The Staten Island Museum is a proud member of the Cultural Institutions Group (CIG), a public-private partnership with the City of New York, and receives operating support from the City of New York which owns its building through the Department of Cultural Affairs, Commissioner Kate Levin, from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City Council, Speaker Christine Quinn, with additional member item support from Council Members Michael McMahon and Andrew Lanza. Program support is provided through the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav. New York State funds are provided by Senator John J. Marchi and Assembly Members the late John W. Lavelle and Michael J. Cusick. In addition, the Museum receives public funds from the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency; the New York Council for the Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities; The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts.


Private support comes from members, individuals, corporations and
foundations. Major supporters are: The Barker Welfare Foundation, Carnegie
Corporation of New York, William T. Grant Foundation, William Randolph
Hearst Foundation, Heckscher Foundation for Children, Hudson River
Foundation (New York City Environmental Fund), The Louis Calder Foundation,
Lowe's, New York Community Trust, Project-One Services, Time Warner Cable,
Upstate History Alliance, and Victory State Bank