Museum of American Porcelain Art
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464639965
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- South Euclid, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2168395100
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Museum, Museum Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $744,535
- Expenses
- $452,792
- Assets
- $2,406,099
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- RICHARD A BARONE (CHAIRMAN, PR)
- LORRAINE DODERO (TRUSTEE)
- ANTONIA HADAD (TRUSTEE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The museum of american porcelain art("mapa") will receive contributions from the general public and from other public charities. Mapa will also receive contributions from richard a. Barone and possibly other members of the barone family but a substantial part of its support will come from the general public and other charities. Mapa will operate a museum for the following purposes: 1. To display and promote the interest and study of american porcelain art. 2. Provide and facilitate the study and accumulation of historical data regarding american porcelain art. 3. Maintain a public museum and library regarding american porcelain art. 4. Conduct public campaigns or private solicitation for cash contributions and for the acquisition of art by gift or devise. 5. Operate and maintain the corporation as a public charitable institution, organized exclusively not for-profit and exclusively for charitable and art related educational purposes.
What it reported doing in 2025
Maintain a public museum and library regarding american porcelain art, to include providing and facilitating the study and accumulation of related historical data.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.7%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 39.2%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.31; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.7% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $415K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.