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THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA
THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,595 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($150,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $935k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $652k
- Net assets
- $954k
What The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka does
Mission
To conserve and protect for permanent public exhibition the nationally recognized maxo vanka murals within st. Nicholas croatian catholic church in pittsburgh, enabling the immigrant artist's "gift to america" to serve as an enduring catalyst for community engagement and education, inspire social and cultural dialogue, celebrate diversity, and forge connections through reflections on the extraordinary american experience.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Long term project to clean and preserve the murals of maxo vanka in st. Nicholas croatian church.
$219,112 spent42% of program spendingCommunity engagement activities, including educational programming to raise awareness and involvement in the mission of the organization.
$188,014 spent36% of program spendingInterpretive planning and sustaining public access to the murals through a docent-led tour program and merchandise sales to further the tax-exempt purpose of the organization
$69,311 spent$52,589 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$40,786 spent$8,979 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $517,223.
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 2022 to 2023, from $307k to $761k (+148%).
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 8% · 2021 9% · 2022 3% · 2023 36% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA’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. 3 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
Meredith Stepp
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $16k → $154k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA’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 SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA 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
41% 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 SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 57% · 2021 48% · 2022 39% · 2023 33% — 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
75% of THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
92% of THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $154k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA 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
Government funding THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $472k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$472k
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 SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA?
- THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,595 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($150,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $651,595 in grants to THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA?
- THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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