Ohio · Nonprofit
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC (Ohio) receives grants from 123 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,293,398 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,632,955). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58M
- Funders on record
- 123
- Grants received
- $42M
- Net assets
- $240M
What The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc does
Mission
Born from the collision of rhythm & blues, country, and gospel, rock & roll is a spirit that is inclusive and ever-changing. The rock & roll hall of fame celebrates the sound of youth culture and honors the artists whose music connects us all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule omuseum operations: the rock and roll hall of fame has established itself as the pre-eminent home for the celebration and study of rock and roll. It is a world-class museum and library and archives that educates its visitors about the history of rock and roll, from its roots to the present, and about rock and roll's impact on our culture and society. It accomplishes all of this with seven floors of exhibits and experiences featuring thousands of historic artifacts as well as numerous films and interactive elements. The rock hall also curates several temporary exhibits each year which focus on individual artists, various genres of music or important anniversaries of historic events. In 2025, the temporary exhibits featured revolutionary women in music, pioneers: fats domino & dave bartholomew, world series of rock: 50th anniversary, bon jovi forever, 1984, hopeless records 30th anniversary. Soak up the sun: the music of sheryl crow, 2025 new inductees, iconic: baron wolman images of an era, 2024 new inductees, part of the machine: rock & pinball, and in memoriam. The museum also has a permanent installation called the garage. The garage invites you to pick up an…
$22,697,770 spent$16,857,530 earned by the program94% of program spendingSee schedule osaturday night live: ladies & gentlemen50 years of music : from its start on october 11, 1975, saturday night live was one of the most revolutionary shows on tv. Though billed as a sketch comedy series, it was targeted to viewers who grew up on rock & roll, just like the show's creator, lorne michaels.the exhibit highlights great musical performances and music-related sketches from the show's five decades, including artifacts from bill murray, eddie murphy, billie eilish, foo fighters, bonnie raitt, post malone, and music-related sketches of wayne and garth, james brown's celebrity hot tub, the sweeney sisters, and dooneese from the lawrence welk show.
$703,977 spent$40,876 earned by the program3% of program spendingSee schedule oeducation & public programs: the rock and roll hall of fames's education and programs division produces scores of activities and events each year that reinforce the rock hall's commitment to the study and interpretation of rock and roll music and its roots. The content of these programs highlights not only the work of rock and roll hall of fame inductees but also a broad spectrum of popular music. These programs are presented in a variety of formats including student group programs, interviews, public concerts, lectures, film screenings, master classes, and community festivals. Furthermore, the museum's toddler rock program entered its 27th year and serves students from head start programs around cleveland, oh coordinated by step forward of cuyahoga county. The museum also hosted 30+ interns and artists as a part of its summer career development program and student groups through a variety of immersive and interactive presentations.
$738,102 spent$330,375 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther educational programs, community partnerships, and exhibitions, as described on schedule o.
$50,980 spent$28,760 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,190,829.
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 $199M to $279M (+40%).
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 9% · 2018 7% · 2019 7% · 2020 18% · 2021 28% · 2022 7% · 2023 14% · 2024 23% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Greg Harris
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $2.5M → $5.7M.
26 of 123 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.7M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Inc); $15k from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest Richman Family Foundation); $10k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest The Halperin Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 123 funders by total. 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 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
48% 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 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 24% · 2019 52% · 2020 35% · 2021 46% · 2022 26% · 2023 22% — 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
48% of THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
73% of THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Education$1.0M
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$150k
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 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM 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 Ohio
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
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Cmj Rock Hall Music Fest LLC · disregarded
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Productions · disregarded
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Inc · exempt
- Cleveland Rock and Roll Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC?
- THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC (Ohio) receives grants from 123 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,293,398 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,632,955). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 123 organizations giving $42,293,398 in grants to THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC, 76 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,632,955 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 123 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