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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,227,136
Total expenses
$16,871,289
Contributions and grants received
$15,095,859
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$693,101
Investment income
$2,316,495
Other revenue
$2,121,681
Total assets, end of year
$94,127,405
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,871,760
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$74,255,645
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,842,658
Management and general expenses
$1,637,743
Fundraising expenses
$1,390,888
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,842,658

Program services were 82.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $816,487

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,004,731

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,319,987

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,954,654

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $147,111

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $479,303 · related or exempt $479,303

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $88,743 · related or exempt $88,743

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PARKING

    total $66,622 · related or exempt $66,622

  • 2d · Program service revenue: REPROD, PHOTO, RESEARCH

    total $58,433 · related or exempt $58,433

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $651,477 · excluded $651,477

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $2,475 · excluded $2,475

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $696,726

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $696,726

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $696,726 · excluded $696,726

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $119,975 · other assets $119,225

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

    securities -$1,490,318 · other assets $64,500

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,610,293 · other assets $54,725

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,665,018 · excluded $1,665,018

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $1,004,731

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $314,526

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$314,526 · excluded -$314,526

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,145,780

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,428,132

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,717,648 · unrelated business $1,179,199 · excluded $538,449

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $19,358 · excluded $19,358

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,358

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $358,976 · program services $287,987 · management and general $37,743 · fundraising $33,246

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $268,170 · program services $214,988 · management and general $28,199 · fundraising $24,983

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,186,818 · program services $4,158,186 · management and general $545,415 · fundraising $483,217

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,900 · program services $2,610 · management and general $145 · fundraising $145

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $625,006 · program services $513,356 · management and general $65,448 · fundraising $46,202

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $482,877 · program services $385,997 · management and general $50,975 · fundraising $45,905

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $75,281 · program services $57,064 · management and general $3,165 · fundraising $15,052

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,600 · program services $42,904 · management and general $2,379 · fundraising $11,317

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,006,665 · program services $763,072 · management and general $42,317 · fundraising $201,276

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $237,922 · program services $140,400 · management and general $7,315 · fundraising $90,207

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $914,413 · program services $861,913 · management and general $28,044 · fundraising $24,456

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $180,840 · program services $170,457 · management and general $5,546 · fundraising $4,837

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $863,462 · program services $852,518 · management and general $10,762 · fundraising $182

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,184,306 · program services $769,799 · management and general $59,215 · fundraising $355,292

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,037,420 · program services $2,399,562 · management and general $637,858

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $284,125 · program services $281,284 · management and general $2,841

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXHIBITIONS

    total $1,010,431 · program services $1,010,431

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM

    total $413,023 · program services $413,023

  • 24c · Other expenses: GENERAL

    total $219,328 · program services $154,409 · management and general $64,919

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $139,301 · program services $110,704 · management and general $7,849 · fundraising $20,748

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $263,425 · program services $191,994 · management and general $37,608 · fundraising $33,823

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,558 · end of year $9,981

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,510,789 · end of year $14,534,005

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,059,320 · end of year $5,748,317

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,780 · end of year $123,508

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $322,840 · end of year $227,589

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $567,520 · end of year $367,994

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

    $83,377,209

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

    $42,014,618

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,823,535 · end of year $41,362,591

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $26,739,919 · end of year $29,007,164

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $112,490,803 · end of year $2,746,256

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,603,442 · end of year $1,329,852

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $284,372 · end of year $326,377

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $14,413,617 · end of year $14,355,412

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $3,700,000 · end of year $3,700,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $68,956 · end of year $160,119

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,778,765 · end of year $30,854,334

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $145,710,912 · end of year $43,401,311

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART SEEKS TO CREATE GREAT EXPERIENCES WITH GREAT ART FOR EVERYONE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • EXHIBITIONS / COLLECTIONS: IN 2023, CMA CELEBRATED 145 YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPERIENCES, ENGAGED LEARNING, AND CONNECTIVITY FOR RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS TO CENTRAL OHIO. CMA HOUSES MORE THAN 14,000 WORKS OF ART INCLUDING AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MODERNIST WORKS. EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED RAPHAEL THE POWER OF RENAISSANCE IMAGES: THE DRESDEN TAPESTRIES AND THEIR IMPACT, WHICH WAS ON EXTENDED VIEW THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2023; CMA WAS ALSO PROUD TO PREMIERE WILD THINGS ARE HAPPENING: THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK, GARNERING SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL PRESS AND NEAR RECORD CROWDS. CMA ALSO WAS PROUD TO UNVEIL CURRENT, A STUNNING, EPHEMERAL, SKY-HIGH SCULPTURE THAT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF GAY AND HIGH STREETS IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS. CREATED BY WORLD-RENOWNED SCULPTOR JANET ECHELMAN, CURRENT IS COMPRISED OF 78 MILES OF TWINE INTRICATELY WOVEN INTO OVER 500,000 KNOTS, STRETCHING AN IMPRESSIVE 229 FEET ACROSS GAY STREET. THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION WERE FUNDED BY A LOCAL FAMILY WHO DONATED THE WORK TO CMA TO OVERSEE ITS CARE AND MAINTENANCE AS PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.

    Expenses $7,716,073 · Revenue $604,358

  • PROGRAMS / LEARNING: CMA CONTINUES TO BE AN INNOVATOR IN THE FIELD OF MUSEUMS AND LEARNING, RECEIVING WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION IN BOTH THE MUSEUM AND EDUCATION WORLD. PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES ARE ALWAYS DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES. IN 2010, CMA ADOPTED CREATIVITY AS OUR SOCIAL MISSION AND RALLY CALL IN WHICH TO CHAMPION, ENGAGE AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE RECEIVED WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION FOR THIS WORK INCLUDING BEING AWARDED THE NATIONAL MEDAL FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES, THE NATION'S HIGHEST HONOR FOR INSTITUTIONS MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITY. CMA SUPPORTS THE NEEDS OF EDUCATORS AS THEY RELATE TO BEST PRACTICES IN CREATIVITY AROUND IMAGINATION, CRITICAL THINKING, AND INNOVATION. EFFORTS INCLUDE CULTIVATING CREATIVE & CIVIC CAPACITIES PROJECT, A GRANT-FUNDED, MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH TO PRACTICE COLLABORATION WITH PROJECT ZERO AT THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION TO BUILD ON AND EXTEND THE TEACHING FOR CREATIVITY INSTITUTE FRAMEWORK, EXAMINE THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN DEVELOPING CIVIC CAPACITIES, AND TO ENHANCE AND TRACK THE IMPACT OF THE FRAMEWORK ON TEACHERS. THE PROJECT INCLUDES SOME 40 TEACHERS FROM 15 SCHOOLS ACROSS 8 DISTRICTS INCLUDING COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $3,212,103 · Revenue $88,743

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH: CMA HAS LONG PRIORITIZED ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS AND REINFORCE THE MUSEUM AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR EVERYONE. FREE SUNDAYS PROVIDES FREE GENERAL ADMISSION FOR MUSEUM VISITORS EACH AND EVERY SUNDAY. WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR MUSEUMS FOR ALL COLUMBUS (M4A) INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER CENTRAL OHIO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. MUSEUMS FOR ALL IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM FOCUSED ON REMOVING FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO VISITING MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTERS, PARTICULARLY FOR CITIZENS WHO REGULARLY EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITIES (PARTICULARLY SNAP BENEFITS). TO FURTHER ENHANCE EFFORTS TO BE A PLACE OF BELONGING FOR ALL VISITORS, WE HAVE INVESTED IN RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, HEARING IMPAIRMENTS, AND/OR HAVE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. NEW SENSORY KITS ARE AVAILABLE AT NO COST AT THE WELCOME DESK FOR GUESTS WITH SENSORY NEEDS. THIS COMPLEMENTS A SENSORY MAP AND SOCIAL STORY WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND AT WELCOME DESK. WE ALSO PROVIDE RESOURCES IN FIVE LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH, INCLUDING SOMALI, NEPALI, SPANISH, ARABIC, AND MANDARIN.

    Expenses $2,914,482

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Wittmann

    PAST BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ewout Leeuwenburg

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pete Scantland

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James Ferguson II

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Seanna Connor Walter

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elizabeth Crane

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Russell Austin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Beeler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheryl Brown

    TRUSTEE (JULY - NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Chaddock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anjali Chavan

    TRUSTEE (NOVEMBER - JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vinita Clements

    TRUSTEE (APRIL - JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael B Coleman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Copeland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Edwards

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles D Hillman

    TRUSTEE (NOVEMBER - JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexa Konstanitinos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Lochtefeld

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Lopez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Manley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • R Brian Moore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Morgan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dara Pizzuti

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ram Rajadhyaksha

    TRUSTEE (NOVEMBER - JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Petrecca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nikia Reveal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Schooler

    TRUSTEE (JULY - NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kara Siak

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Skestos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Young

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonna Twigg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Young

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Ziegler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brooke A Minto

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $245,542
    From this org
    $235,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,191
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,886
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,465
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,191
    Filer's total
    $245,542
  • Kim Aufdencamp

    EXECUTIVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,677
    From this org
    $148,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,693
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,280
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $704
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,693
    Filer's total
    $168,677
  • Krystal Evans

    EXECUTIVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,922
    From this org
    $135,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,443
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,340
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $139
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,443
    Filer's total
    $151,922
  • Lucy Ackley

    EXECUTIVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,152
    From this org
    $146,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,393
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,070
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $689
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,393
    Filer's total
    $155,152
  • Louis Mugnano

    EXECUTIVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,629
    From this org
    $132,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,108
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nannette V Maciejunes

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $268,170
    From this org
    $268,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $268,170
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $268,170

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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
2023
Filed
25 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510909349300116

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