New York · Nonprofit
THE HIP HOP MUSEUM
THE HIP HOP MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $976,454 to it, the largest being THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC ($352,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $976k
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What The Hip Hop Museum does
Mission
The Hip Hop Museum preserves the past, celebrates the present, and leads the global future of hip hop, inspiring, educating, and empowering all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Hip Hop Museum and jpmorgan chase:a multi-year program with jpmorgan chase which expands access to financial health education in communities nationwide. Through programs such as the "ready for business" tour in cities like chicago and atlanta, the partnership delivers workshops on budgeting, investing, credit building, and entrepreneurship, aligning hip hop culture with economic viability. Chase also serves as the museum's founding financial education partner, supporting ongoing financial mastery programming at the museum's bronx headquarters.
$2,377,547 spent$192,325 earned by the program60% of program spendingMy camera is my weapon:The Hip Hop Museum's my camera is my weapon program uses photography and storytelling as tools for social change, providing youth with creative outlets that promote peace, understanding, and self-expression. Inspired by gordon parks' "a choice of weapons," the program empowers high school students to use cameras as instruments of transformation, documenting their communities and envisioning a future shaped by creativity rather than conflict. Through mentorship, professional resources, and hands-on training, participants learn visual storytelling, gain confidence in their voices, and develop skills that foster lasting personal and artistic growth.
$792,516 spent20% of program spendingHip hop history scholars program/hip hop 50 & beyond:the hip hop history scholars program and hip hop 50 & beyond initiative document and preserve the stories of hip hop's evolution, ensuring that the culture's oral histories and artifacts are archived for future generations. Through internships for undergraduate and graduate students, the program advances The Hip Hop Museum's research and archiving capabilities while providing hands-on experience in cultural preservation. Participatns catalog event flyers, recordings, artwork, photographs, publications, and other materials that capture the evolution of hip hop and its global impact.
$792,516 spent20% of program spendingGrantmaking
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,962,579.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.0M to $7.3M (+149%).
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 20% · 2020 24% · 2021 0% · 2022 2% · 2023 28% · 2024 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of THE HIP HOP 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. 3 of the last 7 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
Daniel Bucano
Executive director
Board chair
Ruben Diaz Jr
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $5k → $248k.
12 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 HIP HOP 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 HIP HOP MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 HIP HOP MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 59% · 2021 94% · 2022 64% · 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
50% of THE HIP HOP MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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 HIP HOP 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 $473k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $503k 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
THE HIP HOP MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE HIP HOP MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
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 HIP HOP 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 HIP HOP 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 HIP HOP MUSEUM?
- THE HIP HOP MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $976,454 to it, the largest being THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC ($352,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE HIP HOP MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $976,454 in grants to THE HIP HOP MUSEUM, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HIP HOP MUSEUM?
- THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $352,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HIP HOP 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.
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 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing