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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,719,095
Total expenses
$17,086,410
Contributions and grants received
$10,336,866
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,598,189
Investment income
$1,864,575
Other revenue
$919,465
Total assets, end of year
$128,159,227
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,455,810
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$125,703,417
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,821,418
Management and general expenses
$4,292,975
Fundraising expenses
$1,972,017
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,821,418

Program services were 63.3% 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

    $761,613

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $796,005

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $82,695

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,696,553

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $743,616 · related or exempt $743,616

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $738,133 · related or exempt $738,133

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

    total $116,440 · related or exempt $116,440

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $759,434 · excluded $759,434

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $105,032

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $4,431

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $100,601

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $100,601 · excluded $100,601

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,384,560

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

    securities $11,279,419

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,105,141

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,105,141 · excluded $1,105,141

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $85,400

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

    $796,005

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $315,870

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$230,470 · excluded -$230,470

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,963,707

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $714,217

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,249,490 · unrelated business $152 · excluded $1,249,338

  • 11a · Other revenue: PASS-THROUGH UNRELATED BUSINESS T

    total $79,156 · unrelated business $79,156

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME/(LOSS)

    total -$279,312 · excluded -$279,312

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$200,156

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $924,329 · program services $598,992 · management and general $203,147 · fundraising $122,190

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,667,866 · program services $4,904,834 · management and general $1,843,857 · fundraising $919,175

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,320,268 · program services $855,572 · management and general $290,166 · fundraising $174,530

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $642,187 · program services $416,155 · management and general $141,139 · fundraising $84,893

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $413,737 · management and general $413,737

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $147,864 · management and general $147,864

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $279,255 · management and general $279,255

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $737,001 · program services $590,591 · fundraising $146,410

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $333,181 · program services $38,168 · management and general $6,101 · fundraising $288,912

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $563,448 · program services $426,997 · management and general $88,025 · fundraising $48,426

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,013,093 · program services $1,309,076 · management and general $598,163 · fundraising $105,854

  • 17 · Travel

    total $159,195 · program services $47,983 · management and general $104,711 · fundraising $6,501

  • 20 · Interest

    total $47,307 · management and general $31,550 · fundraising $15,757

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,093,843 · program services $1,053,503 · management and general $15,081 · fundraising $25,259

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $396,396 · program services $368,669 · management and general $21,996 · fundraising $5,731

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $122,868 · program services $66,962 · management and general $36,092 · fundraising $19,814

  • 24b · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY

    total $67,150 · program services $28,425 · management and general $30,993 · fundraising $7,732

  • 24c · Other expenses: ART ACQUISITIONS

    total $47,616 · program services $47,616

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION & THEATRE

    total $37,714 · program services $2,193 · management and general $35,521

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,092 · program services $65,682 · management and general $5,577 · fundraising $833

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $33,917 · end of year $53,863

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,781,599 · end of year $1,329,942

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $119,573 · end of year $134,575

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $266,510 · end of year $256,414

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $599,307 · end of year $675,655

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

    $53,557,308

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

    $27,232,137

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,744,885 · end of year $26,325,171

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $60,574,700 · end of year $64,845,263

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $11,466,519 · end of year $11,882,623

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,541,629 · end of year $22,655,721

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,462,587 · end of year $1,163,980

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $38,057 · end of year $97,723

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,249,890 · end of year $1,194,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,471,743 · end of year $1,551,757

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $113,906,362 · end of year $124,151,660

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CREATE RELEVANT AND TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE STUDY, PRESERVATION, PRESENTATION AND CREATION OF ART.

  • THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN GROUNDED IN THREE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS: ART OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, A FIRM BELIEF IN THE POWER OF ART EDUCATION, AND A COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY. ART OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY KNOWS NO GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OR TIME PARAMETERS-IT EMERGES FROM PLACES BOTH FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR, AND IT CAN BE FOUND IN THE PRESENT MOMENT AND THE DISTANT PAST. REGARDLESS OF THEIR ORIGINS, ART WORKS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY ARE UNITED IN THAT THEY EMBODY INCREDIBLE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND EXPRESS THEMES AND IDEAS THAT ARE BOTH TIMELY TO THE MOMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE CREATED AND CONVEY A UNIVERSAL AND LASTING RELEVANCE. SIMILARLY, ART EDUCATION DOES NOT HAVE ONE MODE OF EXPRESSION BUT IS MULTI-FACETED AND DYNAMIC; IT SPANS A SPECTRUM OF ENGAGEMENT WHICH RANGES FROM THE CEREBRAL TO THE HANDS-ON. HOMA'S LONG STANDING CHAMPIONSHIP OF ART EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS SOUGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FACILITATE THE BROAD RANGE OF WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE DRAWN INTO A LIFE THAT IS ENRICHED BY THE ARTS AND CREATIVITY, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT OR HANDS-ON ART MAKING. A COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY IS ALSO A CORE CHARACTERISTIC THAT DEFINES HOMA, AND CARRIES WITH IT AN INHERENT EMBRACE OF COMMUNITY AND A CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. THIS COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY HAS BEEN WITH THE MUSEUM IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER SINCE ITS FOUNDING. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 2024, AROUND 69,000 PEOPLE VISITED HOMA TO; VIEW ART IN THE GALLERIES, PARTICIPATE IN STUDIO CLASSES, ATTEND A TOUR, WATCH A FILM, WATCH A PERFORMANCE, OR ENGAGE IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDED WORKSHOPS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART POSSESSES AN ENCYCLOPEDIC COLLECTION OF WORKS RANGING FROM EASTERN AND WESTERN ANTIQUITIES UP THROUGH CONTEMPORARY 21ST CENTURY ARTWORK, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON WORKS OF ART THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT CALL HAWAII HOME. THE CONSIDERABLE COLLECTION INCLUDES THE THIRD LARGEST COLLECTION OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS IN THE UNITED STATES, A TEXTILE COLLECTION RANGING FROM ETHNOGRAPHIC OBJECTS THROUGH CONTEMPORARY CLOTHING AND COSTUMES, AND WESTERN ART BY SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN MASTERS AND ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS: PICASSO, MATISSE, GAUGUIN, VAN GOGH, MONET, SEURAT, WHISTLER, AND CASSATT, TO NAME A FEW. HOMA HAS AN ACTIVE EXHIBITION PROGRAM THAT IS CULTURALLY DIVERSE AND RELEVANT TO LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES. WITH EXHIBITIONS SPANNING TIME AND PLACE, THE MUSEUM HAS STRIVED TO ENGAGE CURRENT CONVERSATIONS AND NARRATIVES THROUGH VISUAL LANGUAGE. THE MUSEUM HAS WORKED WITH INSTITUTIONS, ARTISTS, AND LENDERS BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD TO PRESENT EXHIBITIONS THAT ARE COMPREHENSIVE AND PROMOTE THOUGHT AND DIALOGUE. IN 2024, HOMA PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS. SALMAN TOOR: NO ORDINARY LOVE (JULY 13 - OCT 8, 2023)TRANSFORMATION: JAPANESE MODERN ART (JULY 27-OCT. 15, 2023)DAVID HOCKNEY: PERSPECTIVE SHOULD BE REVERSED (NOV. 18 - MARCH 10, 2024)FASHIONING ALOHA (APRIL - JULY 2024)REBECCA LOUISE LAW: AWAKENING (THROUGH SEPT. 2023)A'ARU//FIELD OF REEDS (THROUGH SEPT. 2023)THE EXQUISITE CORPSES OF TAKAYANAGI YUTAKA (THROUGH DEC. 2023)LAUREN HANA CHAI: THE FIVE SENSES (AUG. 2023 - JAN 2024)SHINING PRINCE: THE TALE OF GENJI (DEC 2023 - APRIL 2024)KAPULANI LANDGRAF: 'AU'A (JAN - SEPT 2024)FORWARD TOGETHER: AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINTS FROM THE JAN AND ROBERT STEELE COLLECTION (JAN - SEPT 2024)KE KUMU AUPUNI: THE FOUNDATION OF HAWAIIAN NATIONHOOD (FEB - AUG 2024)MIYABI: RENAISSANCE OF COURT CULTURE (APRIL - JULY 2024)A COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY HAS BEEN PART OF THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART SINCE ITS FOUNDING. THE MUSEUM'S CHARTER DESCRIBED AN INSTITUTION WHERE ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND, CAN FEEL CELEBRATED AND IMMERSED IN CREATIVITY, AND WHERE, MOREOVER, THEY ARE INVITED TO PARTAKE IN THE CELEBRATION AND CREATIVITY OF OTHERS AS WELL. IF ACCESSIBILITY IS THE AIM, ART EDUCATION IS THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS THAT DOOR, AND IT BEGINS WITH CHILDREN. THE VISUAL ARTS INTEGRATION PROGRAM HARNESSES THE POWER OF ART TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN TITLE I SCHOOLS. EACH STUDENT IN THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATES IN ART IMMERSION CLASSES IN SCHOOL AND ATTENDS ACADEMICALLY ALIGNED FIELD TRIPS AT THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART. THEIR TEACHERS ATTEND MUSEUM-DIRECTED WORKSHOPS ON HOW TO USE ART FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING. ALL ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LEARNING GOALS AS DEFINED BY THE STATE OF HAWAI'I DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, CERTAIN IN PERSON ACTIVITIES WERE POSTPONED SO HOMA EXPANDED ITS VIRTUAL ART MAKING OFFERINGS AND IMPLEMENTED AND AT HOME ART KITS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH.HOMA IS A MUSEUM THAT HAS GROWN STRONGER THROUGH THE GENERATIONS AND CARRIES A STORIED HISTORY. WHILE IT IS ROOTED IN ITS FOUNDATIONAL LEGACY, THE MUSEUM CONTINUES TO LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE WITH FRESH IDEAS AND NEW ENERGY TO CONTINUE TO FULFILL ITS MISSION OF CREATING RELEVANT AND TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE STUDY, PRESERVATION, PRESENTATION, AND CREATION OF ART.

    Expenses $10,821,418 · Revenue $1,598,189

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kaili Chun

    TRUSTEE & VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amber Strong Makaiau

    TRUSTEE & VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Avi Mannis

    TRUSTEE & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathleen Sullivan Wo

    TRUSTEE & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Watanabe

    TRUSTEE & CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Fukunaga

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathy Schultz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ella Qing Hou

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaidev Watumull

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Feldman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judith Pyle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julian Ako

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Sueda

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noreen Mulliken

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Priscilla Growney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Steele

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Twigg-Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sutanto Widjaja

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norton-Westbrook Halona

    DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $476,180
    From this org
    $430,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,620
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $405,560
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,546
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,074
    Filer's total
    $476,180

  • Hall Penni

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $204,899
    From this org
    $190,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,025
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,874
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,673
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,352
    Filer's total
    $204,899

  • Fusato Earl

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,881
    From this org
    $147,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,280
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,601
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,722
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,558
    Filer's total
    $161,881

  • Griffith Lesa

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $126,789
    From this org
    $114,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,285
    Hours/week
    40

  • Welch Jessica

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $56,108
    From this org
    $40,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,319
    Hours/week
    40

  • Padilla Aaron

    DIRECTOR OF L&E

    Total calculated
    $124,003
    From this org
    $112,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,836
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stillman Sharon

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $115,131
    From this org
    $102,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,588
    Hours/week
    40

  • Whitney Catherine

    DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $175,306
    From this org
    $135,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,953
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,353
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,879
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,074
    Filer's total
    $175,306

  • Morrison Jason

    DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $143,418
    From this org
    $137,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,510
    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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 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

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
19 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202622319349302067

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