Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED
THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,795 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($62,855). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $498k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What The West End Museum Incorporated does
Mission
The west end museum is dedicated to telling the story of boston's west end neighborhood. The museum provides a space for past and present residents and the community; educates the public in history and urbanization; and preserves its material history and culture. The museum seeks to challenge citizens to take an active role in shaping their communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Curatorial - the maintenance of archives and collections of physical objects related to the history of the west end and its corollaries, as well as the preparation and display of exhibitions using these materials and among others to educate the public on the cultural and historical topics encompassed in the museum's mission.
$169,733 spent64% of program spendingEducation - the provision of programs and events to educate and engage the public with topics of or relating to the west end, and the publication of articles for similar purposes.
$94,685 spent36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $264,418.
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 $209k to $3.9M (+1790%).
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: 2022 23% · 2023 54% · 2024 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED’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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $47.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
85% of THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $11k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED has grown faster 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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $556k on record — $100k federal, $456k state.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$75k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$25k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$455k
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$1k
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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
47% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED: 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 WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED?
- THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,795 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($62,855). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $73,795 in grants to THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $62,855 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WEST END MUSEUM INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing