Dallas Museum of Art

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
750808774
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, Texas, USA
Phone
2149221200
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Art Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,579,631
Expenses
$30,129,842
Assets
$412,232,808
Liabilities
$9,801,459

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

78 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOROTEO AGUSTIN ARTEAGA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARY MCDERMOTT COOK (TRUSTEE(PRESIDENT, MAF))
  • SHERYL ADKINS-GREEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GOWRI SHARMA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DOROTEO AGUSTIN ARTEAGA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $608,282 total reported compensation
  • TAMARA WOOTTON-BONNER (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $324,846 total reported compensation
  • CYNTHIA CALABRESE (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $268,019 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Dallas Museum of Art is supported, in part, by the generosity of DMA Members and donors, the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

What it reported doing in 2024

The dma offered over 2,000 educational virtual and onsite programs free or at a low cost. C3 programming welcomed 11,457 visitors for the studio programs, pop-up art spot services, summer camps, and other activities. K-12 art education programs like go van gogh and tours of the permanent collection and special exhibitions engaged more than 32,768 students and teachers. Family, youth, and school (fys) programs engaged 46,448 children, students, and teenagers through 1,599 services. The teen ambassador program offered summer volunteer opportunities to 27 dallas-based teenagers to deliver 156 fys service to over 3,157 visitors. Access programs served visitors with developmental disabilities, low vision, autism, and dementia to provide creative, accessible opportunities tailored to their individual needs. Community engagement programming served approximately 6,778 youth, adults, and families through a variety of 206 collaborative services, the majority of which occurred in neighborhoods throughout the city of dallas that are underserved by the arts ecosystem. Programs included citywide youth, wich served 2,214 k-12 students through afterschool workshops, multi-session classes, community events, and festivals. Customized programs were developed for partner organizations, including bridge builders, wellmed senior center, genesis women's shelter, and heart house. Also teaxas veterans, seniors at wellmed senior activity center, ymca in redbird, and youth afterschool programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.2%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 79.4%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.68; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 27.2% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 65 of 65 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $20M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $608K · 78 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.