Puerto Rico · Nonprofit
THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC
THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $964,818 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $965k
- Net assets
- $48M
What The Luis a Ferre Foundation Inc does
Mission
The principal purpose of the luis a. Ferre foundation, inc. (laaf) is to operate, maintain, conserve, and exhibit its collection of art at the museo de arte de ponce (map), a museum in puerto rico accredited by the american alliance of museums. Laff owns one of the finest and most important collections of european art in the western hemisphere. Museo de arte de ponce connects the community with the richness of the western art and its makers, from the fourteenth century to the present. It invites discovery, stimulates curiosity and fosters dialogue. As part of its objectives, it seeks to promote appreciation of art, offers educational and recreational resources, and establishes ties with disadvantaged communities in puerto rico.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Not described on the e-filed return.
$2,521,019 spent$32,896 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,521,019.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $43M to $53M (+23%).
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: 2021 37% · 2022 15% · 2023 42% · 2024 17% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $28k → $13k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC’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 LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 46% · 2022 96% · 2023 77% — 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
17% of THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 23% 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 LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Puerto Rico, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $536k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$331k
- National Endowment for the Arts$130k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$75k
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 LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION 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 Puerto Rico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
37% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $964,818 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $964,818 in grants to THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LUIS A FERRE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Puerto Rico. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 13 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