Public Charity

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $191.4M revenue, $96.0M expenses, $1.1B total assets. 192 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $49.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 131789318 NEW YORK, NY Art Museums NTEE: A51 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$191.4M
Total Expenses$96.0M
Total Assets$1.1B
Grant Records192
Funding Total$49.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART PRESENTS, COLLECTS, AND INSPIRES DIALOGUE AROUND ART OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES. (SEE SCHEDULE O)WE CHAMPION LIVING ARTISTS, WELCOME BROAD AUDIENCES, AND CREATE DYNAMIC EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY, AND THE EXCHANGE OF NEW IDEAS.

Where $100 goes at Whitney Museum of American Art

How Whitney Museum of American Art divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$68 Programs the work itself
$27 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $68 for programs

$53
Exhibitions and permanent collection in fy25, the whitney presented 13 exhibitions
78% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 90 performances
$8
Education programs the whitney education department served a total of 71,970 visitors in person and online through school, youth, family, public, and access and community programs
11% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 71,970 visitors; 12 students; 95 lessons
$7
Curatorial and related supportin fy25, the whitney continued its ongoing study into the more than 27,000 objects in the collection by over 6,000 artists
11% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 41 visits; 347 visitors
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CURATOR & DIR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS Adrienne Edwards
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Amy Roth
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER (THRU 11/25) Andrew Cone
CHIEF COM & CONTENT OFF. (THRU 12/24) Angela Rubin
CO-CHAIR OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer
TRUSTEE Bennett Goodman

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$30,694,410 103 grants
Arts & Culture
$14,938,018 62 grants
Education
$1,520,753 9 grants
Training & Professional Development
$871,000 4 grants
Research & Policy
$25,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $191.4M $96.0M $1.1B
2024 $116.7M $91.9M $1.0B
2023 $100.9M $86.7M $972.8M
2022 $110.1M $77.5M $925.4M
2021 $67.7M $115.4M $1.0B

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $67.7M to $191.4M (+183%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.1B.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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