Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Museum inspires wonder, discovery, and stewardship of our natural world. The Museum is a catalyst for conservation and a valued learning resource, facilitating active scientific and historical inquiry for all ages.
The Museum Foundation operates the Museum through a successful public-private partnership with the City of Pacific Grove and serves as a hub for scientific and historical learning for over 50,000 people each year through exhibitions, education programs, and community events.
Education: The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History's Education programs include free school field trips, free Science Saturdays (offered 9 times per year) and hands-on community science opportunities for all ages. Outdoor science education includes LiMPETS (Long Term Monitoring Program and Experimental Training for Students) and Watershed Explorers, which offers watershed education field trips. Over 10,000 students participate in the Museum's programs each year.
Exhibitions: Since its beginning in 1883, the Museum has excelled at teaching the public about the natural world through continuous renovation a variety of exhibitions to support historical, cultural, and environmental topics such as monarch butterflies, local birds and wildlife, geology, and cultural artifacts to name a few. Over 20,000 guests visited the Museum last year for permanent exhibits. Special exhibitions that usually take place annually, such as the Wildflower Show and Illustrating Nature were canceled as result of shelter-in-place orders related to COVID-19.
Collection: The Museum Foundation manages a collection of over 30,000 artifacts utilizing best practices per the American Alliance of Museum's guidelines. Photos and details of thousands of objects are available on the Museum's website: pgmuseum.org/collections.
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 |
|---|
| Jeanette Kihs | Former Exec Dir | 40 | $92,035 |
| Bobbi Dewitt | Former Bkkpr | 8 | $10,248 |
| Julie Veitch | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
| Jim Covel | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Eric Barajas | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Brubaker | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Denecour | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Joan Clay | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Tama Olver | Pres. Inter ED | 2 | $0 |
| Erin Myers Madeira | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202131329349305323_public.xml