Public Charity

THE MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART D/B/A THE AFRICA CENTER

THE MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART D/B/A THE AFRICA CENTER is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2.8M revenue, $3.7M expenses, $85.4M total assets. 28 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 133137461 NEW YORK, NY Museums NTEE: A50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.8M
Total Expenses$3.7M
Total Assets$85.4M
Grant Records28
Funding Total$2.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE AFRICA CENTER, A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN, MULTIDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTION, PROVIDES A GATEWAY FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH CONTEMPORARY AFRICA. THE CENTER IS TRANSFORMING THE WORLD'S UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICA, ITS DIASPORA AND THE ROLE OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE WORLD. SERVING AS THE HUB FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AROUND CULTURE, BUSINESS, AND POLICY RELATED TO THE CONTINENT, AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS WHO SHARE THE CENTER'S VALUES, THE AFRICA CENTER INSPIRES ENTHUSIASM, AND ADVANCES THOUGHT AND ACTION AROUND AFRICA'S GLOBAL INFLUENCE AND IMPACT ON OUR COLLECTIVE AND SHARED FUTURES.

Where $100 goes at The Museum for African Art D/B/a the Africa Center

How The Museum for African Art D/B/a the Africa Center divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$65 Programs the work itself
$22 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $65 for programs

$27
Public programs:public programs at the africa center are multidisciplinary and focus on the center's three core areas of culture, policy and business
41% of program spending
$14
Exhibitions the africa center produces exhibitions that align with our mission of transforming narratives about the african diaspora, african continent and people of african descent
21% of program spending
$13
Policy center:one of the key focus areas for the africa center is the development of an african policy institute dedicated to the future of the african continent and…
21% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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

CHIEF OF STAFF Adolphine Umukobwa
VICE CHAIR Benjamin Stein
TRUSTEE Blair Miller
CO-CHAIR Chelsea Clinton
COO (THROUGH 11/23) Chinenyenwa Ogunro
TRUSTEE Dana Reed

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,158,250 16 grants
Arts & Culture
$950,000 9 grants
Youth Development
$125,000 1 grant
Human & Social Services
$9,500 1 grant
Unspecified
$50,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.8M $3.7M $85.4M
2024 $7.5M $3.5M $86.4M
2023 $1.7M $3.4M $82.7M
2022 $1.5M $3.0M $84.4M
2021 $2.6M $2.5M $86.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.6M to $2.8M (+9%), with total assets most recently reported at $85.4M.

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

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