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SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART

EIN 95-1696715 SAN DIEGO, CA

Revenue 2024
$15,834,249
Expenses 2024
$17,769,153

Program services were 63.3% 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
1450 EL PRADO

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

TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE AND CULTIVATE CURIOSITY THROUGH GREAT WORKS OF ART.

  • EXHIBITIONS: THE MUSEUM PRESENTED A BROAD RANGE OF EXHIBITIONS DURING THE YEAR. THESE WERE CREATED FROM THE MUSEUM'S OWN COLLECTION, AS WELL AS BORROWED FROM OTHER MUSEUMS AND LENDERS. WONDERS OF CREATION: ART, SCIENCE, AND INNOVATION IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD, GARRY WINOGRAND: MAN OF THE CROWD, RUUD VAN EMPEL, FOSTERS + PARTNERS: ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT AND SPACE, WILLIAM GROPER: AMERICAN AGITATOR, PRIX PICTET: HUMAN, AND WOMEN IN FOCUS WERE SOME OF THE EXHIBITIONS PRESENTED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025.WONDERS OF CREATION: THIS SWEEPING SPECIAL EXHIBITION EXPLORED THE DYNAMIC INTERSECTIONS OF ART, SCIENCE, AND INNOVATION ACROSS THE ISLAMIC WORLD FROM THE EIGHTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. INSPIRED BY A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ILLUSTRATED COSMOGRAPHY THAT FRAMES WONDER AS A WAY TO COMPREHEND THE UNIVERSE, THE PRESENTATION BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 200 WORKS FROM MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS, AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS TO CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS ILLUMINATING THE GLOBAL INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC INTELLECTUAL AND VISUAL CULTURE. THE INSTALLATION MARRIED HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS WITH NEWLY COMMISSIONED CONTEMPORARY WORKS, ENCOURAGING VISITORS TO TRAVERSE CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL REALMS AND CONSIDER HUMANITY'S ROLE WITHIN THEM.GARRY WINOGRAND: A MAJOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION SHOWCASING THE VIVID, KINETIC STREET PHOTOGRAPHY OF GARRY WINOGRAND, ONE OF THE DEFINING AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. KNOWN FOR HIS AGILE USE OF THE LEICA CAMERA AND HIS INTUITIVE COMPOSITIONAL STYLE, WINOGRAND'S WORK IN THIS SHOW SPANNED KEY PROJECTS FROM HIS PROLIFIC CAREER. IMAGES OF URBAN LIFE, PROTEST SCENES, AND CHANCE ENCOUNTERS ON AMERICAN STREETS CAPTURED THE ENERGY AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL OF THE 1960S AND '70S, REVEALING HIS ENDURING INTEREST IN THE HUMAN SUBJECT AND PUBLIC SPACE.RUUD VAN EMPEL: THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTED THE RICHLY IMAGINATIVE WORK OF DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHER RUUD VAN EMPEL, WHOSE METICULOUSLY CONSTRUCTED DIGITAL IMAGES OCCUPY A SPACE BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHIC REALISM AND ARTIFICE. BUILT FROM THOUSANDS OF FRAGMENTS OF HIS OWN PHOTOGRAPHS, THESE HYPER-DETAILED COMPOSITIONS INVITE VIEWERS INTO DREAMLIKE LANDSCAPES THAT BOTH CELEBRATE AND CHALLENGE PERCEPTIONS OF NATURE, MEMORY, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUTH. THE WORKS BLENDING LUSH FLORA, COMPLEX COLOR, AND UNCANNY FIGURES ENCOURAGED DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONSTRUCTED WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSION.FOSTER + PARTNERS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING THE CELEBRATED ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE OF FOSTER + PARTNERS, LED BY SIR NORMAN FOSTER. THE SHOW INVITED AUDIENCES TO EXPLORE THE FIRM'S DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES, PARTICULARLY ITS FOCUS ON LIGHT, SPACE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND INNOVATION. ARCHITECTURAL MODELS, DRAWINGS, AND CONCEPTUAL PLANS ILLUSTRATED HOW THE STUDIO APPROACHES THE INTEGRATION OF FORM AND ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING VISIONS FOR THE MUSEUM'S OWN WEST WING TRANSFORMATION POSITIONING ARCHITECTURE AS A BALANCE OF ENGINEERING, ARTISTRY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS. WILLIAM GROPPER: THIS RETROSPECTIVE CELEBRATED THE INCISIVE VOICE OF AMERICAN SOCIAL REALIST WILLIAM GROPPER, WHOSE CAREER SPANNED POLITICAL CARTOONS, PAINTINGS, AND PRINTS MARKED BY SHARP SATIRE AND A COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE. BORN IN NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE, GROPPER CHRONICLED AMERICAN LIFE WITH WIT AND CRITIQUE, TARGETING INSTITUTIONAL HYPOCRISY, LABOR ISSUES, AND POLITICAL SPECTACLE. THE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTED HIS ENDURING ENGAGEMENT WITH DEMOCRACY AND DISSENT, AFFIRMING HIS PLACE AS AN ARTIST WHO USED VISUAL ART AS A FORM OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.PRIC PICTET: AT THE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS (PART OF THE SDMA CAMPUS), THE PRIX PICTET: HUMAN EXHIBITION BROUGHT TO SAN DIEGO THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD'S LATEST CYCLE FOCUSED ON HUMANITY'S ROLE IN AN ERA OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL CHANGE. FEATURING WORK BY A GLOBAL SHORTLIST OF PHOTOGRAPHERS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR POWERFUL VISUAL NARRATIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE, THE EXHIBITION UNDERSCORED PHOTOGRAPHY'S ABILITY TO PROVOKE REFLECTION ON COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.WOMEN IN FOCUS: THIS PHOTOGRAPHY-CENTRIC EXHIBITION CELEBRATED THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. BY FOREGROUNDING A RANGE OF GENRES AND INNOVATIVE VISUAL VOICES, THE SHOW EXAMINED HOW WOMEN HAVE SHAPED AND EXPANDED THE MEDIUM DESPITE HISTORICAL GENDER BARRIERS. DRAWING ON THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION AND HIGHLIGHTING FIGURES ACROSS ERAS, WOMEN IN FOCUS OFFERED A RICH SURVEY OF BOTH CANONICAL AND UNDER-RECOGNIZED PRACTITIONERS.THE MUSEUM PRESENTED SMALLER EXHIBITIONS IN ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION GALLERIES, SUCH AS SHADOWS OF CONTEMPLATION, FOR THE PEOPLE: MODERNIST PRINTMAKING IN MEXICO, AND DUTCH ART IN A GLOBAL AGE, ALONG WITH ROTATIONS IN THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION GALLERIES. IN THE ONGOING EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE MUSEUM'S GOAL OF MAKING ART MORE ACCESSIBLE, THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO OFFER FREE ADMISSION TO AGES 17 AND UNDER. THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO OFFER ITS SMARTPHONE APP TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING THE AUGMENTED REALITY FEATURE, WHICH BRINGS ART TO LIFE. THE APP IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND CAN BE USED AT HOME AS WELL AS ON THE PREMISES. SINCE ITS LAUNCH, THE APP HAS OVER 83,000 DOWNLOADS AND INCLUDES 26 AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES, 619 AUDIO STOPS IN 10 LANGUAGES. IN FY25, THE APP WAS USED OFFSITE IN 48 STATES AND 51 COUNTRIES. THESE DIVERSE EXHIBITIONS AND THEIR COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS RESULTED IN THE MUSEUM WELCOMING APPROXIMATELY 541,000 VISITORS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

