Napa Valley Museum: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 23-7140629)

Laura Rafaty’s $152K as Executive Director is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Laura Rafaty	$151,951	$139,423	$128,132	$121,161	$121,643	$109,320

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $282K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

The primary purpose of the museum is to provide enjoyable, interactive, educational experiences and to collect, conserve and exhibit objects relevant to the area. Due to covid closure all in person exhibits were closed

$282Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

The Spivey Family Foundation INCFY2025$3K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$3K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$614K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$325K

Investment incomeLn 3$246K

Other incomeLn 4–11$35K

Money outPt IX

$475K

Ln 25

Programscol B$282K

Managementcol C$106K

Fundraisingcol D$87K

Owns and owesPt X

$5.5M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$489K

Total assetsLn 16$5.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$266K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$325K

Government grantsLn 1e$120K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$124K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$24K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$8K

Investment incomeLn 3$246K

Other incomeLn 4–11$35K

Gains on assetsLn 7$146K

Total revenueLn 12$614K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$152K

SavingsLn 2$337K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$489K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.4M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M

Total assetsLn 16$5.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$266K

Net assetsLn 32$5.5M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 513

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3More from this return

Abroad and in kindSch F, M

Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$124K

EndowmentSch D · Pt V

Line	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17
End of yearLn 1g	$3.0M	$3.0M	$3.0M	$3.1M	$3.2M
SpentLn 1d–1f	$66K	$78K	$367K	$188K	$216K

4Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$413K	$489K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$3.0M	$3.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1.8M	$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16	$5.2M	$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$261K	$266K
Net assetsLn 32	$4.9M	$5.5M

5Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$129K	$77K	$22K	$30K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$79K	$47K	$13K	$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$14K	$8K	$2K	$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$16K	$10K	$3K	$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$3K	$2K	$515	$696
Investment management feesLn 11f	$24K		$24K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$6K	$898	$5K	$232
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$2K	$41	$750
Office expensesLn 13	$10K	$6K	$2K	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$4K	$3K	$721	$976
OccupancyLn 16	$8K	$5K	$1K	$2K
TravelLn 17	−$75	−$45	−$13	−$17
InterestLn 20	$344		$344
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$96K	$58K	$16K	$22K
InsuranceLn 23	$15K	$9K	$2K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$70K	$56K	$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$475K	$282K	$106K	$87K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2025	$767K	$954K	−$188K	$5.1M	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 12, 2025	$1.2M	$1.5M	−$257K	$5.1M	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024	$523K	$948K	−$424K	$5.0M	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023	$729K	$690K	$38K	$5.2M	990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 18, 2021	$614K	$475K	$138K	$5.5M	990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 14, 2021	$518K	$777K	−$259K	$4.9M	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $613,594 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $241,531$325,038

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $41,368$8,138

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $170,220$245,861

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $64,893$34,557

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $518,012$613,594

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $399,774$237,808

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $377,053$237,393

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $776,827$475,201

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$258,815$138,393

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $613,594 across 12 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $4,606 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1b Membership dues$23,146

VIII-1c Fundraising events$24,065

VIII-1e Government grants$120,228

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$157,599

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$124,065

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$325,038

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,138$8,138

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $99,984$99,984

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $145,877$145,877

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $29,522$29,522

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $429$429

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $12,744 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $275,812$613,594

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $475,201 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $77,159 · Management $21,862 · Fundraising $29,578$128,599

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $47,458 · Management $13,446 · Fundraising $18,192$79,096

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,377 · Management $2,373 · Fundraising $3,211$13,961

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,691 · Management $2,746 · Fundraising $3,715$16,152

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,816 · Management $515 · Fundraising $696$3,027

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $23,913$23,913

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $898 · Management $4,618 · Fundraising $232$5,748

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,563 · Management $41 · Fundraising $750$2,354

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,843 · Management $1,655 · Fundraising $2,240$9,738

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,547 · Management $721 · Fundraising $976$4,244

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,615 · Management $1,308 · Fundraising $1,769$7,692

IX-17 TravelPrograms −$45 · Management −$13 · Fundraising −$17−$75

IX-20 InterestManagement $344$344

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $57,629 · Management $16,328 · Fundraising $22,091$96,048

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,766 · Management $2,484 · Fundraising $3,360$14,610

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $56,067 · Management $13,683$69,750

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $282,384 · Management $106,024 · Fundraising $86,793$475,201

Part X · Balance sheet $5,771,473 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $135,742$151,646

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $276,839$337,012

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $710$1,160

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $18,551$18,605

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,017$8,726

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,784,652$1,842,416

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,965,759$3,411,908

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,191,270$5,771,473

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,898$40,426

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $235,228$225,766

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $261,126$266,192

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,130,144$2,705,281

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,800,000$2,800,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,930,144$5,505,281

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,191,270$5,771,473

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,505,281 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$613,594

XI-2 Total expenses$475,201

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$138,393

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,930,144

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$462,315

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$25,571

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,505,281

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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