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← LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$81,574,257
Total expenses
$60,209,771
Contributions and grants received
$40,421,968
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$33,963,316
Investment income
$5,250,457
Other revenue
$1,938,516
Total assets, end of year
$429,352,546
Total liabilities, end of year
$172,747,733
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$256,604,813
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$43,797,744
Management and general expenses
$9,293,221
Fundraising expenses
$7,118,806
Program service expenses (Part III)
$43,797,744

Program services were 72.7% 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

    $2,508,710

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $820,768

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $29,853,818

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,238,672

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $184,740

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LA COUNTY SUPPORT

    total $21,809,679 · related or exempt $21,809,679

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSION FEES

    total $8,966,371 · related or exempt $8,966,371

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MUSEUM USE & SERVICES

    total $2,785,022 · related or exempt $2,785,022

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $402,244 · related or exempt $402,244

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,206,821 · unrelated business $36,960 · excluded $5,169,861

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $62,580,596

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

    securities $62,536,960

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $43,636

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $43,636 · excluded $43,636

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $523,653

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

    $820,768

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $523,653

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: SHOPS, CAFE & PHOTO EX

    total $1,388,745 · excluded $1,388,745

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $549,771 · excluded $549,771

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,938,516

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,036,318 · program services $1,922,710 · management and general $477,831 · fundraising $635,777

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $21,089,555 · program services $17,369,504 · management and general $1,444,743 · fundraising $2,275,308

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $707,878 · program services $574,302 · management and general $50,401 · fundraising $83,175

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,879,538 · program services $3,081,157 · management and general $318,353 · fundraising $480,028

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,783,063 · program services $1,416,122 · management and general $146,317 · fundraising $220,624

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $321,556 · program services $198,830 · management and general $63,167 · fundraising $59,559

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $186,967 · program services $103,861 · management and general $70,991 · fundraising $12,115

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $144,375 · fundraising $144,375

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,182,728 · management and general $1,182,728

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,263,006 · program services $1,921,628 · management and general $719,823 · fundraising $621,555

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $995,705 · program services $598,119 · management and general $5,657 · fundraising $391,929

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $548,575 · program services $271,802 · management and general $112,901 · fundraising $163,872

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $791,532 · program services $481,636 · management and general $246,657 · fundraising $63,239

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,611,127 · program services $1,611,127

  • 17 · Travel

    total $254,889 · program services $150,090 · management and general $78,705 · fundraising $26,094

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,117,756 · program services $6,032,773 · management and general $1,104,427 · fundraising $980,556

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,090,843 · program services $783,484 · management and general $248,902 · fundraising $58,457

  • 24a · Other expenses: MUSEUM USE

    total $4,981,902 · program services $2,451,097 · management and general $2,244,732 · fundraising $286,073

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $2,072,365 · program services $1,363,724 · management and general $596,953 · fundraising $111,688

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY

    total $229,841 · program services $190,271 · management and general $6,591 · fundraising $32,979

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBIT BUILDING & SUPP

    total $26,795 · program services $26,795

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,893,457 · program services $3,248,712 · management and general $173,342 · fundraising $471,403

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $37,544 · end of year $33,694

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $66,955,132 · end of year $95,959,396

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $14,919,818 · end of year $8,566,203

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $782,978 · end of year $564,233

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $367,295 · end of year $489,545

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

    $238,433,116

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

    $124,709,754

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $96,643,378 · end of year $113,723,362

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $136,241,852 · end of year $144,332,808

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $42,913,486 · end of year $47,889,741

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,618,265 · end of year $17,793,564

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,764,087 · end of year $15,042,145

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $456,151 · end of year $191,273

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $128,611,873 · end of year $128,395,913

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $10,492,729

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,863,401 · end of year $18,625,673

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $144,054,443 · end of year $153,551,023

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $77,729,793 · end of year $103,053,790

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE WONDER, DISCOVERY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR NATURAL AND CULTURAL WORLDS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PERMANENT AND TRAVELING EXHIBITS, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL & PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, DISPLAYS PERMANENT & TEMPORARY EXHIBITS, MAINTAINS COLLECTIONS, AND CONDUCTS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITH A MISSION TO INSPIRE WONDER, DISCOVERY & RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR NATURAL & CULTURAL WORLDS.

    Expenses $43,797,744 · Revenue $33,963,316

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anissa Balson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Black

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Blancarte

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 06/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Moss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louisa R Cardenas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Esther Chao

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Dever

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Edwards

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William M Garland III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stanley Gold

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 06/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naomi Nakagama-Kurata

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Patterson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen A Hoffman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Jameson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rita Kampalath

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Keller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Kendall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vince Lawler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Levy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Lumarada

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Marks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregg Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane G Medina

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric B Moore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noramae Munster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Naegele

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Payden

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mikaela Randolph

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naomi Rainey-Pierson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Scranton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Stibel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheldon Stone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Procop

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marty Preciado

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Volpert

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 06/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jun Xu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather De Roos

    PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlene Dimas-Peinado

    VP, BOARD OF GOVERNORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Faulk

    CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis C Jung

    PRESIDENT, BOARD OF GOVERN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan McGowan-Epstein

    VP, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Bettison-Varga

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $835,292
    From this org
    $537,663
    From related orgs
    $253,499
    Other
    $44,130
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $487,663 + $253,499 related
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,000 + $14,730 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,400 related
    Filer's total
    $564,663 + $270,629 related
  • Dawn McDivitt

    SECRETARY/CHIEF DEPUTY DIR

    Total calculated
    $411,145
    From this org
    $88,937
    From related orgs
    $292,842
    Other
    $29,366
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $63,937 + $292,842 related
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,004 + $21,362 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $96,941 + $314,204 related
  • Leslie Joan Negritto

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $272,456
    From this org
    $260,644
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,812
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,644
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,812
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $272,456
  • Paul Bessire

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $364,700
    From this org
    $350,673
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,027
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,673
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,027
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $364,700
  • Hae Su Oh

    S.V.P., EDU, EXH, & COMMUN

    Total calculated
    $334,113
    From this org
    $312,371
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,742
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,371
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $334,113
  • Luis Chiappe

    S.V.P., RESEARCH & COLLECT

    Total calculated
    $349,802
    From this org
    $322,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,000
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,802
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $349,802
  • Nooshin Nathan

    CHIEF TALENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $317,712
    From this org
    $291,696
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,016
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,696
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,016
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $317,712
  • Roshanna Sabaratnam

    CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $318,718
    From this org
    $298,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,500
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,218
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $318,718
  • Shana Eva Mathur

    CHIEF STRATEGY & EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $329,105
    From this org
    $302,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,000
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,105
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $329,105
  • Martha Garcia

    SPECIAL ASSISTANT, NHM

    Total calculated
    $193,803
    From this org
    $42,164
    From related orgs
    $147,901
    Other
    $3,738
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $41,164 + $147,901 related
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,738
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $45,902 + $147,901 related
  • Mara Naiditch

    ASSOC VP, MARKETING & ENTE

    Total calculated
    $182,884
    From this org
    $172,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,352
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,532
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,352
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $182,884
  • Sabrina Burris

    SPECIAL ASSIST. TO PRES.,

    Total calculated
    $180,930
    From this org
    $167,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,084
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,846
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,930
  • Joel Martin

    ASSOC VP, R&C

    Total calculated
    $166,949
    From this org
    $153,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,116
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,833
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,116
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $166,949
  • Stephen Manuel De La Rosa

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $160,238
    From this org
    $152,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,571
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,667
    Bonus
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,571
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,238
  • Carlos Casilla

    DIRECTOR, SAFETY & RISK

    Total calculated
    $162,123
    From this org
    $146,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,700
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,423
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $162,123

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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE MUSEUM PROVIDED HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421369349316377

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