New York · Nonprofit
THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM
THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $398,310 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM G POMEROY FOUNDATION ($122,432). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $628k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $398k
- Net assets
- $850k
What The Erie Canal Museum does
Mission
Showcasing the only remaining weighlock building in the united states, The Erie Canal Museum collects and preserves canal material, and provides engaging educational experiences that champion an appreciation and understanding of the erie canal's transforming effects on teh past, present and future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Providing curatorial, library and educational programs to the general public
$426,905 spent$21,657 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $426,905.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $1.1M (−5%).
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 40% · 2018 22% · 2019 21% · 2020 32% · 2021 19% · 2022 32% · 2023 44% · 2024 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $2k → $47k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 ERIE CANAL 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 ERIE CANAL MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 ERIE CANAL MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 87% · 2019 57% · 2020 68% · 2021 33% · 2022 51% · 2023 42% — 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
22% of THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
95% of THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM'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. $114k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 ERIE CANAL MUSEUM's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $135k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$60k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$50k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$25k
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 ERIE CANAL 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 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
92%
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 ERIE CANAL 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 ERIE CANAL MUSEUM?
- THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $398,310 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM G POMEROY FOUNDATION ($122,432). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $398,310 in grants to THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM?
- THE WILLIAM G POMEROY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $122,432 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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