Whitney Museum of American Art

“Voting members: in accordance with the museum's by-laws, the executive committee consists entirely of museum trustees. The executive committee currently consists of 23 members and is composed of certain trustee officers, certain trustee committee chairs, and other trustees elected by resolution of the board of trustees. Between meetings of the board of trustees, and subject to the general policies established by the board, the executive committee has all the powers of the full board, excluding (i) the removal of trustees and officers, (ii) appointing of committee chairs, and (ii) amending the by-laws.”

“Family/business relationships: neil bluhm (trustee) and leslie bluhm (trustee) have a family relationship.”

“Form 990 review process: the museum's form 990 tax filing is compiled based on information obtained from the museum's general ledger, audited financial statements and other financial systems. The museum's deputy director, senior finance/accounting staff, general counsel, deputy general counsel and external tax advisors participate in a series of detailed reviews of all information to be included in the filing. All information included in the return is reviewed by the group for accuracy and content. The completed form 990 and related schedules are also provided to the museum's senior management and reviewed in detail with the deputy director. Finally, a public inspection copy is provided to each member of the board of trustees prior to filing the return. The museum's external tax advisors file the form 990 electronically with the internal revenue service.”

“Conflict of interest policy monitoring & enforcement: the museum's code of ethics contains detailed disclosure requirements with respect to the conflicts of interests for its board and staff. On a regular basis, the board and officers of the museum complete a conflicts of interest questionnaire. Responses are compiled, reviewed with general counsel and the deputy director, and forwarded to the audit committee. If a conflict is disclosed, board members with potential conflicts may not participate in deliberations and need to recuse themselves from voting on particular matters. In addition, officers and key employees are asked annually to review and acknowledge compliance with the museum's code of ethics.”

“Process for determining compensation: the museum has a compensation committee of the board. The committee meets periodically to review performance and compensation for the director. As part of the process, the committee reviews comparative data obtained from several independent sources which provide data for similar positions in new york city and nationally.”

“How documents are made available to the public: audited financial statements and the form 990 are made available on the museum's website. All other documents are available upon request at management's discretion.”

“As the preeminent advocate for american art, we foster the work of living artists at critical moments in their careers. The whitney educates a diverse public through direct interaction with artists, often before their work has achieved general acceptance.”

“Harold cohen: aaron (february 3, 2024 - may 19, 2024); whitney biennial 2024: better than the real thing (march 20, 2024 - august 11, 2024); and wanda gg's world (march 28, 2024 - december 2, 2024). Fy24 performances at the museum included: delia beatriz: the long count (april 27 - april 28, 2024); sarah hennies: motor tapes (june 8, 2024), and holland andrews: speaker (june 29, 2024 - july 1, 2024). Fy24 film screenings at the museum included: speaking in camouflage: madeleine hunt-ehrlich curated by greg de cuir jr. (april 12, 2024); the land wants you curated by asinnajaq (may 3, 2024) and dear ghost, if a memory is false does it mean it does not have real consequences? Curated by korakrit arnanondchai (june 21, 2024). An ongoing series of outdoor art shown across gansevoort street from the museum had two installations: rose b. Simpson and razelle benally: encounter (september 20, 2023 - march 29, 2024); and whitney biennial 2024: even better than the real thing, people who stutter create (jia bin, delicia daniels, jjjjjerome ellis, conor foran, kristel kubart): stuttering can create time (march 20, 2024 - august 25, 2024). In fy24, the whitney commissioned four digital works to add to its artport series, including auriea harvey: site 1 (march 3, 2023 - ongoing); nancy baker cahill: cento (october 3, 2023 - ongoing); and sunrise/sunset: peter burr: sunshine monument (july 25, 2023 - september 19, 2024); and holly herndon and mat dryhurst: xhairymutantx (march 20, 2024 - ongoing). The following three exhibitions toured nationally: at the dawn of a new age (norton museum of art, west palm beach, fl, march 18, 2023 - july 16, 2023); labyrinth of forms (sonoma valley museum of art, sonoma, ca, may 13, 2023 - september 3, 2023); and jaune quick-to-see smith (modern art museum of fort worth, fort worth, tx, october 15, 2023 - january 12, 2024, & seattle art museum, seattle, wa, february 29, 2024 - may 12, 2024). One exhibition toured internationally: edward hopper's new york (seoul museum of art, seoul, south korea, april 20, 2023 - august 20, 2023).”

