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THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION

THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $314,000 to it, the largest being ELIZABETH L CARTER FOUNDATION ($314,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$131k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$314k
Net assets
$20k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Wilmington 1898 Museum for Healing Transformation and Education does

Mission

The wilmington 1898 museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the wilmington massacre and coup, educating the public about its significance, and being a vehicle for community healing around this event and its subsequent impacts through history until the present. We aim to create a space for learning, reflection, and personal connections.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The wilmington 1898 museum is developing interactive exhibits to educate the public.

    $109,130 spent$130,515 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $109,130.

02The organization over time

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

Leigh Carter

Founder & board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In North Carolina

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION?
THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $314,000 to it, the largest being ELIZABETH L CARTER FOUNDATION ($314,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $314,000 in grants to THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION.
Who is the largest funder of THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION?
ELIZABETH L CARTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $314,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE WILMINGTON 1898 MUSEUM FOR HEALING TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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