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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JOSLYN ART MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$26,331,912
Total expenses
$11,298,665
Contributions and grants received
$25,768,994
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$56,667
Investment income
-$88,466
Other revenue
$594,717
Total assets, end of year
$136,962,833
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,247,648
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$128,715,185
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,372,512
Management and general expenses
$2,265,497
Fundraising expenses
$660,656
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,372,512

Program services were 74.1% 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

    $56,666

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $167,740

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,447,946

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $331,804

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $22,764,838

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $52,927 · related or exempt $52,927

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY SERVICES

    total $3,740 · related or exempt $3,740

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $160,756 · excluded $160,756

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

    other assets $249,222

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$249,222

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$249,222 · excluded -$249,222

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,342

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

    $167,740

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $35,174

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$11,832 · excluded -$11,832

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $28,455

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $18,512

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $9,943 · related or exempt $9,943

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $394,481 · related or exempt $394,481

  • 11b · Other revenue: EXHIBITION RENTALS

    total $196,638 · related or exempt $196,638

  • 11c · Other revenue: RIGHTS & REPRODUCTIONS

    total $4,275 · related or exempt $4,275

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,212 · related or exempt $1,212

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $596,606

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $414,315 · program services $63,105 · management and general $225,000 · fundraising $126,210

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,678,551 · program services $2,087,134 · management and general $252,100 · fundraising $339,317

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $64,699 · program services $55,848 · management and general $5,166 · fundraising $3,685

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $264,699 · program services $201,787 · management and general $28,361 · fundraising $34,551

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $205,690 · program services $152,929 · management and general $28,486 · fundraising $24,275

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $39,654 · management and general $39,654

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,975 · management and general $24,975

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $27,959 · management and general $27,959

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,364 · program services $10,364

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $246,886 · program services $22,458 · management and general $219,378 · fundraising $5,050

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $175,845 · program services $122,566 · management and general $25,720 · fundraising $27,559

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $841,499 · program services $815,956 · management and general $18,807 · fundraising $6,736

  • 17 · Travel

    total $126,786 · program services $126,075 · fundraising $711

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $700,494 · program services $674,963 · management and general $18,404 · fundraising $7,127

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $184,628 · program services $180,211 · management and general $3,184 · fundraising $1,233

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASE OF ART

    total $3,484,430 · program services $3,484,430

  • 24b · Other expenses: CAMPAIGN PROJECT EXPENS

    total $1,345,373 · management and general $1,345,373

  • 24c · Other expenses: CURATORIAL & COLLECTION

    total $213,628 · program services $213,628

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $136,741 · program services $136,741

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $111,449 · program services $24,317 · management and general $2,930 · fundraising $84,202

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,659,571 · end of year $10,609,647

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $31,047,350 · end of year $17,946,629

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $600,868 · end of year $607,063

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $10,359 · end of year $8,944

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $410,327 · end of year $500,893

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

    $116,401,117

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

    $11,509,281

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $71,417,960 · end of year $104,891,836

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,992,365 · end of year $2,397,821

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,364,972 · end of year $6,247,648

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $2,000,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,478,587 · end of year $32,017,507

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $81,195,241 · end of year $96,697,678

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

JOSLYN ART MUSEUM COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND INTERPRETS THE VISUAL ARTS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, FOSTERING APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF A DIVERSE AUDIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ART PRESERVATION, PRESENTATION & EDUCATION.

  • EDUCATION: THE MISSION OF JOSLYN'S CRISS CENTER FOR EDUCATION IS TO EQUIP THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH SKILLS TO ENJOY, UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE, AND ENGAGE WITH ART OF VARIOUS TIME PERIODS AND CULTURES. TO THIS END, THE CENTER PROVIDES INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMMING IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS TAILORED TO DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES. SPECIFICALLY, JOSLYN ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF A GENERAL ADULT AUDIENCE, UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND STUDENTS, K-12 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND YOUTH-AT-RISK. THROUGH GUIDED TOURS, LECTURES, GALLERY TALKS, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, CLASSES, CAMPS, PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, THE CENTER FOR EDUCATION STRIVES TO PROVIDE QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION EXPERIENCES FOR ITS DIVERSE CONSTITUENCIES. DURING 2023, 24,920 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS, ART WORKSHOPS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS HELD AT JOSLYN ART MUSEUM'S KENT BELLOW STUDIO, SITES AROUND TOWN, AND VIRTUALLY DURING THE MUSEUM CLOSURE.

