West Virginia · Nonprofit
WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD
WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD (West Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,690 to it, the largest being THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $183k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $515k
What West Virginia Museum of American Glass Ltd does
Mission
The Museum's mission is to preserve the history of the American glass industry and its products and to educate and make the public aware of the contributions of the industry to the nation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publication of educational materials including books, monographs, and research papers.
$24,839 spent$36,934 earned by the program26% of program spendingMaintaining a searchable database of the museums various collections for public access.
$3,029 spent3% of program spendingResources the Museum used to maintain the Museum's collection of glass objects, ephemera and objects related to the glass industry of the United States.
$45,094 spent48% of program spendingOther programs of the Museum include the acqusition of the of historical artifacts and ephemera, building improvements and preservation of items of historical nature
$21,604 spent$13,990 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $94,566.
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 2022 to 2023, from $383k to $480k (+25%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 2% · 2020 7% · 2021 8% · 2022 14% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD’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 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
Tom Felt
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $96.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD’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 MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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
74% 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 MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 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
73% of WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD'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. $1k 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
WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD
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
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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 WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD: 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 MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD?
- WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD (West Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,690 to it, the largest being THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $28,690 in grants to WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD?
- THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS LTD 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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