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Nonprofit · EIN 85-0413922

SITE SANTA FE

Tax-exempt · SANTA FE, NM 87501

Financials

$3.2M$4.2M2022$2.4M$2.1M2023$6.5M$4.5M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of SITE SANTA FE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$6,505,608$4,490,693$2,014,915$22,107,458$547,948$21,559,510
December 31, 2023990$2,390,541$2,053,659$336,882$20,265,933$628,450$19,637,483
June 30, 2023990$3,204,609$4,188,548-$983,939$19,916,478$677,913$19,238,565
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$4,220,967
of which government grants
$168,505
Membership dues
$20,750
Program service revenue
$121,926
Investment income
$1,895,930
Net rental income
$25,649
Net gain from sales of assets
$1,632,417
Net income from fundraising events
$9,509
Net income from sales of inventory
$35,145
Other revenue
$266,785

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$473,406
Other salaries and wages
$1,525,148
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,251,366
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$12,919
Accounting fees
$39,654
Occupancy
$154,325
Travel
$194,800
Depreciation
$296,101
Program services (functional)
$2,917,160
Management and general (functional)
$1,086,325
Fundraising (functional)
$487,208

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$20,265,933
Total assets, end of year
$22,107,458
Total liabilities, end of year
$547,948
Net assets, end of year
$21,559,510
Land, buildings and equipment
$7,818,216
Publicly traded securities
$11,678,627
Net assets without donor restrictions
$9,024,425
Net assets with donor restrictions
$12,535,085
Gross unrelated business income
-$16,280
Gross receipts
$7,532,381
Employees
56
Volunteers
18
Year formed
1992
State of legal domicile
NM

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
LOUIS GRACHOSCEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$310,351$457
CLARA SAMAYOACFO/DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Officer
40$156,008$6,590
MARLEEN DE BODE CHAIR(THROUGH 6/30/24), BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARTI MEYERSON VICE CHAIR(THROUGH 6/30/24), CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARSHA JONESSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
COURTNEY FINCH TAYLORTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
STEVE BERKOWITZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MADELIN COITBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELIZABETH GLASSMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTINA GONZALEZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANDREW GROSSMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILL HALMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM JOYCEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEANNE KLEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM MILLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
5 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
LEIGH MOIOLABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
HENRY MUNOZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
LOUISA STUDE SAROFIMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
CARL THOMABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDREW WALLERSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 21 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
LOUIS GRACHOSCEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$309,543$449
CLARA SAMAYOACFO/DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Officer
40$140,494$5,371
MARLEEN DE BODECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARTI MEYERSONVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARSHA JONESSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
COURTNEY FINCH TAYLORTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
STEVE BERKOWITZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MADELIN COITBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELIZABETH GLASSMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTINA GONZALEZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILL HALMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM JOYCEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEANNE KLEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM MILLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LEIGH MOIOLABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HENRY MUNOZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LOUISA STUDE SAROFIMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JASON SASLOWBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ALEXANDER SPEYERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CARL THOMABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANDREW WALLERSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 21 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
LOUIS GRACHOSCEO/CHIEF CURATOR
Officer
40$322,796$449
CLARA SAMAYOACFO/DEP DIRECTOR
Officer
40$126,331$5,220
MARLEEN DE BODECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
WILL HALMVICE-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARSHA JONESSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
COURTNEY FINCH TAYLORTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CARL THOMABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HENRY MUNOZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MADELIN COITBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM JOYCEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEANNE KLEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JASON SASLOWBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM MILLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LEIGH MOIOLABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANDREW WALLERSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LOUISA STUDE SAROFIMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ALEXANDER SPEYERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARTI MEYERSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELIZABETH GLASSMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEVE BERKOWITZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CRISTINA GONZALEZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1606 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE, NM 87501-3724
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
LOUIS GRACHOS, 1606 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE, NM 87501
Signed the 990
LOUIS GRACHOS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(505) 989-1199
Return prepared by
BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP

Mission

GUIDED BY ARTISTS, ROOTED IN NEW MEXICO, SITE SANTA FE CELEBRATES CONTEMPORARY CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • EXHIBITIONS: THROUGHOUT ITS EXHIBITION PROGRAM, SITE SANTA FE EXPLORES A RICH SPAN OF CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES AND MAKES CONTEMPORARY ART ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS PRESENTED AT SITE SANTA FE THIS YEAR INCLUDED:"CARMEN HERRERA: I'M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?" - "I'M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?" IS A SOLO EXHIBITION BY CUBAN-BORN AMERICAN ABSTRACT MINIMALIST ARTIST CARMEN HERRERA (1915-2022). FOR OVER EIGHT DECADES, HERRERA DEDICATED HERSELF TO EXPLORING ABSTRACTION THROUGH MINIMALIST PRINCIPLES, STRIVING FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST BASIC AND PURE VISUAL SOLUTIONS; SHE SIMPLIFIED HER COMPOSITIONS TO SHAPE, LINE, AND VIBRANT COLOR."ERIN SHIRREFF: FOLDED STONE" - TRANSLATION IS THE KEY MANEUVER IN THE WORK OF ERIN SHIRREFF (B. 1975), WHO POSES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW ART IS RECEIVED AND REMEMBERED. THOUGH TRAINED AS A SCULPTOR, SHIRREFF TENDS TO DRAW ON OTHER DISCIPLINES, REVEALING HOW SCULPTURE'S DEFINING TRAITS - REAL SPACE, LIVE ENCOUNTER - CAN MATERIALIZE ACROSS FORMATS."ARTURO HERRERA: YOU ARE HERE" - FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, GERMAN-BASED VENEZUELAN-BORN ARTIST ARTURO HERRERA HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO INVESTIGATING AND UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEX HISTORIES AND INFLUENCES OF ABSTRACTION AND MODERNIST VISUAL LANGUAGES. YOU ARE HERE IS HIS FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION IN NEW MEXICO, FEATURING WORKS THAT SPAN ALMOST THREE DECADES, FROM 1998 TO TODAY."TERESITA FERNANDEZ / ROBERT SMITHSON" - ARTIST-LED AND CONCEPTUALLY DRIVEN, "TERESITA FERNANDEZ / ROBERT SMITHSON" IS A SUBJECTIVE, INTERGENERATIONAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO ARTISTS. IT IS INITIATED BY TERESITA FERNANDEZ'S LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT WITH CHALLENGING SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED IDEAS ABOUT PLACE AND LANDSCAPE AND BY HER IMMERSIVE RESEARCH ON ROBERT SMITHSON'S ART AND IDEAS."ETCHED IN LIGHT: BILLBOARD PROJECT" - "ETCHED IN LIGHT" CHANNELS THE AFFECTIVE ENERGIES OF LIE-INS, DIE-INS, AND THE HISTORIC NAMES PROJECT AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT. THESE BILLBOARDS EMBODY THE PRESENCE OF TRANS* AND NONBINARY BODIES, CAPTURING MOMENTS OF INTIMACY, RESILIENCE, AND TENDER CONNECTION."TRISTAN DUKE: GLACIAL OPTICS" - TRISTAN DUKE DRAWS ON INSIGHTS FROM BOTH ART AND SCIENCE TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF A PLANET ON THE BRINK. RECOGNIZED FOR HIS INNOVATIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA, DUKE MAKES FREQUENT USE OF VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES OF HIS OWN INVENTION."CASSILS: MOVEMENTS" - CASSILS'S WORK POSITIONS THEIR BODY AS BOTH THE RAW MATERIAL AND PROTAGONIST OF THEIR PERFORMANCES. FOR THE CANADIAN-BORN, NEW YORK- AND LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST, PERFORMANCE IS A FORM OF SOCIAL SCULPTURE, REFLECTING HOW BODIES ARE SHAPED BY EXTERNAL FORCES AND SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS."ERIKA WANENMACHER: WHAT TIME TRAVEL FEELS LIKE, SOMETIMES" - ERIKA WANENMACHER USES AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND VISUAL STORYTELLING TO UNRAVEL UNIVERSAL NARRATIVES. THE NEW MEXICO-BASED ARTIST'S STUDIO PRACTICE IS INFLUENCED BY A PUNK AND DIY ETHOS, WITH UNEXPECTED MATERIALS SOURCED FROM THRIFT STORES, DUMPS, AND WALKS THROUGH NEARBY ARROYOS - SITES WHERE HISTORY, MEMORY, AND IMAGINATION CONVERGE.
    Expenses $1,765,554 · revenue $305,480
  • GENERAL PROGRAMS: SITE SANTA FE CREATES A PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL SPACE THAT IS WELCOMING AND EDUCATIONAL TO ALL THROUGH VISITOR SERVICES, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH, AND THE STORE. VISITORS' EXPERIENCE IS ENHANCED BY A CURATED LOBBY SPACE THAT PROMOTES THE SALES OF BOOKS AND OBJECTS THAT ARE THEMATICALLY TIED TO THE EXHIBITIONS.
    Expenses $566,025 · revenue $38,645
  • EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS: SITE SANTA FE'S CREATIVITY AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT BRINGS ARTS PROGRAMMING INTO COMMUNITIES TO CO-CREATE PROJECTS WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF PARTICIPANTS. SITE SANTA FE'S WORK IN THE SCHOOLS IS CONNECTED TO THE THEMES OF THE CURRENT EXHIBITION OR PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXPLORES IDEAS RELEVANT TO THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, AND GIVES YOUTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND CRITICALLY AND CREATIVELY. SITE SANTA FE'S PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL ARTS PROGRAMMING. A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES, ARTIST TALKS, FILM SCREENINGS, AND OTHER MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND PROVIDE MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT AND DISCUSS THE ART ON DISPLAY.
    Expenses $585,581 · revenue $29,208

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
85-0413922
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1997
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$22,107,458
Income (IRS master file)
$7,532,381

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$6,505,608$4,490,693$22,107,458XML
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$2,390,541$2,053,659$20,265,933XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990June 2023$3,204,609$4,188,548$19,916,478XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$4,348,367$3,310,331$19,371,547IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 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 85-0413922).

Questions about SITE SANTA FE

What is the EIN of SITE SANTA FE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of SITE SANTA FE is 85-0413922.
Is SITE SANTA FE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1997.
Are donations to SITE SANTA FE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does SITE SANTA FE 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 SITE SANTA FE 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 SITE SANTA FE 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 SITE SANTA FE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names LOUIS GRACHOS.
Who are the officers and directors of SITE SANTA FE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 20 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $310,351 (LOUIS GRACHOS, CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does SITE SANTA FE have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $6,505,608, expenses of $4,490,693 and total assets of $22,107,458 at year end.

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