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SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM

EIN 95-2253027 SAN DIEGO, CA

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Revenue 2023
$6,673,846
Expenses 2023
$6,252,239

Program services were 76.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A570
Classification
2000
Street
2001 PAN AMERICAN PLZ

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PRESERVE....INSPIRE....EDUCATE....CELEBRATE!PRESERVE SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACTS OF AIR AND SPACE HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY. INSPIRE EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVE SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACTS OF AIR AND SPACE HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY.

  • THE MUSEUM OFFERS A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN INCLUDING GROUP TOURS, CLASSES AND SUMMER CAMPS.EDUCATION IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THE SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM. THROUGH OUR GUIDED TOURS, MUSEUM CLASSES, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, COMPETITIONS AND MUCH MORE, VISITORS OF ALL AGES CAN BE INSPIRED AND EDUCATED IN SCIENCE, HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY, ART AND WORLD CULTURE.THE SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM OFFERS A VARIETY OF GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC GRADE LEVELS.

    Expenses $2,802,524 · Grants $36,000 · Revenue $90,288

  • THE MUSEUM PRESERVES AND DISPLAYS EXHIBITS AND ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL AVIATION AND SPACE SIGNIFICANCE. MORE THAN 280,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE MUSEUM EACH YEAR AND OVER 30,000 HOURS OF SUPPORT ARE CONTRIBUTED BY VOLUNTEERS.

    Expenses $2,004,195 · Revenue $3,960,890

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.

  • James Kidrick

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $361,476
    From this org
    $360,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $738
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,738
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $738
    Filer's total
    $361,476
  • Reuben Goulart

    OPER & TECH DIR

    Total calculated
    $109,224
    From this org
    $108,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $682
    Hours/week
    40
  • Katrina Pescador

    COLL & RES DIR

    Total calculated
    $106,013
    From this org
    $101,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,008
    Hours/week
    40
  • Catherine Romanas Thru 1123

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $92,054
    From this org
    $92,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anthony Smith

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $11,596
    From this org
    $11,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mark Larson

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tyson McDowell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Ackley

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Petranoff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan Baca

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Brandes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Cochran

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ian Purcell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter De Silva

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hudson Drake

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Dumke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Martin Garrick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Buzz Gibbs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Gilliand Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Grayson Grove

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Hamerslag

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Herman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Holt

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward Hughes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $6,673,846
    Expenses
    $6,252,239
    Contributions
    $1,742,393
    Grants paid
    $36,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,256,233
    Expenses
    $5,577,038
    Contributions
    $1,635,396
    Grants paid
    $41,900

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
    $7,577,855
    Expenses
    $5,033,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,386,461
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,861,319
    Expenses
    $3,781,589
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,790,261
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,424,166
    Expenses
    $5,019,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,062,020
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,278,825
    Expenses
    $5,204,168
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,091,004
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,743,159
    Expenses
    $5,340,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,823,011

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE TECHNOLOGY CENTER

    C CORP · LOW SPEED WIND TUNNEL · CA · 100% owned · share of income $303,923 · share of assets $1,568,757 · controlled entity

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.