Artis-Naples Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPLETE MISSION STATEMENT.
- Income
- $42.0 million
- Spending
- $42.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- 6.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 44%
- Employees
- 439
- Volunteers
- 180
- Highest pay
- $1.2 million, ceo and president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 86 out of 100. Higher than 67% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1575% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 9 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 34% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2536 of 37 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $14.0 million spent. PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR DETAILS REGARDING ARTIS-NAPLES, PRESENTING AND EDUCATION SEASON. ARTIS-NAPLES PRESENTS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AS PART OF ITS MULTIDISCIPLINARY MISSION. EACH SEASON INCLUDES WORLD-CLASS VISITING ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLES, TOURING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS, ENGAGING LECTURES FOR LIFELONG LEARNERS AND INITIATIVES THAT CONNECT THE ARTS WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS CREATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE ARTS. THE 2024-25 BROADWAY SERIES BROUGHT SOME LIKE IT HOT, MAMMA MIA!, THE CHER SHOW, MJ AND PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL TO HAYES HALL. THE VISITING ORCHESTRAS SERIES WELCOMED THE ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA WITH KLAUS MKEL, THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LED BY RICCARDO MUTI AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER SIR ANTONIO PAPPANO. OTHER PRESENTATIONS INCLUDED CONCERTS BY AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER AMY GRANT, CALIFORNIA-BASED ROCK BAND LOS LOBOS, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN PERFORMING A TRIBUTE TO TONY BENNETT, CROONING ICON PAUL ANKA AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE THEATRICAL PERCUSSION GROUP STOMP. IN OCTOBER 2024, ARTIS-NAPLES PRESENTED THE 16TH ANNUAL NAPLES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (NIFF), FEATURING NUMEROUS EVENTS INCLUDING SCREENINGS OF OVER 60 FILMS. THE LIFELONG LEARNING SERIES PROVIDED LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES, EXPLORING TOPICS IN MUSIC, ART, LITERATURE AND FILM. THE SEASON FEATURED CONVERSATIONS WITH AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS AMOR TOWLES AND JAMES MCBRIDE, ALONGSIDE A RANGE OF OTHER ENGAGING PROGRAMS. THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUR YOUTH ENSEMBLESTHE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA, NAPLES PHILHARMONIC YOUTH SYMPHONIA, NAPLES PHILHARMONIC YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND NAPLES PHILHARMONIC YOUTH CHORUSPERFORMED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, FOSTERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSICIANS. EDUCATION INITIATIVES EXTENDED INTO LOCAL SCHOOLS, WHERE MUSICIANS AND TEACHING ARTISTS CONNECTED WITH STUDENTS THROUGH IN-SCHOOL PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS AND MASTER CLASSES. ARTIS-NAPLES COMMUNITY DAYS IN THE FALL AND SPRING INVITED FAMILIES TO EXPLORE THE CULTURAL CAMPUS THROUGH FREE PERFORMANCES, ART ACTIVITIES AND ACCESS TO ONGOING EXHIBITIONS.
- $11.9 million spent. PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR DETAILS REGARDING ARTIS-NAPLES, NAPLES PHILHARMONIC THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S ARTS COMMUNITY. THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMS OVER 140 ORCHESTRAL AND CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS, AS WELL AS OPERA AND BALLET, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND SPECIAL EVENT CONCERTS ANNUALLY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND JUNE IN THE 1,477-SEAT HAYES HALL, THE 283-SEAT DANIELS PAVILION AND AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC WAS FOUNDED IN 1982 AS THE NAPLES-MARCO PHILHARMONIC AND, IN ITS FIRST SEASON, PERFORMED FOUR CONCERTS AS A CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. IN 1989, THE THEN-PHILHARMONIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS OPENED AS THE HOME OF THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC, AND SINCE THEN, THE ENSEMBLE HAS GROWN IN SCOPE, SIZE AND ARTISTIC IMPACT. AS THE ORCHESTRA EVOLVES, IT REMAINS STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE 2024-25 SEASON MARKED ALEXANDER SHELLEY'S INAUGURAL YEAR AS SHARON AND TIMOTHY UBBEN ARTISTIC AND MUSIC DIRECTOR, LEADING THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC IN EIGHT DISTINCT ORCHESTRAL PROGRAMS. HIS FIRST SEASON REFLECTED A BOLD SELECTION OF REPERTOIRE, UNDERSCORING THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC'S