NonprofitsThe High Desert Museum

Arts & Culture

The High Desert Museum

BEND, OR

Total revenue

$12.2M

Total expenses

$8.4M

Net assets

$40.3M

Grants received

$13.6M

237 grants

EIN

510179336

Tax year

2023

Mission

The high desert museum wildly excites and responsibly teaches through innovation, interdisciplinary experiences, creating connection to and dialogue about the high desert.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$7.8M
Program service revenue$3.7M
Investment income$586K
Other revenue$117K
Total revenue$12.2M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$4.4M
Fundraising$515K
Other expenses$4.0M
Total expenses$8.4M
Total assets$41.5M
Net assets$40.3M

People

35 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DANA WHITELAW PHD

PRESIDENT, E

Board

$145K

60 hrs/wk

KEVIN SMYTH

CFO

Board

$77K

50 hrs/wk

NELSON E MATHEWS

BOARD CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

KEVIN G PALMER

FINANCE CHAI

Board

2 hrs/wk

GARY K CUTLER

GOVERNANCE C

Board

2 hrs/wk

SHARON GUECK

DEVELOPMENT

Board

2 hrs/wk

CAMERON M KERR

COLLECTION C

Board

2 hrs/wk

KATHERINE BLOOMFIELD

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

TUCKER BOUNDS

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

ROBERT BRUNOE

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

CARSON G CAMPBELL

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

KATHRYN C COLLINS

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

JN DEMPSEY

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

ALI DIETZ

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARY FAULKNER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

RYAN J HAGEMANN

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

CAROLINE M HALL

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

PETER J HALL

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARGARET M HEATER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

