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THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC
THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,566,003 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($360,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $753k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $507k
What The Medici Archive Project Inc does
Mission
The medici archive project ("map") has been innovating new strategies for research in the humanities and has set out to become a research institution.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Jewish program:the eugene grant jewish history program is a specialized, long-term research initiative established by the medici archive project (map). Directed by scholar dr. Piergabriele mancuso, the program is dedicated to uncovering, studying, and preserving the vast but historically under-researched history of jewish life in early modern tuscany and the broader mediterranean.
$127,792 spentof which $66,064 as grants32% of program spendingArchival research: archival research at the medici archive project (map) is the systematic, digital, and physical exploration of the mediceo del principato. This massive collection houses the official administrative, diplomatic, and personal correspondence of the medici grand dukes of tuscany between 1537 and 1743.
$80,046 spentof which $108,075 as grants20% of program spendingWomen:the center for women in renaissance archives is a specialized research initiative at the medici archive project (map) designed to overcome historical barriers in researching female subjects. Directed by art historian dr. Sheila barker, the center uncovers, digitizes, and analyzes the often-overlooked history of women in early modern europe.
$69,675 spent17% of program spendingThe eva schler fellowships at the medici archive project (map) are fully funded, short-term academic research grants. They are awarded to international graduate and pre-doctoral students specializing in early modern italian history.the samuel h. Kress fellowships at the medici archive project (map) are fully funded, short-term research grants specifically dedicated to graduate and pre-doctoral students specializing in art and architectural history book history studies at the medici archive project (map) explore the lifecycle of texts, print culture, censorship, and the dissemination of information in early modern europe.the digital bronzini is a digital humanities projet at the medici archive project (map), dedicated to the comprehensive digitization, transcription, and study of a massive 17th-century manuscript titled della dignit e la nobilt delle donne (on the dignity and nobility of women), written by cristofano bronzini in the 1620s.the art of negozio is an interdisciplinary research and lecture program established by the medici archive project (map) and sponsored by kluz ventures.
$124,928 spentof which $23,644 as grants$41,787 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $402,441.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $291k to $492k (+69%).
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.
94% of THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Board chair
George T Frampton Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $400k → $202k.
6 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT 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 MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
27% 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 MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 69% · 2019 50% · 2020 54% · 2021 34% · 2022 22% · 2023 37% — 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 MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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 MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC'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. $416k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $350k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$350k
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 MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC?
- THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,566,003 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($360,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,566,003 in grants to THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $360,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 15 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