Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Museum of California
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About this organization
Mission
The mission of the Oakland Museum of California is to inspire all Californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities.
About
Exhibitions and programs: The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presented a range of exhibitions, public programs, and educational offerings in FY17-18, serving 197,000 ticketed visitors onsite, including approximately 34,000 school children and educators, as well as thousands more in the community. Major exhibitions included 'Nature's Gift', 'Politics of Seeing: Dorothea Lange', 'Respect: Hip-Hop Style and Wisdom and 'J.B. Blunk: Nature, Art and Everyday Life'. Major public programs included the weekly 'Friday Nights @ OMCA;' the annual community celebrations for Oakland Public Library Summer Reading Program, Days of the Dead, the Lunar New Year; and 'OMCA Connect,' the community engagement initiative that takes OMCA programming to neighborhood events throughout Oakland. The museum measures its success in terms of number of visitors and members; contributions to the museum field and scholarship in California art, history, and natural sciences; critical and media response to exhibitions; and visitor comments and feedback. The museum undertakes extensive visitor evaluation to measure the impact of its programming on both individual audience members and on the community at large.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The mission of the non-profit, as stated in the filing, is “The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to think creatively and critically about the natural, artistic, and social forces that characterize our state and influence its relationship to the world.”.
When referring to its tasks, they were described as: “To inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities.”.
- The non-profit is operating legally in the state of CA.
- The non-profit's address for the year 2019 is listed as 1000 OAK STREET, OAKLAND, CA, 94607 in the filing.
- The form submitted by the non-profit organization for 2019 reports 170 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $3,781,611.
- The organization has 36 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2011.
- The organization pays $8,380,615 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,198,220 in fundraising expenses.