Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
Key facts about Museum of Modern Art
In short: Museum of Modern Art gave $2.2M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $2.2M), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 13-1624100
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,230,758
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- Average grant
- $2,230,758
- Median grant
- $2,230,758
- Total assets
- $2,670,935,041
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$2.7B
+2.6% YoY
Annual Giving
$2.2M
+6.9% YoY
Grant Count
1
+0.0% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$2.2M
+6.9% YoY
How Museum of Modern Art gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−12%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
About Museum of Modern Art
Based on IRS filings
Museum of Modern Art is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.7B in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $2.2M. Net investment income was $178.5M.
Focus Areas
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.6M (2019) to $2.6M (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $2.2M.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Inc ($2.2M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Island City, NY | Operating Support | $2,230,758 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $2,670,935,041 | $2,603,472,413 | $2,490,307,043 |
| Revenue | $362,023,464 | $324,739,622 | $236,680,721 |
| Expenses | $305,261,125 | $298,973,874 | $280,669,509 |
| Net Investment Income | $178,541,012 | $116,008,935 | $54,497,171 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Museum of Modern Art is led by Sarah Arison, President & Trustee since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 22 of 81 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sarah Arison
President & Trustee
Trustee → President & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marie-Josee Kravis
Chair & Trustee
President Emeritus & Trustee → Chair & Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ronald S Lauder
Honorary Chair & Trustee
Honorary Chairman & Trustee → Honorary Chair & Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gabriel Morrow
Managing Director & Investments
Director & Investments → Managing Director & Investments, 2024
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$625K (2022) → $1M (2025)
Emmanuel Plat
Director & Merchandising
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$393K (2019) → $423K (2025)
Glenn D Lowry
Director & Ex-Officio Trustee
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$4.1M (2019) → $1.7M (2025)
Jean Savitsky
Director Real Estate & Construction
Director Real Estate Expansion → Director Real Estate & Construction, 2021
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$450K (2019) → $559K (2025)
AC Hudgins
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Agnes Gund
President Emerita & Trustee
President Emerita & Life Trustee → President Emerita & Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alice M Tisch
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anna Deavere Smith
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anna Marie Shapiro
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Dias Griffin
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Jakobson
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clarissa Alcock Bronfman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel S Och
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Sundheim
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Booth
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Dechman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Rockefeller Jr.
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edgar Wachenheim III
Treasurer & Trustee
Trustee → Treasurer & Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edith Cooper
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Glenn Dubin
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Glenn Fuhrman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James G Niven
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerry I Speyer
Chairman Emeritus & Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Kraus
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joel S Ehrenkranz
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Elkann
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Stryker
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen Fuld
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laurence D Fink
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lawrence B Benenson
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leon D Black
Trustee
Chairman & Trustee → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lonti Ebers
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maja Oeri
Vice Chair & Trustee
Trustee → Vice Chairman & Trustee, 2021
Vice Chairman & Trustee → Vice Chair & Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marlene Hess
Vice Chair & Trustee
Vice Chairman & Trustee → Vice Chair & Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael S Ovitz
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mimi Haas
Vice Chair & Trustee
Vice Chairman & Trustee → Vice Chair & Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paula Crown
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Norton
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Philip S Niarchos
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard E Salomon
Trustee
Vice Chairman, Treasurer & Trustee → Vice Chair, Treasurer & Trustee, 2022
Vice Chair, Treasurer & Trustee → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ronnie Heyman
President Emerita & Trustee
President & Trustee → President Emerita & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Percy Rockefeller
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sid R Bass
Vice Chairman & Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Cohen
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tony Tamer
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wallis Annenberg
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Xin Zhang
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eyal Ofer
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Roth
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Tananbaum
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pamela Joyner
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alexandre Arnault
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Soros
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Belsky
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Grain
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Helen Zell
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Zurrer
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ann Temkin
Chief Curator-Painting & Sculpture
Chief Curator - Painting & Sculpture → Chief Curator-Painting & Sculpture, 2020
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$383K (2019) → $486K (2025)
Christophe Cherix
Chief Curator - Drawings & Prints
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$377K (2019) → $475K (2025)
James Gara
COO & Assistant Treasurer
Chief Operating Officer & Assistant Treasurer → COO & Assistant Treasurer, 2020
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$898K (2019) → $1.5M (2025)
Jan Postma
Deputy COO & Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer → Deputy COO & Chief Financial Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$369K (2019) → $464K (2025)
Martino Stierli
Chief Curator - Arch. & Design
Chief Curator-Arch. & Design → Chief Curator - Arch. & Design, 2020
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$270K (2019) → $327K (2025)
Odessa Matsubara
Chief Human Resources Officer
Director of Human Resources → Chief Human Resources Officer, 2020
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$385K (2019) → $439K (2025)
Rajendra Roy
Chief Curator - Film
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$360K (2019) → $421K (2025)
Stuart Comer
Chief Curator - Media & Perf. Art
Chief Curator-Media & Performance Art → Chief Curator - Media & Perf. Art, 2024
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$301K (2019) → $354K (2025)
Tunji Adeniji
Chief Facilities & Safety Officer
Director of Facilities & Security → Director of Facilities & Public Safety, 2021
Director of Facilities & Public Safety → Chief Facilities & Safety Officer, 2022
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$299K (2019) → $378K (2025)
James Grooms
General Counsel & Secretary
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$168K (2021) → $630K (2025)
Sarah Suzuki
Associate Museum Director
Deputy Director - Curatorial Affairs → Associate Museum Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$266K (2021) → $519K (2025)
Beverly Morgan-Welch
Senior Deputy Dr of External Affairs
Senior Deputy Dr. of External Affairs → Senior Deputy Dr of External Affairs, 2023
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$204K (2022) → $501K (2025)
Christy Thompson
Senior Deputy Dr of Exhibit. & Collect.
Senior Deputy Dr of Exhibitions & Collections → Senior Deputy Dr of Exhibit. & Collect., 2024
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$190K (2022) → $440K (2025)
Jesse Goldstine
General Manager - Retail
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$448K (2023) → $487K (2025)
Roxana Marcoci
Senior Curator- Photography
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$213K (2023) → $328K (2025)
Lou-Alan Fernandes
Chief Investment Officer
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$1.5M (2024) → $1.6M (2025)
Daniel Perez
Associate Chief Financial Officer
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
$380K (2025)
Michelle Kuo
Chief Curator at Large & Publisher
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$380K (2025)
Former officers (29)
- Former: Diana Pan (2022–2024) — Chief Technology Officer
- Former: Michelle Kuo - Chief Curator (2024) — At Large & Publisher
- Former: Anthony Wai (2019–2023) — Chief Investment Officer
- Former: Garry Winnick (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Clement Cheroux (2021–2023) — Chief Curator - Photography · Filing note: Began 720
- Former: Michael Shay (2021–2023) — Director of Investments
- Former: Jeanne C Thayer (2019–2022) — Life Trustee
- Former: Ramona Bannayan (2019–2022) — Former Senior Deputy Director of Exhibitions · Filing note: Term ended 421
- Former: Robert B Menschel (2019–2022) — Chairman Emeritus & Life Trustee · Filing note: Thru 522
- Former: Thomas Randon (2019–2022) — General Manager - Retail
- Former: Todd Bishop (2019–2022) — Former Senior Deputy Dr. of External Affairs · Filing note: Term ended 321
- Former: Christopher Hudson (2019–2021) — Publisher
- Former: Douglas S Cramer (2019–2021) — Life Trustee
- Former: Eli Broad (2019–2021) — Life Trustee
- Former: Howard Gardner (2019–2021) — Life Trustee
- Former: Patty Lipshutz (2019–2021) — Counsel
- Former: Peter Reed (2019–2021) — Senior Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs
- Former: Nancy Adelson (2020–2021) — Deputy General Counsel
- Former: Donald B Marron (2019–2020) — President Emeritus & Trustee
- Former: June Noble Larkin (2019–2020) — Life Trustee
- Former: Werner H Kramarsky (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Ruth Shapiro (2020) — Director of Business Development
- Former: Frank Ahimaz (2019) — Former Chief Investment Officer
- Former: Gianluigi Gabetti (2019) — Life Trustee
- Former: Kathy Halbreich (2019) — Associate Director
- Former: Klaus Biesenbach (2019) — Chief Curator at Large
- Former: Michael Lynne (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Quentin Bajac (2019) — Chief Curator - Photography
- Former: Ricardo Steinbruch (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.7M, to Glenn D Lowry (Director/Ex-Officio Trustee). 22 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Museum of Modern Art
How much does Museum of Modern Art give each year?
Museum of Modern Art gave $2.2M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.1M across 1 grant.
How large is Museum of Modern Art?
Museum of Modern Art reported $2.7B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $362.0M.
What is Museum of Modern Art?
Museum of Modern Art is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in New York, NY. It holds $2.7B in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Museum of Modern Art operate?
Museum of Modern Art has awarded grants in New York.
What is Museum of Modern Art's EIN?
Museum of Modern Art's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1624100. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
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