Iowa · Nonprofit
THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM
THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,327,793 to it, the largest being KOFOED FOUNDATION ($297,640). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $12M
What The Danish Immigrant Museum does
Mission
The museum of danish america explores the danish-american experience, the historic and modern influences of denmark on the united states, and the continuing story of how a nation of immigrants shape american identity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Celebrates danish roots and american dreams through it curatorial activities. The curatorial department maintains a collection of approximately 38,000 artifacts and accepted over 150 new pieces during this past year. Over 46,000 artifacts and archival records are made available through "view our collection" on the museums website. The museum (1) welcomed 6,000 visitors this year, (2) opened two new temporary exhibits, and (3) provided 3 different traveling exhibitions to 3 venues in 3 states, reaching an additional audience of over 2,000 people. A robust calendar of special events provided lunchtime speakers, holiday traditions, and outdoor activities to victors of all ages; many of these events took place in online formats.
$746,333 spent$249,942 earned by the program63% of program spendingThese activities bring the museum's mission to its national audience and membership. Outreach to school groups and community members takes place at the museum's main building, the jens jensen prairie landscape park, bedstemor's house, and the genealogy & education center located on main street. Learners of all age participated in educational public programs through the year, including spark! Programs for elders and youth summer camps. In addition to onsite programs, museum staff engage constituents at public festivals, lectures and presentations, workshops, and receptions across the country. During the past fiscal year, museum staff interacted with live audience members in 26 events in 8 states, both in person and online. The museum also engaged audience members through internet-based and electronic media. Over 80,000 unique visitors came to the museum's website, over 7,500 people subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter, and more than 13,000 people follow the museum's facebook page.
$308,733 spent$123,185 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe design store displays and sells items reflecting the best danish design books about denmark and danish-american relations. Inventory is selected that reflects the museum's mission of educating and informing its public and includes items from furniture to lighting to jewelry and home dcor, and books ranging from academic studies to entertaining folklore.
$129,369 spent$47,398 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,184,435.
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 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $12M (+9%).
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 4% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 7% · 2021 31% · 2022 6% · 2023 4% · 2024 5% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM’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 9 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
Tova Brandt
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $98k → $174k.
7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 DANISH IMMIGRANT 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
THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 86% · 2019 41% · 2020 56% · 2021 22% · 2022 29% · 2023 29% — 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
31% of THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
52% of THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$1k
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 DANISH IMMIGRANT 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 Iowa
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
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM: 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 DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM?
- THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,327,793 to it, the largest being KOFOED FOUNDATION ($297,640). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,327,793 in grants to THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM?
- KOFOED FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $297,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2017–2025), 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