Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2014.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
11 people listed on the 990-EZ; $50K paid to officers and key staff.
Kay Carlson’s $53K as Executive Dir. is at the 47th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Carlson | $52,507 | $50,000 | $54,000 | $40,000 | $40,000 |
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.
See Marin Open Studios executive salaries →On this list? Claim this org
Something off? Claim to add context
Programs and updates
Connects local artists with audiences through events and programs.
Questions for Marin Open Studios
Your first name shows with your question. Marin Open Studios answers here, for everyone.
Know this org? Add your story
Marin open studios offers the public self-guided tours of the studios of marin county's artists during the first two weekends of may, with a large gallery open for one month. The event includes an exhibition of over 250 participating artists at town center, corte madera.
An artist guide for the open studios event is printed to list the location of each open studio, to show an example of the artist's work, and offer maps to find the studios. The printing of the guide is partially funded by selling advertisement space in the guide.
Marin open studies also provides services to the youth of marin county through various activities such as supporting the annual rising stars high school art show at youth in ARTS.MARIN open studios provides a volunteer to judge the high school art show and presents monetary awards to the winners.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990-EZ, line by line.
Download 990
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $213K | $208K | $4K | $139K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $164K | $135K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2022 | $194K | $168K | $26K | $146K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $119K | $149K | −$31K | $120K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $160K | $122K | $38K | $150K | 990 PDF |
More to add? Claim this org
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit
Names, privacy, and removal requests More
The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.
Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.
We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.
Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.
If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.
Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.
If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.
Your org? Add context
Made it to the end? Claim this org