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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,922,614
Total expenses
$3,172,038
Contributions and grants received
$1,454,458
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,334,813
Investment income
$186,355
Other revenue
-$53,012
Total assets, end of year
$7,947,569
Total liabilities, end of year
$263,982
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,683,587
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,273,702
Management and general expenses
$578,526
Fundraising expenses
$319,810
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,273,702

Program services were 71.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $524,566

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $929,892

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $15,695

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $1,317,968 · related or exempt $1,317,968

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION CLASSES

    total $15,595 · related or exempt $15,595

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $1,250 · related or exempt $1,250

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $186,355 · excluded $186,355

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $52,823 · related or exempt $52,823

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $14,787

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $149,284

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$134,497

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$134,497 · unrelated business -$134,497

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,896

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $8,896 · excluded $8,896

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $19,766 · related or exempt $19,766

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,766

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $471,959 · program services $325,652 · management and general $84,952 · fundraising $61,355

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,430,935 · program services $1,038,940 · management and general $196,253 · fundraising $195,742

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $194,313 · program services $134,075 · management and general $34,977 · fundraising $25,261

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $160,598 · program services $110,813 · management and general $28,908 · fundraising $20,877

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $15,327 · management and general $15,327

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $211,376 · program services $102,836 · management and general $108,540

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $82,624 · program services $19,341 · management and general $60,408 · fundraising $2,875

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $34,882 · program services $9,369 · management and general $25,300 · fundraising $213

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $117,691 · program services $112,984 · management and general $2,354 · fundraising $2,353

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: FACILITIES MAINTENANCE

    total $334,520 · program services $324,750 · fundraising $9,770

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES & OTHER CHARGES

    total $45,386 · program services $44,114 · fundraising $1,272

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $29,494 · program services $26,189 · management and general $3,305

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $23,890 · program services $5,688 · management and general $18,202

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,043 · program services $18,951 · fundraising $92

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,330,560 · end of year $339,908

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $41,402 · end of year $943,795

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $194,858 · end of year $39,526

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,770 · end of year $3,820

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $3,876,792

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

    $2,725,194

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,269,289 · end of year $1,151,598

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,093,865 · end of year $5,468,922

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $265,156 · end of year $261,332

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,650 · end of year $2,650

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,886,531 · end of year $6,816,817

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $779,407 · end of year $866,770

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The San Diego Museum of Man, dba Museum of Us, sits on the unceded ancestral homelands of the Kumeyaay Nation, in San Diegos Balboa Park. The Museum of Us extends its respect and gratitude to the Kumeyaay peoples who have lived here for millennia. The Museum was founded in 1915, as part of the citys Panama-California Exposition. On August 2, 2020, the Museum announced its change of name to Museum of Us. This new name is a registered Doing Business As until a full legal change is executed. At its founding, the Museum was the epitome of an early 20th century institution of its kind; a place defined by its ethnographic collections and their traditional western European academic display. In January 2012, its Board of Directors adopted a three-year strategic plan for change that identified a new mission: Inspiring human connections by exploring the human experience. The institutional objective for the Museum of Us is to be San Diegos dynamic place to go to learn from each other, reflect on

Activities or mission (Part I)

INSPIRING HUMAN CONNECTIONS BY EXPLORING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

  • The new name represents a commitment to equity, access, and our decolonizing/anti-racism work a journey that has been ongoing since our mission shift and will continue into the future. This change means holding ourselves accountable to our colonial past and present, so that we can transform into a more equitable organization. We must do better for our community and future generations. Our organizational practices, policies, and culture are changing to reflect the requests and needs of our internal and external communities. These shifts result from the guidance of our partners: elders, artists, community members, ambassadors, and scholars within Black, Indigenous, and communities of color.After a prolonged California state mandated pandemic closure, we reopened in April 2021, and are welcoming approximately 100K visitors annually. This number represents a new business model where we are opened to the public five days per week, as compared to seven pre-pandemic. Almost 20% of this total is admitted free of charge or through scholarships. The audience identifies as follows: (1) Average age 35.5, (2) Female 51%, (3) White/Caucasian 46%, (4) African American 6%, (5) Hispanic/Latino 29%, (6) Asian 11%, and (7) Other, including Native American 8%. Geographic distribution: (1) San Diego County - 39%, (2) Rest of California 14%, (3) Rest of the United States 31%, and (4) International 16%.The Museum holds accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and a member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. On January 25, 2018, the Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego awarded the Museum its Kaleidoscope Award for good governance. Charity Navigator rates the Museum at four out of four stars, and has done so for seven consecutive years.In recent years, a cluster of social justice oriented exhibits, which include Race: Are We So Different?, Hostile Terrain 94, and Maya Peoples: Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth are representative of our overall work to offer community driven programming which centers the voices of communities that have not been typically represented in museums historically. In addition to on-site offerings, we offer a selection of digital exhibits on the Googles Arts and Culture app. The Museum is also home to the iconic California Tower, which we opened to guided public tours in 2015.Our Cultural Resources Department (previously known as the Collections Department) is tasked with caring for more than 131,000 documented ethnographic materials, more than 350,000 archaeological cultural resources, and over 100,000 photographic images; all stewarded within a decolonized paradigm. To that end, the Museum passed policies in 2017 and 2018 that require documented consent from descendent communities to hold human remains or any indigenous belongings at the Museum. These policies commit the Museum to repatriating any indigenous item that it holds without such consent. Since 2017, weve been working with our Kumeyaay partners, other Native American communities, and indigenous peoples across the world to put these policies into action.

    Expenses $2,273,702 · Revenue $1,406,152

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Micah D Parzen PhD JD

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $271,132
    From this org
    $257,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,272
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,860
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,272
    Filer's total
    $271,132
  • Erin Spiewak

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $173,905
    From this org
    $168,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,430
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,475
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,430
    Filer's total
    $173,905
  • Lester Haddan

    SR DR DEV & EXTERN

    Total calculated
    $104,017
    From this org
    $103,326
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $691
    Hours/week
    40
  • George A Ramirez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Young

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darrell Jackson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elif Gokcigdem

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myra Masiel-Zamora

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mariano Diaz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Timmons

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zaneta Encarnacion

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ricky Shabazz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Grimes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nora Jaffe

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa Ambo

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eva Trujillo

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Waddell

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Thomas

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marnie Cheney

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kurt Chilcott

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Bartlett

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Goltz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ileana Ovalle

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yandro Valdez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yuriko Anton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 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

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
2022
Filed
9 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411309349304411

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