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← WALKER ART CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WALKER ART CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$53,518,372
Total expenses
$31,784,326
Contributions and grants received
$24,833,875
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,609,886
Investment income
$26,074,727
Other revenue
-$116
Total assets, end of year
$448,999,396
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,198,167
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$444,801,229
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,213,418
Management and general expenses
$8,799,349
Fundraising expenses
$1,771,559
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,213,418

Program services were 66.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $440,878

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $687,771

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,939,494

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,765,732

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,816,432

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXHIBITIONS, MOVING IMAGE, EDUCAT

    total $1,452,851 · related or exempt $1,452,851

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $840,304 · related or exempt $840,304

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PERFORMING ARTS

    total $209,907 · related or exempt $209,907

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $106,824 · related or exempt $106,824

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,780,449 · excluded $6,780,449

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $3,099 · excluded $3,099

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,024,367

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $574,162

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $450,205

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $450,205 · related or exempt $66,300 · unrelated business -$167,564 · excluded $551,469

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,633,687 · other assets $3,660,591

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $15,633,687 · other assets $3,660,591

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $19,294,278 · excluded $19,294,278

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $376,800

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $687,771

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $786,042

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$409,242 · excluded -$409,242

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $466,473

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $510,651

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$44,178 · related or exempt -$44,178

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,526,441 · program services $686,039 · management and general $563,578 · fundraising $276,824

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,944,282 · program services $6,992,862 · management and general $2,046,709 · fundraising $904,711

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $528,748 · program services $361,152 · management and general $114,171 · fundraising $53,425

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $978,298 · program services $498,376 · management and general $478,680 · fundraising $1,242

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $881,071 · program services $608,525 · management and general $189,516 · fundraising $83,030

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $302,419 · management and general $302,419

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $129,742 · management and general $129,742

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $36,152 · management and general $36,152

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $100,377 · fundraising $100,377

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,636,512 · management and general $1,636,512

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,172,618 · program services $2,614,554 · management and general $1,521,061 · fundraising $37,003

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $711,947 · program services $693,373 · management and general $6,470 · fundraising $12,104

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,017,436 · program services $837,812 · management and general $119,296 · fundraising $60,328

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,097,782 · program services $812,315 · management and general $274,167 · fundraising $11,300

  • 17 · Travel

    total $670,933 · program services $565,219 · management and general $57,495 · fundraising $48,219

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $25,174 · program services $12,804 · management and general $6,740 · fundraising $5,630

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,338,104 · program services $2,356,491 · management and general $981,613

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $289,457 · program services $207,410 · management and general $82,047

  • 24a · Other expenses: ART ACQUISITIONS

    total $2,251,532 · program services $2,251,532

  • 24b · Other expenses: PACKING AND SHIPPING

    total $1,340,781 · program services $1,313,242 · management and general $5,315 · fundraising $22,224

  • 24c · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTA

    total $431,679 · program services $244,075 · management and general $84,811 · fundraising $102,793

  • 24d · Other expenses: SERVICE CHARGES

    total $91,837 · program services $46,625 · management and general $16,988 · fundraising $28,224

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $281,004 · program services $111,012 · management and general $145,867 · fundraising $24,125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $764,951 · end of year $701,562

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,304,110 · end of year $19,365,777

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $17,104,763 · end of year $17,016,624

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,146,047 · end of year $2,639,530

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $404,667 · end of year $436,174

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $241,206 · end of year $374,980

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $125,581,341

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $70,483,089

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,834,613 · end of year $55,098,252

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $313,766,793 · end of year $353,158,567

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $144,121 · end of year $207,930

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,904,174 · end of year $2,453,399

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $117,048 · end of year $143,878

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,068,104 · end of year $1,600,890

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $111,485,974 · end of year $118,061,008

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $294,135,971 · end of year $326,740,221

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WALKER ART CENTER EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF THE ART AND IDEAS OF OUR TIME AND TO IMAGINE THE WORLD IN NEW WAYS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE ART AND IDEAS OF OUR TIME AND TO IMAGINE THE WORLD IN NEW WAYS.

