Illinois · Nonprofit
WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM
WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,107 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($64,442). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $357k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $154k
What Western Illinois Museum does
Mission
The Western Illinois Museums mission is to nurture our local history and culture. We draw from a collection and archives that reflect the life of west central Illinois to present public programs. In 2024 the Museum presented 73 public programs that included exhibits lectures live music films and workshops.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
73 public programs were offered in 2025. The $14,049 in expenses includes $11,094 paid to program presenters and $3,209 for materials to present programs.
$16,166 spent$11,937 earned by the program76% of program spendingIn 2025 thematic exhibits were presented along with several smaller exhibits featuring artifacts from the collection. Revenue listed is from visitors who come to view the exhibit during the Museums regular business hours.
$508 spent$942 earned by the program2% of program spendingCollection expenses include materials used to preserve artifacts and archival items.
$612 spent3% of program spendingRental income
$0 spent$3,382 earned by the program0% of program spendingMerchandise sales
$400 spent$550 earned by the program2% of program spendingBeverage sales at programs
$3,507 spent$3,971 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,193.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $331k to $154k (−53%).
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 9% · 2024 30% · 2025 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of WESTERN ILLINOIS 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. 2 of the last 5 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
Linda Sue Scott
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $47 → $45k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 WESTERN ILLINOIS 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
WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 64% · 2022 100% · 2023 44% — 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
63% of WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM'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 $38k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k 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
WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM has grown faster 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
Government funding WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $22k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$22k
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 WESTERN ILLINOIS 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
6% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
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 WESTERN ILLINOIS 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 WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM?
- WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,107 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($64,442). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $102,107 in grants to WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $64,442 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN ILLINOIS MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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