Totals
- Total revenue
- $23,837,802
- Total expenses
- $15,332,356
- Contributions and grants received
- $12,282,566
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $8,426,942
- Investment income
- $1,281,871
- Other revenue
- $1,846,423
- Total assets, end of year
- $78,950,261
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,827,955
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $77,122,306
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $12,189,607
- Management and general expenses
- $2,619,025
- Fundraising expenses
- $523,724
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $12,189,607
Program services were 79.5% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$222,647
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1c · Fundraising events
$123,926
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$441,111
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$11,494,882
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$219,077
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2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS
total $5,437,350 · related or exempt $5,437,350
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2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $1,833,499 · related or exempt $1,833,499
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2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION
total $953,383 · related or exempt $953,383
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2d · Program service revenue: ART INSTITUTE
total $202,710 · related or exempt $202,710
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3 · Investment income
total $1,076,031 · excluded $1,076,031
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5 · Royalties
total $834 · excluded $834
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6a · Gross rents
real property $323,570 · personal property $33,533
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $71,590 · personal property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $251,980 · personal property $33,533
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $285,513 · related or exempt $33,533 · excluded $251,980
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $10,500,573 · other assets $2,000
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $10,296,733 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $203,840 · other assets $2,000
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $205,840 · excluded $205,840
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$119,259
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$123,926
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$103,394
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $15,865 · excluded $15,865
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$7,375
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $7,375 · excluded $7,375
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$2,501,132
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$977,754
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $1,523,378 · related or exempt $1,060,499 · unrelated business $462,879
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER MISC. REVENUE
total $8,411 · related or exempt $8,411
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11b · Other revenue: VENDING MACHINES
total $5,047 · related or exempt $5,047
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11e · Other revenue, total
$13,458
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $684,459 · program services $155,455 · management and general $529,004
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $7,058,168 · program services $6,022,336 · management and general $801,753 · fundraising $234,079
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $151,861 · program services $124,257 · management and general $20,482 · fundraising $7,122
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $912,247 · program services $769,615 · management and general $118,287 · fundraising $24,345
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $617,209 · program services $500,254 · management and general $98,758 · fundraising $18,197
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11b · Fees: legal
total $33,828 · program services $29,511 · management and general $3,460 · fundraising $857
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $49,900 · program services $43,532 · management and general $5,104 · fundraising $1,264
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $89,253 · fundraising $89,253
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $92,634 · management and general $92,634
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11g · Fees: other
total $684,726 · program services $366,273 · management and general $318,453
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $387,400 · program services $15,121 · management and general $372,279
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13 · Office expenses
total $722,859 · program services $652,150 · management and general $2,505 · fundraising $68,204
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14 · Information technology
total $183,707 · program services $38,449 · management and general $86,890 · fundraising $58,368
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15 · Royalties
total $1,419 · program services $1,419
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16 · Occupancy
total $721,748 · program services $721,748
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17 · Travel
total $372,679 · program services $367,463 · management and general $4,847 · fundraising $369
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $67,859 · program services $35,477 · management and general $25,421 · fundraising $6,961
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,201,356 · program services $1,178,051 · management and general $20,783 · fundraising $2,522
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23 · Insurance
total $302,972 · program services $297,095 · management and general $5,241 · fundraising $636
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24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $427,673 · program services $349,640 · management and general $66,486 · fundraising $11,547
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24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
total $266,906 · program services $266,906
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24c · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE
total $254,855 · program services $254,855
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24d · Other expenses: UBTI EXCISE TAX
total $46,638 · management and general $46,638
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,999,171 · end of year $1,432,810
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $725,179 · end of year $1,742,874
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $361,418 · end of year $7,304,841
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $183,476 · end of year $77,685
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $656,719 · end of year $739,379
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $320,102 · end of year $228,445
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$48,515,823
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$35,284,415
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $12,370,597 · end of year $13,231,408
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $40,633,771 · end of year $44,082,433
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $8,876,295 · end of year $10,110,386
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $962,255 · end of year $883,247
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,015,830 · end of year $898,444
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $56,238 · end of year $46,264
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $43,002,375 · end of year $47,314,482
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $21,090,030 · end of year $29,807,824
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE NATURAL WORLD BY FOSTERING LOVE, APPRECIATION, AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SONORAN DESERT.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SONORAN DESERT EDUCATION THROUGH ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ART, AND CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS.
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THE ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM IS A WORLD-RENOWNED BIOPARK COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE COMPONENTS, INCLUDING REGIONAL ZOO, BOTANICAL GARDEN, AQUARIUM, RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, ART INSTITUTE, AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. THE MUSEUM SITS ON 98 ACRES OF LEASED PROPERTY, 21 OF WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, WITH 2 MILES OF WALKING PATHS WHERE GUESTS VIEW EXHIBITS THAT REALISTICALLY RE-CREATE THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE VIBRANT SONORAN DESERT REGION. VISITORS MAY ENCOUNTER MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED ANIMAL SPECIES, CURATED GARDENS WITH OVER ONE THOUSAND VARIETIES OF PLANTS, TWO ART GALLERIES, AND A SIMULATED CAVE WITH A MINERAL GALLERY. THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC VISITATION EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. SINCE ITS OPENING IN 1952, OVER 24 MILLION PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE VISITED THE MUSEUM. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, ATTENDANCE AT THE MUSEUM WAS 393,926 VISITORS AND THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 15,000 MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS. EXHIBITS AND GARDENS: THE MUSEUM'S LARGEST AND MOST IMPACTFUL PROGRAM IS ITS EXHIBITS AND GARDENS. THE MUSEUM MAINTAINS 21 INTERPRETED ACRES WITH TWO MILES OF WALKING PATHS THROUGH VARIOUS DESERT HABITATS, OVER TWO HUNDRED ANIMAL SPECIES, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PLANT SPECIMENS FROM MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND TAXA, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL MINERAL COLLECTIONS, AND TWO ART GALLERIES. EXIT SURVEYS REVEAL THE IMPACT OF A DESERT MUSEUM VISIT: VISITORS TELL US THAT THEY LEARN ABOUT NEW SUBJECTS AND ISSUES, THEY FEEL CLOSER TO NATURE, AND THEY HAVE A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR THE SONORAN DESERT AFTER THEIR VISIT.
Expenses $9,557,291 · Revenue $8,378,339
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CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND SCIENCE PROGRAMSSINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1952, THE ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM HAS PUT CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND SCIENCE AT THE CORE OF ITS MISSION. FROM HELPING TO ESTABLISH PROTECTED ISLANDS AND COASTAL WETLANDS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, TO BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION PROGRAMS FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES SUCH AS THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF, THICK-BILLED PARROT, AND NUMEROUS FISH, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES, TO DOCUMENTING THE BIODIVERSITY THAT HELPED ESTABLISH THE IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT, THE MUSEUM'S CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR MANY DECADES. OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE ARE THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH TOUCH NEARLY 200,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THESE PROGRAMS HELP TO FOSTER LOVE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR DESERT HOME.
Expenses $1,997,213 · Revenue $953,383
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ART INSTITUTETHE MISSION OF THE ASDM ART INSTITUTE IS "CONSERVATION THROUGH ART EDUCATION." WE SEEK TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN NATURE-FOCUSED ART CLASSES AND INSPIRE NEW CONSERVATION ADVOCATES. TO THIS END, WE OFFER ART CLASSES, ART EXHIBITS, AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE MUSEUM'S ART COLLECTION. ART CLASSES:ART PROFESSIONALS TEACH ALL ART CLASSES, AND CLASS CONTENT EMPHASIZES OUR LIVING COLLECTIONS AND SONORAN DESERT SETTING. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE ART INSTITUTE SERVED 1,261 STUDENTS ON-SITE. 27 INSTRUCTORS TAUGHT 174 DIFFERENT ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES. FOUR STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM THE NATURE ART CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND 112 BRAND NEW STUDENTS ENTERED THE PROGRAM. ON OUR WEBSITE, WE OFFER 10 FREE VIDEOS, VIEWED BY OVER 1,200 PEOPLE. WE ALSO PROVIDE A VIDEO CLASS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE; IT CURRENTLY HAS 114 SUBSCRIBERS AND 258 VIDEOS.TOTAL AUDIENCE SERVED IN 2025: 2,575PERMANENT COLLECTION:VANISHING CIRCLES IS A PERMANENT ART COLLECTION COMPRISING 92 ORIGINAL PAINTINGS DEPICTING DISAPPEARING WILDLIFE, PLANTS, AND HABITATS OF THE SONORAN DESERT. IN ADDITION, THE MUSEUM HAS A SMALL PERMANENT COLLECTION OF 49 ART PIECES NAMED THE BALDWIN COLLECTION. WE ALSO HAVE A COLLECTION OF 73 WORKS BY SHERIDAN OMAN, 108 BY MANABU SAITO, AND 68 BY RHONDA SPENCER. IN 2020, WE ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF 23 ORIGINAL SCRATCHBOARD PIECES BY PRISCILLA BALDWIN DEPICTING ANIMALS FROM THE MUSEUM. THIS