Inspires creativity and art appreciation through exhibits, classes, and lectures.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $306K in revenue, $270K in expenses, and $392K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$306K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$270K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$392K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $36K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
93%
Program services $0.93
Operating runway
6.4mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +49% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+12%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -9% vs prior filing year
Revenue trend
+17%
avg. annual growth over 5 years▼ -30% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$306K
FY2025▼ -8%
$332K$166K$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$270K
FY2025▼ -7%
$289K$145K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$437K
FY2025▲ +9%
$437K$218K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$45K
FY2025▼ -2%
$47K$24K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$306K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$270K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$392K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$36K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$437K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B93%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 310
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 410
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $250K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01
Exhibits- The Bozeman Art Museum was open in 2025 with four exhibits and we had attendance of 20,149 in 2025.
$131Kprogram expense
02
Teaching- We taught free skills based art classes in 13 rural and city schools and to home school students in Gallatin and Park counties Montana. We taught 1,529 students during the school year with six week to full school year sessions. We also taught free art classes in local libraries during the summer holidays and after school.
$113Kprogram expense
03
We held our 4th Annual Plein Air Montana event where invited and juried plein air artists paint for a week and then have a Quick Draw and opening night to show their work to the community
Linda Williams’s $52K as Executive Director
is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2213 $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
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 Linda Williams · Reported title Executive Director · Highest reported compensation $52K · Total expenses $270K
19%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $106K · Total expenses $270K
39%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
93%
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Revenue growth
-8%
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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
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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