Promotes a global cultural movement by fostering community, art, education, and civic engagement based on the ten principles of Burning Man.
Leadership
Marian Goodell · Director/Chief Executive Officer · $378K
Money in and out
$56.0M revenue, $66.7M expenses
Bottom line
-19% surplus margin
Promotes a global cultural movement by fostering community, art, education, and civic engagement based on the ten principles of Burning Man.
For fiscal year 2024 it reported $56.0M in revenue, $66.7M in expenses, and $19.0M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$56.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$66.7M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$19.0M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$10.6M
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
83%
14%
Program services $0.83 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.04
Surplus margin
-19%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -525% vs prior filing year
Revenue trend
+38%
avg. annual growth over 5 years
Donor-funded
12%
of revenue is gifts & grants▼ -5% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$56.0M
FY2024▼ -16%
$66.6M$33.3M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$66.7M
FY2024▲ +5%
$66.7M$33.3M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$30.5M
FY2024▼ -19%
$37.5M$18.8M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$11.5M
FY2024▲ +46%
$11.5M$5.7M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$56.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$66.7M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$19.0M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$10.6M
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$30.5M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B83%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 3pending
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 4pending
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $50.5M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01
Black rock cityblack rock city ("BRC") is a temporary metropolis dedicated to art, community, and culture created by its 70,000+ participants and guided by the ten principles of burning man (see above).
$43.8Mprogram expense
02
Burning man artsthe burning man arts program includes the art of black rock city, civic arts, and global art GRANTS.BLACK rock city honoraria: the 2023 award of $1,325,470 in grant funds along with other resources and capacity planning to artists in the creation and future installation of works of art in black rock city, nevada.
$3.8Mprogram expense
03
Civic engagementbmp's civic engagement program includes the burning man regional network (the ""regional network"") and burners without borders. The regional network is a global network of individuals, events, and organizations inspired by the values reflected in the ten principles.
Marian Goodell’s $378K as Director/Chief Executive Officer
is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 572 $10–100M community development 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual — · Reported title — · Highest reported compensation — · Total expenses $66.7M
No individual compensation reported on this filing
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) — · Total expenses $66.7M
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Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
83%
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Overhead ratio
14%
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Fundraising cost ratio
36%
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Revenue growth
-16%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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