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Nonprofit · EIN 74-2798673

JUDD FOUNDATION

Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10012

Financials

$4.3M$6.6M2023$12.6M$7.3M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of JUDD FOUNDATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$12,646,304$7,312,382$5,333,922$119,011,235$900,528$118,110,707
June 30, 2024990$4,267,636$6,614,881-$2,347,245$114,929,494$786,233$114,143,261
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$966,174
of which government grants
$26,000
Program service revenue
$826,108
Investment income
$8,555,231
Royalties
$46,940
Net gain from sales of assets
$7,659,475
Net income from sales of inventory
$683,402
Other revenue
$2,298,791

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,063,824
Other salaries and wages
$1,801,635
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$3,445,663
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$79,640
Accounting fees
$54,616
Occupancy
$389,753
Travel
$120,783
Depreciation
$891,392
Program services (functional)
$4,732,923
Management and general (functional)
$1,753,746
Fundraising (functional)
$825,713

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$114,929,494
Total assets, end of year
$119,011,235
Total liabilities, end of year
$900,528
Net assets, end of year
$118,110,707
Land, buildings and equipment
$31,208,570
Publicly traded securities
$16,282,460
Net assets without donor restrictions
$113,955,160
Net assets with donor restrictions
$4,155,547
Gross unrelated business income
-$131,391
Gross receipts
$21,652,860
Employees
44
Volunteers
5
Year formed
1996
State of legal domicile
TX

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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
FLAVIN JUDDARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
40$326,987$0
RAINER JUDDPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$298,398$20,267
RICHARD GRIGGSCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$228,045$26,291
ALEXIS DARANCONTROLLER & HR DIRECTOR
Officer
40$140,300$13,850
ANDREA WALSHDIR. OF COMMUNICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$132,198$15,257
PETER STANLEYDIR. OF OPERATIONS & PRESERVATION
Highest-paid employee
40$114,162$22,877
HANNAH PARKERDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$127,582$4,822
FAIRFAX DORNCO-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ELLEN SALPETERCO-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ROBERT BEYERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CARL RYANSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
BERTHA GONZALEZ NIEVESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 12 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
FLAVIN JUDDARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
40$320,113$0
RAINER JUDDPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$295,073$20,331
RICHARD GRIGGSCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$213,950$29,381
ALEXIS DARANCONTROLLER & HR DIRECTOR
Officer
40$125,290$12,877
PETER STANLEYDIR. OF OPERATIONS & PRESERVATION
Highest-paid employee
40$110,924$23,857
ANDREA WALSHDIR. OF COMMUNICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$113,590$14,863
HANNAH PARKERDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$111,223$9,656
FAIRFAX DORNCO-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ELLEN SALPETERCO-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ROBERT BEYERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CARL RYANSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
BERTHA GONZALEZ NIEVESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
101 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10012-3903
In care of
% EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
RAINER JUDD, 101 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10012
Signed the 990
RICHARD GRIGGS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Phone
(212) 219-2747
Return prepared by
LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP

Mission

JUDD FOUNDATION MAINTAINS AND PRESERVES DONALD JUDD'S PERMANENTLY-INSTALLED LIVING AND WORKING SPACES, LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES IN MARFA, TEXAS AND NEW YORK. THE FOUNDATION PROMOTES A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF JUDD'S ARTISTIC LEGACY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO THESE SPACES AND RESOURCES, AND BY DEVELOPING SCHOLARLY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • JUDD FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE DONALD JUDD'S PERMANENTLY INSTALLED LIVING AND WORKING SPACES, LIBRARIES, AND ARCHIVES IN NEW YORK AND MARFA, TEXAS. THE FOUNDATION PROMOTES A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF JUDD'S ARTISTIC LEGACY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO THESE SPACES AND RESOURCES AND BY DEVELOPING SCHOLARLY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.OVERALL, JUDD FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND MAINTAINS TWENTY-TWO BUILDINGS, INCLUDING OVER 50,000 SQ. FT. OF JUDD'S PERMANENTLY INSTALLED SPACES IN MARFA AND NEW YORK.SPACES: 101 SPRING STREET, THE FIRST BUILDING OWNED BY DONALD JUDD, SERVED AS HIS NEW YORK RESIDENCE AND STUDIO. 101 SPRING STREET IS WHERE JUDD FIRST DEVELOPED HIS CONCEPT OF THE PERMANENT INSTALLATION OF HIS WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHER ARTISTS. IN MARFA, THE FOUNDATION MAINTAINS TWENTY-ONE BUILDINGS, INCLUDING SEVEN PERMANENTLY INSTALLED LIVING AND WORKING SPACES: THE ART STUDIO; ARCHITECTURE STUDIO; ARCHITECTURE OFFICE; RANCH OFFICE; THE COBB HOUSE AND WHYTE BUILDING; AND LA MANSANA DE CHINATI/THE BLOCK. THE FOUNDATION MAKES THESE SPACES ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH DAILY GUIDED VISITS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO MAINTAINS THREE RANCH HOUSES IN THE CHINATI MOUNTAINS, OUTSIDE OF MARFA AND STEWARDS 30,000 ACRES OF RANCH LAND UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT.GUIDED VISITS: JUDD FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY PROGRAM IS ITS GUIDED VISIT PROGRAM. IN NEW YORK, LED BY ARTIST GUIDES, THE VISITS FOCUS ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO 101 SPRING STREET AND OFFERS VISITOR'S DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITHJUDD'S ART, DESIGN, AND ARCHITECTURE. THE VISIT PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES FREE VISITS FOR NEW YORK BASED ARTISTS AS WELL AS DISCOUNTED TICKETS TO SENIORS AND STUDENTS. GUIDED VISITS OF 101 SPRING STREET ARE AVAILABLE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IN MARFA, THE GUIDED VISIT PROGRAM OFFERS VISITS TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE BLOCK VISITS PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUDD'S RESIDENCE AND STUDIO IN MARFA, THE SITE OF SOME OF HIS FIRST LARGE-SCALE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS. THE STUDIOS VISITS PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUDD'S ARCHITECTURE STUDIO, ARCHITECTURE OFFICE, ART STUDIO, AND THE COBB HOUSE AND WHYTE BUILDINGS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO CONDUCTS A SERIES OF ANNUAL PROGRAMS WHICH FOCUS ON THE MARFA COMMUNITY AUDIENCE AND OPEN HOURS VIEWING OF THE FOUNDATION'S SPACES. THESE EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS: JUDD FOUNDATION PRESENTS EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF 101 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK. IN 2025, ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE EXHIBITIONS OF WORK BY ARTISTS' YUJI AGEMATSU AND LARRY BELL. THE EXHIBITIONS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PRESENTS LECTURES AND TALKS IN BOTH NEW YORK AND MARFA. IN 2025 THE PRIMARY MARFA PROGRAM WAS THE OPENING OF THE RESTORED ARCHITECTURE OFFICE, WITH PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON JUDD'S ARCHITECTURE AND THE HISTORIC RESTORATION PRACTICES OF THE FOUNDATION.EXHIBITION SUPPORT: IN ADDITION TO PRESENTING ITS OWN PROGRAMS, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THEIR PRESENTATION OF DONALD JUDD WORKS. THE FOUNDATION LENDS ARTWORK TO EXHIBITIONS, PROVIDES ACCESS TO ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FOR RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION, AND ACTS AS A RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT JUDD'S PRACTICE.PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION: IN 2025, THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS MAJOR RESTORATION PROGRAM IN MARFA. THE MARFA RESTORATION PLAN AIMS TO RESTORE AND OPEN JUDD'S INSTALLED SPACES, CREATE ENHANCED PUBLIC PROGRAM SPACE, AND COMPLETE JUDD'S INTENTIONS FOR HIS LIVING AND WORKING SPACES THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE IN HIS LIFETIME. IN 2025, MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDED THE RESTORATION OF JUDD'S ARCHITECTURE OFFICE AND THE CONTINUED RESTORATION OF THE RANCH OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH IS SET TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC VISITS IN 2026.ARCHIVES: THE JUDD FOUNDATION ARCHIVES CONTAINS RICH VISUAL AND TEXTUAL DOCUMENTATION OF DONALD JUDD'S LIFE AND WORK. THE ARCHIVES INCLUDE PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS,MOVING IMAGE MATERIAL, DRAWINGS, MUSEUM, GALLERY AND EXHIBITION FILES, FABRICATOR FILES, EXHIBITION EPHEMERA, AND PUBLICATIONS. THE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO THESE MATERIALS AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH BY MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS AND SCHOLARS.ONLINE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING: THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE, JUDDFOUNDATION.ORG, IS OPERATED BY THE FOUNDATION AS A RESOURCE FOR DONALD JUDD RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.CATALOGUE RAISONNE: JUDD FOUNDATION IS UNDERTAKING THE RESEARCH FOR A DONALD JUDD CATALOGUE RAISONNE. THE RESEARCH WILL CULMINATE IN THE PUBLICATION OF AN UPDATED AND EXPANDED CATALOGUE RAISONNE THAT WILLBE A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR JUDD SCHOLARSHIP. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO BUILD ON ARCHIVAL RESEARCH BY ENGAGING COLLECTORS, GALLERIES, AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE EXPANSION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT JUDD'S BODY OF WORK.PUBLICATIONS: JUDD FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL ASPECTS OF JUDD'S PRACTICE IN MAKING HIS SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF WORK ACCESSIBLE THROUGH PUBLICATIONS. SINCE 2016, JUDD FOUNDATION HAS PUBLISHED SIX BOOKS DETAILING JUDD'S WORK. THE FOUNDATION'S PUBLICATION PROGRAM IS ONGOING.
    Expenses $4,732,923 · revenue $1,509,510

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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
74-2798673
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Church
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1997
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$119,011,235
Income (IRS master file)
$21,652,860

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$12,646,304$7,312,382$119,011,235IRS
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024$4,267,636$6,614,881$114,929,494IRS
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$6,057,875$6,844,195$110,646,529IRS
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$14,659,896$5,720,923$111,956,096IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.

Questions about JUDD FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of JUDD FOUNDATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of JUDD FOUNDATION is 74-2798673.
Is JUDD FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1997.
Are donations to JUDD FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does JUDD FOUNDATION 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 JUDD FOUNDATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did JUDD FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of JUDD FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names RAINER JUDD.
Who are the officers and directors of JUDD FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $326,987 (FLAVIN JUDD, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does JUDD FOUNDATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $12,646,304, expenses of $7,312,382 and total assets of $119,011,235 at year end.

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