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Silver City Museum Society Corporation

Supporting the Silver City Museum since 1985

Silver City, NM   |  silvercitymuseumsociety.org

Mission

The Purpose of the Silver City Museum Society is to support through fundraising and other activities the mission of the Silver City Museum, a municipally owned and established museum as now or hereinafter constituted or named.

Ruling year info

1985

President of the Board

Gayle Simmons

Vice President

Patsy Madrid

Main address

312 W Broadway St

Silver City, NM 88061 USA

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EIN

85-0333709

NTEE code info

Museum & Museum Activities (A50)

IRS filing requirement

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Ice Cream Social

An annual Fourth of July fundraising event that attracts a very broad segment of our local community

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of participants attending course/session/workshop

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Average online donation

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Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Total number of free admissions

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Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of works exhibited temporarily

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Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Total number of works in collection

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

TO FURTHER THE CULTURAL EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES AS SET FORTH BY SILVER CITY, NM ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE MUSEUM OF SILVER CITY.

Make the collections more accessible to the public, expand access to programs and services, and create a more diverse and representative board.

The society's board had recently increased in size and has added members of the Hispanic community to its ranks. The society board has recently launched a new fundraising committee to help support the museums program initiatives. Over the last three years, the museum itself has built an increasingly representative and skilled staff.

The museum launched a highly successful virtual lecture series which involved seven historians. This series produced seven major research documents that will form the basis of a new major exhibit. The lecture series itself involved close to 800 attendees which provided feedback and awareness of the communities interest in these seven topics.

The museum was awarded a grant to assess its archival collection and develop a plan for making it much more accessible to the public. Membership levels in the society have increased by 15%.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.
  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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Silver City Museum Society Corporation

Board of directors
as of 02/20/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Gayle Simmons

Silver City Museum Society

Term: 2020 - 2023


Board co-chair

Patsy Madrid

Silver City Museum Society

Term: 2022 - 2025

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 6/2/2022

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

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