Iowa · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC
NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,795,113 to it, the largest being GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,195,865). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $32M
What National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Inc does
Mission
Through the czech & slovak lens, the ncsml preserves, presents and transcends unique stories of history and culture through innovative experiences and active engagement to reach cross-cultural audiences locally, nationally and internationally. Ncsml's vision is to be an innovative leader for lifelong learning, community building and cultural connections. We encourage self-discovery through extraordinary experiences that tell stories of freedom, indentity, family, and community(s).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The national czech & slovak museum & library (ncsml) operates a museum and library which reaches the community through exhibits, education, musical concerts, book clubs, and soon to be sporting events. Educational programming traditionally features school study trips that provide multicultural adventure, connecting students to the larger, global community in a personal manner along with classes, webinars, and other programs to help in reaching and fulfilling our mission... The ncsml presented our permanent exhibit, "faces of freedom and continues to have great turn out from members and guests who are impacted by this powerful exhibit. The museum debuted more than four new exhibits in 2024 which included "exhibit revival", "alphonse mucha: master of art nouveau", "the national collection: fifty years of ncsml", "marj nejdl: master folk artist", and "contemporary takes on folk motifs". The museum continues to add value to the community and is getting more and more well known nationally and internationally. We have staff members who are studying abroad, and we always have foreign exchange students who serve as interns. The museum began a capital campaign in 2025 which is going to be…
$2,260,010 spent$317,464 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,260,010.
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 2021 to 2022, from $33M to $30M (−9%).
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 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 6% · 2021 15% · 2022 12% · 2023 2% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC’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. 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
Rokusekdr Cecilia
President and CEO
Board chair
Moore Josh
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $155k → $248k.
9 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY 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
NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 91% · 2019 90% · 2020 89% · 2021 73% · 2022 62% · 2023 72% — 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
64% of NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
89% of NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC'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 $201k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC's revenue grew 50% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$15k
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 NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 22 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ncsml Properties LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC?
- NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,795,113 to it, the largest being GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,195,865). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,795,113 in grants to NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC?
- GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,195,865 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 24 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