About Museum of Modern Art
At The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, we celebrate creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity. We aim to be inclusive places—both onsite and online—where diverse cultural, artistic, social, and political positions are welcome. We’re committed to sharing the most thought-provoking modern and contemporary art, and hope you will join us in exploring the art, ideas, and issues of our time.
Focus Areas
modern and contemporary arteducation and school programspublic programs and performancesresearch, archives, and conservationdigital initiatives and international programming
Who They Fund
general public / museum visitorsstudents and educatorsartists and contemporary art practitionersscholars and researchers
Funding Style
About Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art’s recent giving is anchored by operating support for MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Inc in Long Island City, with grants of $2,596,572 in 2024 and $2,527,928 in 2023. That pattern points to a funder that primarily sustains its own institutional ecosystem while also supporting research, fellowships, and public-facing programs connected to modern and contemporary art. Across its active grant programs, the foundation backs MoMA Scholars in Residence, the Marron Research Consortium, the Adobe Creative Residency at MoMA, and the Studio Museum in Harlem Fellowship Collaboration. Those programs show a mix of scholarly research, collaborative museum studies, artist and scholar fellowships, and community-based creative work tied to learning and engagement. The foundation’s stated priorities also include education and school programs, public programs and performances, research, archives, conservation, and digital initiatives. Its beneficiary base includes the general public, students and educators, artists and contemporary art practitioners, and scholars and researchers. With annual grants of $5,124,500 and assets of $2,490,307,043, the Museum of Modern Art operates at a scale consistent with a major institutional funder.
What Museum of Modern Art Funds
In research and scholarship, the Museum of Modern Art supports the MoMA Scholars in Residence program, which hosts scholars to study the Museum’s collections and initiatives. It also runs the Marron Research Consortium, a collaborative research platform tied to museum studies and scholarly initiatives. The foundation also funds fellowships and creative residencies. Through the Studio Museum in Harlem Fellowship Collaboration, it supports joint fellowship initiatives for artists and scholars. In partnership with the Adobe Foundation, the Adobe Creative Residency at MoMA supports a creative in residence working with Museum experts and an artist mentor on a community-based project. Education and engagement appear in the same program portfolio: the Adobe residency also supports learning and engagement programs, including school and teacher programs. That links the foundation’s grantmaking to both scholarly work and public learning.
How Museum of Modern Art Gives
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25 is $2,545,089, median is $2,562,250, and p75 is $2,579,411. The recent record shows two operating support grants in consecutive years to the same recipient, which suggests recurring institutional support rather than one-off awards. The foundation gives locally and all recorded grants went to recipients in New York. Its structure is institutional rather than individual-facing, since it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.2M
Total Assets
$2.7B
Total Revenue
$362M
Total Expenses
$305.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2.5M and $2.6M, with a median of $2.6M.
25th Percentile
$2.5M
Median
$2.6M
75th Percentile
$2.6M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Glenn Lowry
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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