Charity profile · Historical source record

The Museum of Modern Art

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Encouraging an ever deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art
Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. Central to MoMA's mission is the encouragement of an ever deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art by the diverse local, national, and international audiences that it serves. MoMA manifests this commitment by establishing, preserving, and documenting a permanent collection that reflects the vitality, complexity, and unfolding patterns of modern and contemporary art; by presenting exhibitions and educational programs of significance; by sustaining a library, archives, and conservation laboratory as international centers of research; and by supporting scholarship and publications of intellectual merit.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.83Overall score
out of 100
90.82Financial score
out of 100
93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$454,430,448
Total expenses · USD$252,692,693

Program expenses

$196,847,607.85 recorded amount
77.9%

Fundraising expenses

$13,645,405.42 recorded amount
5.4%

Administrative expenses

$41,946,987.04 recorded amount
16.6%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Glenn D Lowry
Recorded compensation
$1,253,354.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.49%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Museum of Modern Art
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
93.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. Central to MoMA's mission is the encouragement of an ever deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art by the diverse local, national, and international audiences that it serves. MoMA manifests this commitment by establishing, preserving, and documenting a permanent collection that reflects the vitality, complexity, and unfolding patterns of modern and contemporary art; by presenting exhibitions and educational programs of significance; by sustaining a library, archives, and conservation laboratory as international centers of research; and by supporting scholarship and publications of intellectual merit.
ein
EIN
13-1624100
tot_exp
Total expenses
252692693.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.166
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.05
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.054000000000000006
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.779
fscore
Financial score
90.82
leader
Recorded leader
Glenn D Lowry
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
1253354.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0049
motto
Tagline
Encouraging an ever deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art
name
Charity name
The Museum of Modern Art
tot_rev
Total revenue
454430448.0
score
Overall score
91.83
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Museums
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
196847607.847
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
13645405.422000002
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
41946987.038

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.