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Nonprofit · EIN 42-0680419

EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC

Also known as DES MOINES ART CENTER

Tax-exempt · DES MOINES, IA 50312

Financials

$10.8M$10.1M2023$9.4M$12.4M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$9,381,811$12,360,549-$2,978,738$175,729,839$3,277,884$172,451,955
December 31, 2023990$10,771,768$10,115,267$656,501$159,753,152$1,683,812$158,069,340
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$4,536,649
of which government grants
$96,275
Membership dues
$345,416
Program service revenue
$474,933
Investment income
$1,866,156
Net rental income
-$95,154
Net gain from sales of assets
$14,098
Net income from fundraising events
-$58,812
Net income from sales of inventory
$153,457
Other revenue
$2,504,073

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$582,603
Other salaries and wages
$4,143,470
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$5,562,629
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$275,642
Accounting fees
$42,184
Occupancy
$904,073
Travel
$347,152
Depreciation
$456,360
Program services (functional)
$9,411,940
Management and general (functional)
$2,248,634
Fundraising (functional)
$699,975

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$159,753,152
Total assets, end of year
$175,729,839
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,277,884
Net assets, end of year
$172,451,955
Land, buildings and equipment
$4,549,504
Publicly traded securities
$75,091,854
Net assets without donor restrictions
$36,040,491
Net assets with donor restrictions
$136,411,464
Gross unrelated business income
-$64,132
Gross receipts
$14,583,333
Employees
138
Volunteers
392
Year formed
1946
State of legal domicile
IA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
KELLY BAUMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$343,164$40,371
BONNIE VALVERDESENIOR DIR OF FINANCE & OPS
Officer
40$167,501$31,567
CALEB HEGNASENIOR DIR OF DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$139,223$13,053
JILL FEATHERSTONESENIOR DIR OF MUSEUM LEARNING, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ACCESS
Highest-paid employee
40$108,080$5,910
AMY ANDERSONVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ANDREA ABELTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DARREN JIRSACHAIRPERSON AND EX-OFFICIO
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JASON GROSSPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
RENEE MONTZSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
CRAIG SHADURTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAN KEOUGHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAWN MARTINEZ OROPEZATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELLEN HUBBELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELLEN YEETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EVA ANDERSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
15 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JEFF CHUNGATHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN KRANTZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
KATE HIGHTSHOE-LAMBERTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
KYLE KRAUSETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LAURA CREIGHTONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LIZ ADELMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MARY CHAPMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MIKE SIMONSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
PAMELA BASS-BOOKEYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
PATRICIA MCFARLANDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
RICHARD DEMINGTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
RICK BALLINGERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
TIM HICKMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
TOM KOEHNTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
VIRGINA LAURIDSENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 31 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
KELLY BAUMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (INCOMING 05/01/2023)
Officer
40$235,336$21,844
JEFF FLEMINGEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (OUTGOING 04/30/2023)
Officer
40$203,332$22,896
BONNIE VALVERDESENIOR DIR OF FINANCE & OPS
Officer
40$159,272$27,325
JILL FEATHERSTONESENIOR DIR OF EDUCATION
Highest-paid employee
40$103,277$3,017
ANDREA ABELTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DARREN JIRSAPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
GRAHAM COOKCHAIRPERSON AND EX-OFFICIO
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JEFF CHUNGATHVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
RENEE MONTZSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
AMY ANDERSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CRAIG SHADURTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAN KEOUGHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAWN MARTINEZ OROPEZATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELLEN HUBBELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELLEN YEETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JASON GROSSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN KRANTZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSHUA MANDELBAUMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATE HIGHTSHOETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KYLE KRAUSETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LIZ ADELMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARY CHAPMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAMELA BASS-BOOKEYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PATRICIA MCFARLANDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICHARD DEMINGTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICK BALLINGERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROSEMARY PARSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM KOEHNTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
VICTORIA BRENTONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
VIRGINA LAURIDSENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WAYNE REAMESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
4700 GRAND AVE, DES MOINES, IA 50312-2002
In care of
% BONNIE VALVERDE
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Bonnie Valverde, 4700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312
Signed the 990
Bonnie Valverde, SENIOR DIR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS
Phone
(515) 277-4405
Return prepared by
Forvis Mazars LLP

Mission

THE DES MOINES ART CENTER ENGAGES DIVERSE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES WITH THE ART OF TODAY THROUGH ITS MUSEUM AND SCHOOL, ADDING TO THE CULTURAL RECORD THROUGH COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS. THE DES MOINES ART CENTER BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF ART TO INSPIRE PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION. WE COMMIT TO EXHIBIT AND EXPLORE THOUGHT PROVOKING MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. WE CONNECT PEOPLE AND ART BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEELING, IMAGINING, DREAMING AND CREATING. WE PROMOTE CURIOSITY AND EMBRACE CRITICAL AND EMPATHETIC THINKING WITH A SPIRIT OF OPENNESS. WE STRIVE TO BE A WELCOMING AND EQUITABLE CULTURAL RESOURCE. THIS EFFORT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO ART FOR EVERYONE HAS BEEN A CORE TENET OF THE MUSEUM SINCE ITS FOUNDING. ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE FOR ALL.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • 2024 CONTAINED A ROSTER OF EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHTING ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE AND ACROSS TIME, REVEALING HOW INTERCONNECTED WE ARE THROUGH FAMILY TIES, SHARED SPACES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES THAT IMPACT THE ENTIRE WORLD. ALONGSIDE OUR STAFF CURATORS, WE WELCOMED EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED BY FITSUM SHEBESHE FOR INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL (STATES OF BECOMING), FEATURED A PRINT GALLERY EXHIBITION (COEXIST) ORGANIZED BY CURATORIAL INTERN NAJLA EVANS, AND IOWA ARTISTS 2025 AND MINOR KEY WERE CO-CURATED BY ARTISTS B. ROBERT MOORE AND SAMANTHA BOX RESPECTIVELY. KICKING OFF 2024, STATES OF BECOMING EXAMINED THE DYNAMIC FORCES THAT SHAPE ARTISTIC PRACTICES FOR A GROUP OF AFRICAN ARTISTS WORKING IN THE U.S. CURATED BY FITSUM SHEBESHE, THE EXHIBITION CONNECTS CONDITIONS OF RELOCATION, RESETTLING, AND ASSIMILATION WHICH INFORM DISCUSSIONS AROUND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIASPORA. FOR SHEBESHE, THE EXHIBITION GREW OUT OF LIVED EXPERIENCE AND FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WEIGHT OF CULTURAL ASSIMILATION, SINCE HE MOVED FROM ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA TO BALTIMORE IN 2016. CONFRONTED WITH A DIFFERENT SOCIETY, THE CURATOR DEVELOPED A WIDE RANGE OF EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT SHAPED HIS RELATIONSHIP TO INSTITUTION AND CULTURE, FROM THE REALIZATION THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WAS VIEWED AS BELONGING TO A MINORITY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN, TO A NEWLY GAINED AWARENESS OF THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF HIS TRADITIONAL AND CONSERVATIVE NATIVE CULTURE ON HIS SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY. HAVING FOUND KINSHIP AMONG CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS FROM THE DIASPORA WHO SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE, SHEBESHE HAS UNITED 17 ARTISTS FOR STATES OF BECOMING, WHO LIVE AND WORK IN CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW HAVEN, DETROIT, AND LOS ANGELES AMONG OTHERS. FROM 12 COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND ONE IN THE CARIBBEAN-ETHIOPIA, GHANA, IVORY COAST, KENYA, LIBERIA, MAURITANIA, NIGERIA, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, SUDAN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, AND ZIMBABWE-THEY EITHER RELOCATED TO THE U.S. OR ARE FIRST GENERATION BORN OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. LIKE SHEBESHE, EACH ARTIST IN THE EXHIBITION HAS HAD A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP TO THE U.S. CONTEXT, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN EACH OF THEIR WORK WHETHER IT EXPLORES THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OR EXPRESSES A TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR ARTISTIC PRACTICE BECAUSE OF RELOCATION. SEVERAL ARTISTS AND THE CURATOR TRAVELED TO DES MOINES FOR PROGRAMMING. HURRICANE SEASON, THE YEAR'S SECOND EXHIBITION IN THE MEREDITH GALLERY, WAS ORGANIZED BY FORMER ASSOCIATE CURATOR MIA LAUFER. IT IS AN EXHIBITION ABOUT A HOME UNDER THREAT, CYCLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLENCE, REPAIR EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW MORE IS COMING AND INEVITABLE. IT IS ABOUT A HOME WORTH REBUILDING, EVEN UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. THE EXHIBITION FEATURED CONTEMPORARY ART IN A RANGE OF MEDIA BY ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN ARCHIPELAGO AND THE DIASPORA. EVERY YEAR FROM JUNE 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, PEOPLE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN HOLD THEIR BREATH THROUGH HURRICANE SEASON. HURRICANES AND THE DEVASTATION THEY BRING HAVE LONG BEEN A PART OF LIFE IN THE CARIBBEAN, BUT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE THESE STORMS ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT AND MORE VIOLENT. THEY PICK UP STEAM FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE, LEAVING LITTLE TIME TO PREPARE. RISING SEA LEVELS ARE EATING AWAY AT SHORELINES. THE AFTERMATHS OF STORMS ARE UNBEARABLE AND SHED LIGHT ON THE LIVING LEGACY OF COLONIALISM AND ONGOING CORRUPTION. YET EVEN AS THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WREAK HAVOC ON THE REGION, LIFE ACROSS THE ARCHIPELAGO CONTINUES; PEOPLE ADAPT TO AN IMPOSSIBLE NEW NORMAL. IN THE FACE OF A THREAT AT A SCALE THAT IS DIFFICULT TO FULLY COMPREHEND, ARTISTS CAN SHOW US HOW THESE CLIMATE CHANGES RELATE TO A LIVED, EVERYDAY REALITY, HOW THEY INTERSECT WITH OUR EXPERIENCE OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND HOME. THEY TRANSLATE A GLOBAL CRISIS TO A HUMAN SCALE. THE FINAL MAJOR EXHIBITION OF 2024 WAS SAMANTHA BOX: CARIBBEAN DREAMS. BOX IS A JAMAICAN-BORN, NEW YORK-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER. OF BLACK JAMAICAN AND SOUTH ASIAN TRINIDADIAN HERITAGE, SHE CREATES COMPLEX IMAGES THAT EXPLORE QUESTIONS AROUND DIASPORIC IDENTITY - HOW ARE CULTURES, KNOWLEDGE AND IDENTITIES TRANSFORMED ACROSS BORDERS? HOW CAN ONE DEFINE SPACE-FOR-SELF WITHIN MULTIPLE DIASPORAS? RANGING ACROSS GENRES OF SELF-PORTRAITURE, LANDSCAPE, AND STILL-LIFE, HER LAYERED AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK IS AT ONCE ALLURING AND CHALLENGING; IN RECENT YEARS, BOX HAS EXPANDED HER PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE INTO MULTI-MEDIA SCULPTURES, CULMINATING IN HER SERIES, PORTABLE HOMELANDS. FEATURING RECENT AND NEW WORK, SAMANTHA BOX: CARIBBEAN DREAMS WAS THE ARTIST'S FIRST MUSEUM SOLO-SHOW, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 40 PHOTOGRAPHS AND 5 SCULPTURES. IN MULTIPLE GALLERIES OF THE ART CENTER'S RICHARD MEIER BUILDING, THE MUSEUM LAUNCHED THE MOST AMBITIOUS VERSION TO DATE OF ITS LONG-RUNNING IOWA ARTISTS SERIES WITH IOWA ARTISTS 2024: B. ROBERT MOORE. DES MOINES - BASED ARTIST B. ROBERT MOORE CREATES DIRECT, STRIKING WORKS OF ART THAT CONFRONT ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND BLACK IDENTITY. VISUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL, MOORE LOOKS TO AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOR INSPIRATION, PULLING IMAGERY FROM FAMILY PHOTOS AND DRAWING ON MEMORIES AND PERSONAL STORIES OF HIS OWN AND THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. REFERENCES TO ART HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE ALSO ABOUND IN HIS WORK, WHICH INCLUDES GRAVESTONES, FLAGS, NEON, COFFEE, AND HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS - THINGS THAT, LIKE PHOTOS, CARRY MEMORY AND HISTORY. THE ART HERE IS PERSONAL, ILLUSTRATING HOW THOSE CONCEPTS ARE INTIMATELY INTWINED. THE FACES OF ELDERS AND THE LIVES THEY LIVED ARE REVEALED WITH CONTEMPORARY ART. THIS WAS B. ROBERT MOORE'S FIRST SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITION, CONTAINING PAINTINGS, TWO LARGE-SCALE INSTALLATIONS, AND A VIDEO. KIN TO WAR, A PAINTING BY MOORE RECENTLY PURCHASED BY THE ART CENTER, WAS ALSO SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE EXHIBITION WAS CO-CURATED BY SENIOR CURATOR LAURA BURKHALTER AND ARTIST B. ROBERT MOORE. THE JOHN BRADY PRINT GALLERY, THE CURATORIAL TEAM CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT NEW PERSPECTIVES AND IDEAS ABOUT THE WORKS ON PAPER AND PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION. THE FIRST EXHIBITION BEFORE MODERN ART, CURATED BY FORMER ASSOCIATE CURATOR MIA LAUFER, FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE OLDEST WORKS IN THE MUSEUM'S HOLDINGS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RARELY SEEN AND MAY BE A SURPRISE TO VISITORS OF OUR CONTEMPORARY FOCUSED MUSEUM. THE SUMMER EXHIBITION, COEXIST, WAS ORGANIZED BY FORMER CURATORIAL ASSISTANT NAJLA EVANS AS A COMPANION SHOW TO HURRICANE SEASON. EVANS CHOSE WORKS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE VARIOUS WAYS HUMANS CONNECT TO AND IMPACT THE NATURAL WORLD.
