- Revenue 2024
- $4,445,306
- Expenses 2024
- $4,103,423
Program services were 72.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A50
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 3830 N MARSHALL WAY
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
INCREASE AND DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE; ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION OF ART AND HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST; MAINTAIN A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS TO EXHIBIT, COLLECT AND PRESERVE OBJECTS OF ARTISTIC AND HISTORIC INTEREST; AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION.
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WESTERN SPIRIT: SCOTTSDALES MUSEUM OF THE WEST BOLDLY IMMERSES ITS GUESTS IN THE UNIQUE STORY OF THE GREATER WESTERN REGION, ILLUMINATING THE PAST TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE. IN 2024, WE PROUDLY OPENED 7 NEW EXHIBITS: WOMEN OF THE SOUTHWEST, INNER LIGHT: THE ART OF TOM GILLEON, PEOPLE, PLACES, PREDICAMENTS: JOHN CLYMERS WEST, MELANIE YAZZI, VERYL GOODNIGHT: SLED DOGS, A FISTFUL OF COLORS, ROB HAMMER: AMERICAN BACKCOURTS. WE WELCOMED OVER 49,000 GUESTS TO THE MUSEUM WITH MORE THAN 2800 OF THOSE ATTENDING SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS NATIONAL HISTORY DAY, YOUTH ART MONTH, FIRST PLACE AZ, CANADIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL, INDIGENOUS CULINARY FESTIVAL, AND THE HASH KNIFE PONY EXPRESS RIDE. WESTERN SPIRIT ALSO WELCOMED OVER 3700 STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND HOME SCHOOLS TO ENJOY LEARNING ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF THE AMERICAN WEST. ADDITIONALLY, WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION TO EXPAND THE MUSEUM WITH 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW GALLERY SPACE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED FALL OF 2025.
Expenses $2,962,390 · Revenue $855,560
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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TODD BANKOFIER
CEO
- Total calculated
- $259,860
- From this org
- $239,868
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,992
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $239,868
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $19,992
- Filer's total
- $259,860
-
MICHAEL J FOX
ADVANCEMENT ADVISOR
- Total calculated
- $229,925
- From this org
- $229,925
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $34,729
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- $195,196
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $229,925
-
WILLIAM J BURNS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $190,582
- From this org
- $190,582
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $90,582
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- $100,000
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $190,582
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JAMES D BRUNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
BETSY FAHLMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOAN FUDALA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MARSHALL TRIMBLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
HOWIE ALPER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
BRAD RICHARDSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ABE HAYS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
WILIAM G RIDENOUR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CHRISTINE MOLLRING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
TIM PETERSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JENNIFER SANDS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
W SCOTT ROBERTSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PAM RENTSCHLER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PHILIP W HAGENAH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
RICHARD A HORN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOSHUA C BASHA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LAUREN A FERRIGNI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MIKE CASEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DIEGO VALENZUELA JR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MIKE MCCANSE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DAVID SHERF
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DAVID SMITH
TREASURER
- 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
-
2024
- Revenue
- $4,445,306
- Expenses
- $4,103,423
- Contributions
- $3,110,703
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $3,052,478
- Expenses
- $3,625,339
- Contributions
- $1,972,946
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $2,156,907
- Expenses
- $2,758,583
- Contributions
- $1,344,391
- 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
- $7,750,587
- Expenses
- $2,889,399
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,668,852
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,615,847
- Expenses
- $2,062,360
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,779,131
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,627,279
- Expenses
- $2,670,032
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,459,672
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,633,204
- Expenses
- $2,388,449
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,546,100
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,786,974
- Expenses
- $2,439,252
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,421,358
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,698,401
- Expenses
- $2,620,044
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,296,283
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,657,016
- Expenses
- $1,987,219
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,724,156
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,493,651
- Expenses
- $652,476
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,938,489
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,453,863
- Expenses
- $77,398
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,112,505
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,453,863
- Expenses
- $77,398
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,112,505
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
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$110,500
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
-
$110,000
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$80,000
2024 THIS AWARD IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR BUILDING EXPANSION
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$75,000
2023 HEALTH
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$41,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 TO SUPPORT THE EDDIE BASHA COLLECTION EXHIBIT.
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2025 CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE EDDIE BASHA COLLECTION EXHIBIT.
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$12,500
2024 THIS AWARD WILL DESIGNATE $10,000 AS UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT, $2,500 TOWARDS THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
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.