HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

7 LOWER CENTER ST, CLINTON, NJ 08809-1303

In care of

% MICHAEL CITARELLI

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

Jeanne Brasile, 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, NJ 08809

Signed the 990

Jeanne Brasile, Exec Dir

Phone

(908) 735-8415

Website

www.HunterdonArtMuseum.org

Return prepared by

Morey Nee Buck & Oswald LLC

Mission

FOR MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS THE HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM IN CLINTON, NEW JERSEY HAS SERVED AS AN INVALUABLE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR NEW JERSEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND HAS CARRIED OUT ITS MISSION TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WITH CONTEMPORARY ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN IN WAYS THAT EDUCATE, CHALLENGE AND INSPIRE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS. HUNTERDON COUNTYS ONLY ART MUSEUM IS LOCATED IN AN 1836 GRISTMILL THAT IS ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTERS. THE FOUR-STORY BUILDING HAS THREE FLOORS OF EXHIBITION SPACE AND ONE FLOOR OF ART STUDIOS. THE MUSEUM PRESENTS APPROXIMATELY TWELVE EXHIBITIONS ANNUALLY AND OFFERS MANY STUDIO ART COURSES, WORKSHOPS, AND ART CAMPS. APPROXIMATELY 17,000 VISITORS CAME TO THE MUSEUMS GROUNDS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, STUDIO ART CLASSES, CAMPS, INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS DURING FY24. THE MUSEUM S ADMISSION FEE IS $7 FOR ADULTS, $5 FOR SENIORS, MILITARY, AND STUDENTS, MEMBERS, CHILDREN UNDER 12 AND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN NEW JERS

