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US nonprofit · EIN 954768744 · Culver City, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 954768744) - 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 time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.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. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2019. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2019 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

The Noah Purifoy Foundation's network

8 people4 organisationsi8 people and 4 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 (4) 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.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 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
Demetrio KerrisonTreasurer2016
10 yrs
Ian WhiteBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Jill MonizBoard Member2020
6 yrs
John BakerBoard Member2016
10 yrs
Joseph LewisPresident2016
10 yrs
Paul RuschaBoard Member2016
10 yrs
Ray DwestonBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Susan HallerCompany secretary2016
10 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Joseph LewisPresident10$0
Susan HallerSecretary7$0
Demetrio KerrisonTreasurer5$0
John BakerBoard Member1$0
Jill MonizBoard Member1$0
Ian WhiteBoard Member1$0
Paul RuschaBoard Member1$0
Ray DwestonBoard Member1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
The Noah Purifoy Foundation
EIN
954768744
Address
Po Box 962, Culver City, CA, 90232-0962
State
California
Mission
In 1998, purifoys representative and colleague of many years, sue a. Welsh, suggested to noah purifoy the importance of preserving his outdoor desert art museum of assemblage sculpture in joshua tree. The following year, the noah purifoy foundation (npf) was formally established as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit private foundation.npfs mission is to preserve and maintain the site noah purifoy... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
H32 Medical research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Medical Research
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2006
Principal officer
Demetrio Kerrison (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2024
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

≥10years on the filingsDemetrio Kerrison
≥10years on the filingsJohn Baker
≥10years on the filingsJoseph Lewis
≥10years on the filingsPaul Ruscha

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
$727k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$727k
Contributions and grants received
$189k
Program service revenue
$8k
Employees
10
Volunteers
10

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$215k$408kDeficit $193k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.