Pearson Lakes Art Center
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$13.3m
$200k liabilities
Net assets
$13.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
14
5.0 years on average
Staff
22
75 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Pearson Lakes Art Center's network
14 people3 organisationsi14 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (3) 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
14 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Schmitz | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Carrie Meyer | President & CEO | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Christopher Fuhrman | Company secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Diane Walker | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Erin Reed | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Greg Post | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Hannah Brownlee | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jody Obrien | Vice President | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Kirk Stauss | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Marilyn Caudle | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rob Oldson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ron Moroco | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ryan Maris | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sara Taylor | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Carson | President-elect | 2018 |
| DEB Ditsworth | Treasurer | 2018 |
| Morris Caudle | President | 2018 |
| Robert Kirshbaum | CEO | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Kirshbaum | CEO | 48 | $105k | ||
| Marilyn Caudle | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sara Taylor | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ron Moroco | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christopher Fuhrman | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jody Obrien | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Erin Reed | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hannah Brownlee | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Greg Post | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Diane Walker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kirk Stauss | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ryan Maris | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Rob Oldson | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Brad Schmitz | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carrie Meyer | President & CEO | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Pearson Lakes Art Center
- EIN
- 420930815
- Address
- Po Box 255, Okoboji, IA, 51355-0255
- State
- Iowa
- Mission
- The Organization's mission is to excite, engage and serve communities within the Iowa Great Lakes Region through our collections, exhibitions, performances, and educational programs; a non-profit center connecting generations of people through exceptional arts experiences. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A200 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
- 1966
- Principal officer
- Brad Schmitz (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 1968
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsRob Oldson
≥7years on the filingsBrad Schmitz
≥6years on the filingsChristopher Fuhrman
≥6years on the filingsErin Reed
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $13.3m
- Total liabilities
- $200k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $13.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $390k
- Program service revenue
- $494k
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 75
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2m | $1.3m | $672k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Pearson Lakes Art Center likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Iowa Secretary of State, active business entities (data.iowa.gov ez5t-3qay). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Iowa Secretary of State. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Iowa
- Entity type
- Revised Domestic Non-Profit
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 7 February 1966
- Registered agent
- Bob Kirschbaum (city and state not held)