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ANDREAS H BECHTLER ARTS FOUNDATION

EIN 56-2225722 CHARLOTTE, NC

Revenue 2023
$4,236,354
Expenses 2023
$4,293,005

Program services were 75.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A40
Classification
2000
Street
420 S TRYON 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 BECHTLER MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SEEKS TO ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE THROUGH EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT CELEBRATE AND EXPLORE THE BECHTLER COLLECTION OF 20TH-CENTURY MODERN ART AS WELL AS THE PERSONAL MATERIALS RELATED TO THE COLLECTION THAT ILLUMINATE THE UNIQUE ROLE OF THE BECHTLER FAMILY AS PATRONS OF THE PERIOD'S MOST INNOVATIVE AND INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SHARING THE JOY AND EXCELLENCE OF THE BECHTLER COLLECTION WITH ALL IN ORDER TO INSPIRE, INFORM AND ENHANCE CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE.

  • THE BECHTLER MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OFFERS AN ARRAY OF INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO ENRICH THEIR CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND PERSONAL SELF-DISCOVERY. DURING THE 2023-24 FISCAL YEAR, THE MUSEUM OFFERED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: A VARIETY OF EXHIBITIONS OF ART DEDICATED TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, SUCH AS JAZZ AT THE BECHTLER (OFFERED NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MODERN JAZZ COMPOSERS, LEGENDARY ARTISTS, AND MUSICAL STYLES THAT GREW IN POPULARITY IN THE MID-TO-LATE 20TH CENTURY), AND MUSIC AND MUSEUM (OFFERED CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES IN THE GALLERIES AND LOBBY TO COMPLEMENT THE ART ON VIEW). IN ADDITION, GUEST LECTURES FROM ARTISTS, CURATORS, AND ART HISTORIANS EXPLORED THE MANY FACETS OF MODERN ART AND ARCHITECTURE. CONTINUING IN FY24 WAS THE HIGHLY POPULAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE. THIS WEEKLY PROGRAM OF FREE ADMISSION AND PLANNED PROGRAMS ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINT MUSEUM AND GANTT CENTER FOR AFRO-AMERICAN ART + CULTURE. THE MUSEUM LAUNCHED NEW TOUR PROGRAMS FOR K-12 AUDIENCES AND OFFERED THESE TOURS FREE OF CHARGE. THE MUSEUM PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS: TERESA HUBBARD/ALEXANDER BIRCHLER: FLORA AND HILDUR ASGEIRSDOTTIR JONSSON: INFINITE SPACE, SUBLIME HORIZONS. THESE EXHIBITIONS CONTINUE THE MUSEUM'S COMMITMENT TO SHOWCASING THE HISTOMENT TO SHOWCASING THE HISTORY OF MODERN ART AND DEMONSTRATING ITS LEGACY FOR LIVING ARTISTS. THE MUSEUM COMPLETED A RENOVATION OF ITS LOBBY TO PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES AND ADDED A NEW GALLERY AND ADDITIONAL EXHIBITION SPACES.

    Expenses $3,227,367 · Revenue $1,422,849

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.

  • Margaret Switzer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Winston

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Stolz

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Aaron Ligon

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Dana

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anne Carter Smith

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Lilien

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Yampolsky

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Kowalski

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hunter Widener

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Isvara Wilson

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Mussetter

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Churchill

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jewell Hoover

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liz Faison

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marjorie Serralles-Russell

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Margaret Porter

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Verano

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Spencer

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Smith

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Young

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thadd Jones

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Viviane Bechtler-Smith

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Smith

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $338,791
    From this org
    $308,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,072
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,719
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,687
    Filer's total
    $338,791

  • Bob Scheer

    Deputy Dir Development

    Total calculated
    $126,891
    From this org
    $113,204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,687
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $4,236,354
    Expenses
    $4,293,005
    Contributions
    $2,716,531
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,098,283
    Expenses
    $3,917,461
    Contributions
    $3,019,220
    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
    $2,605,589
    Expenses
    $3,033,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,015,406

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,461,495
    Expenses
    $3,046,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,434,021

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,217,845
    Expenses
    $3,496,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,960,666

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,707,020
    Expenses
    $3,700,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,400,551

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,315,073
    Expenses
    $3,564,813
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,296,697

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,941,467
    Expenses
    $3,492,219
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,015,297

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,834,504
    Expenses
    $3,321,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,306,243

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,874,731
    Expenses
    $3,225,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,821,131

  • 2009 · 990-PF

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,748,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,470,963

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.