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Screen a listMuseum of Contemporary Art
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$25Mrevenue
FY2025 · −12% in 3 yrs203staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−42.1%
Months of reserve7.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+0.0%
Middle half of peersMedianMuseum of Contemporary Art
Where the money goes FY2025 · $36M spent
Programs$27M75%Management and general$5.3M15%Fundraising$3.5M10%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 18% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Gray Collection Trust gave $2.8M in FY2020, 18% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 82% in FY2023
$14M in FY2022, $2.4M in FY2023.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$14M in FY2023, −$20M in FY2024 and −$11M in FY2025. Cash covers 7.6 months, above the peer median of 3.3.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Strong governance
64 of 65 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VI223funders
$11Ma year, last 3 years
41%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family FoundationOn and off$4.3M$4.0M$3.5M$11MThe Andrew W Mellon FoundationOn and off$2.5M$500k$500kGray Collection TrustOn and off$2.8MNancy a Lauter & Alfred L McDougal CharitableSince FY2019$385k$330k$330k$330k$1.3MThe Bluhm Family FoundationSince FY2018$743k$687k$480k$267k$78k$102kZell Family FoundationSince FY2020$800k$500k$500k$500kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$1.9M$461k$1.8M$1.1M$1.7M$6.2M$1.0M180 other fundersUp to $432k a year each$1.7M$1.5M$1.3M$1.7M$1.8M$2.1M$2.5M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund