Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC
WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $712,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($580,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $712k
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Williamstown Art Conservation Center Inc does
Mission
The mission of the williamstown art conservation center, a non-profit institution, is to protect, conserve and maintain the objects of our cultural heritage; to provide examination, treatment, consultation and related conservation services for member institutions and other nonprofit organizations, corporations and individuals; to conduct educational programs with respect to the care and conservation of works of art and objects of cultural interest; to participate in the training of conservators; to promote the importance of conservation and increase the awareness of the issues pertinent to collections and care; and to conduct research and disseminate knowledge to advance the profession.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Art conservation services to non-profit members and the general public, workshops, courses and tours to promote the importance of conservation and disseminate knowledge to advance the profession and climate controlled storage of artwork for members and customers.
$2,300,913 spent$2,207,971 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,300,913.
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 $5.5M to $8.0M (+45%).
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 7% · 2022 10% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% 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
Julie Reilly
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC’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
WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $712k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record — $19k federal, $180 state.
- Department of the Interior$19k
- Other General Supplies$180
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 WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER 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 Massachusetts
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
93%
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 WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC: 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 WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC?
- WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $712,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($580,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $712,000 in grants to WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $580,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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