAN ART has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% 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
57% 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 LATIN AMERICAN ART.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 19% · 2019 34% · 2020 25% · 2021 58% · 2022 28% · 2023 35% — 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
36% of MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
90% of MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $480k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 LATIN AMERICAN ART's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 18 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$1.5M
- National Endowment for the Arts$35k
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 LATIN AMERICAN ART
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 LATIN AMERICAN ART: 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 LATIN AMERICAN ART?
- MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,174,116 to it, the largest being PUBLIC CORP FOR THE ARTS OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ($1,031,173). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $3,174,116 in grants to MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART?
- PUBLIC CORP FOR THE ARTS OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH is the largest funder on record, with $1,031,173 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 42 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing