Public Charity

MUSEUM OF APPALACHIA

Based in CLINTON, TN, MUSEUM OF APPALACHIA operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $872K in revenue, $989K in expenses, $4.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 11 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $99K.

EIN: 043595011 CLINTON, TN History Museums NTEE: A54 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$872K
Total Expenses$989K
Total Assets$4.5M
Grant Records11
Funding Total$99K
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED TO DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE MUSEUM PROVIDES FOR THE RESTORATION AND RE-CREATION OF PIONEER FARM VILLAGES, AND THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION, INTERPRETATION AND DISPLAY OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND RELICS FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIA REGION.

Where $100 goes at Museum of Appalachia

How Museum of Appalachia divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$23 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $77 for programs

$77
The organization was formed to document and preserve the history and culture of the people of the southern appalachian mountains of east tennessee and the surrounding area for…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Allison Palmer
DIRECTOR Barrett Simonis
DIRECTOR Bo Shafer
TREASURER Dale A Keasling
DIRECTOR Daryl R Fansler
DIRECTOR David Balloff

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$92,650 10 grants
Arts & Culture
$6,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $872K $989K $4.5M
2023 $951K $935K $4.6M
2022 $764K $798K $4.6M
2020 $496K $537K $4.5M
2019 $672K $633K $4.5M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $672K to $872K (+30%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.5M.

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