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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ERIE ART MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$612,446
Total expenses
$1,055,112
Contributions and grants received
$334,601
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$107,132
Investment income
$449
Other revenue
$170,264
Total assets, end of year
$6,989,494
Total liabilities, end of year
$242,568
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,746,926
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$759,684
Management and general expenses
$147,362
Fundraising expenses
$148,066
Program service expenses (Part III)
$759,684

Program services were 72.0% 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)

    $77,960

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $256,641

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION

    total $40,881 · related or exempt $40,881

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $28,269 · related or exempt $28,269

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TUITION & WORKSHOPS

    total $9,887 · related or exempt $9,887

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $28,095 · related or exempt $28,095

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $449 · excluded $449

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $38,578

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $38,578

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $38,578 · related or exempt $38,578

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $78,267

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $8,397

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $69,870 · related or exempt $69,870

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $33,400 · related or exempt $33,400

  • 11b · Other revenue: LIQUOR INCOME

    total $28,416 · related or exempt $28,416

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $61,816

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $437,422 · program services $306,196 · management and general $56,864 · fundraising $74,362

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,053 · program services $21,037 · management and general $3,907 · fundraising $5,109

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,403 · program services $29,682 · management and general $5,512 · fundraising $7,209

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,054 · management and general $42,054

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,382 · management and general $15,382

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,408 · program services $34,000 · management and general $408

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,844 · program services $19,231 · management and general $5,613

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3 · management and general $3

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $173,448 · program services $163,923 · management and general $9,525

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,481 · program services $24,432 · management and general $5,592 · fundraising $457

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM

    total $99,347 · program services $38,418 · fundraising $60,929

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $58,839 · program services $58,839

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $25,151 · program services $22,649 · management and general $2,502

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBITION & PRODUCTION

    total $14,952 · program services $14,952

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,325 · program services $26,325

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $411,663 · end of year $67,025

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $259,433

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $134,303 · end of year $125,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,384 · end of year $19,288

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $7,432 · end of year $8,336

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,496 · end of year $20,465

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

    $8,478,461

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

    $2,703,543

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,946,567 · end of year $5,774,918

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $743,863 · end of year $715,029

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $87,527 · end of year $41,837

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $49,150 · end of year $200,731

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,351,956 · end of year $5,931,719

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $784,075 · end of year $815,207

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ERIE ART MUSEUM IS TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE VISUAL ARTS BY MAINTAINING A QUALITY ART COLLECTION, BY ENCOURAGING ART IN ALL ITS FORMS, BY FOSTERING LIFELONG ART LEARNING, AND BY BUILDING COMMUNITY AMONG ARTISTS, ART STUDENTS, AND THE PUBLIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MUSEUM PROMOTES VISUAL ARTS AND BUILDS COMMUNITY THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, CLASSES, AND PERFORMANCES.

  • EXHIBITIONS - ERIE ART MUSEUM MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE PROGRAM OF CHANGING AND PERMANENT EXHIBITS WHICH PRESENT ART FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ARTISTS. THE EXHIBITS ARE DRAWN FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS, AND FROM LOANS BY ARTISTS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND COLLECTORS. THEY SPAN CULTURES AND TIME PERIODS, AND ARE AIMED AT ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG VIEWERS. THEY ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING GALLERY TALKS AND LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, FILMS, AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS DEALING WITH THE IDEAS EXPRESSED IN THE EXHIBITIONS.

    Expenses $84,489 · Revenue $40,881

  • EDUCATION - THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION PROGRAM ENCOURAGES LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAM OFFERINGS, INCLUDING STUDIO ART CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, GUIDED TOURS, AND PROJECTS THAT OFFER THE PUBLIC ART-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES. STUDIO ART CLASSES TAUGHT BY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS OFFER BEGINNERS AND AMATEURS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ART IN A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WITH QUALITY INSTRUCTION. THE EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL TEACHERS THROUGH IN-SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. THE MUSEUM HOSTS INTERNS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND BEYOND IN AN APPLIED LEARNING SITUATION THAT ENABLES STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE REAL-WORLD APPLICATION OF THEIR ACADEMIC LEARNING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN MUSEUM PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $192,020 · Revenue $9,887

  • Expenses $483,175 · Revenue $226,628

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Domencic

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Jay Shaffer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melody Ellington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emmy Geiger

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Levy

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Elizabeth Meier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Loubeau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Goodrich Blashock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Davona Pacley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kayla Fatica

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Junker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kayte Beck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela McClimans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Burleigh

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349311585

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