Texas · Nonprofit
PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,100 to it, the largest being BETTY & JAMES MUNS FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $87k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $158k
What Plano African American Museum does
Mission
The mission of the Plano African American Museum is to tell the story of the fortitude it took to endure the hardships of slavery, the commitment to the dream of freedom, and the many citizens that helped along the way. Our story is America's story. The museum is a historical home that was once owned by a white woman who deeded the home to John Thornton (a black man) married to Charity Thorton in the late 1800's which was frowned upon but provided the basis for how some African Americans originally acquired homes at that time. The museum (aka Thornton house) is located in a historic African American community in Plano.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The most significant exhibit for the museum is the house itself. The museum is housed in a 1 1/2 story Texas Victorian style home built in the late 1800s that has much of the original flooring and walls and includes several pieces of furniture from that time period. The house has the original well in the backyard. The museum houses lots of historic information and photos of pioneers who built the first African American community in Plano once known as Freedman town. The museum hosted exhibits in the historic house as well as conducted tours Tuesday through Saturday and some special events on Mondays. The museum is open throughout the year with closures during the holidays.
$27,060 spent46% of program spendingThe Plano African American Museum hosted special programming in 2025 that included a special symposium at the Dallas Historical Society in collaboration with the Webber Family Foundation. A special reception was held at the museum to introduce the presenters and the exhibits that were on display for over a month. PAAM hosted pop-up exhibits on African American Ladies Societies at Willow Bend during International Women's Month. It hosted tiny porch concerts throughout the month at the museum along with a public concert at McCall Plaza in celebration of Black Music Month in June and collaborated with the Douglass Community by hosting Juneteenth events at the museum during the community celebration. When Food Speaks is a cultural food event that PAAM hosted for the past 3 years. Each year the focus is on a different food history, and cultural significance that combines teaching and tastes. In 2025 PAAM highlighted the origin of barbeque combined with a best barbeque competition. This event provides the perfect backdrop for community engagement with the inclusion of vendors who offer unique cultural products and some business services that support the cultural and educational…
$16,173 spent$3,134 earned by the program27% of program spendingPAAM completed the necessary building improvement to the historical home with an ADA ramp addition. This extension opens the opportunity for the museum to receive guests with disabilities and opens access to diverse populations. This amount also includes needed repairs and maintenance to preserve the historical property and enhance the visitor experience providing an authentic depiction of life in Plano in the late 1800's.
$15,620 spent27% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $58,853.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $138k to $158k (+15%).
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: 2024 0% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM’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
PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $34k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$34k
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 PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM?
- PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,100 to it, the largest being BETTY & JAMES MUNS FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $16,100 in grants to PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM?
- BETTY & JAMES MUNS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLANO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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