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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.

Money

Financial picture

Tax year 2024
Revenue$6,370,230
Expenses$3,707,604
Assets$25,489,139
Income$8,685,840
Contributions$5,037,551
Management$828,535
Executive compensation$228,461
Stocks and bonds$17,615,502
Investing fees$79,145

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

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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
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