Small Public Charity

TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM INC

TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM INC is a Small Public Charity headquartered in TUCSON, AZ. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $159K revenue, $158K expenses, $219K total assets. 5 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $38K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 465102259 TUCSON, AZ Art Museums NTEE: A51 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$159K
Total Expenses$158K
Total Assets$219K
Grant Records5
Funding Total$38K
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE PRESERVATION, ACQUISITION, AND EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTHWESTERN ART SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. THE MUSEUM WILL EDUCATE THROUGH DISPLAYS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND GROUP TOURS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

Where $100 goes at Tucson Desert Art Museum Inc

How Tucson Desert Art Museum Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 7 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$11 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $89 for programs

$69
Special public events included a "fun with gold" gold jewelry making workshop and a special "hip historian" talk with an arizona humanities scholar about the legends and lore…
78% of program spending
$8
The museum's gallery and museum store has continued to help local artisans sell their products to both locals and the visitor market, while also supporting the programming and…
8% of program spending
$6
Similar to other years, the museum opened two new exhibitions to the public curated by our staff and showing artifacts from our own collections and from the arizona…
7% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT/SECRETARY Rhonda R Smith

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$37,840 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $159K $158K $219K
2023 $163K $176K $218K
2022 $118K $146K $225K
2021 $157K $133K $251K
2020 $163K $172K $258K

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $163K to $159K (-3%), with total assets most recently reported at $219K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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