Glass-Glen Burnie Museum Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF THE MUSEUM OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (MSV) IS TO PRESERVE AND ENRICH THE CULTURAL LIFE AND HERITAGE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. SERVING THE REGION AS A CULTURAL SITE, THE MSV FULFILLS ITS MISSION BY PRESENTING EXHIBITIONS; OFFERING EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING; OPERATING A 90-ACRE ART PARK; PRESERVING THE LARGEST GREEN SPACE AND ONLY WORKING FARM IN THE CITY OF WINCHESTER; AND BUILDING AND CARING FOR COLLECTIONS THAT TELL THE VALLEY'S STORY.THE MSV CAMPUS INCLUDES THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE; SEVEN ACRES OF FORMAL GARDENS; GALLERIES; CLASSROOMS; A MAKERSPACE STUDIO; AND THE TRAILS AT THE MSV, A FREE-ADMISSION ART PARK WITH WALKING, BIKING, AND HIKING TRAILS AND OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE MSV MANAGES ROSE HILL FARM PARK, A PUBLIC PARK AND CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD SITE LOCATED IN FREDERICK COUNTY ABOUT FOUR MILES FROM THE MSV WINCHESTER CAMPUS.
- Income
- $6.0 million
- Spending
- $7.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 81%
- Reserves
- -1.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 74%
- Employees
- 84
- Volunteers
- 377
- Highest pay
- $178,661, ceo and director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 45 out of 100. Higher than 15% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 3% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 32% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 9% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1581% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 9 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2524 of 24 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $3.2 million spent. EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THE MSV UTILIZES ITS ENTIRE CAMPUS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING.IN FY 2025, THE MSV OFFERED 295 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SERVING 8,365 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - INCLUDING GARDEN LIGHTS, CONCERTS, JUNETEENTH, AND PRIDE AT THE MSV - SERVED AN ADDITIONAL 29,158 PEOPLE. THE MSV MAKERSPACE STUDIO SERVED 1,158 INDIVIDUALS.YOUTH PROGRAMS INCLUDED HANDS-ON ART AND NATURE WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITION-RELATED ACTIVITIES. ADULT PROGRAMS ADDRESSED TOPICS INCLUDING VALLEY HISTORY, ART, MUSIC, LITERATURE, AND GARDENING. CONTINUING PROGRAMS INCLUDED VIRTUAL TALKS, GALLERY TALKS, GARDEN TOURS, CURATOR-LED PROGRAMS, AND ART-AND GARDEN-FOCUSED WORKSHOPS. SCHOOL PROGRAMMING ENGAGED 3,880 STUDENTS.THE MSV PROVIDED RENT-FREE USE OF CAMPUS PROPERTY TO THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH CORPORATE UNDERWRITING AND ACCESS INITIATIVES SUCH AS MUSEUMS FOR ALL AND BLUE STAR MUSEUMS, 8,880 NON-MEMBER VISITORS RECEIVED FREE GENERAL ADMISSION, AND 6,075 PEOPLE ATTENDED FREE-ADMISSION COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.THE MUSEUM STORE SUPPORTS REGIONAL ARTISTS THROUGH A CONSIGNMENT PROGRAM. IN FY 2025, WORK BY 66 REGIONAL ARTISTS WAS REPRESENTED.
