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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SEATTLE ART MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,985,574
Total expenses
$37,143,988
Contributions and grants received
$14,899,313
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,171,487
Investment income
$7,108,735
Other revenue
$2,806,039
Total assets, end of year
$418,444,913
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,209,288
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$374,235,625
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,388,295
Management and general expenses
$7,105,424
Fundraising expenses
$2,650,269
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,388,295

Program services were 73.7% 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

    $4,220,484

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $897,629

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,239,243

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,541,957

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $434,227

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $4,015,962 · related or exempt $4,015,962

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $722,283 · related or exempt $722,283

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $433,242 · related or exempt $433,242

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,447,543 · excluded $3,447,543

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,077 · excluded $4,077

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $7,621,784

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $5,522,706

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,099,078

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,099,078 · excluded $2,099,078

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $66,935,590 · other assets $5,960

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

    securities $63,280,358 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,655,232 · other assets $5,960

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,661,192 · related or exempt $5,960 · excluded $3,655,232

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $103,201

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

    $897,629

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $277,059

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$173,858 · excluded -$173,858

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $8,460

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $8,460 · excluded $8,460

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,298,527

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $715,814

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $582,713 · related or exempt $518,808 · unrelated business $63,905

  • 11a · Other revenue: FOOD SVC COMMISSION

    total $216,126 · unrelated business $6,467 · excluded $209,659

  • 11b · Other revenue: PARKING

    total $44,660 · unrelated business $33,495 · excluded $11,165

  • 11c · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $17,033 · excluded $17,033

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $7,750 · excluded $7,750

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $285,569

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,306,485 · program services $527,373 · management and general $502,405 · fundraising $276,707

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,854,303 · program services $10,901,228 · management and general $1,739,714 · fundraising $1,213,361

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total -$134,387 · program services -$187,703 · management and general $80,063 · fundraising -$26,747

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,293,510 · program services $1,023,880 · management and general $142,828 · fundraising $126,802

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,196,242 · program services $916,048 · management and general $167,636 · fundraising $112,558

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $336,308 · program services $326,223 · management and general $10,085

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $132,319 · management and general $132,319

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $24,107 · management and general $24,107

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $283,260 · fundraising $283,260

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $595,300 · management and general $595,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,514,361 · program services $1,375,583 · management and general $114,856 · fundraising $23,922

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $681,002 · program services $667,642 · management and general $3,018 · fundraising $10,342

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,005,274 · program services $1,353,564 · management and general $306,306 · fundraising $345,404

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $86,266 · program services $1,011 · management and general $82,992 · fundraising $2,263

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,644,892 · program services $4,537,513 · management and general $2,107,379

  • 17 · Travel

    total $193,475 · program services $158,187 · management and general $3,397 · fundraising $31,891

  • 20 · Interest

    total $90,916 · management and general $90,916

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,811,542 · program services $2,864,585 · management and general $946,957

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,086,360 · program services $1,086,360

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXHIBITIONS

    total $1,255,691 · program services $1,203,897 · management and general $21,113 · fundraising $30,681

  • 24b · Other expenses: ART ACCESSION

    total $369,395 · program services $369,395

  • 24c · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $364,108 · program services $115,824 · management and general $28,459 · fundraising $219,825

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $153,259 · program services $147,685 · management and general $5,574

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,097,778 · end of year $21,646,453

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,508,823 · end of year $3,608,571

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,006,774 · end of year $6,734,417

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $614,902 · end of year $758,546

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $23,030,282 · end of year $22,547,685

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $493,945 · end of year $493,761

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,347,228 · end of year $1,038,654

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

    $177,327,382

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

    $90,764,722

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $89,832,106 · end of year $86,562,660

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $105,512,373 · end of year $111,226,119

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $78,573,752 · end of year $77,388,675

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $22,228,947 · end of year $21,862,058

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $24,859,042 · end of year $64,577,314

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,299,598 · end of year $2,932,971

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,845,162 · end of year $1,290,162

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $5,520,457 · end of year $4,524,116

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,641,975 · end of year $35,462,039

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $149,550,969 · end of year $150,346,075

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $220,247,791 · end of year $223,889,550

