Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC
MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 145 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,876,501 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,715,318). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 145
- Grants received
- $44M
- Net assets
- $83M
What Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc does
Mission
Mass moca's mission is to foster and present visual and performing arts and related educational programs for the benefit of the public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Building and grounds - facilities operations and maintenance of the entire mass moca campus. The cost of realty operations allocable to other program services, supporting services, and auxiliary activities has not been determined.
$4,434,205 spent$995,380 earned by the program26% of program spendingVisual arts mass moca exhibits - temporary large scale installations and exhibitions
$4,336,922 spent$973,542 earned by the program26% of program spendingPerforming arts - mass moca stages multiple performances of music, dance, theater, films and documentaries
$3,472,686 spent$779,541 earned by the program21% of program spendingFestivals-mass moca holds various festivals on its campus throughout the year
$1,304,462 spentof which $703,985 as grants$321,055 earned by the program8% of program spendingReal estate-economic and commercial development - mass moca leases a portion of its buildings to commercial tenants to generate jobs and encourage economic redevelopment
$1,185,887 spent$266,205 earned by the program7% of program spendingRetail - retail sales operations of merchandise related to contemporary art and mass moca programs
$1,089,665 spent$737,317 earned by the program6% of program spendingSpecial projects-varying projects related to tourism, economic development, tenant fit out, and community and youth services.
$1,031,654 spent$476,190 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,855,481.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $72M to $85M (+18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 15% · 2022 11% · 2024 1% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kristy Edmunds
Executive director
Board chair
Steve Jenks
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 30 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $949k → $6.9M.
21 of 145 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 145 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
41% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 43% · 2019 34% · 2020 18% · 2021 33% · 2022 26% · 2023 27% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
46% of MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
55% of MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 145 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,876,501 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,715,318). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 145 organizations giving $43,876,501 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC, 80 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,715,318 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 145 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing