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Arts commission backs museum request to transfer endowment interest to donations fund
Summary
The Gilroy Arts & Culture Commission reviewed the Gilroy Museum’s 2025 annual report and unanimously voted to recommend that city council allow interest from the museum endowment trust to be transferred into the museum donations fund to support ongoing conservation, cataloging and digitization work.
The Gilroy Arts & Culture Commission voted to endorse a request from the Gilroy Historical Society to transfer accrued interest from the museum’s endowment trust into the museum donations fund and forward that recommendation to the city council.
Susan Boss, museum manager, presented the Gilroy Museum’s 2025 annual report and outlined how the museum used volunteers, donations and grants to support operations. Boss told commissioners the museum recorded more than 1,000 walk‑in visitors from 18 states and five countries and reached 2,028 participants across programs last year. She said volunteers contributed what she described as nearly 3,000 hours in an earlier year, and staff estimated the time’s value at roughly $48,544 at minimum wage.
Boss summarized collections…
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