THE CHINATI FOUNDATION
EIN 74-2340423 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A510)
What they do
THE MISSION of THE CHINATI FOUNDATION/LA FUNDACION CHINATI is to PRESERVE THE VISION of THE ARTIST DONALD JUDD (1928-1994), WHO IN 1986 FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION AS A UNIQUE MUSEUM. JUDD INSTALLED LARGE-SCALE WORKS and GROUPS of WORK BY HIMSELF and A LIMITED NUMBER of OTHER ARTISTS ON A PERMANENT BASIS ACCORDING to EACH ARTISTS SPECIFICATIONS. IT WAS JUDDS GOAL to BRING ART, ARCHITECTURE, and THE LAND TOGETHER to FORM A COHERENT WHOLE. JUDD BELIEVED IN THE PURITY of ART and ITS INTRINSIC VALUE for HUMANS. HE SITUATED HIS MUSEUM IN MARFA, TEXAS, BELIEVING THAT THE REMOTENESS and VAST OPEN SPACES of THE LOCALE ENHANCED VIEWERS EXPERIENCE of THE ARTWORKS. CENTRAL to THIS MISSION ARE CONSERVING THE COLLECTION and MAKING IT AVAILABLE to THE PUBLIC, WHILE MAINTAINING THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT JUDD INITIATED.
Financial picture
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1985
- Location
- PO BOX 1135, MARFA, TX 79843
- County
- Presidio
- In care of
- CAITLIN MURRAY
- Primary officer
- CAITLIN MURRAY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- WITHUM SMITH BROWN PC
- NTEE classification
- Arts, Culture & Humanities (A510)
- IRS tax category
- Museums
More public IRS record details
These are classification codes from the organization’s public nonprofit record.
- Subsection
- 03
- Affiliation
- 3
- Classification
- 1000
- Deductibility
- 1
- Foundation
- 15
- Activity
- 060000000
- Organization
- 1