Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,159,386 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($743,650). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $47M
What The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc does
Mission
The aldrich contemporary art museum serves as a leading incubator for artists at critical creative junctures, providing a collaborative platform that engages and inspires.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions:in 2024, the aldrich opened six new exhibitions, three aldrich projects, one main street sculpture project, as well as unveiled a newly designed sculpture garden by the landscape architecture firm stimson.in january, we opened our first aldrich project: amanda martinez | canta y no llores. It featured a series of wall reliefs and freestanding sculptures, all sited in the museum's leir atrium. It was on view january 10 to may 5, 2024. Also, in january, we opened loie hollowell: space between, a survey of ten years, the artist's first museum survey and first museum presentation on the east coast. It was on view january 21 to august 11, 2024, and then traveled to the institute of contemporary art at virginia commonwealth university, where it opened on september 6, 2024, and remains on view through march 9, 2025.in april, we opened two first solo museum debuts: layo bright: dawn and dusk and elizabeth englander: eminem buddhism, volume 3. Both shows featured new and borrowed works and were on view april 7 to october 27, 2024.in may, we installed the second aldrich project: esther ruiz: uncharted in the museum's leir atrium. It debuted new sculptures and a recent work and…
$1,079,725 spent$82,237 earned by the program37% of program spendingPublic and school programs:january 2024:chiffon thomas presented his work alongside a virtual conversation with dr. Alyssa collins, exploring their shared interest in octavia e. Butler's literary works. The discussion delved into themes of embodiment, the built environment, and speculative modes within both butler's writing and thomas's art.february 2024:chiffon thomas premiered polish, a performance created over the past year, inside his sculptures in the south gallery. The event, which featured an introduction by amy smith-stewart, explored healing and regeneration through choreographed movements, percussive sound, and synchronized lighting. The museum also hosted a virtual conversation between artist yvette mayorga and dr. Meredith martin, focusing on mayorga's maximalist aesthetic and its connection to neo-rococo influences.march 2024:the aldrich hosted its first aldrich after hours, with a curator-led highlights tour of loie hollowell's exhibition, followed by a musical performance by xondra. We also worked with mercy learning center, hosting 30 students for gallery tours and activities related to yvette mayorga and loie hollowell's work. Additionally, we held a sold-out…
$1,102,927 spent$56,103 earned by the program38% of program spendingMuseum operations: exhibition and public and school programs require a well-maintained, high-functioning facility to house the exhibitions and provide a place for programs. To accomplish this, funds are used for maintenance, security, capital projects, utilities, depreciation, and operations staffing. The aldrich completed a major capital project in 2024 - the redevelopment of the campus and sculpture garden. The greatly improved outdoor area provides additional opportunity for outdoor exhibitions and a beautiful community space that is open to the public.
$716,573 spent$43,859 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,899,225.
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 $44M to $38M (−14%).
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 3% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 15% · 2021 14% · 2022 11% · 2023 3% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 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. 4 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
Cybele Maylone
Executive director
Board chair
Diana Bowes
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $243k → $523k.
10 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 funders by total. 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
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
52% 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 THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 58% · 2019 61% · 2020 26% · 2021 20% · 2022 17% · 2023 25% — 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
30% of THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC 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 THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record — $157k federal, $1.5M state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$95k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$62k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$1.1M
- State Aid Grants$432k
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 THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: 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 THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC?
- THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,159,386 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($743,650). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $3,159,386 in grants to THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC?
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $743,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 71 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