Organizations Filed Purposes:
TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, INC. (TOFF) IS DEDICATED TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, DOCUMENT AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT EROTIC ART AND EROTIC ARTISTS. TOFF SHALL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE WORK OF EROTIC VISUAL ARTISTS REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUAL IDENTITY, MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION OR ANY OTHER CENSORING CRITERIA.
ART AND CULTURE FESTIVALS - IN HOUSE EXHIBITIONS, READINGS AND SCREENINGS DESIGNED TO BRING ARTISTS AND PUBLIC TOGETHER FOR ART APPRECIATION, AND FAMILIARIZE THE PUBLIC WITH THE CULTURAL MERITS OF THE GENRE. TOM HOUSE TOURS; LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ART SHOWS AND BOOK FAIRS; COMMUNITY EVENTS AND COLLABORATIONS ALL ENCOURAGE HEALTHEIR AND MORE TOLERANT SOCIETAL ATTITUDES.
ARCHIVING AND COLLECTING - UPON THE DEATH OF THE ARTIST TOM OF FINLAND IN 1991, THE FOUNDATION BECAME THE LEGAL OWNER OF A VAST CATALOG OF HIS WORK. MAINTAINING AND PERIODICALLY OFFERING HIS WORK FOR SALE INCREASES THE AWARENESS AND VALUE OF THE FOUNDATION'S MATERIALS AND KEEPS TOM'S WORK RELEVANT AND POPULAR IN TODAY'S CULTURE THROUGH OUTSIDE MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS.
ARTIST WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES - PROMOTE TOM OF FINLAND AND THR FOUNDATIONS'S GOAL TO FOSTER ARTISTS IN DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS AND A MATURE, SELF-CONFIDENT ATTITUE. PROGRAMS FOCUS ON PERMANENT COLLECTIONS AND EPHEMERA IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVE, LIBRARY AND MUSEUM DESIGNED TO IMMERSE ARTISTS TOM'S WORK AND THAT OF OTHER ARTISTS TO INPIRE NEW ARTISTIC PLATFORMS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Dan Szuhay | Treasurer | 40 | $49,528 |
Durk Dehner | President | 40 | $33,664 |
Steve Sharp | Vice President | 40 | $29,456 |
Marc Ransdell | Director | 40 | $29,040 |
Melissa Lathrop | Director | 2 | $0 |
Jon Wright | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
Rob Hennig | Director | 2 | $0 |
C L Mix | Director | 2 | $0 |
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