Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$23,750,238

Total expenses

$20,384,154

Contributions and grants received

$12,203,634

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$777,502

Investment income

$10,424,694

Other revenue

$344,408

Total assets, end of year

$70,405,406

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,190,069

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$65,215,337

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$14,475,497

Management and general expenses

$2,722,459

Fundraising expenses

$3,186,198

Program service expenses (Part III)

$14,475,497

Program services were 71.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• EXHIBITIONS AND FACILITIES:THE STORY OF NEWARK FASHION: RUNWAY TO ATELIER (FEBRUARY 22 - JUNE 2, 2024)THE STORY OF NEWARK FASHION: RUNWAY TO ATELIER EXHIBITION WAS AN ORIGINAL EXHIBITION AND CATALOG ORGANIZED BY NMOA. SPANNING 75 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY FASHION HISTORY THIS GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURED ELEVEN LEADING DESIGNERS WITH CONNECTIONS TO NEWARK, AND HIGHLIGHTED THE CITY AS A CENTER FOR THE FASHION INDUSTRY FROM THE 1950S TO TODAY. BEGINNING IN THE ATELIERS AND CLASSROOMS OF WESLEY TANN AND EMILY MILES, GROUNDBREAKING BLACK DESIGNERS AND MENTORS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, THIS SURVEY FEATURED NINE CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS INCLUDING MELODY ASHERMAN, STEPHEN BURROWS, TYRONE CHABLIS, JERRY GANT, MARCO HALL, SHAVI LEWIS, JUSTIN PITT-GOODSON, NARCISO RODRIGUES, AND DOUGLAS SAYS.WORKING WITH INDEPENDENT CURATOR KRISTEN J. OWENS ON BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR THIS EXHIBITION, THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART ENGAGED TRACEY "AFRICA" NORMAN, FASHION ICON AND NEWARK NATIVE, AS AN ADVISOR TO THE PROJECT. THE EXHIBITION WAS ENRICHED WITH LOANS FROM MANY OF THE DESIGNERS AS WELL AS TRACEY NORMAN. THIS EXHIBITION BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NEWARK TO THE GLOBAL WORLD OF FASHION.BONY RAMIREZ: CATTLEYA (APRIL 18 2024 - MARCH 9 2025)ON APRIL 18, 2024, THE MUSEUM OPENED BONY RAMIREZ: CATTLEYA, THE FIFTH ITERATION OF NMOA'S GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM. GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY IS AN ARTIST RESIDENCY AND EXHIBITION PROGRAM DEDICATED TO PRESENTING NEW WORK BY LIVING ARTIST IN CONVERSATION WITH THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS. ARTIST BONY RAMIREZ WAS INVITED TO EXPLORE NMOA'S COLLECTIONS AND CREATE AN ORIGINAL EXHIBITION RESPONDING TO NMOA'S COLLECTIONS. THIS OPPORTUNITY HAD SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR RAMIREZ, AS NMOA WAS THE FIRST MUSEUM HE SPENT TIME IN AFTER MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.INFLUENCED BY MEMORIES OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE COMPLEX HISTORIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, BONY RAMIREZ: CATTLEYA FEATURED NEW LARGE SCALE PAINTINGS AND MIXED MEDIA ARTWORKS BY RAMIREZ RECONTEXTUALIZING WESTERN EUROPEAN PAINTING TRADITIONS WITH CARIBBEAN OBJECTS, SCENERY, AND HISTORY. RAMIREZ DREW THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION FROM MARTIN HEADE'S CATTLEYA ORCHID WITH TWO HUMMINGBIRDS, THE PAINTING THAT CAPTIVATED HIM - WITH ITS LANDSCAPE AND FLORAL REMINISCENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - WHEN HE FIRST VISITED THE MUSEUM. HEADE'S RENDERING OF THE CATTLEYA ORCHID AND ITS EPIPHYTIC NATURE (THRIVING OFF OF OTHER ORGANISMS) PROMPTED RAMIREZ TO ASK THE AUDIENCE TO REFLECT ON THE COLONIALIST INFLUENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN AND ITS CONTINUED LEGACY.SHAZIA SIKANDER, NOW, 2023 (LAUNCHED APRIL 2024)A SIGNIFICANT ADDITION TO NMOA, NOW IS A MAJOR WORK OF PUBLIC SCULPTURE CREATED BY PAKISTANI AMERICAN ARTIST SHAZIA SIKANDER. THIS LONG-TERM INSTALLATION NOW STANDING ON THE MUSEUM'S WASHINGTON AVENUE CAMPUS, NEAR THE FRONT LAWN OF THE BALLANTINE HOUSE, IS A LUMINOUS FIGURAL SCULPTURE MADE OF BRONZE AND MEASURING EIGHT FEET HIGH. THE FEMALE FIGURE REPRESENTED IN NOW NODS TO THE LATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG (WITH AN INCISED LACE COLLAR AROUND THE FIGURE'S NECK). NOW STANDS JUST FEET AWAY FROM THE NEWLY NAMED RUTH BADER GINSBURG HALL AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEWARK, WHERE GINSBURG WAS A LAW PROFESSOR AND WHOSE COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO SIKANDER.NATIVE ARTISTS OF NORTH AMERICA - REIMAGINING REGALIA (SPRING 2024)AS PART OF THE LONG-TERM INSTALLATION NATIVE ARTISTS OF NORTH AMERICA, THE MUSEUM LAUNCHED A NEW POP-UP INSTALLATION HIGHLIGHTING RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF TEXTILE AND MIXED-MEDIA ARTWORKS BY CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTISTS. ARTISTS ACROSS NATIVE NORTH AMERICA CREATE EXCEPTIONAL REGALIA - CLOTHING AND ORNAMENTS WORN FOR SOCIAL AND CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS - TO CELEBRATE PERSONAL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY IDENTITIES. EACH OF THE THREE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FEATURED IN "REIMAGINING REGALIA" - WENDY RED STAR (CROW), ERICA LORD (ATHABASCAN/INUPIAT), AND URSALA HUDSON (TLINGIT) - CREATE CONCEPTUAL ARTWORKS INSPIRED BY REGALIA WORN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. PRESENTED WITH RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE MUSEUM'S INDIGENOUS COLLECTION, THESE ARTWORKS RELATE AESTHETICALLY, VISUALLY, AND CULTURALLY TO EACH ARTIST'S SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. ARTS OF GLOBAL ASIA ROTATIONS (MAY 2024) IN 2024, NMOA BEGAN A LONG-TERM PLAN TO REINSTALL AND REINTERPRET THE ARTS OF GLOBAL ASIA GALLERIES. THE NEW INSTALLATIONS ARE ORGANIZED BY UNIVERSAL STORIES FOUND THROUGHOUT ASIAN ART, FEATURE CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES FOR AUDIENCES OF DIFFERENT AGES. THE THEMES FOCUSED ON IN THIS ROTATION - HEROES, NATURE, AND TRANSCENDENCE - ARE COMMON IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT TIE PEOPLE TOGETHER REGARDLESS OF CULTURE, TIME, AND SPACE. UNLIKE PREVIOUS ROTATIONS THAT ISOLATED ARTWORKS TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, THE REINTERPRET GALLERIES ARE DEDICATED TO CREATING A MUSEUM EXPERIENCE WHERE VISITORS CAN EXPLORE ASIAN ART AND THEIR SOCIETIES BASED ON UNIVERSAL THEMES AND NOT GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN. AS PART OF THIS COMMITMENT, NMOA COLLABORATED WITH MIXED MEDIA AND SOCIAL PRACTICE ARTIST NAOMI KUO TO CREATE THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE COMMUNITY LAB. WITH KUO'S AID, NMOA DEVELOPED THIS SPACE TO AMPLIFY THE COMMUNITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO ASIAN ART AND HELP GUIDE NMOA TO PLAN AND CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE AND INVITING REIMAGINING OF THE ARTS OF GLOBAL ASIA GALLERIES.ARTS OF GLOBAL AFRICA ROTATIONS (SUMMER 2024)IN SUMMER 2024 ALL ARTS OF GLOBAL AFRICA IN-GALLERY TEXT WAS REVISED TO FOLLOW THE MUSEUM'S ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES TO: BE OF THE COMMUNITY; BE WELCOMING TO ALL.; CONNECT PERSONALLY; ENABLE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION; ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MATTER TO OUR AUDIENCES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE ACTION. IN ADDITION, ALL OBJECT LABELS AND TEXT PANELS IN THE GALLERY ARE NOW BILINGUAL ACCORDING TO NMOA'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MAKE ALL IN-GALLERY PRINTED MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THIS DECISION WAS MADE BASED ON DATA SHOWING THAT THE SECOND MOST WIDELY SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN NEWARK AFTER ENGLISH IS SPANISH. THE MUSEUM STRONGLY BELIEVES THIS DECISION WILL SEND A MESSAGE OF WELCOME, INCLUSIVITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR AUDIENCES.SEEING AMERICA ROTATIONS (SUMMER 2024)THE ANNUAL ROTATIONS OF AMERICAN ART FEATURED 21 NEW WORKS INSTALLED THROUGHOUT TWO FLOORS OF SEEING AMERICA, SPANNING FROM THE 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. FOUR OF THESE ARTWORKS WERE NEW ACQUISITIONS, BUILDING ON EXISTING THEMES IN THE GALLERIES - THE SPANISH CARIBBEAN BODY, THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, AND A NEW INSTALLATION DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.RADICAL REIMAGINING, THE NEWARK ARTS FESTIVAL 2024 EXHIBITION (OCTOBER 9 - DECEMBER 1, 2024)IN OCTOBER 2024, NMOA HOSTED THE NAF'S SIGNATURE EXHIBITION, ON VIEW FROM OCTOBER 10 THROUGH DECEMBER 1. THEMED AND TITLED RADICAL REIMAGINING, THE EXHIBITION INVITED PARTICIPATING ARTISTS AND VISITORS TO DECONSTRUCT AND REBUILD A WORLD WHERE CHANGE IS AN INTENTIONAL PROCESS, DRIVING A MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST SOCIETY. EACH FALL, THIS JURIED EXHIBITION IS A CENTERPIECE OF THE NEWARK ARTS FESTIVAL ("NAF"), A LONG-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE FOR NEWARK'S DYNAMIC AND DIVERSE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR. PRODUCED BY NEWARK ARTS AND POWERED BY PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION, NAF AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS, GALLERISTS AND CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS IN NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST CITY.CO-CURATED BY ADRIENNE WHEELER, VISUAL ARTIST AND INDEPENDENT CURATOR, AND HENONE GIRMA, ASSOCIATE CURATOR, ARTS OF GLOBAL AFRICA AT THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART, RADICAL REIMAGINING FEATURED ARTWORKS BY A REMARKABLE ROSTER OF 70+ ARTISTS FROM NEWARK AND BEYOND.