COMMITMENT TO TRADITION AND INNOVATION. PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR JACK EVERLY RETURNED TO LEAD THE ORCHESTRA'S POPULAR POPS SERIES. VIOLINIST JAMES EHNES CONTINUED HIS ROLE AS ARTISTIC PARTNER, FOCUSING ON INSPIRING AND EMBODYING A HIGH LEVEL OF ARTISTRY WITH THE ORCHESTRA. THE SEASON ALSO SAW THE APPOINTMENT OF MANUEL LPEZ-GMEZ AS ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR, LEADING SELECT PERFORMANCES AND SERVING AS DIRECTOR OF THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA. PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 202425 SEASON INCLUDED SIX MASTERWORKS PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY SHELLEY, FEATURING WORKS SUCH AS MUSSORGSKY'S PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO PERFORMED BY EHNES, BIZET'S CARMEN AND DEBUSSY'S LA MER, TCHAIKOVSKY'S SYMPHONY NO. 4 AND BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NO. 9, "CHORAL." OTHER SPECIAL NAPLES PHILHARMONIC PROGRAMS INCLUDED A PERFORMANCE WITH INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SOPRANO RENE FLEMING IN VOICE OF NATURE - THE ANTHROPOCENE, A NIGHT HONORING TINA TURNER WITH TONY AWARD WINNER ADRIENNE WARREN, AND A CONCERT WITH SINGER-SONGWRITER BEN FOLDS. EVERLY CURATED FIVE POPS PROGRAMS, FROM BROADWAY HITS AND BEATLES MUSIC TO SCI-FI AND FANTASY FAVORITES FROM FILM AND TELEVISION. THE ORCHESTRA ALSO COLLABORATED WITH LEADING DANCE COMPANIES, INCLUDING MIAMI CITY BALLET, THE PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY AND COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET. CHAMBER PERFORMANCES INCLUDED THE WANG CHAMBER MUSIC AND SYPERT SALON SERIES, AND THE ORCHESTRA CONTINUED ITS STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE AROUND TOWN SERIES, FREE CHAMBER CONCERTS AND EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
- $5.7 million spent. ESTABLISHED IN 2000, ARTIS-NAPLES, THE BAKER MUSEUM IS A FINE ART MUSEUM CURRENTLY HOUSING A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 3,000 WORKS AND APPROXIMATELY 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF INDOOR EXHIBITION SPACE, PLUS OUTDOOR SCULPTURE GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE KIMBERLY K. QUERREY AND LOUIS A. SIMPSON CULTURAL CAMPUS. IN FALL 2020, AN 18,000-SQUARE-FOOT EXPANSION OF THE BAKER MUSEUM BUILDING WAS COMPLETED, CREATING NEW SPACES FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. THE BAKER MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION IS MAINTAINED FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION, EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH AND STEWARDSHIP IN FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THE MUSEUM IS COMMITTED TO REEXAMINING THE ESTABLISHED AND FULFILLING CURIOSITY FOR THE NEW. THE MUSEUM'S CALENDAR BLENDS EXHIBITIONS DRAWN FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART WITH NOTED TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. THE MUSEUM'S CURATORIAL TEAM CHAMPIONS THE WORK OF BOTH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS, HIGHLIGHTING A BROAD RANGE OF VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES THROUGH THOUGHTFULLY CURATED EXHIBITIONS. THE 2024-25 SEASON FEATURED AN ENGAGING SLATE OF EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING AS WE RISE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE BLACK ATLANTIC, SELECTIONS FROM THE WEDGE COLLECTION; ALEX KATZ: THEATER AND DANCE; BECKY SUSS: THE DUTCH HOUSE; RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER: OBRA SONORA; ENTANGLED IN THE MANGROVES; IN THE MAKING: STUDIES AND MAQUETTES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AND FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY 2024-25. IN DECEMBER 2024, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PELICAN BAY FOUNDATION, ARTIS-NAPLES UNVEILED THE BAKER MUSEUM SCULPTURE TRAIL, A SCENIC OUTDOOR EXTENSION OF ITS GALLERIES FEATURING MORE THAN 15 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS ALONG PELICAN BAY BOULEVARD AND AROUND THE CULTURAL CAMPUS. IN APRIL 2025, THE MUSEUM ACHIEVED ACCREDITATION BY THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS, JOINING APPROXIMATELY 1,100 INSTITUTIONS NATIONWIDE TO HAVE EARNED THIS DISTINCTION. IN JUNE 2025, THE MUSEUM ANNOUNCED THE TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT OF THE DR. LAURENCE AND RITA SIBRACK COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY GLASS AND CERAMICS, ADDING 74 WORKS BY 60 RENOWNED ARTISTS TO ITS HOLDINGS. THE BAKER MUSEUM ONCE AGAIN REMAINED OPEN YEAR-ROUND, REFLECTING ITS ONGOING DEDICATION TO ENSURING ACCESS TO THE ARTS FOR ALL PATRONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1984.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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