- Revenue 2024
- $16,576,322
- Expenses 2024
- $9,000,114
Program services were 82.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A560
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 59800 S HIGHWAY 97
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 · 2024
Mission
THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM WILDLY EXCITES AND RESPONSIBLY TEACHES THROUGH INNOVATION, INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES, CREATING CONNECTION TO AND DIALOGUE ABOUT THE HIGH DESERT.
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EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO INTERPRET AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE ARID INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
Expenses $7,441,739 · Revenue $4,300,341
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Dana Whitelaw PhDDANA WHITELAW PHD
PRESIDENT, E
- Total calculated
- $171,787
- From this org
- $146,420
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,367
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,420
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,838
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,529
- Filer's total
- $171,787
-
Kevin SmythKEVIN SMYTH
CFO
- Total calculated
- $125,235
- From this org
- $114,204
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,031
- Hours/week
- 45
-
Nelson E MathewsNELSON E MATHEWS
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Robert BrunoeROBERT BRUNOE
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Romy MortensenROMY MORTENSEN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kevin G PalmerKEVIN G PALMER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dave BaiocchiDAVE BAIOCCHI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Katherine BloomfieldKATHERINE BLOOMFIELD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tucker BoundsTUCKER BOUNDS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Carson G CampbellCARSON G CAMPBELL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kathryn CollinsKATHRYN COLLINS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
J Ned DempseyJ NED DEMPSEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Ali DietzALI DIETZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Bart EberweinBART EBERWEIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Michael FardellaMICHAEL FARDELLA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mary FaulknerMARY FAULKNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sharon GueckSHARON GUECK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Ryan J HagemannRYAN J HAGEMANN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Maria HallMARIA HALL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Andrew N JordanANDREW N JORDAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Connie KearneyCONNIE KEARNEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
John LewisJOHN LEWIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Julie A MillerJULIE A MILLER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Josh NewtonJOSH NEWTON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Peter C RichterPETER C RICHTER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
-
2024
- Revenue
- $16,576,322
- Expenses
- $9,000,114
- Contributions
- $11,224,479
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $12,190,842
- Expenses
- $8,389,114
- Contributions
- $7,809,373
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $13,589,414
- Expenses
- $7,709,109
- Contributions
- $9,930,713
- 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
- $11,931,465
- Expenses
- $7,950,725
- Assets (EOY)
- $30,811,320
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $13,034,112
- Expenses
- $5,812,036
- Assets (EOY)
- $26,993,616
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,522,552
- Expenses
- $5,051,170
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,497,893
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,793,514
- Expenses
- $5,534,712
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,795,338
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,049,194
- Expenses
- $5,087,738
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,558,446
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,432,238
- Expenses
- $4,747,004
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,268,890
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,381,816
- Expenses
- $4,650,956
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,348,345
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,088,140
- Expenses
- $4,101,910
- Assets (EOY)
- $21,542,636
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,775,791
- Expenses
- $3,989,593
- Assets (EOY)
- $20,385,528
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.
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
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$314,145
2024 Cultural Heritage
-
$302,526
2023 Cultural Heritage
-
2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$168,721
2022 Cultural Heritage
-
2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$85,550
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$68,500
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2023 EXHIBITS INITIATIVE
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.