United States Marshals Museum Foundation
ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
About United States Marshals Museum Foundation
The Mission of the U.S. Marshals Museum is to serve as a national center of heritage and legacy, disseminate knowledge, and inspire appreciation for the accomplishments of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Focus Areas
Museum exhibitionsHistory (U.S. Marshals Service)Education programsCivic literacyCollections and curationCommunity events and rentals
Who They Fund
museum visitors/general publiclaw enforcement communityhistorians and researchers
Funding Style
capital project fundingrestricted/project-specific supportinfrastructure/construction financing
About United States Marshals Museum Foundation
United States Marshals Museum Foundation Inc has centered its recent grantmaking on one project: funding the design and construction of the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The largest grant in the file is $9,787,011 in 2023 to US Marshals Museum Inc for that purpose, followed by additional awards of $2,831,321 in 2024, $1,773,539 in 2024, and $2,429,205 in 2025. That pattern points to a capital-focused funder supporting museum development over multiple years rather than dispersing small operating grants across many recipients. Its mission aligns with the museum’s role as a national center of heritage and legacy for the U.S. Marshals Service. The foundation’s stated focus areas include museum exhibitions, history of the U.S. Marshals Service, education programs, civic literacy, collections and curation, and community events and rentals. Beneficiaries listed in the data include museum visitors and the general public, the law enforcement community, and historians and researchers. In practice, the grant record shows a highly concentrated relationship with a single museum recipient in Fort Smith.
What United States Marshals Museum Foundation Funds
The clearest theme in the record is museum design and construction. The foundation gave $9,787,011 in 2023 to US Marshals Museum Inc for the design and construction of the U.S. Marshals Museum, and continued with another $2,429,205 in 2025 for the same purpose. A second theme is heritage interpretation. The foundation’s mission is to disseminate knowledge and inspire appreciation for the accomplishments of the U.S. Marshals Service, which connects directly to its listed focus on public history and interpretation, law enforcement history and heritage, and collections and curation. Education also appears in two ways: the active U.S. Marshals Museum Summer Camp Scholarships program supports children’s museum camp sessions, and the broader focus list includes education programs and civic literacy. Community events and rentals are also part of the foundation’s stated activity set.
How United States Marshals Museum Foundation Gives
Grant sizes are large and uneven. The reported distribution shows a 25th percentile of $2,302,430, a median of $2,831,321, and a 75th percentile of $6,309,166. The recent grant record suggests repeated project support rather than one-off gifts: US Marshals Museum Inc appears in multiple years, with awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is an operating nonprofit foundation tied to a museum institution, and it makes no program-related investments. It also funds individuals through its summer camp scholarship program, which uses a scholarship request form with household and child information plus household income to determine eligibility.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.4M
Total Assets
$1.8M
Total Revenue
$2.3M
Total Expenses
$2.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2.3M and $6.3M, with a median of $2.8M.
25th Percentile
$2.3M
Median
$2.8M
75th Percentile
$6.3M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in AR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BENJAMIN J JOHNSON
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