Operating Expenses Incurred
Collections 25%
Maintenance and Utilities 27%
Art Institute 4%
Administration & General 15%
Design 5%
Center for Sonoran Desert Studies14%
Development5%
Visitor Services 4%
Expenses
Program Services:
Facilities $1,984,019
Visitor services $274,513
Summer Saturday Evenings $17,041
Interpretive Animal Collections $172,115
Raptor Free Flight $165,941
Botany $473,617
Herpetology and Invertebrate Zoology $359,306
Mammalogy and Ornithology $709,216
Publications $22,000
Center for Sonoran Desert Studies $1,021,769
Design and Planning $217,796
Art Institute $310,004
Supporting Services:
Administration $446,486
Finance $463,408
Marketing $229,077
Fundraising:
Development and Membership $403,065
Total Expenses$7,429,593
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“During our first visit to the Desert Museum in 1994 we agreed it was the best full spectrum natural history experience we'd ever had - and right here in our own backyard!
We've supported the Museum annually since then and encourage friends and business associates to do the same.”
--Jerry Weinert
& Marni Dittmar