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Screen a listArizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$24Mrevenue
FY2025 · −16% in 3 yrs217staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpending
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin35.7%
Months of reserve2.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+8.5%
Middle half of peersMedianArizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Where the money goes FY2025 · $15M spent
Programs$12M80%Management and general$2.6M17%Fundraising$524k3%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Government grants fell 94% in FY2022
$3.7M in FY2021, $217k in FY2022.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor2
Strong governance
15 of 16 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 9% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort102funders
$2.4Ma year, last 3 years
37%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Priscilla and Michael Baldwin FoundationSince FY2018$1.8M$648k$988k$530k$608k$563kFrederick Gardner Cottrell FoundationSince FY2019$2k$38k$25k$1.6M$1.0MPeter & Nancy Salter Family Foundation IncOn and off$355k$200k$400k$400kThe Stonewall FoundationOn and off$30k$30k$30k$530kNational Forest FoundationOn and off$59k$43k$45k$139kFlinn FoundationSince FY2020$20k$60k$40k$40kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$87k$65k$160k$152k$163k$152k$152k69 other fundersUp to $115k a year each$111k$169k$119k$298k$115k$214k$147k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund