Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1959.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
31 people listed on the 990; $390K paid to officers and key staff.
Drew Oberjuerge’s $178K as Executive Director (thru 8/2025) is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3925 $1–10M 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Oberjuerge | $177,917 | $166,424 | $128,475 | $106,194 | $85,641 | $85,641 |
| Maria E Fernandez | $123,117 | $116,088 | $111,000 | — | — | — |
| Alanna Correa | $118,267 | $107,628 | — | — | — | — |
| Valerie Found | $105,647 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jennifer Kanter | $104,361 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jerald Soto | $100,650 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 Riverside Art Museum executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Collects art, produces exhibitions, and offers educational programs.
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Exhibitions, Curatorial, and Collections
Riverside art museum (ram) presents, on average, twenty exhibits a year at its two locations, the riverside art museum and the cheech marin center for chicano art & culture of the riverside art museum.
Education
Ram offers classes and summer programs for children from ages 3 to 18 years. Additionally, ram gives curriculum-based art lessons at local school district classrooms through its art-to-go program and brings students to its two museum sites for walk & wonder tours.
Community Outreach
Ram provides arts activities at local festivals and community events (especially in riverside's eastside neighborhood). Ram collaborates with community partners and riverside residents to paint murals at neighborhood sites.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $524K | $434K | $399K | $451K | $377K |
| Given inLn 1b | $15K | ||||
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $7K | $23K |
| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.2M | $1.5M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $989K | $876K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $5.8M | $6.0M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $486K | $532K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $5.3M | $5.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $198K | $56K | $79K | $63K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.0M | $1.4M | $449K | $130K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $17K | $6K | $9K | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $108K | $62K | $35K | $11K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $168K | $114K | $39K | $14K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $34K | $34K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $660K | $449K | $185K | $26K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $200K | $163K | $34K | $2K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $357K | $300K | $33K | $23K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $559K | $514K | $39K | $5K |
| TravelLn 17 | $24K | $14K | $3K | $6K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $32K | $19K | $7K | $6K |
| InterestLn 20 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $98K | $92K | $4K | $2K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $76K | $64K | $11K | $1K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $358K | $300K | $43K | $15K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $9K | $9K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.9M | $3.6M | $1.0M | $308K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 10, 2026 | $4.1M | $4.7M | −$644K | $4.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 11, 2025 | $4.9M | $4.9M | −$41K | $5.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 12, 2024 | $4.5M | $4.8M | −$342K | $5.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $3.5M | $4.8M | −$1.2M | $5.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2022 | $1.9M | $1.3M | $653K | $6.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 29, 2021 | $2.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $6.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,882,168 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 28 of 28 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,882,168 across 13 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,922,702 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $5,979,593 assets, 18 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,447,501 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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