Program areas at Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation
Exhibitionsin addition to the long-term exhibition of a small portion of the Museum's permanent collection, the Museum organizes or arranges for short-term changing exhibitions of objects reflecting an aspect of the Museum's mission to increase the visitor's awareness and appreciation of the artistic traditions of other cultures.
Research and collectionsthe Museum maintains a collection of approximately 90,000 objects. Over the years, the Museum has acquired significant holdings of north american indian, pre-columbian, african, and oceanic cultural art and artifacts. Activities surrounding this collection include restoration, preservation and registration of all relevant data on computerized database. Ongoing research and cataloguing efforts have produced numerous publications and articles. The Museum holds the most significant collection of mccloskey paintings in the world. The Museum has established a website and has ambitious plans to make available over that medium images and information of interest to the general public and scholar alike.
Education and public programsthe Museum operates its children's hands-on art and activities center known as kidseum. In addition to community outreach activities, programs occurring at introduces children and parents to the art and customs of cultures around the world both past and present. The Museum also attempts to make itself more accessible to the surrounding community by conducting in-classroom presentations and maintaining a program of travel trunks and treasure chests filled with cultural artifacts and other significant objects for use in the classroom. The Museum also has a 300 seat auditorium where movies are shown and lectures are given to coincide with the current exhibits.
Who funds Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Peter Keller | President and Chief Executive Officer | $360,615 | 2022-06-30 |
Thuy Nguyen | Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer | $187,587 | 2023-04-18 |
Paul Dowdle | Vice President of Information Technology | $108,649 | 2022-06-30 |
Anne Shih | Director , Board Chair | $0 | 2022-06-30 |
Alan R Burns | Director , Secretary | $0 | 2022-06-30 |
...and 1 more key personnel |
Financials for Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation
Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $5,841,154 | $3,336,478 | 75.1% |
Program services | $593,469 | $594,590 | -0.2% |
Investment income and dividends | $973,922 | $640,616 | 52% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $257,683 | $-17,269 | 1592.2% |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $327,155 | $55,750 | 486.8% |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $251,839 | $221,242 | 13.8% |
Miscellaneous revenues | $29,835 | $21,675 | 37.6% |
Total revenues | $8,275,057 | $4,853,082 | 70.5% |
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Data update history
November 27, 2023
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $100,000 from Nicholas Endowment August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 15 new grant, including a grant for $100,000 from Nicholas Endowment June 22, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 16, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 2002 N Main St
- Santa Ana, CA 92706
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- County
- Orange County, CA
- Website URL
- bowers.org/Â
- Phone
- (714) 567-3600
- Facebook page
- bowersmuseumÂ
- Twitter profile
- @bowersmuseumÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 33-0106161
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1992
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A50: Museums
- NAICS code, primary
- 7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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