New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,033,468 to it, the largest being THE PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION ($4,075,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $65M
What The Newark Museum Association does
Mission
Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions and facilities:the story of newark fashion: runway to atelier (february 22 - june 2, 2024)the story of newark fashion: runway to atelier exhibition was an original exhibition and catalog organized by nmoa. Spanning 75 years of contemporary fashion history this group exhibition featured eleven leading designers with connections to newark, and highlighted the city as a center for the fashion industry from the 1950s to today. Beginning in the ateliers and classrooms of wesley tann and emily miles, groundbreaking black designers and mentors for the next generation, this survey featured nine contemporary designers including melody asherman, stephen burrows, tyrone chablis, jerry gant, marco hall, shavi lewis, justin pitt-goodson, narciso rodrigues, and douglas says.working with independent curator kristen j. Owens on both the development and programming for this exhibition, the newark museum of art engaged tracey "africa" norman, fashion icon and newark native, as an advisor to the project. The exhibition was enriched with loans from many of the designers as well as tracey norman. This exhibition brought attention to the contributions of newark to the global world of…
$5,636,898 spent$380,056 earned by the program39% of program spendingRegistrar and curatorial:the newark museum of art's vast and diverse collections of more than 300,000 objects, ranks, in terms of its holdings, among the top 12 museums nationally. The museum's collection comprises artwork in the departments of american art, arts of the americas, arts of the ancient mediterranean, arts of global africa, arts of global asia, decorative arts, numismatics, and a natural science collection. The museum is also the home of the historic ballantine house..
$5,092,043 spent$29,831 earned by the program35% of program spendingEducation and public program:from a child's first encounter with a museum through to high school graduation and beyond, the newark museum of art centers the learner in all its school and family programs. Hands-on experiences support the educational, social, and cultural needs of its audience, providing innovative and engaging school and family programming for visitors of all ages to take part in lifelong learning. These programs are designed to attract diverse audiences and to address the specific needs of local, statewide, and even national communities. Nmoa offers onsite, in-person experiences for children, families and adults while continuing to offer virtual field trips and online learning opportunities for schools and families that they would otherwise be unable to experience.the museum's learning & engagement team continues to be a cultural anchor and advocate for arts partners of all sizes, strengthening relationships with established partners of over 80 local organizations in 2024. Nmoa works with newark-based visual and performing artists, both established and under-recognized, to draw inspiration from the collection and the community to enliven the diverse cultural…
$3,746,556 spent$505,176 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,475,497.
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 2021 to 2022, from $83M to $63M (−24%).
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: 2017 31% · 2018 24% · 2019 42% · 2020 61% · 2021 21% · 2022 56% · 2023 63% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Linda C Harrison Director
CEO and board secretary
Board chair
Peter T Englot
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $639k → $1.8M.
9 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $695k from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of New Jersey). These are real filings, and they are not money THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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
THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 89% · 2019 38% · 2020 22% · 2021 28% · 2022 30% · 2023 21% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
73% of THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $508k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $43.6M on record — $436k federal, $43.2M state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$295k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$91k
- National Endowment for the Arts$50k
- GRANT IN AID$38.9M
- STATE AID$2.7M
- TRUST FUND$857k
- FEDERAL$578k
- BOND FUND$78k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$48k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 17 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,033,468 to it, the largest being THE PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION ($4,075,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $11,033,468 in grants to THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- THE PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,075,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 72 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing