New York · Nonprofit
THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM
THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,206 to it, the largest being FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $301k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $184k
- Net assets
- $538k
What The Waterfront Museum does
Mission
To provide arts and education programs, waterfront access and promote historic preservation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Showboat performances: diverse entertainment genres often include music, dance, film, circus, and puppetry. Art displayed on the walls enhance the coastal ambiance. Our focus is to collaborate with ny-based and local arts groups to help anchor red hook as a cultural destination. Admission costs vary from free to $35. Most programs feature a maritime theme and are intended for audiences of all ages.
$81,400 spent$43,722 earned by the program78% of program spendingMaritime education initiative: The Waterfront Museum provides free and low-cost maritime education programs year-round in an inspiring and distinctive setting. These include free museum tours twice weekly; school, camp, senior and tourist group visits booked in advance; and research assistance for students, professors, journalists, and historians.
$22,812 spent$12,253 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $104,212.
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 2021 to 2022, from $420k to $671k (+60%).
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 13% · 2018 10% · 2019 18% · 2020 37% · 2021 29% · 2022 45% · 2023 39% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM’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. 5 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
Annik La Farge
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $25k → $22k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 WATERFRONT 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 WATERFRONT MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 88% · 2019 92% · 2020 91% · 2021 95% · 2022 48% · 2023 53% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM'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. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 WATERFRONT MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE WATERFRONT 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 WATERFRONT 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 WATERFRONT MUSEUM?
- THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,206 to it, the largest being FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $184,206 in grants to THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM?
- FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WATERFRONT 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.
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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 7 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