Missouri · Nonprofit
THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK
THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK (Missouri) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,689,876 to it, the largest being ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,061,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $794k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park does
Mission
The mission of The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park is to preserve and promote the Frank Lloyd Wright House and its surrounding property as an architectural and design museum, educational center, and public park. The vision of The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park is to serve as a focal point for educational activities relating to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and to architecture and design in general.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Continued engagement of Harboe Architects; finalized policies section of Conservation Management Plan. Board approved plan implementation. Regular maintenance of the house was continued in 2023
$133,027 spent64% of program spendingPublic engagement/educational events included: open house events and guided tours (3,700 visitors), free student group tours 4th grade through University level (360), free community lecture with guest lecturer Dr. Jennifer Gray, Director of Taliesin Institute, presenting "Everywhere and Nowhere: Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City" in collaboration with the Saint Louis Art Museum, art installation at the Kirkwood Community Art Center, student curated exhibition featuring the architecture of William Bernoudy, 2 paid student internships and seasonal Wright+Wine events.
$75,851 spent$68,460 earned by the program36% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $208,878.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $2.7M to $3.2M (+17%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 14% · 2022 1% · 2023 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK’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. 1 of the last 5 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
Kathryn T Feldt
Executive Director
Board chair
Clare Davis
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $24k → $65k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK’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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 85% · 2019 33% · 2020 94% · 2021 25% · 2022 47% · 2023 38% — 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
82% of THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
78% of THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK'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 $368k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK?
- THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK (Missouri) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,689,876 to it, the largest being ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,061,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,689,876 in grants to THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK?
- ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,061,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 18 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