    Expenses $7,235,817 · revenue $22,711
  • WITH A FOCUS ON BELONGING, THE DES MOINES ART CENTER ENGAGED IN A VARIETY OF DYNAMIC AND MEANINGFUL EVENTS, PROGRAMS, AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT 2024. OUR EFFORTS CENTERED ON BEING A VIBRANT SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GATHER, SHARING OUR UNIQUE CREATIVE SELVES, AND COLLECTIVELY CREATING WORK THAT RESONATES BEYOND OUR WALLS AND INTO THE FUTURE. THE MUSEUM AND PAPPAJOHN SCULPTURE PARK WELCOMED 346,568 VISITORS THROUGHOUT 2024. OUR KEYSTONE FAMILY EVENTS, DAY OF THE DEAD (IN ITS 24TH YEAR) AND OUR BIANNUAL ENTIRELY KIDS DAYS, EXPLORED THE THEMES OF "AFRICA "STORIES TOLD." THESE EVENTS COLLECTIVELY BROUGHT IN OVER 3,800 VISITORS WHO EXPERIENCED OUR CAMPUS THROUGH HANDS-ON, ARTIST-FACILITATED, FAMILY-FRIENDLY PROGRAMMING. THIS CONTRIBUTED TO A COMMUNITY-CREATED SENSE OF WELCOME AND CREATIVE PARTICIPATION FOR ALL AGES. A FEW OF THE FLAGSHIP MUSEUM LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS ARE THE MY VOICE PROGRAM, HIGH SCHOOL DAYS, AND CREATIVITY DAYS. MY VOICE SERVED 12 STUDENTS AND IS AN ART CENTER MENTOR-BASED PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BY DEGREES FOUNDATION THAT EMPOWERS YOUNG ARTISTS TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVE POTENTIAL AND FIND THEIR UNIQUE ARTISTIC VOICE. THE PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY THE PRINCIPAL FOUNDATION, PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THE ART CENTER'S COLLECTION, LEARN ABOUT ART, AND CREATE THEIR OWN ORIGINAL ARTWORK INSPIRED BY THEIR DISCOVERIES, CULMINATING IN AN EXHIBITION AND CELEBRATORY RECEPTION OF THEIR WORK IN THE LOBBY OF THE MUSEUM ATTENDED BY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS. HIGH SCHOOL DAYS SERVED 81 DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOL TEENAGERS WITH CURRICULUM INSPIRED BY THE "STATES OF BECOMING" EXHIBITION, IDENTITY-EXPLORING GALLERY CONVERSATIONS REFLECTING ON PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, AND ZINE ART MAKING IN THE STUDIO. CREATIVITY DAYS DREW 343 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING BAXTER, ADEL DESOTO MINBURN, COLFAX-MINGO, COLO-NESCO, AND NEWTON. EACH YEAR THE WORKSHOP INVOLVES A MULTI-MODAL APPROACH INVOLVING AN INTERACTIVE MUSEUM VISIT, ART MAKING, AND CREATIVE MOVEMENT. THE 2024 ITERATION WAS GUIDED BY THE THEME OF "LOOKING FOR LAYERS" IN RELATION TO SAMANTHA BOX'S PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION "CARIBBEAN DREAMS.". THE DES MOINES ART CENTER KNOWS THAT AN ARTS EXPERIENCE IS MADE IMMENSELY MORE IMPACTFUL WHEN FACILITATED BY A WELL-TRAINED GUIDE. IN 2024, OUR TEAM OF 56 VOLUNTEER DOCENTS LED 12,245 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH PARTICIPATORY TOURS OF THE MUSEUM AND PAPPAJOHN SCULPTURE PARK, MANY OF WHOM WERE AREA FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS ON THEIR VERY FIRST VISIT TO AN ART MUSEUM. ADDITIONALLY, OUR DOCENTS BROUGHT ART OUT OF THE GALLERIES AND DIRECTLY TO 223 COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIVING IN SENIOR LIVING CENTERS THROUGH OUR ART CALLS PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALMOST ENTIRELY MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY THIS DEDICATED TEAM OF VOLUNTEER EDUCATORS. IN 2024, THE DES MOINES ART CENTER'S COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAM (CAP) OFFERED 514 FREE ART-MAKING SESSIONS THROUGH FOUR PROGRAMS: EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT, COMMUNITY RESILIENCY, AND ADAPTIVE ARTS. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DISCOVER CREATIVE WAYS OF MAKING ARTWORKS AND ART MAKING ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT OTHERWISE LACK THIS ACCESS DUE TO CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL BARRIERS. OUR COHORT OF TEACHING ARTISTS USE A STUDENT-CENTERED METHOD, CREATING A SAFE, RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE'S ART IS VALUED AS AN OUTLET FOR SELF-EXPRESSION. IN THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY AREA, A KEY PARTNER WAS THE VETERAN'S AFFAIRS OFFICE. THE ART CENTER OFFERED YEAR-ROUND SESSIONS BOTH IN THE MUSEUM'S STUDIOS IN THE FORM OF DROP-IN "ART CLUBS" AS WELL AS OFFSITE LOCATIONS. A PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL EVENT IN THE IDENTITY AFFIRMING AREA OF PROGRAMMING WAS THE THIRD ANNUAL FINE ARTS DAY WITH ALL OF THE DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS' CHAPTERS OF THE CLUBS BROTHER 2 BROTHER AND SISTERS 4 SUCCESS. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS THE 2024 IOWA ARTIST B. ROBERT MOORE. IN ADDITION TO MOORE'S ROUSING SPEECH ABOUT HIS PATH TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST, THE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A GROUP POETRY WRITING EXERCISE IN THE MUSEUM INSPIRED BY A WORK ON VIEW. ART SPECTRUMS, A MONTHLY MUSEUM AND ART MAKING WORKSHOP FOR NEURODIVERGENT YOUTH AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, CONTINUED WITH GREAT SUCCESS IN 2024, ADDING AN ARTIST WITH AUTISM AS A CLASS TEACHER. "CREATING WITH CLAY LEGO BRICK PRINTING ON CANVAS TOTE BAGS WERE BIG HITS AMONG THE STUDENTS. ALONG WITH WEEKLY PROGRAMMING, CAP HOSTED THREE VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS: ELSHAFIE DAFALLA (STATES OF BECOMING) CROSSED LANGUAGE BARRIERS WITH ELDER REFUGEES WITH LUTHERAN SERVICES AS HE GUIDED PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE CREATIVE AND GESTURAL DRAWINGS RESPONDING TO THE RHYTHMS OF MUSIC AND COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT AROUND A LARGE CANVAS; TAMIKA GALANIS (HURRICANE SEASON) LED MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A FIVE-DAY FILMMAKING SEMINAR; SAMANTHA BOX (CARIBBEAN DREAMS) INTRODUCED STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY TO YOUTH PARTICIPANTS INVOLVED WITH OAKRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
    Expenses $1,125,269
  • OUR EFFORTS INCLUDE PROVIDING ART-MAKING EDUCATION AND CLASSES THROUGH OUR STUDIO ARTS SCHOOL. IN 2024, THE STUDIO DEPARTMENT PROVIDED 162 (31% INCREASE FROM 2023) ADULT CLASSES (18+), 159 (57% INCREASE FROM 2023) YOUTH CLASSES (AGES 3-18), AND 8 WEEKS OF 2-A-DAY CAMPS THAT SERVED 904 (6% INCREASE FROM 2023) UNIQUE STUDENTS IN OUR AREA FROM AGES 5 - 16. THROUGH OUR SCHOOL AND VAST NETWORK OF 46 TEACHING ARTISTS, WE CAN ENGAGE WITH NUMEROUS SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES WITHIN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WE OFFER ON AND OFF-SITE SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING THAT AIMS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILD-CENTERED LEARNING AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. THE ART CENTER'S STUDIO PROGRAM PROVIDES MULTIPLE ART-MAKING MEDIUMS FROM PAINTING AND DRAWING TO METALS AND CERAMICS THROUGH BOTH TUITION-BASED ART CLASSES AND FREE ART PROGRAMMING THANKS TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS, AND DONATION NETWORK. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED 193 (33% INCREASE FROM 2023) SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUTH AND ADULTS IN OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
    Expenses $1,050,854 · revenue $452,222

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
42-0680419
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1949
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$175,729,839
Income (IRS master file)
$14,583,333

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$9,381,811$12,360,549$175,729,839XML
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$10,771,768$10,115,267$159,753,152XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$11,467,360$8,599,153$144,679,900IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 42-0680419).

Questions about EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC

What is the EIN of EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC is 42-0680419.
Is EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1949.
Are donations to EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Bonnie Valverde.
Who are the officers and directors of EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 30 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $343,164 (KELLY BAUM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $9,381,811, expenses of $12,360,549 and total assets of $175,729,839 at year end.

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