California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $545,307 to it, the largest being THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST ($224,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $640k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $545k
- Net assets
- $436k
What California Association of Museums does
Mission
California Association of Museums cam, an association funded in 1979, is dedicated to advancing museums across california in service to their communities. Today, cam is one of the strongest and most active state museum associations in the nation, committed to advocating for museums while providing innovative and educational programs and services to museums and individual professionals.cams vision is stronger museums create a stronger californiax and the mission statement reads cam unifies and strengthens california museums to expand their collective impact. Cam currently has over 1,300 individual, business, and institutional members, located in over 40 of californias 58 counties. Cams governing body, the board of directors, consists of 19-23 directors and senior managers from museums of varying size and scope. The board members represent art institutions, history museums, multidisciplinary organizations, natural history/science museums, and institutions with living collections.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cam fosters a collaborative, interconnected network of museum professionals; brings new ideas into the conversation to challenge assumptions and thinking; and, provides resources, information, and programs that help professionals make museums more robust, more relevant, and more sustainable in service to california communities. To fulfill this role, cam hosts an annual conference to bring museum professionals together for an exchange of ideas, perspectives, and resources.
$319,649 spent100% of program spendingCam has an active advocacy program that monitors legislation, keeps members and constituents informed and involved, and fosters strategic initiatives to support funding sources for museums. Cam communicates with legislators regarding the impact of museums on california communities and their interests. Cam takes positions on specific bills of interest to the museum community, such as funding for arts and culture, and was a supporter of the american association of museums 2021 virtual museums advocacy day. Furthermore, electronic legislative updates highlight important matters affecting state government as well as key issues of concern for museums.
In addition to the annual conference and regional workshops (see line 4b) and its advocacy program (see line 4c), cam supports the success of california museums through these key programs and services:electronic newsletters: cam enews and cam updates, biweekly newsletters, have over 5,000 subscribers and are the industrys best sources for relevant information. Special initiatives: innovative efforts seek to meet the needs of and provide leadership for the museum field. A strategic action committee leverages foresight research to determine priorities to push the california museum field forward and works to activate those priorities. The committee influences the association's work in the areas of museum relevance and sustainability, emerging professional development, foresight research, and diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Special interest license plate: a major initiative of the association was the establishment of a new, official california special interest license plate with the image of snoopy. The license plate is now available for purchase through the department of motor vehicles. A new grant program is being established to support california museums from the…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,649.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $377k to $561k (+49%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 46% · 2018 8% · 2019 12% · 2020 14% · 2021 26% · 2022 27% · 2023 9% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jennifer Caballero
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $31k → $80k.
From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 52% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 56% · 2022 47% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
61% of CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $224k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$224k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
37% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS?
- CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $545,307 to it, the largest being THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST ($224,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $545,307 in grants to CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS?
- THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $224,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing