Tucson Desert Art Museum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465102259
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
9203566717
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Art Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$158,916
Expenses
$158,192
Assets
$218,858
Liabilities
$629,550

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RHONDA R SMITH (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • RHONDA R SMITH (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The preservation, acquisition, and exhibition of historic and contemporary southwestern art so that the public can appreciate and understand the heritage of the desert southwest and its surrounding areas. The museum will educate through displays, education programs, and group tours for children and adults.

What it reported doing in 2024

The museum's gallery and museum store has continued to help local artisans sell their products to both locals and the visitor market, while also supporting the programming and upkeep of the museum. The gallery and museum store primarily sell consigned works from local southwestern artists, which are packaged along with biographies of their accomplishments. We also host several workshops specifically in the gallery throughout the year for our guests to encourage learning and preservation of our great southwestern art and culture. In 2024 this included a gold jewelry making workshop, several artist talks, and several pottery demonstrations from a mata ortiz artisan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.88; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $139K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.