ANDREW N JORDAN

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

CONNIE KEARNEY

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

JULIE A MILLER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

ROMY MORTENSEN

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

JOSH NEWTON

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

PETER C RICHTER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

STEVE L SHROPSHIRE

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

SUSAN V SKALSKI

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

JUSTIN SNYDER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

PHYLLIS SWINDELLS

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

THOMAS M TRIPLETT

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

TERRY VALESKI

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

CHRISTINE VERNIER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

BILLY WILLIAMS

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

RICHARD C WININGER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

MIKE HOLLERN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

COMMUNITY COUNSELING SERVICES

CONSULTING

$445K

INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING INNOVATION

EDUCATION

$106K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 237

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.3M
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM CAPITAL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION; INDIGENIZING HDM: PARTNERSHIPS IN PRACTICE
2024
$314K
Cultural Heritage
2024
$200K
GENERAL
2024
$148K
SCHNITZER HIGH DESERT AWARD
2024
$136K
PROGRAM EXPANSION
2024
$100K
Support for gallery improvements and installation of artwork
2024
$75K
THREE YEAR OPERATING SUPPORT FOR K-12 EDUCATION PROGRAMMING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGH DESERT
2024
$75K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
Van Purchase for Museum Without Walls Initiative
2024
$20K
WILDLIFE CARE & EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2024
$10K
LITTLE WONDERS
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$8K
KIDS CURATE PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$8K
General Operating Support
2024
$8K
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS & PROJECTS
2024
$8K
Animal Kinship by Rick Bartow
2024
$6K
ARTS, CULTURE
2024
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$5K
Collections Conservation Mentorship
2024
$3K
EDUCATTION CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
2024
$1.2M
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM CAPITAL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION
2023
$1M
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM CAN YOU IMAGINE CAMPAIGN
2023
$405K
GENERAL
2023
$303K
Cultural Heritage
2023
$254K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$150K
CAPITAL PROJECTS
2023
$150K
Native American collection installation, "Creating Together"
2023
$100K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$86K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$75K
THREE YEAR OPERATING SUPPORT FOR K-12 EDUCATION PROGRAMMING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGH DESERT
2023
$50K
EXHIBITS INITIATIVE
2023
$50K
ENDOWMENT FOR CARE OF THE BROOKS AND SUZANNE RAGEN LABRARY
2023
$50K
INDIGENIZING HDM: PARTNERSHIPS IN PRACTICE
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2023
$48K
TO SUPPORT PROGRAM OPERATIONS
2023
$25K
General purposes
2023
$24K
ANDY WARHOL EXHIBITION
2023
$21K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$20K
WILDLIFE CARE & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2023
$17K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2023
$12K
HISTORY AND CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
2023
$12K
YOUTH EDUCATION
2023
$10K
TO SUPPORT KIDS CURATE AT LA PINE SCHOOL DIST.
2023
$10K
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$8K
K12 Education
2023
$8K
CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THEIR KIDS CURATE PROGRAM.
2023
$8K
CULTURAL - PROGRAM & BUILDING SUPPOR
2023
$8K
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS & PROJECTS
2023
$7K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$7K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$5K
IN SUPPORT OF KIDS CURATE
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$3K
ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT
2023
$3K
EDUCATION
2023
$2K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2023
$500
General & Unrestricted
2023
$1.2M
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM CAPITAL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION
2022
$500K
ENDOWMENT & CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
2022
$169K
Cultural Heritage
2022
$150K
CREATING TOGETHER, COLLABORATION TO RENOVATE INDIGENOUS PLATEAU EXHIBITION
2022
$143K
CAN YOU IMAGINE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
2022
$89K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$82K
WILDLIFE CARE & EDUCATION PROGRAMS ($25K) AND CAN YOU IMAGINE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ($57K)
2022
$50K
CAN YOU IMAGINE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
2022
$50K
EXHIBITS INITIATIVE
2022
$45K
TO SUPPORT PROGRAM OPERATIONS
2022
$40K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$40K
TWO YEAR PROJECT SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION PROJECT INCORPORATING, HISTORY, SCIENCE, ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMMING FOR K-12 STUDENTS
2022
$30K
General purposes
2022
$25K
the Family Playscape
2022
$20K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$15K
OST and Mentoring
2022
$12K
YOUTH EDUCATION
2022
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$10K
KIDS CURATE PROGRAM
2022
$10K
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION.
2022
$10K
KIDS CURATE
2022
$10K
GENERAL
2022
$10K
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
2022
$10K
General Operating Support
2022
$8K
YOUTH EDUCATION AND EXHIBIT PROGRAM
2022
$8K
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS & PROJECTS
2022
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$6K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2022
$5K
HIGH DESERT RENDEZVOUS 2022
2022
$5K
Access Initiatives
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$5K
CHARITABLE - PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$5K
LITTLE WONDERS PROGRAM
2022
$4K
INDIGENOUS CURRICULUM PROJECT
2022
$4K
develop educational resources that highlight the seldom-told stories of Black pioneers in Central Oregon
2022
$4K
ARTISTIC FEES
2022
$3K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$3K
OPERATING
2022
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2022
$1.2M
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM CAPITAL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION
2021
$201K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$201K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$60K
INDIGENOUS CURRICULUM PROJECT
2021
$51K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$40K
CHANGING EXHIBITS INITIATIVE
2021
$25K
General purposes
2021
$15K
TO SUPPORT THE KIDS CURATE PROGRAM
2021
$10K
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION.
2021
$10K
REIMAGINING CONNECTION
2021
$8K
HISTORY EDUCATION PROGRAM
2021
$5K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2021
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$5K
ROOTED EXHIBIT: HONORING PAT CLARK'S INFLUENCE
2021
$4K
Reimagining Connection
2021
$3K
DISCRETIONARY GIFT
2021
$3K
CHARITABLE - PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$3K
OPERATING
2021
$3K
MUSEUM SUPPORT DONATION IN HONOR OF ED WHITELAW
2021
$2K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$2K
YOUTH EDUCATION
2021
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2021
$250
TO SUPPORT THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM
2021
$192K
Social Science
2020
$70K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$60K
INDIGENOUS CURRICULUM PROJECT
2020
$40K
COVID19 SUPPORT HIGH DESERT MUSEUM
2020
$31K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2020
$30K
REMAPPING THE HIGH DESERT WEBSITE
2020
$25K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$25K
General purposes
2020
$20K
WILDLIFE CARE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
2020
$12K
Cultural Heritage
2020
$12K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$10K
CRITICAL MISSION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING
2020
$10K
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
2020
$10K
GENERAL
2020
$10K
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION.
2020
$8K
COVID-19 RESPONSE
2020
$8K
STEAM EDUCATION PROGRAM
2020
$6K
Operational Support
2020
$5K
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2020
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2020
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
DISTANT LEARNING PROGRAM
2020
$5K
KIDS CURATE SUPPORT
2020
$5K
COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING
2020
$3K
WATERSTON DESERT WRITING PRIZE
2020
$3K
OPERATING
2020
$2K
YOUTH EDUCATION
2020
$1K
General Support
2020
$1K
COVID-19 VIRTUAL LEARNING
2020
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2020
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2020
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$900
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$700
General Support
2020
$500
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$500
MATCHING GIFTS
2020

Funded by

$13.6M from 84 funders · 237 grants · 2017–2024

The Roundhouse Foundation

$5.1M · 14 grants · 2018–2024

Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund

$1.1M · 4 grants · 2019–2023

Robert And Mercedes Eichholz Foundation

$1.0M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Oregon Community Foundation

$977K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$948K · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Bend Foundation

$625K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation

$300K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Marcia H Randall Foundation

$280K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN510179336
NTEE codeA560
Subsection03
Ruling date1976-02
Formed1974
Employees128
Volunteers218
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