NonprofitsMuseum Of Fine Arts Houston

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Museum Of Fine Arts Houston

HOUSTON, TX

Total revenue

$226.8M

Total expenses

$149.8M

Net assets

$2.2B

Grants received

$60.3M

742 grants

EIN

741109655

Tax year

2023

Mission

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 5,000 years and six continents. Through our permanent collections, special exhibitions, learning and interpretation programs, publications, conservation and scholarly research, we strive to inspire appreciation and understanding of the broadest spectrum of human achievement.

Programs

3 programs

Accessions, curatorial and exhibit programs: includes acquisition of works of art, research into and care of the art collection, and coordination and production of art exhibitions. See schedule o for further detail.

Expenses: $94.2M

Glassell school of art: provides hands-on art education to pre-school through adult students. Approximately 7,800 student took classes this year. See schedule o for further detail.

Expenses: $6.4MGrants: $158K

Membership activities

Expenses: $1.9M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$30.8M
Program service revenue$11.1M
Investment income$183.5M
Other revenue$1.3M
Total revenue$226.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$158K
Salaries & benefits$49.9M
Fundraising$5.7M
Other expenses$99.6M
Total expenses$149.8M
Total assets$2.3B
Net assets$2.2B

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

GARY TINTEROW

DIRECTOR

Board

$1.4M

35 hrs/wk

ERIC ANYAH

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$766K

35 hrs/wk

AMY PURVIS

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Board

$505K

35 hrs/wk

LARRY STOKES

CHIEF HR & DIVERSITY OFFICER

Board

$418K

35 hrs/wk

CHRISTIAN SCHORNICH

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Board

$403K

35 hrs/wk

DEBORAH L ROLDAN

CHIEF EXHIBTIONS OFFICER

Board

$235K

35 hrs/wk

MRS CYVIA G WOLFF

LIFE TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR ISAAC ARNOLD JR

LIFE TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS JEANIE KILROY WILSON

LIFE TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS LYNN WYATT

LIFE TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS SARA SCHOLES MORGAN

LIFE TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR ALFRED C GLASSELL III

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS ALIYYA KOMBARGI STUDE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR ANDRIUS R KONTRIMAS

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS BARBARA G GAMSON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR BARRON F WALLACE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MS BETH ROBERTSON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MS BETTIE CARTWRIGHT

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MS CARLA KNOBLOCH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS CARROLL R WESSELS

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MS CECILY E HORTON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR CHARLES BUTT

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS COLLEEN KOTTS

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS COURTNEY LANIER SAROFIM

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS CYNTHIA PETRELLO

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR DENNIS A ROACH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR DOUGLAS L LAWING

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS ELISE ELKINS JOSEPH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MS FRANCI NEELY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR FRANCISCO RIVERO

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR FRANK N CARROLL

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS GAIL F ADLER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR GEORGE B KELLY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR GREGORY E FOURTICQ JR

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR HOLBROOK F DORN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR JACK S BLANTON JR

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR JAMES D WEAVER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR JAMES EDWARD MALONEY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MS JANET GURWITCH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS JEREANN H CHANEY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MR JESSE H JONES II

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MS JOAN MORGENSTERN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS JOAN SCHNITZER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS JUDY SPENCE TATE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MRS JULIE YOUNG SUDDUTH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DARREN A BARTSCH

