California · Nonprofit
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,692,827 to it, the largest being THE LIPMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($5,432,835). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $17M
What San Jose Museum of Art Association does
Mission
Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions and programs:founded in 1969 by artists and community leaders on the plaza de cesar chavez in downtown san jose, the san jose museum of art (sjma) is the premier modern and contemporary art museum in silicon valley. Its dynamic program, which balances socially relevant traveling exhibitions with critically engaging shows drawn from a collection of 2,700+ works, resonates with defining characteristics of san jose and the silicon valley from its rich diversity to its hallmark innovative ethos. (see schedule o for continuation)
$2,731,056 spent$233,150 earned by the program65% of program spendingEducation:sjma's extensive on and off-site education programs fill multiple gaps in local k-12 arts education. On-site and virtual programs include a robust museum field trip program; family programming, including two free community days and a popular kids summer art camp inspired by exhibitions on view. One-week summer camp scholarships are offered to at-risk children and youth based in san jose schools. (see schedule o for continuation)
$1,337,701 spent$69,790 earned by the program32% of program spendingMuseum store:the museum store is located off the main lobby of sjma and online at https://sjma-online-store.myshopify.com/. This active gift shop carries mission-related products that are educational, foster creativity, and encourage deeper knowledge of art and culture. The museum store also features custom products by area artists and craftsmen as well as merchandise relevant to each current season of exhibitions. The store is staffed by museum employees as well as an active contingent of longtime volunteers.
$165,351 spent$50,352 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,234,108.
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 2020 to 2021, from $16M to $19M (+17%).
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 22% · 2018 17% · 2019 15% · 2020 17% · 2021 22% · 2022 26% · 2023 25% · 2024 14% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Susan Sayre Batton
Executive director (thru 5/31/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $3.6M.
20 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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 JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
32% 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 JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 30% · 2019 14% · 2020 23% · 2021 32% · 2022 12% · 2023 67% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $498k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$270k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$228k
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 JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION: 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 JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION?
- SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,692,827 to it, the largest being THE LIPMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($5,432,835). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $15,692,827 in grants to SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION?
- THE LIPMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,432,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION 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.
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 72 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