Public Charity

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $25.0M revenue, $35.5M expenses, $213.3M total assets. 101 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $22.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 366154098 CHICAGO, IL Art Museums NTEE: A51 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$25.0M
Total Expenses$35.5M
Total Assets$213.3M
Grant Records101
Funding Total$22.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MCA IS AN INNOVATIVE AND COMPELLING CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN DIRECTLY EXPERIENCE THE WORK AND IDEAS OF LIVING ARTISTS, AND UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE ART OF OUR TIME. THE MUSEUM BOLDLY INTERWEAVES EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, COLLECTIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO EXCITE, CHALLENGE, AND ILLUMINATE OUR VISITORS AND TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE CREATIVE PROCESS. THE MCA ASPIRES TO ENGAGE A BROAD AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE, CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BE A PLACE FOR CONTEMPLATION, STIMULATION, AND DISCUSSION ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART AND CULTURE.

Where $100 goes at Museum of Contemporary Art

How Museum of Contemporary Art divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$69 Programs the work itself
$22 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $69 for programs

$60
Exhibitions
87% of program spending
$5
Performance
8% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 10,871 people
$4
Education and public programs
5% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 11,968 people
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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

LIFE TRUSTEE Allen M Turner
TRUSTEE Anne L Kaplan
BOARD CHAIR AND TRUSTEE Cari B Sacks
TRUSTEE Carol Cohen
TRUSTEE Carol Prins
TRUSTEE Carrie Reyes Murphy

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$19,289,877 68 grants
Arts & Culture
$2,923,549 27 grants
Education
$144,525 2 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$25,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$267,105 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $25.0M $35.5M $213.3M
2024 $17.3M $37.7M $210.4M
2023 $19.2M $32.8M $214.5M
2022 $28.4M $24.6M $213.5M
2021 $26.8M $20.8M $231.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $26.8M to $25.0M (-7%), with total assets most recently reported at $213.3M.

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

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