I didn't reply because I am not a small museum. Also because it is very broad - there are answers to questions such as "major sources for grant funds," but perhaps a better way to frame the question would be "what websites, resources or search engines do you recommend for grant research" since museums will seek different kinds of funding from different sources based on mission.
However if I were a small museum I don't think it would be too hard to reply in a format like "about 25% of our funding is admission and event revenue, 25% membership, 25% grant and 25% annual fund." If that is the kind of question the asker meant it should be answerable enough. I think it just needs to be framed more specifically.
For someone looking for insight into museum funding sources, I would recommend they work with the Small Museums groups of AASLH (if history) or AAM and its regional associations. Informational interviewing with organizations similar in size and mission could be very helpful. Also, a copy of a museum's annual report gives much of this information, and most of those are public but might need to be requested from museum staff.
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I am very interested in the funding mix for small museums. How many have
most of their operating funds from memberships? What major sources are
there for grant funds. Some state help is always useful but I think
often unreliable. Are there major foundations or common local
foundations (community chest for example) that commonly fund small
museums?
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I wonder if the question was too broad for this audience.
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The museum list is made up of museums of all sizes - and what you
consider a "small" museum might be quite large compared to your
organization. So asking a list member to define themselves as "small"
might bring responses from institutions with 200 staff members (small
compared to some places) or from organizations with 1 staff member
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Or - is it that those who use this list are reticent to share their
funding mix? That the original question addresses the types of
information that people go to workshops and training sessions to learn?
That there is no one answer - that everyone has to make their own
"recipe" of combined sources, depending on their services or programs,
local support, national significance, etc.
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The Landmark Society has 12 full time staff members. About 40% of our
operating income is derived from membership dues and event revenue. The
remaining 60% is a mix of local funding (private and public) state
funding (NYSCA) private supporters, gifts, some foundation support
(nobody that I know "commonly" funds small museums on a regular basis,
you must apply again and again)=20
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The Landmark Society of Western New York
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am very interested in the funding mix for small museums. How many have =
most of
their operating funds from memberships? What major sources are there for =
grant
funds. Some state help is always useful but I think often unreliable. =
Are there
major foundations or common local foundations (community chest for =
example)
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to your
organization. So asking a list member to define themselves as =
“small”
might bring responses from institutions with 200 staff members (small =
compared
to some places) or from organizations with 1 staff member (still more =
than the
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About 40%
of our operating income is derived from membership dues and event =
revenue. The
remaining 60% is a mix of local funding (private and public) state =
funding (NYSCA)
private supporters, gifts, some foundation support (nobody that I know =
“commonly”
funds small museums on a regular basis, you must apply again and again) =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal>of the Capital Region (NYS)<o:p></o:p></p>
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