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Posts tagged ‘The Met’

10
Feb

How the Metropolitan Museum of Art Spends Revenue (2021)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (“Met”) is the largest art museum in the US with more than 2 million works of art curated over 17 departments and displayed at 2 locations in New York:  The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters that collectively report more than 1 million visitors a year

A tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) (3), the Met is governed by 50 voting members (trustees) of the governing body, 48 of whom are independent, although 52 trustees are listed on the most recent Form 990 (2020 for the year ending June 30, 2021) which appears to be due to timing differences.  34 of the 52 (65%) of the trustees are male while 18 of the 52 (35%) are female. Read more »

6
Nov

Where Does $100 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Go?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) is the largest art museum in the US with two sites in New York City (the Met Fifith Avenue and the Met Cloisters).  Established in 1870, MMA is a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) (3) based in New York City with 46 trustees (44 of whom are independent), although 48 are listed on the Form 990 (2018 for the year ending June 30, 2019) due to timing differences.  34 of the 48 (71%) listed are male while 14 (29%) are female.

For the year ending June 30, 2019, MMA reported the following information: Read more »