    Expenses $2,930,380 · Revenue $52,927

  • PRESENTATION: DURING 2023, THE MUSEUM WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DUE TO CONSTRUCTION FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING NAMED THE RHONDA & HOWARD HAWKS PAVILION. CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS STAFF WORKED ON AN EXTENSIVE REINSTALL ACTION PLAN FOR THE RENOVATED GALLERIES IN THE MEMORIAL BUILDING AND SCOTT PAVILION AS WELL AS INSTALLATION PLANS FOR THE NEW BUILDING. 50 ARTWORKS FROM THE EUROPEAN COLLECTION TOURED AS AN EXHIBITION AND WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION WENT ON LOAN TO MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN EARLY 2023. 28 WORKS OF ART WERE ACQUIRED.

    Expenses $2,093,128 · Revenue $3,740

  • PRESERVATION: IN FORMATION SINCE 1931, JOSLYN ART MUSEUM'S COLLECTION NOW CONTAINS MORE THAN 11,000 WORKS OF ART FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT, WITH A CONCENTRATION ON THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION INCLUDE WORKS BY LORENZO DI CREDI, TITIAN, EL GRECO, VERONESE, CLAUDE DE LORRAINE, EDGAR DEGAS, CLAUDE MONET, PIERRE AUGUST RENOIR, AND CAMILLE PISSARRO. AMERICAN MASTERS SUCH AS ALBERT BIERSTADT, THOMAS HART BENTON, MARY CASSATT, THOMAS EAKINS, WINSLOW HOMER, JOHN STEUART CURRY, GRANT WOOD, JACKSON POLLOCK, DALE CHIHULY, AND GEORGE SEGAL ARE ALSO REPRESENTED. JOSLYN IS RENOWNED FOR ITS COLLECTION OF ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST AND KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR ITS COLLECTION OF SWISS ARTIST KARL BOMBER'S WATERCOLORS AND PRINTS DOCUMENTING HIS 1832-34 JOURNEY TO THE MISSOURI RIVER FRONTIER WITH GERMAN PRINCE MAXIMILIAN OF WIED. DURING 2023, 17 ARTWORKS WERE CONSERVED.

    Expenses $1,674,502

  • SIGNIFICANT ITEMS IN OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE INCLUDE THE HITCHCOCK MUSEUM SHOP NET SALES REVENUE AND EXHIBITION RENTAL FEES.

    Expenses $1,674,502 · Revenue $606,549

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kirk Kellner

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • H Dele Davies MD

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wallace R Weitz

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dusty Davidson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynne D Boyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sylvia B Cohn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary D Daugherty

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rae Dyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Fritz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judi Gaiashkibos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Hunzeker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Landen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lance Larsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Lebens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John P Nelson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Rogers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Schlott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harley Schrager

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Simon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Msmith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul G Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Starr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Thedinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany White-Welchen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Wiesman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Becker

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $482,982
    From this org
    $459,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,935
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $370,392
    Bonus
    $86,052
    Other
    $2,603
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,385
    Filer's total
    $482,982
  • Elizabeth A Powell

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $146,444
    From this org
    $126,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,940
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related
  • Taylor J Acosta

    CHIEF CURATOR

    Total calculated
    $136,278
    From this org
    $131,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,938
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN UNDER IRC SECTION 457(F) IS PROVIDED TO CERTAIN SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS. DURING 2023, THREE (3) EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED IN THE PLAN. JACK BECKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NANCY ROUND, DIRECTOR OF LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT, AND TAYLOR ACOSTA, CHIEF CURATOR, ELECTED TO DEFER $17,308, $2,600, AND $6,500, RESPECTIVELY, INTO THE 457(F) PLAN. JOSLYN ART MUSEUM DID NOT MAKE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN FOR ANY EMPLOYEES. NO OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCOUNT BALANCES FROM ANY PRIOR YEARS' CONTRIBUTIONS.
PART I, LINE 7
MUSEUM LEADERSHIP IS AWARDED AN ANNUAL BONUS BASED ON PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO'S BONUS, UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO APPROVES THE BONUSES FOR THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS AND THE CHIEF CURATOR.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202401929349300900

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