    Expenses $7,168,537 · Revenue $1,413,430

  • COLLECTIONS: THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS, IN PART TO CARE FOR ITS COLLECTIONS, WHICH INCLUDES MORE THAN 20,000 WORKS OF ART. THE COLLECTION IS THE MUSEUM'S GREATEST ASSET. ITS WORKS OF ART ARE DISPLAYED ON A ROTATING BASIS WITHIN THE MUSEUM AND ARE FREQUENTLY LENT TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS FOR EXHIBITION ELSEWHERE. THE MUSEUM ALSO SEEKS TO ACQUIRE ART WHICH WILL ENHANCE ITS COLLECTION. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, IN ADDITION, CONSERVATION BEGAN ON WORKS OF ART TO BE FEATURED IN FUTURE EXHIBITIONS, BOTH AT THE MUSEUM AND AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

    Expenses $95,242

  • PROGRAMS: THE MUSEUM OFFERS A BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, FILMS, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, TEEN ART CLASSES, SUMMER CAMPS, FAMILY DAYS, AND LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA. IN ADDITION, THE MUSEUM SPONSORED A DOZEN OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 40,000 VISITORS PARTICIPATED IN THESE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE FREE OF CHARGE OR INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF ADMISSION.

    Expenses $1,265,731 · Revenue $55,429

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THE MUSEUM SERVED AN AUDIENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 541,000 VISITORS FROM LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES. THE MUSEUM PRODUCED TWO ISSUES OF ITS MEMBER'S MAGAZINE. THE MUSEUM WAS SUPPORTED BY APPROXIMATELY 5000 MEMBERS DURING THE YEAR.

    Expenses $2,717,397 · Revenue $359,161

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

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.

  • KIM SOKOL FULLER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONI BLOOMBERG

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES KINNEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICKI OLIN

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL INMON

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT DOTSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA EMBRY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN STONE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARTURO RODRIGUEZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VALERIE COOPER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAUDIO ROBERTSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANICE LOWENBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WHITNEY SKALA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOANIE O'LEARY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN CARIFFE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARMANDO IBARRA JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAIMI LOMAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK ROGOZIENSKI

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FERNANDO CASASEMPERE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACKI JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHYLLIS SPEER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEANETTE FAVROT PETERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEMI ROGOZIENSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANALIA REGGIO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE VARICK LAUDER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $15,834,249
    Expenses
    $17,769,153
    Contributions
    $9,451,848
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,978,227
    Expenses
    $17,232,764
    Contributions
    $9,556,507
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,450,340
    Expenses
    $15,583,217
    Contributions
    $5,593,724
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,995,818
    Expenses
    $15,320,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,902,831

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,684,970
    Expenses
    $10,997,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,897,438

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,361,109
    Expenses
    $11,870,104
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,415,089

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,715,287
    Expenses
    $11,537,372
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,203,356

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,628,011
    Expenses
    $17,284,553
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,333,941

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.