New Jersey · Nonprofit
STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,037,046 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($1,013,650). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum does
Mission
Tell the story of the unique culture, experiences, and contributions of the african american community of the sourland mountain region of central new jersey.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Preservation and site development - in 2024, ssaam advanced major preservation initiatives to secure and interpret historic african american landmarks in the sourland mountain region. The organization completed the transfer of full ownership of the historic true farmstead to ssaam, which now serves as the administrative and educational hub of the museum. Restoration planning continued for the mt. Zion ame church, a national registerlisted site and the future interpretive anchor for the museum. These efforts strengthen ssaam's ability to preserve and share the stories of the region's black families, faith communities, and land stewardsensuring these sacred spaces remain active sites of learning, reflection, and celebration.
$0 spent0% of program spendingEducation, exhibitions, and community engagement - ssaam continued to deliver impactful cultural and educational programming designed to connect the public with african american history and heritage. In 2024, the museum launched its original exhibition the head that wears the crown: black women's headwear from slavery to freedom and presented the immersive 1899 camp meeting reenactment; both recognized nationally with awards of excellence from the american association for state and local history (aaslh). The annual juneteenth "freedom forward" celebration welcomed more than a hundred visitors for live music, performances, storytelling, and family activities on the museum's historic grounds, marking a continued tradition of intergenerational learning and joy. With support from the mellon foundation, ssaam began developing a youth and adult visitor's guide to enhance the interpretive experience and deepen engagement with its exhibitions and historic sites. The organization also laid the groundwork for the possibility of an in-school curriculum, inspired by local african american stories that connect students to national conversations of historic relevance. Together, these efforts…
$82,345 spent$1,829 earned by the program18% of program spendingOrganizational growth, partnerships, and recognition - in 2024, ssaam strengthened its organizational infrastructure, community partnerships, and professional visibility. The museum expanded its part-time staff to support education, collections, and community engagement, and enhanced its administrative systems for long-term sustainability. Ssaam also expanded its national and regional partnerships, adding to existing relationships with the mellon foundation, the somerset county cultural & heritage commission, and the new jersey historic trust by building new connections with the national trust for historic preservation's african american cultural heritage action fund via the preserving black churches grant program. These collaborations ensure continued alignment with leading institutions committed to cultural preservation, equity in public history, and the protection of african american heritage sites. The museum's national recognition through the aaslh awards of excellence and its acceptance as a new jersey black heritage trail site further affirmed ssaam's role as a trusted and innovative steward of african american heritage. These milestones reflect ssaam's growing capacity,…
$363,049 spent$30,000 earned by the program82% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $445,394.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $1.8M to $3.0M (+66%).
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 47% · 2020 62% · 2021 16% · 2022 24% · 2023 12% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $5k → $107k.
10 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 STOUTSBURG SOURLAND 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
STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 80% · 2021 78% · 2022 90% · 2023 47% — 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
75% of STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
62% of STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM'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 $773k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM 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
Government funding STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$250k
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 STOUTSBURG SOURLAND 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM?
- STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,037,046 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($1,013,650). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,037,046 in grants to STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM?
- Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,013,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2019–2024), 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