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.
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.
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.
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.
$2.4M
$1.8M
$2.3M
$2.5M
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
About 100% of grants go to recipients in AR.
BENJAMIN J JOHNSON
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Giving is fully local in the available record: 100% of grants go to recipients in Arkansas, and Arkansas is also the top state by grant count. Every listed grant recipient is in Fort Smith, AR, matching the foundation’s concentration on the U.S. Marshals Museum project. The grant country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 4 grants in the United States and none elsewhere.
The foundation mainly funds the design and construction of the U.S. Marshals Museum. In the recent grants list, US Marshals Museum Inc received four awards for that purpose, including $9,787,011 in 2023 and additional awards in 2024 and 2025.
Yes. Its active U.S. Marshals Museum Summer Camp Scholarships program covers or reduces the cost of kids’ and family summer camp sessions, and the foundation also lists education programs as a focus area.
Families complete a scholarship request form for individual children. The form asks for child and household information and household income to determine eligibility.
The grant record is concentrated in Arkansas, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the state. The recipients shown are in Fort Smith, AR.
The grant-size distribution is large: p25 is $2,302,430, the median is $2,831,321, and p75 is $6,309,166. The recent awards also include a $9,787,011 grant in 2023.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC | FORT SMITH, AR | $2,429,205 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC. |
| US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC | FORT SMITH, AR | $2,831,321 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC. |
| US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC | FORT SMITH, AR | $1,773,539 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC. |
| US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC | FORT SMITH, AR | $9,787,011 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC. |
US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC
$2,429,205TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC.
US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC
$2,831,321TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC.
US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC
$1,773,539TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC.
US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC
$9,787,011TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM, INC.