The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art Inc

“The presentation of the collection as not capitalized is the most widely practiced method of presentation for organizations similar to the museum. The value of the museum's collections has been excluded from the statement of net position and artwork gifts are excluded from revenue in the statement of revenues, expenses, and change in net position. The collections are held in the public trust for exhibition and educational purposes, not for financial gain. Each of the items is catalogued, preserved, and cared for in order to maintain the cultural, aesthetic, and historic value of the collections. Activities verifying the existence and assessing the condition of the collections are periodically performed.”

“The museum promotes educational excellence by collecting, preserving, and displaying works of art that reflect or support the aesthetic concerns of abraham rattner, esther gentle, allen leepa and other artists. The museum commits to excellence in visual arts education, fosters aesthetic, critical and ethical thinking as a bridge to the future and nurtures interest in 20th century art history. Core collection (leepa-rattner-gentle collection) the core collection of the leepa-rattner museum of art, inc. (museum) consists of 1,399 objects: paintings, sculptures, works on paper (drawings, watercolors, prints), tapestries and stained glass maquettes, and up to 3,000 inventoried objects (mostly works on paper). This collection is not owned by the museum, but managed by the museum through an agreement between the st. Petersburg college, the st. Petersburg college foundation, inc. (foundation), and the museum. Secondary core collection (gulf coast museum of art collection) the secondary collection of the museum consists of 275 objects that have been donated to the museum by the foundation. Based on the nature of this collection, the museum has redefined its mission and direction. More than two-thirds of the collection reflects florida art and southeastern united states fine art crafts amassed between 1995 and 2008. Donated art (1,635 objects) - listed by donation size 1.st. Petersburg college foundation, inc. (245 accessioned objects): prints created mostly from the 1980s through the 1990s at print workshops in the united states and canada by a variety of known and lesser known artists gifted to the museum by the foundation through a brokered deal with the eckerd college foundation. 2.richard florsheim art fund (182 accessioned objects): paintings and prints by chicago artist richard florsheim (1916-1979) reflecting a 40-year retrospective of the artist's career. 3.vladimir yoffe / pasco art center (46 accessioned objects): sculptures and ephemera by new york sculptor vladimir yoffe (1911-1997) transferred to the museum from the non-collecting pasco art center. 4.lothar and mildred uhl collection (436 accessioned objects, including 48 objects in the education collection): currently reflecting a variety of media, as well as a recent gift of 88 prints by winslow homer and 225 prints by leonard baskin. 5.caroline adams byrd-denjoy collection (131 accessioned objects, including 13 objects in the education collection): a collection of modern and contemporary prints produced in france in a variety of printing techniques. 6.patricia a. And thomas j. Lehnen family art collection (43 accessioned objects, including 16 in the education collection): an eclectic collectionof fine art, contemporary craft, and ethnographic art, including works by dale chihuly. 7.dorothy mitchell collection (34 accessioned objects): large-format screen-prints created in the 1990s at berghoff-cowden editions in tampa by seven nationally known artists. 8.zipkin family collection (17 accessioned objects): while not a large collection, the pieces given have greatly enhanced the existing leepa-rattner-gentle collection with the expectation of more objects being gifted. 9.barbara witlin collection (11 accessioned objects): donation by the widow of roy witlin (1923-1997), large reverse-paintings on plexiglas works. 10.edna andrews and dr. Dietrich schroeer collection (12 accessioned objects): an alumnus of st. Petersburg college and an art collector, edna andrews schroeer and her husband have given european prints. 11.rita hayes scott collection (13 accessioned objects): rita hayes scott and robert russek scott collection include notable modern and contemporary works falling in several of the museum's collecting areas, including a kenneth noland painting, pablo picasso ceramic and a sonia delaunay tapestry. 12.jim and martha sweeny collection (29 accessioned objects): jim and martha sweeny collection include notable contemporary printmakers andafrican american folk art. 13.”

“The museum is related to the st. Petersburg college foundation, inc as it is also a direct support organization of the st. Petersburg college, which is related to the museum. The foundation owns an endowment fund held for the benefit of the museum and a restricted fund for the adopt-a-masterpiece program. The endowment is valued at approximately 3.0 million and 2.1 million at march 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The adopt-a-masterpiece endowment fund is valued at approximately 275,425 and 181,780 at march 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The museum is permitted to draw up to 80% of the earnings above the endowment principal balance in accordance with the donor's agreement.”

“Grant from related party 96,859”

“Grant from related party 96,859”