California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART (California) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,528,278 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($3,081,668). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 104
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $78M
What San Diego Museum of Art does
Mission
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions: the museum presented a broad range of exhibitions during the year. These were created from the museum's own collection, as well as borrowed from other museums and lenders. Wonders of creation: art, science, and innovation in the islamic world, garry winogrand: man of the crowd, ruud van empel, fosters + partners: architecture of light and space, william groper: american agitator, prix pictet: human, and women in focus were some of the exhibitions presented during fiscal year 2025.wonders of creation: this sweeping special exhibition explored the dynamic intersections of art, science, and innovation across the islamic world from the eighth century to the present. Inspired by a thirteenth-century illustrated cosmography that frames wonder as a way to comprehend the universe, the presentation brought together over 200 works from manuscripts, maps, and scientific instruments to contemporary artworks illuminating the global influence of islamic intellectual and visual culture. The installation married historical artifacts with newly commissioned contemporary works, encouraging visitors to traverse celestial and terrestrial realms and consider humanity's role within…
$7,168,537 spent$1,413,430 earned by the program64% of program spendingCollections: the museum's mission is, in part to care for its collections, which includes more than 20,000 works of art. The collection is the museum's greatest asset. Its works of art are displayed on a rotating basis within the museum and are frequently lent to other institutions for exhibition elsewhere. The museum also seeks to acquire art which will enhance its collection. During fiscal year 2025, in addition, conservation began on works of art to be featured in future exhibitions, both at the museum and at other institutions.
$95,242 spent1% of program spendingPrograms: the museum offers a broad range of programming throughout the year. These programs include musical performances, films, educational seminars, teen art classes, summer camps, family days, and lectures and symposia. In addition, the museum sponsored a dozen outreach programs within the community. More than 40,000 visitors participated in these programs throughout the year. Many of these programs were free of charge or included in the price of admission.
$1,265,731 spent$55,429 earned by the program11% of program spendingOther program services: during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, the museum served an audience of approximately 541,000 visitors from local, regional, national and international audiences. The museum produced two issues of its member's magazine. The museum was supported by approximately 5000 members during the year.
$2,717,397 spent$359,161 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,246,907.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $98M to $79M (−19%).
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 7% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 9% · 2022 8% · 2023 6% · 2024 3% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Roxana Velasquez
Executive director & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $1.9M.
19 of 104 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 104 funders by total. 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
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
39% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 37% · 2019 42% · 2020 27% · 2021 43% · 2022 34% · 2023 39% — broadly stable.
“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.
How long its funders stay
47% of SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
72% of SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART is better cushioned than half of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $540k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$350k
- National Endowment for the Arts$190k
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 SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: 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 SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART?
- SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART (California) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,528,278 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($3,081,668). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART have?
- IRS filings report 104 organizations giving $13,528,278 in grants to SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART?
- THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,081,668 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 104 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing