New York · Nonprofit
SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK
SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $384,543 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($115,480). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $385k
- Net assets
- $25M
What Seaport Museum New York does
Mission
Nature of organizations Seaport Museum New York, d/b/a south street seaport museum, is a not-for-profit educational institution chartered by the state of new york in 1967 and is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. The south street seaport museum, located in the heart of the south street seaport historic district in new york city, preserves and interprets the history of new york as a great port city. The south street seaport museum houses an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts, a maritime reference library, exhibition galleries and education spaces, working nineteenth century print shops, and an active fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of "where new york begins." the south street seaport museum owns 100% of the outstanding common stock of ambrose management company, inc., a for-profit corporation, which had no activity in 2024. The consolidated financial statements of the south street seaport museum include ambrose management company, inc., the affiliate (collectively, the "museum"). Due to extensive flooding damage from hurricane sandy, the museum's main galleries at 12 fulton street have…
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
School and public eventsthe seaport museum welcomed over 84,936 visitors in 2024. Over 200 free public programs engaged 27,408 individuals in conversations, workshops, and cultural experiences. Highlights in 2024 included a collaboration with ny chinese cultural center on a lunar new year celebration; a series of site-specific performances throughout the sssm campus as a part of the river to river festival; an installation of climate themed public art, as a part of city of water day; a monthly sea shanty more hands-on family activities, special cultural events, and more. School-age field trips continued throughout 2024, welcoming 5,810 k-12 students and their educators to field trips dockside on pier 16 and in the historic district.
$2,299,186 spent$89,943 earned by the program57% of program spendingMarine operationsfour historic vessels were visited by 35,209 individuals, who explored permanently moored vessels 1885 cargo ship wavertree and 1908 lightship ambrose and sailed in nyc's east river aboard 1885 schooner pioneer and 1930 tugboat w.o. Decker.
$904,496 spent$158,244 earned by the program23% of program spendingMuseum shopat the 19th century recreated print shop bowne & co. Stationers, master printers offered printing demonstrations and workshops for 20,683 visitors.
$357,525 spent$150,449 earned by the program9% of program spendingCuratorial19,753 visitors were welcomed at indoor exhibitions at schermerhorn row, which in 2024 included "south street and the rise of new york; and "millions: migrants and millionaires aboard the great liners, 1900-1914." at the 19th century recreated print shop bowne & co. Stationers, master printers offered printing demonstrations and workshops for 20,683 visitors.exhibitions:19,753 visitors were welcomed at indoor exhibitions at schermerhorn row, which in 2024 included "south street and the rise of new york; and "millions: migrants and millionaires aboard the great liners, 1900-1914."
$444,704 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,005,911.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $17M to $25M (+46%).
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: 2018 20% · 2019 30% · 2020 18% · 2021 54% · 2022 71% · 2023 34% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK’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. 2 of the last 7 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
Jonathan Boulware
President & CEO
Board chair
Christiana Huus
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $71k → $74k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK’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
SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 99% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 76% — 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
13% of SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK'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
97% of SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ambrose Management Company Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK?
- SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $384,543 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($115,480). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $384,543 in grants to SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK?
- THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $115,480 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEAPORT MUSEUM NEW YORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 12 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