PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A500

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 2310

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

• FOUNDED IN 1938, PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM (PSAM) IS THE LARGEST ARTS CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS, THE MUSEUM HAS 28 GALLERIES, TWO SCULPTURE GARDENS, FOUR CLASSROOMS, A RESOURCE CENTER, FIVE STORAGE VAULTS, AN 85-SEAT LECTURE HALL, A 433-SEAT PROFESSIONAL THEATER, A 1,000 SQUARE-FOOT STORE SPACE, A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF 16,000+ WORKS OF ART (INCLUDING PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAWINGS, PRINTS, AND MEDIA WORKS, WITH STRENGTHS IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART), AND A BISTRO ALL IN A 150,000 SQUARE-FOOT ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDING. OUR SATELLITE LOCATION, THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN CENTER, EDWARDS HARRIS PAVILION FEATURES A 17,000 SQUARE-FOOT SPACE FOR EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMING. WE ALSO HAVE A SATELLITE OUTDOOR VENUE, THE FOUR-ACRE FAYE SARKOWSKY SCULPTURE GARDEN IN PALM DESERT WHICH IS FREE AND OPEN 24/7. WE CURRENTLY OFFER 10 MEMBERSHIP LEVELS RANGING FROM $50 TO $25,000. MEMBERSHIP IN 2024 REMAINED STEADY WITH 3,300 MEMBERS; IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR.IN FISCAL YEAR ("FY") 2024, OUR VISITOR TOTAL WAS 164,912 AND IN FY 2023, TOTAL VISITATION WAS 134,557. IN TERMS OF REVENUE, FY 2024, ADMISSIONS REVENUE WAS $1,1039,410 VS FY 2023, $1,107,427. FY 2023 WAS ONLY NINE MONTHS DUE TO CHANGING OUR FISCAL YEAR END TO JUNE 30 FROM SEPTEMBER 30.THE MUSEUM PRESENTED THREE MAJOR EXHIBITIONS IN OUR MAIN MUSEUM IN FY 2024, KALI ARTOGRAPHER, 1932-2019, AN EXHIBITION CHAMPIONING THE WORK OF THE PIONEER LIGHT AND SPACE MOVEMENT ARTIST NORMAN ZAMMITT; AS WELL AS MYTHOPIETICA; AN EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF ARTISTS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INLAND REGION WHOSE WORK INCORPORATES MYTHOLOGIES, ICONOGRAPHIES, AND CULTURAL CODES. IN MARCH 2024 THE MUSEUM LAUNCHED ITS Q+ ART INITIATIVE AND DEDICATED THE MONTGOMERY GALLERY TO SHOWCASE Q+ ARTISTS FROM OUR PERMANENT COLLECTION. TO MOVE TOWARD THE LIMITS OF LIVING EXAMINED HOW LGBTQ+ ARTISTS USED DIVERSE STRATEGIES TO RESPOND TO EXPERIENCES OF EXCLUSION AND DISCOVER NEW POSSIBILITY, CASTING LIGHT ON SUBJECTS INCLUDING THE LGBTQ+ SELF, DOMESTIC SPACE, AND THE BROADER SOCIAL WORLS.THE MUSEUM CONTINUED ITS OUTBURST PROJECTS OF SMALL-FORMAT EXHIBITIONS FOR EMERGING ARTISTS AND FEATURED PALM SPRINGS ARTIST THOMAS MICHAEL JOHNSON AS WELL AS A ANGELES-BASED ARTIST ALAKE SHILING. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL SMALLERPERMANENT COLLECTION ROTATIONS ALLOWING THE MUSEUM TO SHARE MORE WORKS FROM OUR DYNAMIC HOLDINGS-IN AREAS OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, ART OF THE WESTERN AMERICAS, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND STUDIO GLASS. AT THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN CENTER, THE MUSEUM PRESENTED A MAJOR EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ALBERT FREY. ALBERT FREY HELPED TO ESTABLISH PALM SPRINGS AS A WORLD-RECOGNIZED CENTER FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. HE WAS THE FIRST ARCHITECT TO DESIGN A MODERN INTERNATIONAL STYLE STRUCTURE FOR PALM SPRINGS AND PAVED THE WAY FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARCHITECTS THAT FOLLOWED.THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO HOLD "THURSDAY NIGHT SESSIONS" FEATURING FREE ADMISSION FROM 5:00 8:00 P.M. AS WELL AS ART ACTIVITIES AND DJS IN THE GALLERIES. THURSDAY NIGHT SESSIONS IS SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS. THE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT ALSO BUILT UPON THE FAMILY+ SERIES OF FREE ADMISSION AND ACTIVITIES EVERY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH. ADDITIONALLY, WE WORKED WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO WELCOME NEW AUDIENCES THROUGH SPECIAL LIMITED EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, PERFORMANCES, AND ACTIVITIES. THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PALM SPRINGS BLACK HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE, RAICES, MODERNISM WEEK, DESERT X AND THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. INDIVIDUAL LECTURES WERE PRESENTED INVOLVING EXHIBITING AND VISITING ARTISTS AND CURATORS, ARCHITECTS, AND DESIGNERS, AND EXPERTS IN A RANGE OF FIELDS. IN 2024, THE MUSEUM AGAIN PRESENTED A MUSEUM-WIDE PRIDE CELEBRATION FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND ITS ALLIES, AS WELL ITS ANNUAL SUMMER FILM SERIES.

  Expenses $7,585,811 · Revenue $2,516,123

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $9,732,898

  Expenses

  $11,442,380

  Contributions

  $6,159,778

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,371,016

  Expenses

  $7,839,352

  Contributions

  $5,680,642

  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

  $8,917,182

  Expenses

  $9,047,525

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,721,685

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,070,079

  Expenses

  $6,746,218

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,212,131

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,936,058

  Expenses

  $8,719,320

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,917,771

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,584,409

  Expenses

  $10,846,533

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,419,121

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,534,575

  Expenses

  $11,600,486

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,446,214

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,562,081

  Expenses

  $12,050,122

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,562,784

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,030,573

  Expenses

  $10,866,016

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,115,083

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,558,312

  Expenses

  $11,896,451

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,337,715

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,425,365

  Expenses

  $12,619,499

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,444,001

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $11,375,538

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,166,915

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $672,792

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $416,384

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $207,000

  2023 · CULTURE & ARTS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $168,234

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

  $140,019

  2024 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $135,000

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $125,000

  2023 · DONOR-ADVISED, ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES

• THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

  $117,169

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MODERNISM WEEK

  $115,000

  2023 · Donation

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $112,500

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, ARTS & CULTURE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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