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1917, THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM (SAM) CONNECTS ART TO LIFE. AS THE LEADING VISUAL ART INSTITUTION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SAM DRAWS ON ITS GLOBAL COLLECTIONS, POWERFUL SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, NUMEROUS INSTALLATIONS, AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMS TO FULFILL ITS IMPORTANT ROLE AS A CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE BENEFITTING THE SEATTLE REGION, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AND BEYOND. FROM A STRONG FOUNDATION OF ASIAN ART TO NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS OF AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART, NORTHWEST COAST NATIVE AMERICAN ART, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART, AND MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, THE STRENGTH OF SAM'S COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 25,000 OBJECTS LIES IN ITS DIVERSITY OF MEDIA, CULTURES, AND TIME PERIODS. WITH THREE LOCATIONS (SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK, SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM), SAM HARNESSES THE POWER OF ART TO ENRICH LIVES AND ENGAGE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS, AS WELL AS THOUSANDS OF SEATTLE-AREA STUDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND CULTIVATE THE FINE ARTS.

  • MUSEUM SERVICES: PROVIDING A PUBLIC ART MUSEUM INCLUDING THE ACCESSION OF ART OBJECTS AS WELL AS PUBLIC ART EXHIBITIONS AND ART EDUCATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. MUSEUM PATRONS VISITED THIS YEAR AT THREE DIFFERENT SEATTLE LOCATIONS - THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, THE OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK AND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM.

    Expenses $27,388,295 · Revenue $5,696,255

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Constance Rice

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Carla Lewis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Maggie Walker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bert Valdman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Susan Brotman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jon Shirley

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Douglas True

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Charles Wright

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stewart Landefeld

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Winnie Stratton

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Margaret Allison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ryan Arai

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Cherry McGee Banks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Watson Blair

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bruce Blume

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lisa Caputo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael Conway

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael Corliss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Marc Cosentino

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Shelia Edwards Lange

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert Kaplan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Janet Ketcham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sylvia Ketcham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Najma Lalji

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Flora Ling

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gary Locke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Barbara Malone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Maren Monsen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Scott Morris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Juli Farris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Frank

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lisa Goodman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mari Horita

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Felix Huang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Falona Joy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Charles Nolan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Linda Nordstrom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sally Nordstrom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael Parham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Hwa Park

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sanjay Parthasarathy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Eduardo Penalver

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Steve Phelps

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mala Raman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Yucca Rieschel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Catherine Roche

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lee Rolfe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Faye Sarkowsky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stan Savage

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Laura Selipsky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Roberta Sherman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kim Richter Shirley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mary Snapp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Denise Stiffarm

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert Strong

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ina Tateuchi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lynn Thomsen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Andrea Thoreson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brandon Vaughan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mandira Virmani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Huong Vu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brian Wineke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Cliff Burrows

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Alex Ceballos

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gursharan Sidhu

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sam Whiting

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Amada Cruz

    ILLSEY BALL NORDSTROM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $491,352
    From this org
    $482,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,581
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $429,971
    Bonus
    $52,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $966
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,615
    Filer's total
    $491,352
  • Cynthia Bolton

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $222,236
    From this org
    $211,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,026
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,210
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,501
    Filer's total
    $222,236
  • Chris Landman

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $221,805
    From this org
    $210,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,245
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,560
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,495
    Filer's total
    $221,805
  • Jeff Draeger

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $177,903
    From this org
    $177,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $730
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,173
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $730
    Filer's total
    $177,903
  • Mikhael Mei Williams

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $182,044
    From this org
    $172,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,964
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,404
    Filer's total
    $182,044
  • Nicholas Dorman

    CHIEF CONSERVATOR

    Total calculated
    $171,151
    From this org
    $161,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,188
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,572
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,391
    Filer's total
    $171,151
  • Lauren Mellon

    DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $142,374
    From this org
    $132,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,456
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathleen Maki

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $141,575
    From this org
    $132,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,317
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jason Porter

    DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $136,330
    From this org
    $127,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,008
    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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE CEO RECEIVES AN ANNUAL BONUS NOT TO EXCEED 15% OF BASE PAY, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD.

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 partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • SAAM BUILDING MASTER TENANT LLC

    REAL ESTATE · WA

  • SAM BUILDING LANDLORD LLC

    REAL ESTATE · WA

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • SAM-SAAM RENOVATION LLC

    C · HOLDING COMPANY · WA · 100% owned · share of income -$1,164,009 · share of assets $20,261,089 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431309349304378

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