- $2.3 million spent. OUR COLLECTION THE MSV CARES FOR A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 24,400 OBJECTS, ENCOMPASSING SHENANDOAH VALLEY MATERIAL CULTURE; FINE AND DECORATIVE ART COLLECTED BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. (1910-1992); MINIATURE HOUSES ASSEMBLED BY R. LEE TAYLOR (1924-2000), GLASS'S FORMER PARTNER AND THE MUSEUM'S FIRST CURATOR OF GARDENS; ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FROM THE VALLEY'S WOOD AND GLASS FAMILIES; THE GLEN BURNIE QUEER STUDIES COLLECTION; AND A GARDENS AND GROUNDS COLLECTION.SITUATED ON A 194-ACRE LANDSCAPE, THE MSV INCLUDES A GALLERIES BUILDING, THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE, SEVEN ACRES OF FORMAL GARDENS, PASTURE LAND, AND THE TRAILS AT THE MSV, A 90-ACRE ART PARK.THE OLDEST PORTIONS OF THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE DATE TO 1793, AND THE HOUSE SITS ON LAND ORIGINALLY CLAIMED IN 1735 BY WINCHESTER FOUNDER JAMES WOOD. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN THE WOOD AND GLASS FAMILIES UNTIL ITS ACQUISITION BY JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. IN 1952. FOLLOWING GLASS'S DEATH, THE HOUSE AND GARDENS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1997, WITH THE 50,000-SQUARE-FOOT GALLERIES BUILDING OPENING IN 2005.THE TRAILS AT THE MSV OPENED IN 2020 AND NOW FEATURE MORE THAN FIVE MILES OF PAVED AND RUSTIC TRAILS, INTEGRATED WITH LANDSCAPE FEATURES AND OUTDOOR ART.IN FY 2025, THE MSV ACCESSIONED 102 OBJECTS, DEACCESSIONED 103, AND CONSERVED SEVEN, REFLECTING ONGOING CARE AND THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP OF THE COLLECTION.THE MSV ALSO MANAGES ROSE HILL FARM, SITE OF THE CIVIL WAR'S FIRST BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN. THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE ADJACENT TO THE FARMHOUSE OPENED AS ROSE HILL PARK IN 2016 AND INCLUDES A 1.3-MILE WALKING TRAIL, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, PARKING, RESTROOMS, A PLAYGROUND, AND OPEN PLAY FIELDS. A FREE-ADMISSION COMMUNITY PARK, ROSE HILL IS CO-MANAGED WITH THE FREDERICK COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.THE MSV IS SUPPORTED BY THE GLASSGLEN BURNIE FOUNDATION AND OPERATES BOTH THE MSV AND ROSE HILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE FOUNDATION.IN FY 2025, 4,231 MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS JOINED THE MSV, WHILE 1,294 DONORS - INCLUDING 481 NEW SUPPORTERS - AND 40 CORPORATE PARTNERS CONTRIBUTED TO ADVANCING THE MUSEUM'S MISSION. MORE THAN 100 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS GAVE 3,400 HOURS OF SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE MSV.
- $850,256 spent. OUR EXHIBITIONSTHE MSV INCLUDES FOUR GALLERY SPACES AND PRESENTS PERMANENT, ROTATING, AND TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS FOCUSED ON THE ART, HISTORY, AND CULTURE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND BEYOND. EXHIBITIONS ARE ALSO PRESENTED ANNUALLY IN THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE AND OUTDOORS IN THE GARDENS.IN FY 2025, THE MSV PRESENTED 11 EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS; EXHIBITIONS DRAWN FROM THE MSV'S COLLECTIONS; AND EXHIBITIONS FEATURING WORK BY CONTEMPORARY, REGIONAL ARTISTS.NEW GALLERY EXHIBITIONS IN FY 2025 INCLUDED CURIOUS BY NATURE: WORKS BY CHARLEY & EDIE HARPER; JACOB LAWRENCE: 3 SERIES OF PRINTS; CURATED CHAOS: COLLECTIONS STORAGE UNPACKED; AND THE TRIUMPH OF NATURE: ART NOUVEAU FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART. TWO OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS WERE PRESENTED IN THE GARDENS: GARDENS OF GLASS: THE ART OF CRAIG MITCHELL SMITH AND SCRAPOSAURS. NEW EXHIBITIONS IN THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE DRAWING ROOM INCLUDED SUCH BEAUTY: FLORAL PORTRAITS BY LYNN MOCARSKI MAUER AND AMERICAN FOLK: TINTYPE PORTRAITS OF APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS. ADDITIONALLY, SIX ART IN THE HALLS INSTALLATIONS FEATURED THE WORK OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY ARTISTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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