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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,252,956
Total expenses
$3,442,657
Contributions and grants received
$2,573,992
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$46,984
Investment income
$634,139
Other revenue
-$2,159
Total assets, end of year
$15,875,886
Total liabilities, end of year
$469,245
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,406,641
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,191,431
Management and general expenses
$619,591
Fundraising expenses
$631,635
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,191,431

Program services were 63.7% 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

    $111,984

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $401,343

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,060,665

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,769

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOURS, LECTURES, & EVENTS

    total $46,984 · related or exempt $46,984

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $100,413 · excluded $100,413

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $184,689

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $208,836

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$24,147

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$24,147 · unrelated business -$24,147

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,611,759

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

    securities $2,078,033

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $533,726

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $533,726 · excluded $533,726

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $75,866

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $53,878

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $21,988 · excluded $21,988

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $433,363 · program services $278,044 · management and general $86,796 · fundraising $68,523

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,376,901 · program services $883,411 · management and general $275,774 · fundraising $217,716

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $277,849 · program services $178,410 · management and general $55,569 · fundraising $43,870

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $96,808 · program services $63,893 · management and general $18,394 · fundraising $14,521

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $106,932 · program services $70,575 · management and general $20,317 · fundraising $16,040

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $108,013 · program services $71,242 · management and general $20,550 · fundraising $16,221

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $84,983 · program services $56,089 · management and general $16,147 · fundraising $12,747

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $189,887 · program services $119,471 · management and general $39,350 · fundraising $31,066

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,421 · program services $5,558 · management and general $1,600 · fundraising $1,263

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $179,618 · program services $110,356 · management and general $38,705 · fundraising $30,557

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,967 · program services $25,666 · management and general $10,786 · fundraising $8,515

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXHIBIT, COLLECTIONS &

    total $153,111 · program services $153,111 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $142,488 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $142,488

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $58,931 · program services $38,869 · management and general $11,211 · fundraising $8,851

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $55,730 · program services $36,782 · management and general $10,588 · fundraising $8,360

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $124,655 · program services $99,954 · management and general $13,804 · fundraising $10,897

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $132,153 · end of year $74,401

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $86,021 · end of year $208,645

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $869,043 · end of year $472,679

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $36,297

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $36,730 · end of year $82,421

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

    $8,004,756

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

    $3,955,070

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,174,472 · end of year $4,049,686

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,440,285 · end of year $3,476,098

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,801,215 · end of year $7,396,555

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $92,736 · end of year $79,104

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $90,874 · end of year $83,775

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $30,956 · end of year $42,381

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $239,291 · end of year $343,089

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,591,769 · end of year $6,865,485

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,679,765 · end of year $8,541,156

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS, CELEBRATES THE HISTORY, ART, AND CULTURE OF VENTURA COUNTY AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS AND STAFFS A MAIN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY IN VENTURA AND AN AGRICULTURE MUSEUM IN SANTA PAULA. BOTH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE ART, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF VENTURA COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING REGION.

    Expenses $2,191,431 · Revenue $46,984

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Betsy Chess

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • William Kearney

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Leslie Leavens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Al Lowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard Rush

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jim Scanlon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mike Sedell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jessica Arciniega

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Fukutomi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Julie Tumamait-Stenslie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gabriella Navarro-Busch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dianne McKay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Drsevet Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Elena Brokaw

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,304
    From this org
    $163,304
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,304
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,304
  • Deya C Terrafranca

    CHIEF COLLECTIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,759
    From this org
    $145,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Heather Williams

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $124,300
    From this org
    $124,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

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
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601359349305695

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