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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO

EIN 95-1855640 LA JOLLA, CA

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Revenue 2023
$15,331,814
Expenses 2023
$15,142,258

Program services were 63.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A510
Classification
2000
Street
700 PROSPECT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO INVITES ALL AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE OUR WORLD, OUR REGION, AND OURSELVES THROUGH THE PRISM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MCASD INVITES ALL AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE OUR WORLD THROUGH THE PRISM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

  • MCASD'S EXPANDED, STATE-OF-THE-ART LA JOLLA FACILITY FEATURES 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF GALLERY SPACE FOR EXHIBITIONS OF THE HISTORICAL HOLDINGS AND SPECIAL, TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS, WHICH ARE DEVELOPED WITH ORIGINAL RESEARCH TO PROVIDE INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS OF ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR REGION AND OUR WORLD. THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION FEATURES 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR CHANGING ART EXHIBITIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS. EXHIBITIONS PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR PUBLICATIONS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, TOURS AND OTHER SUPPORTING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $6,519,493 · Revenue $576,401

  • PERMANENT COLLECTION: THE STEWARDSHIP OF MCASD'S COLLECTION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF ITS MISSION. IN FISCAL 2024, MCASD INCREASED ITS HOLDINGS WITH 82 WORKS OF ART THROUGH DONATION, PURCHASE, AND PURCHASE WITH DONATED FUNDS. THE FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR CARE OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION INCLUDE EXPENSES FOR INSURANCE, PRESERVATION, AND CONSERVATION. MCASD SHARED ITS COLLECTION THROUGH THE LOAN OF 9 ARTWORKS TO 6 EXHIBITIONS AT OTHER MUSEUMS NATIONALLY.

    Expenses $2,155,648 · Revenue $146,771

  • MCASD'S INTERGENERATIONAL ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVES AUDIENCES WITH ENRICHING MATERIAL DEVELOPED FROM BOTH THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS. MCASD'S SIGNATURE EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (ESP) CONNECTS MUSEUM EDUCATORS WITH COHORTS OF STUDENTS FOR GALLERY TOURS, LEARNING WORKSHOPS AND ULTIMATELY CREATIVE SHOWCASES THAT CONNECT DIRECTLY BACK TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM. YOUTH AUDIENCES ARE ALSO SERVED THROUGH THE TEEN ARTS COLLECTIVE AND MONTHLY FAMILY PLAY DAYS. MCASD RECEIVED FUNDING TO SUPPORT A CREATIVE AGING INITIATIVE CALLED REFLECTIONS WHICH ALLOWED OLDER ADULTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AT THE MUSEUM. IN ADDITION, MCASD EDUCATORS LEAD SPECIALIZED TOURS, THEMATIC WORKSHOPS, AND FACILITATE LECTURE STYLE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

    Expenses $1,005,856 · Revenue $35,075

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kathryn Kanjo

    DAVID C. COPLEY DIRECTOR AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $458,322
    From this org
    $401,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,885
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $401,327
    Bonus
    $110
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,885
    Filer's total
    $458,322
  • Mary Capiello

    ADVANCEMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $200,255
    From this org
    $187,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,447
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,447
    Filer's total
    $200,255
  • Jenna Jacobs

    CURATORIAL AFFAIRS SR. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $145,880
    From this org
    $139,312
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,568
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carla Lockhart

    HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,819
    From this org
    $116,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,699
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joshua Beckman

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $130,812
    From this org
    $124,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,547
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jill Dawsey

    SENIOR CURATOR

    Total calculated
    $121,255
    From this org
    $111,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,040
    Hours/week
    40
  • James Patocka

    FACILITIES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $108,799
    From this org
    $107,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,171
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Hersman

    CFO (UNTIL 03/2024)

    Total calculated
    $70,040
    From this org
    $70,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    34
  • Rekha Kapania

    CFO & COO (STARTED 04/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steve Strauss

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Garfield Bartell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maryanne Pfister

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dagmar Smek

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Calkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Arledge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Berglund

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Birchby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Viveca Bissonnette

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Black

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Browar

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Cohn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Fox

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Celia Henely

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sr Marsha Chandler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Farris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,331,814
    Expenses
    $15,142,258
    Contributions
    $10,042,004
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,472,130
    Expenses
    $14,638,145
    Contributions
    $8,362,735
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,042,175
    Expenses
    $11,046,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $160,983,980
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,720,273
    Expenses
    $6,838,735
    Assets (EOY)
    $162,622,820
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,456,776
    Expenses
    $6,850,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $122,838,995
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,183,532
    Expenses
    $8,091,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,469,528
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,107,621
    Expenses
    $8,450,362
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,654,358
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,333,903
    Expenses
    $8,424,727
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,783,429
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,369,325
    Expenses
    $8,845,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $77,468,621
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,101,370
    Expenses
    $8,536,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $75,754,438
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,762,979
    Expenses
    $8,341,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,078,620
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $8,467,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,736,960

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.