  Expenses $5,636,898 · Revenue $380,056

• REGISTRAR AND CURATORIAL:THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART'S VAST AND DIVERSE COLLECTIONS OF MORE THAN 300,000 OBJECTS, RANKS, IN TERMS OF ITS HOLDINGS, AMONG THE TOP 12 MUSEUMS NATIONALLY. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION COMPRISES ARTWORK IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF AMERICAN ART, ARTS OF THE AMERICAS, ARTS OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN, ARTS OF GLOBAL AFRICA, ARTS OF GLOBAL ASIA, DECORATIVE ARTS, NUMISMATICS, AND A NATURAL SCIENCE COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM IS ALSO THE HOME OF THE HISTORIC BALLANTINE HOUSE..

  Expenses $5,092,043 · Revenue $29,831

• EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAM:FROM A CHILD'S FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A MUSEUM THROUGH TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND BEYOND, THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART CENTERS THE LEARNER IN ALL ITS SCHOOL AND FAMILY PROGRAMS. HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL NEEDS OF ITS AUDIENCE, PROVIDING INNOVATIVE AND ENGAGING SCHOOL AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES TO TAKE PART IN LIFELONG LEARNING. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ATTRACT DIVERSE AUDIENCES AND TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF LOCAL, STATEWIDE, AND EVEN NATIONAL COMMUNITIES. NMOA OFFERS ONSITE, IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND ADULTS WHILE CONTINUING TO OFFER VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS AND ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO EXPERIENCE.THE MUSEUM'S LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT TEAM CONTINUES TO BE A CULTURAL ANCHOR AND ADVOCATE FOR ARTS PARTNERS OF ALL SIZES, STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ESTABLISHED PARTNERS OF OVER 80 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN 2024. NMOA WORKS WITH NEWARK-BASED VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTISTS, BOTH ESTABLISHED AND UNDER-RECOGNIZED, TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE COLLECTION AND THE COMMUNITY TO ENLIVEN THE DIVERSE CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND HISTORIES OF THE GREATER NEWARK AREA THROUGH EVENTS SUCH AS COMMUNITY DAYS, ART AFTER DARK, CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS, AND SCHOOL RESIDENCIES. THESE EFFORTS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE MUSEUM'S COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISES LEADERS FROM CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND EDUCATIONAL SECTORS IN NEWARK AND ESSEX COUNTY, WHO BRING ADDED VALUE AND IMPORTANT VOICES TO NMOA'S EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS.CURRICULUM-ALIGNED PROGRAMMING FOR K - 12TH STUDENTS AND TEACHERSTHE MUSEUM SERVED OVER 30,000 NEW JERSEY STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 12 THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE OFFERINGS OF IN PERSON SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS, WHICH UTILIZE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, ARTS INTEGRATION APPROACH TO LEARNING, RANGE FROM SINGLE-VISIT PROGRAMS TO MULTI-SESSION, IN-DEPTH RESIDENCIES THAT PROVIDE SEQUENTIAL LEARNING. ALL THE MUSEUM'S SCHOOL PROGRAMS ALIGN WITH NEW JERSEY STATE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS FOR ART, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND SCIENCE, AND ENRICH STUDENT LEARNING BY DRAWING UPON THE MUSEUM'S ART AND SCIENCE COLLECTIONS. THE MUSEUM WORKS CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY THE NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF NEW JERSEY'S STUDENTS. CREATIVE PLAY, AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR FAMILIESCREATIVE PLAY WEEKEND PROGRAMS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AUDIENCES AND THEIR FAMILIES CONTINUED TO SERVE THE YOUNGEST OF LEARNERS THROUGH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL FORMATS. IN THESE WEEKLY SESSIONS, 677 CHILDREN AGES 3-5, AND THEIR CAREGIVERS EXPLORED THE MUSEUM'S ART AND SCIENCE COLLECTIONS THROUGH STORYTELLING, SONG, PLAYFUL ACTIVITIES, AND AN ART-MAKING PROJECT. A SELECTION OF 2024 SESSIONS INCLUDE CREATIVE PLAY: MINI ZOO EDITION, FUN WITH BLUEY, STORYTIME IN THE GALLERIES, AND AFRICAN DRUM MAKING.FAMILY DROP-INS & SCIENCE DROP-INSFAMILY DROP-IN IN THE COURT AND SCIENCE DROP-INS PROGRAMS ENGAGED YOUTH AND FAMILIES DURING THE YEAR, FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 5,149 PARTICIPANTS. PROJECTS MADE USE OF HOUSEHOLD MATERIALS TO DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST AS CHILDREN EXPLORED THEIR CREATIVITY AND LEARNED NEW TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS IN ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. PROGRAMS INCLUDED SESSIONS FOR YOUTH AGES 5-10+ EXPLORING ENJOY MOVEMENT, ARTMAKING, SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND STORYTELLING SESSIONS. CAMP NMOAIN 2024, CAMP NMOA RAN FOR SIX WEEKS FROM JULY 8 - AUGUST 16, 2024. A TOTAL OF1,902 NEWARK-AREA CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 AND 13 PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT EXPLORED THE MUSEUM'S ART AND SCIENCE COLLECTIONS. CAMP ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: ART MAKING; HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS IN THE MAKERSPACE; SCIENCE LABS; PLANETARIUM SHOWS, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES; AND A WEEKLY SHOWCASE INCLUDING DANCE, THEATER AND SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES BY CAMPERS. EXPLORERS PROGRAMTHE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART (NMOA) EXPLORERS PROGRAM, A COLLEGE, CAREER, AND LIFE READINESS PROGRAM, ENABLES NEWARK-AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BUILD ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH A CURRICULUM THAT DRAWS UPON THE MUSEUM'S UNIQUE COLLECTIONS, RESOURCES, AND STAFF. OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE EXPLORERS PROGRAM FULFILLED ITS COMMITMENT TO ITS 50 STUDENTS THROUGH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, VISITS, AND TRAININGS, CULMINATING WITH THE EXPLORERS GRADUATION AND NMOA ART BALL.IN JULY 2024, THE EXPLORERS KICKED OFF THE 2024-2025YEAR. THIS COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS MET WEEKLY EITHER AS A GROUP OR INDIVIDUALLY WITH MUSEUM STAFF FOR UP TO 25 HOURS A WEEK OF PAID WORK STUDY IN JULY AND AUGUST, AND UP TO 7-10 HOURS PER WEEK OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND PAID WORK STUDY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. STARTING FROM OCTOBER 2024, EXPLORERS WERE BACK IN PERSON AT THE MUSEUM AND ALSO TOOK PART AND STAFFED NEWLY RETURNED ONSITE COMMUNITY DAYS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS LIKE THE ANNUAL ART BALL. EACH STUDENT DEDICATED AROUND 60 HOURS OF PUBLIC PROGRAM WORK OVER THE YEAR.BEGINNING IN THE FALL, EACH EXPLORER SPENT APPROXIMATELY 40 HOURS PARTICIPATING IN WORKSHOP SESSIONS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS. THESE CLASSES RANGED IN FOCUS FROM MUSEUM-SPECIFIC TRAINING ON HOW TO LOOK AT AND INTERPRET ART TO REAL-WORLD INSTRUCTION ON EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND CAREER BUILDING SKILLS. MUSEUM STAFF AND NMOA PARTNERS WORKED WITH THE EXPLORERS ON:- ART AND MUSEUM WORKSHOPS: FRESHMAN THOUGH SENIOR EXPLORERS TOOK PART IN ART-INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION WORKSHOPS WITH MUSEUM STAFF WHICH COVERED TOPICS ON VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES (VTS) TO ENGAGE ART-VIEWERS OF ALL AGES, TOUR WRITING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS WHICH WERE USED TO INSPIRE EXPLORER-LED TOURS AND EXPLORER-DESIGNED PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND ARTIST PERSPECTIVE AND IDENTITY COURSES TO DISCUSS AND UNDERSTAND MULTIVALENT PERSPECTIVES. IN ADDITION, THE EXPLORERS PARTICIPATED IN 6 VISITS TO SCIENCE & ART INSTITUTIONS TO BROADEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ART AND SCIENCE EDUCATION. THESE INSTITUTIONS INCLUDED, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, ADVENTURE AQUARIUM IN CAMDEN HARLEM HISTORICAL TOUR, AND THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM.- CAREER READINESS WORKSHOPS: EXPLORERS HONED THEIR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS BY TAKING WORKSHOPS AND COMPLETING TRAININGS IN TIME MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL WORK ETIQUETTE TO PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREERS, AS WELL AS JOB APPLICATION TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE WITH MOCK INTERVIEWS AND RESUME BUILDING COURSES TO ASSIST THEM IN PROCURING PART TIME WORK AS HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND TO GIVE THEM A LEG UP FOR JOINING THE WORKFORCE UPON GRADUATION. - LIFE SKILL WORKSHOPS: IN ORDER TO COMPLEMENT THE EXPLORERS TRAININGS ON EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, THEY ALSO TOOK PART IN LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOPS. PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TEAM BUILDING CLASSES ALLOWED THE EXPLORERS TO DEVELOP THEIR CONFIDENCE AND ELOQUENCE, WHILE FINANCIAL LITERACY, BUDGETING, CREDIT AND LOAN AND INVESTING CLASSES GAVE THE EXPLORERS A JUMP START IN PREPARING FOR LIFE AS INDEPENDENT ADULTS.EXPLORERS ATTENDED SAT TRAINING AS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR GRADE LEVEL. MUSEUM STAFF PARTNERED WITH CERTIFIED TRAINERS FROM THE PRINCETON REVIEW TO PROVIDE GROUP TRAINING SESSIONS ON TESTING AND STUDY TECHNIQUES. IN ADDITION, EXPLORERS TOOK 18 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION AND 8-10 HOURS OF PRACTICE TESTS. THEY ALSO HAD UNLIMITED ACCESS TO ONLINE TOOLS AND MATERIALS FROM THE PRINCETON REVIEW FOR A FULL 12-MONTH PERIOD. AS A RESULT, THIS YEAR THE EXPLORERS REPORTED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN SCORES OF 150-200 POINTS ON AVERAGE.LONG-TERM, LONGITUDINAL TRACKING IS DONE FOR THE MUSEUM'S EXPLORERS PROGRAM, WHICH FOLLOWS WHERE STUDENTS GO TO COLLEGE, THEIR CHOICE OF MAJORS, WHETHER THEY GRADUATED AND WHAT DEGREES THEY WERE AWARDED, AND WHAT CAREER PATH THEY CHOSE.

  Expenses $3,746,556 · Revenue $505,176

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

7 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

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