“And relevant for today and the future. During fy24, the whitney added 305 new works to the collection, including works by 59 artists entering the collection for the first time. The whitney continues to refine and experiment with its strategies for displaying more of the collection within its gallery spaces. The resulting collection displays create thematic, art historical contexts and counterpoints to the ongoing special exhibitions program and explore how the institution can contribute to new narratives about american culture and history. In august of 2023, the whitney opened trust me, an exhibition of photographic works drawn from the whitney's collection. The exhibition explored themes of intimacy and vulnerability alongside the inherent precarity and unstable nature of photography as a medium. In february of 2024, the whitney opened harold cohen: aaron, which traced the evolution of the earliest artificial intelligence program for artmaking. The show was drawn entirely from the whitney's collection, including works on paper, paintings, and the aaron software developed by cohen. During fy24, the whitney also commissioned and acquired two site specific works which are currently on display in the museum's dining spaces. Nourish by dyani white hawk appears in the 8th floor studio bar, while new poetry by rashid johnson features prominently in the first-floor restaurant, frenchette bakery at the whitney. Work was ongoing to digitize the museum's collections, a project that is a crucial aspect of the increased scope of the curatorial, conservation, and research resources teams in the museum's enlarged facility. The whitney's collection is available to the public online as a searchable resource and is updated regularly as new works enter the collection. Important library and special collections holdings are kept on site, as well as about 16,000 works on paper that are stored in the sondra gilman study center, facilitating access to them for curators and scholars. The sondra gilman study center supports cross-medium, cross-disciplinary research, allowing museum staff, artists, scholars, and researchers access to the collection and opportunity for close material and technical examination of objects. As such, the study center is an exceptional resource for historians and curators of modern and contemporary art, making the whitney's world-class holdings available for primary research and in-depth consultation. During fy24, 40 external visits, with 522 unique visitors were held in the study center.”

“Served 12,497 k-12 students in online and in-person programming; of this number 2,443 k-12 students were from our eleven partnership schools. In fy24, the whitney served 135 unique teens who participated in youth insights programs. The drop-in teen events created and hosted by whitney educators and youth insights leaders were well attended, with 590 attendees for special events, 212 participants at 2 tabling events, and 272 attendees for open studio for teens. The museum also continued its commitment to accessibility for visitors with disabilities to experience the richness and complexity of american art in an accessible and inclusive environment through remote and in-person offerings. This includes visitors who identify as disabled, d/deaf, deaf-blind, neurodivergent, autistic, low vision and/or experience a range of cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disability, physical disability, chronic illness and/or sensory sensitivities. The access team focused on expanding access features on the mobile guide to support visitors with disabilities as they engaged with whitney exhibitions. During fy24, a total of 569 people attended an access tour, and a total of 1,169 students with disabilities, from 28 different schools, participated in either an in-person guided visit or online lesson with the whitney. In fy24, 10,035 people attended artmaking, tours and community programs. Community programs at the whitney served as a focal point for exploration, dialogue, and self-expression for the museum's diverse neighbors who desire to connect to art. Community programs developed individualized extended programs designed to meet the specific needs of our diverse partners of 15 different organizations and to provide educational and cultural opportunities for underserved audiences of all ages. The public programs and public engagement in fy24 presented provocative and experimental events that engaged audiences in critical dialogues on art and cultural production. The division offered 32 programs and served approximately 11,612 visitors, with 5,017 attending in-person at the whitney and 6,590 attending virtually. These programs included conversations, lectures, workshops and screenings, in conjunction with fragments of a faith forgotten: the art of harry smith, ruth asawa through line, and inheritance, as well as programming organized in collaboration with wecan member visualaids. Highlights include a three-day gathering to celebrate harry smith's eclectic life and serpentine artistic pursuits, organized in collaboration with artist and curator andrew lampert and family programs.”

“The financial accounting standards board ("fasb") implemented a new lease accounting standard that became effective for whitney museum of american art in the year ending june 30, 2021. This accounting standard was effectuated to improve the transparency surrounding key information pertaining to an exempt organization's leasing arrangements (and to ensure that all organizations were recording the transactions uniformly on their balance sheets).”

“Change in post-retirement health and other benefits other than net periodic pension charges and service cost 1,909,000. Net periodic pension charges other than service cost 59,000.”

“Amounts reflected in the 2023 form 990 for the year ended june 30, 2024 have been rounded to the nearest thousand to conform with the presentation in the museum's audited financial statements.”