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Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art reported $42.7 million in revenue and $15.9 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $74.29 went to program services, $14.64 to management and general costs and $11.07 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was investment income: 48.8% of the total. Government grants made up 25.4%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $395,003 (Exec Director & Asst Secretary). 10 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 527% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $16MFor context, the median across 876 covered arts, culture & humanities charities: $79.98 programs, $13.89 management, $6.13 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $43MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 74.3% | 78.5% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 14.6% | 13.6% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 11.1% | 6.0% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.09 | $0.10 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 46.6% | 57.5% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 25.4% | 1.7% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 3.1% | 20.8% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $395,003 | $385,706 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 2.49% | 2.03% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 10 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 152.2 | 36.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 26 of 26 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseThe Brandywine Museum of Art engages audiences through its presentation and interpretation of American art with a particular focus on the Wyeth family and other artists who lived and worked in the Brandywine Valley region. Since its founding in 1971, the Museum has assembled a collection of over 4,000 objects from the mid-nineteenth century to the present with major holdings of landscape and still-life painting, illustration, and paintings by three generations of the Wyeth family. The Museum has a distinguished program of temporary exhibitions and publications that have made significant…
The Brandywine Conservancy (the Conservancy) works for preservation and wise management of natural, historic, and scenic resources of the Brandywine Valley and surrounding areas with particular and strong emphasis on the preservation of land, water supplies and agriculture. Through this program, the Conservancy acquires conservation easements on open spaces and often on historic lands and, as of this filing, has 514 easements which are regularly monitored to assure landowner's compliance with the restrictions in each easement. The program aids municipal governments in the region on…
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exec Director & Asst Secretary Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $344,831 | $0 | $50,172 | $395,003 |
| Museum Director Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $256,644 | $0 | $46,265 | $302,909 |
| CFO Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $183,533 | $0 | $52,921 | $236,454 |
| Wyeth Cur and Dir Wyeth St Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $150,055 | $0 | $33,146 | $183,201 |
| Development Director Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $143,307 | $0 | $7,884 | $151,191 |
| Facilities Director Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $131,876 | $0 | $7,344 | $139,220 |
| Financial Controller Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $121,059 | $0 | $16,141 | $137,200 |
10 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $652K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b26 · 26 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 5176
- Volunteers Part I, line 6347
Largest outside contractors
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Construction | $5,304,985 |
| Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc Design Engineer | $984,595 |
| Schwartz Silver Architects Inc Architect | $875,515 |
| Aegis Property Group Construction Project Manager | $474,040 |
| Crane Communications Inc Advertising | $216,328 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 9 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
Private foundation grants it received
35 private foundations reported grants to Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art totaling $3.0M on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Of every $100 Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art spent in FY2025, $74.29 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art reported that 74.3% of its $15.9 million in expenses went to program services, 14.6% to management and general and 11.1% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $395,003, for the role of Exec Director & Asst Secretary (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art get its money?
Of $42.7 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 46.6% came from contributions and grants (including 25.4% from government grants) and 3.1% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 51-6020908 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202630309349301328 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202540949349301144 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202420679349301207 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202310669349300521 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202221339349305332 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202023499349300632 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 51-6020908: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.