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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,640 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,325,813). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What National Museum of Industrial History does
Mission
The mission of the National Museum of Industrial History, in affiliation with the smithsonian institute is: to forge a connection between america's industrial past and the innovations of today by educating the public and inspiring the visionaries of tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The National Museum of Industrial History celebrates the story of america's rich industrial heritage. Inventors, manufacturers, innovators, workers, and their products are showcased within a turn of the 20th century industrial building on the site of the former bethlehem steel corporation bethlehem plant.in our machinery hall, treasured artifacts on loan from the smithsonian's national museum of american history fascinate visitors. Inspired by the 1876 centennial exposition in philadelphia, visitors learn about the ingenuity of various inventors and are captivated by an impressive display of early machines; drill presses and lathes, boilers and steam engines. The iron and steel gallery conveys the massive scale of the steel industry from raw materials to manufactured product and its role in building and defending the country. Visitors learn how natural fibers were woven into silk damask and the changing nature of the american worker in factories across the nation. The propane gallery highlights the role of the scientist in creating new forms of energy. From the sounds of a moving line shafting and listening to workers' stories to giving visitors the chance to physically replicate…
$707,230 spent$26,455 earned by the program67% of program spendingAdmission to the museum is aimed at making an enjoyable experience for our visitors as they forge a connection between america's industrial past and the innovations of today by educating them and inspiring the visionaries of tomorrow. Our docent led tours enhance visitor experience with a guided tour on the exhibition. In addition we offer a menu of unique tours that provide in-depth education on the artifacts and how they relate to american industrial heritage.
$341,660 spent$261,001 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,048,890.
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 $11M to $12M (+11%).
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 19% · 2018 2% · 2019 33% · 2020 22% · 2021 35% · 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY’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
Andria Zaia
Executive director
Board chair
L Charles Marcon
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income fell $206k → $123k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY’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 MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 36% · 2019 47% · 2020 30% · 2021 88% · 2022 43% · 2023 52% — 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
44% of NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
86% of NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY has grown faster than half of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$500k
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 MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
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 Pennsylvania
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
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY: 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 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY?
- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,640 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,325,813). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $3,888,640 in grants to NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,325,813 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 26 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