West Virginia · Nonprofit
WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM
WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM (West Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $322,205 to it, the largest being COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($153,216). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $364k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $322k
- Net assets
- $237k
What West Virginia Mine Wars Museum does
Mission
The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum preserves and shares stories about the struggles of coal miners and their families for workers' rights, civil rights, and justice in the early 20th century. As a people's history museum, we lift up the legacy of a multi-racial, multi-lingual effort to unionize the coalfields. We foster connections between the mine wars era and the injustices that still confront working people in appalachia, the nation, and around the world. Finally, the museum educates youth, builds community partnerships, and promotes regional economic development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions: permanent and temporary installments - our exhibits are meticulously maintained and continually enhanced. Alongside our permanent on-site exhibits, we present free online exhibitions that expand our global reach. We also host the solidarity gallery, a rotating gallery of art and history-based installations that highlight the works of regional artists and stories. Additionally, we oversee courage in the hollers, a distinctive series of place-based interpretive installations and monuments that dot the landscape of southern west virginia. These installations are crafted in close collaboration with local communities.
$126,795 spent41% of program spendingEducation programming - our museum's education program offers a diverse range of opportunities, including tailored lesson plans for teachers, immersive classroom field trips, exhibitions showcasing student work, and an extensive collection of supplementary educational resources accessible both onsite and online. We are committed to nurturing learning experiences for people of all ages. Beyond youth education, we provide captivating programs for adults, such as book readings, film screenings, enlightening lectures, and an online interview series that features engaging conversations with distinguished scholars, musicians, actors, and influential local figures.
$60,653 spent20% of program spendingPublic programming - our museum is dedicated to delivering a dynamic array of public programs that cater to our community's needs. These endeavors encompass the publication of a bi-annual print journal that encapsulates our mission and vision, a carefully curated in-person and digital archive that safeguards our regional heritage, and a diverse spectrum of special events. These events encompass commemorative gatherings, award ceremonies, inclusive community dialogues, and specialized training sessions.
$68,581 spent22% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$49,625 spent16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $305,654.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $214k to $385k (+80%).
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: 2021 38% · 2022 66% · 2023 40% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS 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. 1 of the last 6 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
Mackenzie New Walker
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $7k → $105k.
From the IRS filings of WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS 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
WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 100% · 2022 78% · 2023 64% — 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
81% of WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM's grant income comes from West Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM 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 WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $483k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$459k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$25k
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 WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS 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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS 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 WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM?
- WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM (West Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $322,205 to it, the largest being COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($153,216). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $322,205 in grants to WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM?
- COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $153,216 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 8 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