COLLECTION IS NOW ON PERMANENT DISPLAY IN THE BALDWIN BUILDING. IN 2024 WE PURCHASED A SCULPTURE FOR THE GROUNDS CALLED "MORE BEES PLEASE" IT SERVES TO CALL AWARENESS TO OUR POLLINATOR GARDENS. IN 2025 THREE MORE PIECES BY PRISCILLA BALDWIN WERE DONATED TO THE COLLECTION.TOTAL PIECES IN THE ART COLLECTION IN 2025: 435GALLERY EXHIBITS:WE HOST 8 TO 12 UNIQUE ART EXHIBITS ANNUALLY IN THE IRONWOOD GALLERY AND BALDWIN EDUCATION GALLERY. THESE ART EXHIBITS SERVE THE MISSION OF THE DESERT MUSEUM BY REVEALING THE BEAUTY OF THE SONORAN HABITAT AND WILDLIFE TO OUR VISITORS THROUGH VISUAL ARTS. IN 2025, WE HAD 51,435 VISITORS IN OUR IRONWOOD GALLERIES AND 4,545 IN OUR BALDWIN GALLERIES. IN TOTAL, WE PRODUCED AND OPENED ELEVEN UNIQUE ART EXHIBITS. THESE LIVE SHOWS ARE AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE, MAKING THEM ACCESSIBLE TO AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE.THIRTY-SIX VOLUNTEERS STAFF OUR GALLERIES. THEIR JOB IS TO FACILITATE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN GUESTS AND EXHIBITS; THEY HELP VISITORS DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ART, SCIENCE, AND CONSERVATION.IN 2025, WE HOSTED A MUSEUM WIDE STEEL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION. THE ARTIST LOANED US THE FOUR INTERACTIVE STEEL SCULPTURES AT NO COST TO THE MUSEUM.
Expenses $635,103 · Revenue $202,710
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Craig IvanyiCRAIG IVANYI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $221,721
- From this org
- $191,066
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,655
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $188,948
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $2,118
- Deferred
- $6,220
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,435
- Filer's total
- $221,721
-
Hollie CollahanHOLLIE COLLAHAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Michael C BaldwinMICHAEL C BALDWIN
TRUSTEE EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cheryl CharlesCHERYL CHARLES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Terrie CorrellTERRIE CORRELL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kelsey DayleKELSEY DAYLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lily GravesLILY GRAVES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ruskin HartleyRUSKIN HARTLEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Abby HungweABBY HUNGWE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Angela Faith ListonANGELA FAITH LISTON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lee McLaughlinLEE MCLAUGHLIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ben A MinteerBEN A MINTEER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary V PriceMARY V PRICE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Caitlin RiggsCAITLIN RIGGS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Frank SlingerlandFRANK SLINGERLAND
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David SmallhouseDAVID SMALLHOUSE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rjay TejeraRJAY TEJERA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa K HarrisLISA K HARRIS
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Anna HeyerANNA HEYER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jana Sutton JDJANA SUTTON JD
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David BakerDAVID BAKER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christine FlanaganCHRISTINE FLANAGAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brian DenhamBRIAN DENHAM
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $152,464
- From this org
- $131,612
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,852
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $131,362
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $250
- Deferred
- $5,372
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,480
- Filer's total
- $152,464
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Amanda PerkinsAMANDA PERKINS
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $119,709
- From this org
- $118,477
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,232
- Hours/week
- 40
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Lynnae WenkerLYNNAE WENKER
DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY
- Total calculated
- $144,436
- From this org
- $130,559
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,877
- Hours/week
- 40
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Stephane PoulinSTEPHANE POULIN
DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS
- Total calculated
- $134,194
- From this org
- $113,431
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,763
- 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
- 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 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
- GIFT CARDS WERE GROSSED UP FOR PAYROLL TAXES AND ADDED TO WAGES.
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 30 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202622189349300422
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