  • THE WALKER ART CENTER PROVIDES EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL MEDIA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CONTEMPORARY ART, MOVING IMAGE PROGRAM INCLUDING FILM SCREENINGS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TOURS FOR ADULTS, TEENS, CHILDREN, SCHOOL AND FAMILY PROGRAMS. PERFORMING ARTS INCLUDES PRESENTATION OF VARIOUS PERFORMANCES INCLUDING DANCE, MUSIC, AND THEATRE.

    Expenses $18,961,886 · Revenue $2,609,886

  • THE WALKER ART CENTER CONTINUALLY ADDS WORKS OF ART TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.

    Expenses $2,251,532

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ellen Wilson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Addicks

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Oquist

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Stenmoe

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Greene

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Ackerman

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simone Ahuja

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellie Anderson

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathie Cafesjian Baradaran

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jan Breyer

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Christakos

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chad Dayton

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Duff

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dayna Frank

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sima Griffith

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Grossman

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lili Hall

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Haqq

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Higgins

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seena Hodges

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Humphrey

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rita Garnett Khan

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kristal

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE (UNTIL 8/2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Labovitz

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lilligren

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha MacMillan

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Martin

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jo Christine Miles

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Moore Jr

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vikesh Nemani

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Nolan

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pilar Oppedisano

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Peterman

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Pohlad

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa Rasmussen

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Remes

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Rice

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE (UNTIL 1/28/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Rivers

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel Ronning

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Rosenbloom

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Strauss

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Swinton

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carlo Bronzini Vender

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Walker

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Whaley

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan White

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Wright

    PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Cadwalader

    WALKER FAMILY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Walker

    WALKER FAMILY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean K Walker Lowell

    WALKER FAMILY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lance Walker

    WALKER FAMILY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Ceruti

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $525,475
    From this org
    $472,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,428
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $472,047
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,728
    Filer's total
    $525,475
  • Kim Hollingsworth Taylor

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $241,120
    From this org
    $228,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,574
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,546
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,668
    Nontaxable benefits
    $906
    Filer's total
    $241,120
  • Christopher Stevens

    CHIEF OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $272,288
    From this org
    $247,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,721
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,567
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,590
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,131
    Filer's total
    $272,288
  • Henriette Huldisch

    CHIEF CURATOR

    Total calculated
    $235,739
    From this org
    $213,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,374
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,583
    Bonus
    $6,782
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,142
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,232
    Filer's total
    $235,739
  • Amanda Hunt

    HEAD OF PUB ENGAGEMENT, LEARNING, AND IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $179,505
    From this org
    $159,906
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,599
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,906
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,632
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,967
    Filer's total
    $179,505
  • Philip Bither

    SR CURATOR, PA

    Total calculated
    $228,007
    From this org
    $208,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,238
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,169
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Deferred
    $12,924
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,314
    Filer's total
    $228,007
  • Siri Engberg

    SR CURATOR, VA

    Total calculated
    $154,215
    From this org
    $135,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,510
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,705
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,169
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,341
    Filer's total
    $154,215
  • Asli Altay

    HEAD OF DESIGN, CONTENT, AND COMM.

    Total calculated
    $206,511
    From this org
    $193,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,959
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,952
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Deferred
    $12,111
    Nontaxable benefits
    $848
    Filer's total
    $206,511
  • Keith Parker

    HEAD OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $161,592
    From this org
    $146,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,181
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,811
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Deferred
    $9,069
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,112
    Filer's total
    $161,592
  • Felicia O'Brien

    DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $146,995
    From this org
    $130,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,700
    Hours/week
    35

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HENRIETTE HULDISCH, CHIEF CURATOR, RECEIVED A GROSS-UP BONUS PAYMENT DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THIS BONUS WAS CONSIDERED TAXABLE COMPENSATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
PART I, LINE 7
INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY WALKER ART CENTER ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A DISCRETIONARY ONE-TIME BONUS BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN ANY GIVEN FISCAL YEAR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533499349301753

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