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US nonprofit · EIN 383027880 · Grand Rapids, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 383027880) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SOUNK), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Grand Rapids Art Museum Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.6m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$2m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$28.6m
$3 liabilities
Net assets
$28.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
6.5y av
Staff
0
9 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
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Grand Rapids Art Museum Foundation's network

8 people5 organisationsi8 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Corinne SpragueBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Douglas PadnosBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Janet NisbettBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Jeff SmithBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Jim OverbeckSecretary/Tr2022
4 yrs
Lauretta K MurphyPresident2018
8 yrs
Thomas A DemeesterBoard Member2018
8 yrs
William LowryBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Cindy Meyers FoleyDirector and2024
Dana Friis-HansenDirector/ CEOsince 2018
Dana Friis-Hansen Left January 2023Director/ CEO2023

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Cindy Meyers FoleyDirector and2$0$250k$71k
Corinne CurtisBoard Member1$0
Michael CurtisBoard Member1$0
Thomas A DemeesterBoard Member1$0
David HallBoard Member1$0
William LowryBoard Member1$0
Lauretta K MurphyPresident2$0
Janet NisbettBoard Member1$0
Jim OverbeckSecretary/Tr1$0
Douglas PadnosBoard Member1$0

About

Legal name
Grand Rapids Art Museum Foundation
EIN
383027880
Address
101 Monroe Center St Nw, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503-2801
State
Michigan
Mission
To provide financial support for the grand rapids art museum. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A115 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1991
Principal officer
Cindy Meyers Foley (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 1992
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
SOUNK (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedMUSEUMGrand Rapids Art Museum

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDouglas Padnos
≥8years on the filingsJanet Nisbett
≥8years on the filingsLauretta K Murphy
≥8years on the filingsThomas A Demeester

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$28.6m
Total liabilities
$3
Net assets or fund balances
$28.6m
Contributions and grants received
$516k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$1.9m
Employees
0
Volunteers
9

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$837k$1.8mDeficit $939k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Grand Rapids Art MuseumGeneral support$1.9m