Program accomplishments

• THE HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM IS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE WITH PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND EXPERIENCE ART IN MANY FORMS. BEGINNING WITH PROGRAMS FOR THE VERY YOUNG AND CONTINUING THROUGH ADULTHOOD, THE MUSEUM ANNUALLY OFFERS WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES THAT SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING. IN THE SUMMER, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSEUM'S ART CAMPS. SUBJECTS RANGE FROM PAINTING AND DRAWING TO VIDEO PRODUCTION, FASHION DESIGN, ANIMATION, AND MUCH MORE. FOR MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE YEARS HAM HAS OFFERED CLASSES FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HAS FILLED A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM. WORKING WITH NEARLY THIRTY SCHOOLS FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES, THE MUSEUM HAS GIVEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT THEIR ARTWORK AND PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS THROUGH OUR YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE.
  Expenses $320,286 · revenue $175,872
• THE MUSEUMS EXHIBITIONS HAVE GARNERED A REPUTATION FOR THEIR HIGH QUALILTY AND INTERESTING SUBJECT MATTER. FROM GROUP SHOWS THAT INVESTIGATE TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY ART TO ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS THAT EXPLORE PERSONAL JOURNEYS, THE MUSEUM BRINGS EXTRAORDINARY ARTWORK TO OUR REGION WITH APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN EXHIBITIONS ANNUALLY. HERE ARE EXAMPLES FROM FY24: AS A MUSEUM THAT HAS EXPLORED CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS IN NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS, WE WERE EXCITED TO INITIATE CLAYBASH, A JURIED TRIENNIAL CERAMICS EXHIBITION. JENNIFER MARTIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CLAY STUDIO, PHILADELPHIA, WAS THE JUROR. THE SHOW SOUGHT LIVELY AND INTERESTING INTERPRETATIONS OF CLAY AS MATERIAL AND IDEA AND BROUGHT TOGETHER WORK BY CERAMIC ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PLANETARIA, A SOLO SHOW BY ARTIST AND POET MONCIAL ONG, LEVERAGED THE LANGUAGE OF ASTRONOMY TO EXPLORE THE PRECARIOUS TERRITORIES OF MOTHERHOOD, WOMEN IN SCIENCE, AND DIASPORA IDENTITY. A SOLO SHOW BY NONA HERSHEY EXPLORED THE DIGITAL AGE. HER WATERCOLORS COMBINED BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED CLOUDS WITH PIXELATED, COLORFUL FORMS. A TWO-PERSON SHOW OF THE WORK OF PAINTER MARSHA GOLDBERG AND SCULPTOR ANDREW ZIMMERMAN PAIRED TWO ARTISTS WHO USE COLOR AND ABSTRACTION TO CREATE DYNAMIC WORK. IN THE FALL THE MAIN GALLERY WAS FILLED WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY LANDSCAPES OF PHILIP ADAMS WHO METICULOUSLY DEPICTS MOUNTAINS AND WATER SCENES THAT INCORPORATE REMNANTS OF HUMANITY. HIS WORK ENCOURAGES THE VIEWER TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AND OUR IMPACT ON IT. IN ADDITION TO PAINTINGS, FOR THE SHOW ADAMS CREATED A TEMPORARY MURAL WITHIN THE GALLERY. IN THE EXHIBITION OVER THE PAPER PLANE, AHRONG KIMS WHIMSICAL AND DETAILED CERAMIC FIGURES PROVIDED VIEWERS WITH A GLIMPSE OF HER EMOTIONAL STATES. HAMS ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION WAS JURIED BY JOAO (JUNO) ZAGO, AN ARTIST AND THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF GALLERY AFERRO IN NEWARK. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDED AN ARRAY OF STYLES AND MEDIUMS THAT SHOWED THE TALENTS OF OUR MEMBERS. NEW WORK BY KATE DODD WAS SHOWN IN THE MUSEUMS FIRST FLOOR GALLERY. USING IMAGERY FROM CHILDRENS BOOKS AS WELL AS MEDICAL X-RAYS KATE EXHIBITED WORK THAT RECYCLED FAMILIAR MATERIALS TO TELL NEW STORIES. PERHAPS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW WAS A SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION THAT INCORPORATED UNUSED ITEMS DISCARDED BY A COSMETICS COMPANY. HUNDREDS OF LIPSTICK TUBES SEEMED TO INVADE THE BUILDING, MOVING THROUGH WALLS AND FALLING FROM THE GRAIN SHOOTS THAT REMAINED FROM THE BUILDINGS LIFE AS A MILL. CYNTHIA CARLSONS PAINTINGS FILLED THE SECOND FLOOR MAIN GALLERY DURING THE WINTER. ABSTRACTIONS AND OLDER WORK INTRODUCED THE VIEWER TO AN ARTIST WHOSE WORK SPANNED SEVERAL DECADES. ASSEMBLAGE ARTIST ELLEN SIEGELS WORK INCORPORATED FOUND OBJECTS THAT IN HER HANDS TOLD NEW STORIES. THE MEMBERS HIGHLIGHT EXHIBITION WAS AWARDED TO ALEKSANDAR POPOVIC. HIS LANDSCAPES COMBINED ABSTRACT ELEMENTS. SPURRING THE VIEWER TO CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE. STREET PHOTOGRAPHER PAVARTI KUMAR EXHIBITED IMAGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. HER COLORFUL SHOTS SHOWED THE ARTISTS ABILITY TO CAPTURE ICONIC MOMENTS. UNCONTAINED: REIMAGING BASKETRY BROUGHT TOGETHER ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UNUSUAL MATERIALS AND SHAPES EXPLORED HOW BASKETS NO LONGER NEED TO BE FUNCTIONAL, BUT HAVE BECOME FINE ART. PAINTER DEBRA RAMSAYS BEAUTIFUL ABSTRACT PAINTINGS REPRESENTED BIRDS SEEN IN CENTRAL PARK. BY DISTRIBUTING THEIR COLORS ON ACRYLIC PANELS THE ARTIST IS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE SENSE THAT ONE IS SEEING A BIRD IN FLIGHT. WITHIN THE GALLERY, A VIDEO WITH BIRD CALLS CREATED A MULTI-SENSORY EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE ROTATING EXHIBITIONS, SCULPTURES BY TOM OTTERNESS, TOSHIKO TAKAEZU AND NORIKO SAKAYAMA WERE LOCATED ON THE MUSEUMS TERRACE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC 24/7. ALSO ON THE TERRACE AND NEW THIS YEAR IS A MURAL BY PHILIP ADAMS, REPRESENTING ORIGAMI BOATS FLOATING DOWN A RIVER. REPRESENTING THE MUSEUMS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS THE ARTS MOVE OUTWARD FROM THE MUSEUM TO THE PEOPLE IT ENGAGES.
  Expenses $231,741 · revenue $34,282

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

22-1550244

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1959

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A510)

Assets (IRS master file)

$3,135,928

Income (IRS master file)

$669,757

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 22-1550244).

Questions about HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM

What is the EIN of HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM?

The employer identification number (EIN) of HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM is 22-1550244.

Is HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1959.

Are donations to HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Jeanne Brasile.

Who are the officers and directors of HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $100,000 (Marjorie F Nathanson, Fmr Exec Dir).

How much revenue does HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $643,767, expenses of $863,413 and total assets of $3,135,928 at year end.

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