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← LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$75,065,013
Total expenses
$65,306,568
Contributions and grants received
$19,973,824
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$34,596,939
Investment income
$18,066,108
Other revenue
$2,428,142
Total assets, end of year
$454,852,876
Total liabilities, end of year
$184,541,826
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$270,311,050
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$46,086,405
Management and general expenses
$12,523,499
Fundraising expenses
$6,696,664
Program service expenses (Part III)
$46,086,405

Program services were 70.6% 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

    $2,333,307

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,624,606

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,015,911

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $164,863

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LA COUNTY SUPPORT

    total $22,530,000 · related or exempt $22,530,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSION FEES

    total $9,510,150 · related or exempt $9,510,150

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MUSEUM USE & SERVICES

    total $2,067,300 · related or exempt $2,067,300

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $489,489 · related or exempt $489,489

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,065,661 · unrelated business $13,255 · excluded $7,052,406

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $532,103

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $532,103

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $532,103 · excluded $532,103

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $187,830,371

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

    securities $176,829,924

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11,000,447

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,000,447 · excluded $11,000,447

  • 11a · Other revenue: SHOPS, CAFE & PHOTO EX

    total $1,400,066 · excluded $1,400,066

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $495,973 · excluded $495,973

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,896,039

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,794,309 · program services $1,658,228 · management and general $496,901 · fundraising $639,180

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $25,058,583 · program services $21,244,617 · management and general $1,125,649 · fundraising $2,688,317

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $840,258 · program services $673,648 · management and general $69,537 · fundraising $97,073

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,732,573 · program services $2,623,639 · management and general $748,382 · fundraising $360,552

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,063,578 · program services $1,450,496 · management and general $413,748 · fundraising $199,334

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $421,530 · program services $274,632 · management and general $41,834 · fundraising $105,064

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $146,623 · program services $81,449 · management and general $55,673 · fundraising $9,501

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $105,625 · fundraising $105,625

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,433,705 · management and general $1,433,705

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,498,244 · program services $2,167,640 · management and general $613,075 · fundraising $717,529

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,204,906 · program services $739,319 · management and general $11,944 · fundraising $453,643

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $570,359 · program services $398,994 · management and general $121,644 · fundraising $49,721

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $628,961 · program services $357,552 · management and general $43,052 · fundraising $228,357

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,376,259 · program services $2,276,838 · management and general $31,363 · fundraising $68,058

  • 17 · Travel

    total $121,152 · program services $78,594 · management and general $21,378 · fundraising $21,180

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,441,800 · program services $3,849,823 · management and general $3,589,334 · fundraising $2,643

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,264,498 · program services $916,152 · management and general $275,119 · fundraising $73,227

  • 24a · Other expenses: MUSEUM USE

    total $4,983,529 · program services $2,727,210 · management and general $1,938,368 · fundraising $317,951

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $2,234,814 · program services $1,475,833 · management and general $636,448 · fundraising $122,533

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY

    total $202,428 · program services $167,780 · management and general $5,291 · fundraising $29,357

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBIT BUILDING & SUPP

    total $26,795 · program services $26,795

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,156,039 · program services $2,897,166 · management and general $851,054 · fundraising $407,819

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $33,694 · end of year $33,694

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $95,959,396 · end of year $63,307,431

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $8,566,203 · end of year $9,095,503

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $564,233 · end of year $817,757

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $489,545 · end of year $388,747

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

    $292,087,985

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

    $132,151,554

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $113,723,362 · end of year $159,936,431

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $144,332,808 · end of year $130,839,033

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $47,889,741 · end of year $71,606,153

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,793,564 · end of year $18,828,127

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,042,145 · end of year $18,055,545

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $191,273 · end of year $1,434,640

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $128,395,913 · end of year $128,179,953

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $10,492,729 · end of year $16,844,621

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,625,673 · end of year $20,027,067

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $153,551,023 · end of year $156,979,009

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $103,053,790 · end of year $113,332,041

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE WONDER, DISCOVERY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR NATURAL AND CULTURAL WORLDS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PERMANENT AND TRAVELING EXHIBITS, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL & PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, DISPLAYS PERMANENT & TEMPORARY EXHIBITS, MAINTAINS COLLECTIONS, AND CONDUCTS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITH A MISSION TO INSPIRE WONDER, DISCOVERY & RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR NATURAL & CULTURAL WORLDS.

    Expenses $46,086,405 · Revenue $34,596,939

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stacey Armato

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anissa Balson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Black

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Esther Chao

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Dever

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Edwards

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Epstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Faulk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William M Garland III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen A Hoffman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael H Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Kallick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rita Kampalath

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Keller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vince Lawler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Levy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Lumarada

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Marks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregg Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane G Medina

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Moss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noramae Munster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naomi Nakagama-Kurata

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Patterson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Payden

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenna Perlstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marty Preciado

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Procop

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naomi Rainey-Pierson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mikaela Randolph

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Scranton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Stibel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheldon Stone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jun Xu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather De Roos

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlene Dimas-Peinado

    VP, BOARD OF GOVERNORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis C Jung

    PRESIDENT, BOARD OF GOVERNORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Kendall

    VP, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan McGowan-Epstei

    PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Bettison-Varga

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $912,611
    From this org
    $595,630
    From related orgs
    $268,588
    Other
    $48,393
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $495,630 + $268,588 related
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000 + $15,993 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,400 related
    Filer's total
    $625,630 + $286,981 related
  • Leslie Negritto

    CFO, COO, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $378,078
    From this org
    $354,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,511
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $354,567
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,511
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $378,078
  • Paul Bessire

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $359,199
    From this org
    $342,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,972
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $342,227
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,972
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $359,199
  • Hae Su Oh Until 122023

    S.V.P., EDU, EXH, & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $317,623
    From this org
    $299,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,585
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $317,623
  • Luis Chiappe

    S.V.P., RESEARCH & COLLECTIONS

    Total calculated
    $365,678
    From this org
    $335,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,000
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $365,678
  • Nooshin Nathan

    CHIEF TALENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $328,053
    From this org
    $298,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,668
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,668
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $328,053
  • Roshanna Sabaratnam

    CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $330,915
    From this org
    $309,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,600
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $309,315
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $330,915
  • Shana Mathur

    CHIEF STRATEGY & EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $335,622
    From this org
    $305,622
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,000
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,622
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $335,622
  • Kerry Toolan

    ASSOC VP, ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $211,744
    From this org
    $184,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,619
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,619
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $211,744
  • Mara Naiditch

    ASSOC VP, STRATEGIC CONTENT MKT

    Total calculated
    $188,176
    From this org
    $177,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,651
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,525
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,651
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $188,176
  • Miguel Alvarez

    ASSISTANT VP, FACILITIES & OPER

    Total calculated
    $186,228
    From this org
    $172,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,701
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,527
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,701
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $186,228
  • Sabrina Burris

    ASSOC VP, IDEA INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $175,652
    From this org
    $170,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,116
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,536
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,116
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $175,652
  • Martha Garcia

    SPECIAL ASSISTANT, NHM

    Total calculated
    $204,655
    From this org
    $42,561
    From related orgs
    $157,856
    Other
    $4,238
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $42,561 + $157,856 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,238
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $46,799 + $157,856 related

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE MUSEUM PROVIDED HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501329349305870

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