Florida · Nonprofit
VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC
VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC (Florida) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,163,666 to it, the largest being ATKINSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($696,500). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $33M
What Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc does
Mission
Preserving vizcaya's cultural and environmental resources to engage people in connecting with the past, understanding the present and shaping the future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Learning and community engagement:the visitor experience and community partnerships, programs & interpretation departments access initiatives supported broad community engagement, including complimentary and reduced-price tickets for veterans, military families, individuals with disabilities, seniors, snap ebt cardholders, and other community programs. These efforts reinforced vizcaya's commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and public service while maintaining strong overall visitation. Vizcaya welcomed 394,477 visitors, including 26,627 complimentary daytime admissions in 2024 and 396,076 visitors including 25,917 complimentary daytime admissions during fy24-25.
$2,605,198 spent$8,111,706 earned by the program13% of program spendingFacilities maintenance and capital projects:the facilities department oversees the maintenance of the campus and advanced numerous capital projects last year, including renovation of two historic buildings in the vizcaya village. Construction documents were developed for additional village projects and upgrades to the main house and gardens.
$8,314,338 spent$5,125,072 earned by the program40% of program spendingArt and living collections management:the art & artifact stewardship and horticulture & sustainability departments oversee research, care, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of vizcaya's art and living collections, including the historic interiors and gardens. Efforts included refreshed historical displays, a contemporary arts program exhibition honoring paul chalfin, and interpretive installations at the superintendent's house. Significant conservation work supported long-term safeguarding of gardens, murals, decorative interiors, and the historic library.vizcaya achieved major horticulture and sustainability milestones, including renovations to the courtyard and expansion of native and endangered plant collections. Improvements to greenhouse infrastructure supported plant care and programming. Sustainability initiatives advanced through increased composting, water-efficient irrigation, electric equipment transitions, and enhanced recycling efforts.
$4,108,298 spent$139,841 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther programs:vizcaya's safety & security department implemented significant safety and security upgrades including expanded camera coverage, new access control systems, and spot ai real time monitoring; the marketing department established hyperlocal outreach strategies. Geofencing digital advertising, sign spinners, and targeted postcard mailers focused on coconut grove and nearby neighborhoods. These efforts generated high daily impressions and strengthened awareness among local audiences. Launched a new television ad, billboard and influencer relationships to boost visitation; technology & digital initiatives completed a comprehensive lidar scan of the main house and fully deployed the harvester digital asset management system with nearly 25,000 assets. Expanded public wi-fi access improved connectivity across the village, gardens, and main house; the facility rentals department welcomed 66 evening events.; fundraising and advancement raised more than $3.7 million through grants, memberships, appeals and special events. Donor engagement was strengthened through exclusive experiences, while the gilded edge expanded outreach to young professionals and future supporters.
$5,678,933 spent$3,892,772 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,706,767.
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 2024 to 2025, from $19M to $38M (+101%).
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 0% · 2018 26% · 2019 25% · 2020 32% · 2021 26% · 2022 19% · 2023 36% · 2024 39% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Joel Hoffman
Executive director
Board chair
Kenneth O'Keefe
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $75k → $1.1M.
10 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
26% 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 VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 40% · 2019 19% · 2020 28% · 2021 29% · 2022 20% · 2023 14% — 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
50% of VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST 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 VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Department of the Interior$1.3M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$450k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$49k
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Miami-Dade County Florida · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC?
- VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC (Florida) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,163,666 to it, the largest being ATKINSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($696,500). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $5,163,666 in grants to VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC?
- ATKINSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $696,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 61 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