MANAGING INVESTMENT DIRECTOR

Staff

$433K

35 hrs/wk

PAUL COFFEY

DIRECTOR, GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART

Staff

$293K

35 hrs/wk

ZACHARY HAINES

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Staff

$234K

35 hrs/wk

JULIA R PETTY

CONTROLLER

Staff

$225K

35 hrs/wk

BRADFORD SMITH

INVESTMENT DIRECTOR

Staff

$225K

35 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO

INVESTMENT SERVICES

$1.6M

ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC

ARMED GUARD SERVICES

$1.1M

ROGERS-O'BRIEN CONSTRUCTION CO LLC

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

$915K

CITY KITCHEN LLC

CATERING SERVICES

$836K

OSC-O'DONNELL SNIDER CONSTRUCTION INC

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

$722K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 742

FromAmountPurposeYear
$930K
MFAH Operating Support ($900,000) and Ruth K Shartle Lecture Series ($29,500)
2024
$756K
General support
2024
$750K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATINX ARCHIVES
2024
$392K
ART DONATION
2024
$295K
BAYOU BEND GARDEN PARTY, CAMPAIGN FOR THE MFAH CAMPUS, CONSERVATION CENTER BUILD-OUT, GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS
2024
$250K
Capital Campaign to build-out the Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation
2024
$250K
Donation to Museum Fine Arts Houston
2024
$150K
Annual Giving Grant
2024
$100K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$100K
Support Conservation Center Completion Project
2024
$100K
Reinzi Endowment
2024
$50K
Annual design acquisitions and exhibitions
2024
$50K
Exhibition program
2024
$50K
Unrestricted operating support
2024
$50K
Garden Endowment of Reinzi
2024
$45K
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE MFA IS TO SERVE ALL PEOPLE BY PURSUING EXCELLENCE IN ART THROUGH COLLECTION, EXHIBITION AND EDUCATION BY BRINGING ART INTO THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF ALL HOUSTONIANS. THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT IS TO HELP FUND THE 2024 GAUGUIN EXHIBITION.
2024
$45K
CONTRIBUTION TOWARD ART EXHIBIT
2024
$36K
ARTS, CULTURE
2024
$34K
Summer Camp, School Tours, and Scholarship
2024
$28K
UNKNOWN, BRITISH, FAMILY GROUP W/TELESCOPE 1845-1848
2024
$28K
UNKNOWN, FRENCH, RAYMOND-JEAN-BAPTISTE DE VERNINAC SAINT-MAUR 1855-1858
2024
$25K
GENERAL USE.
2024
$25K
Research, education, and preservation of the fine arts
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$25K
Support for acquisitions in the area of modern and contemporary art
2024
$25K
Educational programs at Reinzi
2024
$25K
Gardens at Reinzi
2024
$23K
General support
2024
$20K
SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION TITLED, "KNIGHTS IN SHINING ARMOR: THE BATTLE OF PAVIA TAPESTRIES", MARCH 23-26, 2025
2024
$20K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$20K
PURCHASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR ART MUSEUM
2024
$20K
General Support
2024
$15K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$15K
In support of the presentation and programming for "Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within".
2024
$14K
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
2024
$10K
CONSERVATION GRANT FUNDING
2024
$10K
Contribution
2024
$10K
TO FURTHER DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$8K
GEORGE HENRY SEELEY, THE GILDED BALL, 1910
2024
$8K
Program support
2024
$7K
PURCHASE ART PRINT FOR MUSEUM
2024
$5K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$5K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
Gifts were made togeneral operating fundof this organization
2024
$5K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2024
$3K
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
2024
$3K
Charitable
2024
$3K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$3K
SUPPORT THE GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART
2024
$3K
SUPPORT PROGRAM
2024
$2K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$2K
CULTURAL
2024
$1K
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$840
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
2024
$500
2024 MATCHING GIFT
2024
$500
SUPPORTS THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON.
2024
$350
General & Unrestricted
2024
$200
Community access to museum
2024
$200
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2024
$85
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$1.2M
ENDOWMENT FOR THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR
2023
$979K
General support
2023
$939K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$930K
General Operating Support ($900,000); Shartle Lecture Series ($29,500)
2023
$750K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATINX ARCHIVES
2023
$700K
PROMOTE THE ARTS
2023
$700K
2024 DONATION
2023
$500K
Capital Campaign
2023
$400K
TOWARDS SUPPORT OF THE JUAICA ART GALLERY ENDOWMENT FUND THROUGH THE CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN.
2023
$329K
CULTURE & ARTS
2023
$218K
ISLAMIC WORLDS GALA, GALA BALL, BAYOU BEND FASHION SHOW, CAMPAIGN FOR THE MFAH CAMPUS
2023
$214K
ARTS, CULTURE
2023
$203K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$200K
GENERAL FUND AND EXHIBITIONS
2023
$171K
Bayou Bend Gardens
2023
$166K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$152K
EXEMPT FUNCTION
2023
$150K
RESTRICKEDANNUAL GALA INDOWMENT
2023
$150K
Operating Programs
2023
$150K
Annual Giving Grant
2023
$125K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$119K
Rienzi Programs for Educators and Students and Garden maintenance
2023
$112K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$100K
TO SUPPORT GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART CORE ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM
2023
$100K
GENERAL FUND AND EXHIBITIONS
2023
$100K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$89K
SUPPORT FOR ROBERT FRANK FILM PROGRAMMING
2023
$80K
HOWLETT, PORTRAIT ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL BEFORE LAUNCHING CHAINS OF THE GREAT EASTERN
2023
$70K
SUPPORT OF TODD WEBB AND ROBERT FRANK EXHIBITION AND CATALOG.
2023
$60K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$60K
General Support
2023
$50K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$50K
CHARITABLE PATRON SERVICES
2023
$50K
LOCAL/ COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2023
$50K
Annual design acquisitions / exhibitions
2023
$50K
Exhibition program
2023
$50K
Toward the Annual Fund
2023
$49K
Rienzi & Main campus south lawn
2023
$45K
General support
2023
$45K
BAYOU BEND COLLECTION AND GARDENS
2023
$40K
PURCHASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR ART MUSEUM
2023
$35K
School tours, scholarships
2023
$35K
Modern and Contemporary Art Department
2023
$35K
Capital Campaign ($25,000) and General Operating Support ($10,000)
2023
$35K
$20,000 FOR MUSEUM ANNUAL FUND DRIVE;$15,000 FOR BAYOU BEND ANNUAL FUND DRIVE
2023
$33K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$30K
Operating Support
2023
$30K
Rienzi ($15,000) and General Operating Support ($15,000)
2023
$29K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$27K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$25K
Support Armand Hammer Collection Exhibition.
2023
$25K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2023
$25K
TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS
2023
$25K
General support
2023
$25K
GENERAL USE.
2023
$25K
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT BAYOU BEND
2023
$25K
Toward support of William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows exhibition
2023
$25K
Research, education, and preservation of the fine arts
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
PROGRAMMING AND NEW ACQUISITIONS
2023
$25K
SUPPORT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
2023
$25K
BAYOU BEND ANNUAL FUND
2023
$23K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$23K
MEDALLION OF LOUS XIV C. 1700
2023
$20K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$20K
General Support
2023
$20K
FUNDS DIRECTED TO "VERTIGO OF COLOR: MATISSE, DERAIN, AND THE ORIGINS OF FAUVISM, FEB 26 TO MAY 27, 2024
2023
$20K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$17K
NADAR, UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION 1855, 25 PRINTS
2023
$15K
Matching gift-Annual Fund
2023
$15K
Annual Fund
2023
$15K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$14K
FRANCK-FRANCOIS-GENE CHAUVASSAIGNES, FRENCH, STANDING FEMALE NUDE HOLDING DRAPERY 1856-59
2023
$13K
TO SUPPORT MUSEUM
2023
$13K
JUDAICA INITIATIVE
2023
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
SPONSORSHIP
2023
$10K
Glassell School of Art
2023
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
General support
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$10K
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
2023
$10K
TO FURTHER DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL FUNDS
2023
$10K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$10K
ICONS - 2023 GRAND GALA BALL
2023
$10K
SUPPORT PRINTS AND DRAWINGS DEPARTMENT
2023
$10K
SUPPORT PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT ACQUISITIONS
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$8K
Program support
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
General Operating Support
2023
$5K
Matching gift-program support
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$5K
General Operating Fund
2023
$5K
Gifts were made togeneral operating fundof this organization
2023
$5K
Rienzi in honor of Meg and Nelson Murray
2023
$5K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2023
$5K
FLORESCENCE 2025
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$5K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$5K
GUSTAVE LE GRAY, JACQUES-ANDRE MESNART\D 1855-1858
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$5K
General Operating Support
2023
$5K
Annual Fund Drive Leadership Circle
2023
$5K
PUBLIC WELFARE
2023
$5K
GENERAL
2023

Funded by

$60.3M from 212 funders · 742 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$7.7M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Greater Houston Community Foundation

$7.0M · 67 grants · 2018–2024

The Brown Foundation Inc

$4.3M · 51 grants · 2020–2024

Houston Arts Alliance

$3.7M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Albert And Margaret Alkek Foundation

$3.6M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

John R Eckel Jr Foundation

$2.5M · 12 grants · 2018–2024

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

$1.8M · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Houston Museum District Association

$1.7M · 2 grants · 2018–2019

Details

EIN741109655
NTEE codeA510
Subsection03
Ruling date1956-07
Formed1924
Employees842
Volunteers769
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