Maryhill Museum of Art

What it reported doing in 2025

Exhibitions, educational programs, and preservation of collections are the vital services that fulfill the museum's mission. Maryhill is the only fine art museum in the central pacific northwest. Founded in 1940, it is accredited by the american alliance of museums and serves 549,495 people across seven rural counties in Washington and Oregon. The museums collection of over 18,000 objects spans american and european fine and decorative arts, indigenous american art, an exceptional selection of 80+ sculptures and watercolors by auguste rodin, fashion, contemporary sculpture, and other works from america and around the world. Our strategic plan guides additions and updates to our permanent exhibitions and displays. The museum's collection is shared in exhibitions at the museum, with researchers, and with other museum institutions.educational programs are the heart of our mission and the museum hosts field trips throughout the year for k-12 and college groups. We subsidize field trips costs as needed to remove barriers to visiting, prioritizing title i schools in the region.museum educators provide & update classroom curriculum resources to meet state standards with a steam focus and offer an annual professional development program. Formal educational programs are complemented by public programs which bring performers, artists, historians, and writers to inspire and educate all visitors.in 2025, maryhill museum of art made updates to additional display cases in the indigenous peoples of north america permanent gallery and conserved select obects from the collection for display, as well as updates to the sam hill orientation gallery, now called the four founders and their legacy. The museum acquired several objects within its expanded collection focus of traditional textiles from romania and macedonia, as well as a variety of other acquisitions to the museum collections. New programs included a family-friendly solstice event at the stonehenge memorial monument.the museum received a major gift in 2025 to establish a restricted endowment for the acquisition and preservation of historic northwest painting and statuary works, and to name a museum gallery.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.9%; rating input score 70
• Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 12.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.3; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings