Torrance Art Museum Advocates
Torrance Art Museum Advocates
EIN: 46-4785946
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Mission
The Torrance Art Museum Advocates (TAMA) is a non-profit, community-based volunteer organization whose goal is furthering the availability, understanding and appreciation of art through its specific support of the Torrance Art Museum.
Ruling year
2019
President
Jeannine Madden
Main address
PO Box 354
Torrance, CA 90508 USA
EIN
46-4785946
Arts and culture
Population served
Adults
Family relationships
Women
Men
NTEE code
Single Organization Support (A11)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Torrance Art Museum Advocates aims to support the financial needs of the Torrance Art Museum Curator and staff. With our financial support they are able to fund established and emerging, mid-career and established artist stipends, artist-in-residency programs locally and abroad, site-specific installations, shipping costs for artists' work, and ultimately infrastructure (portable walls).
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
TAMA TALKS
TAMA TALKS are virtual format discussions where the topic is....art! Learning from artists, curators, and educators about art and the world of art! TAMA TALKS are sessions created to gain new perspectives on artists and their work. The goal of these talks is to broaden the understanding of artists and to expose viewers to artists with whom they may not be familiar. Many of the artists who show their work at the Torrance Art Museum have chosen to participate in a recorded session which is posted to our social media and website.
Funding Artist & Curator Stipends/Artist in Residencies
Both established and emerging artists spend considerable time, talent and finances on the works produced to show at the museum. Curators spend time vetting and selection artists to show their work. We feel both should be valued and we provide artists stipends to encourage and show our support to these professionals. Similarly, Artists in Residence incur costs related to their residencies which TAMA helps to defray.
Odyssey Art Acquisition Events
Odyssey is a periodic art acquisition event where artists affiliated with the Torrance Art Museum donate an original piece of artwork to TAMA. These works are offered for a donation of $100 each in order to raise funding for the exclusive support of the Torrance Art Museum. There is an Odyssey Online opportunity to acquire work as well.
Curator-Led Exhibition Tours
Curator-led exhibition walk through tour prior to the public opening of most of our exhibitions is offered to members at all levels of membership. Often artists will join the tour to discuss their work.
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of pre-recorded hours of broadcast
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Grandparents, Single parents, Stepparents, Artists and performers
Related Program
TAMA TALKS
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We are continuing to record talks with artists and curators for our members. We post them to our YouTube channel so anyone can watch at their leisure.
Number of artist stipends paid
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, Children of LGBTQ parents, Grandparents, Single parents, Caregivers
Related Program
Funding Artist & Curator Stipends/Artist in Residencies
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2023 we funded both artists and curators as well as an international Artist in Residency (Greece) and a local Public Art Project (Wild).
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Torrance Art Museum Advocates (TAMA) is a non-profit, community-based volunteer organization whose goal is furthering the availability, understanding and appreciation of art through its specific support of the Torrance Art Museum.
We host a series of TAMA TALKS uploaded and shared via YouTube to accomplish this goal. Our financial contributions via sales of donated artwork, memberships and donations meet the goal of increasing the availability and appreciation of art exhibited at the Torrance Art Museum.
Advancing the opportunities for both established and emerging artists through stipends is a concept in which we firmly believe and our goal is to continue to support these artists as they show their work at the Torrance Art Museum.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Through our exclusive support of the Torrance Art Museum and their robust programming, we plan to provide QUALITY EDUCATION opportunities to the local, state, national and international communities who attend events we fund. We also want to expand the opportunities afforded to emerging, mid-career and established artists who participate in the programming aimed at providing QUALITY EDUCATION in the area of modern and contemporary art.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our capability to meet this goal is directly proportional to the successes of our revenue-producing programming and successful grant awards.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2023 we've been able to fund two Artist in Residency programs (Cycladic Arts and WILD), as well as providing artist and curator stipends for several art exhibitions (Body Politic, Art & Med, Sur Biennial). We've also been able to fund the shipping of artwork shown at the museum (UnCivil War: An Election Special).
Financials
Assets info
Financial data
Torrance Art Museum Advocates
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $943 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $17,337 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $5,073 |
| Administration | $2,036 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $7,109 |
Torrance Art Museum Advocates
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $17,337 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $15,000 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $2,337 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
President
Jeannine Madden
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Torrance Art Museum Advocates
Board of directorsas of 01/18/2024
Board of directors data
Jeannine Madden
Patrice Lefevre
Treasurer
Cynthia Pallin
Secretary
Denielle Johnson
Advocacy Chair
Board leadership practices
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Ethics and transparency
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Board composition
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Board performance
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