Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$6,423,086 →changed to $6,880,136

Total expenses

$7,292,147 →changed to $7,190,187

Contributions and grants received

$6,334,391 →changed to $6,816,298

Investment income

$3,520 →changed to $2,938

Other revenue

-$49,120 →changed to -$73,395

Total assets, end of year

$36,013,539 →changed to $36,556,929

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,199,663 →changed to $2,183,461

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$33,813,876 →changed to $34,373,468

Program services expenses

$5,396,207 →changed to $4,918,381

Management and general expenses

$1,436,666 →changed to $1,969,668

Fundraising expenses

$459,274 →changed to $302,138

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,396,207 →changed to $4,918,381

Totals

Total revenue

$6,880,136

Total expenses

$7,190,187

Contributions and grants received

$6,816,298

Grants paid

$25,000

Program service revenue

$134,295

Investment income

$2,938

Other revenue

-$73,395

Total assets, end of year

$36,556,929

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,183,461

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$34,373,468

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,918,381

Management and general expenses

$1,969,668

Fundraising expenses

$302,138

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,918,381

Program services were 68.4% 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 · 2023

• EXHIBITIONSTHE QUEENS MUSEUM IS DEDICATED TO PRESENTING HIGH-QUALITY ARTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK, PARTICULARLY THE RESIDENTS OF QUEENS, A UNIQUELY DIVERSE ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THE MUSEUM'S WORK HONORS THE HISTORY OF OUR SITE AND THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH A WIDE-RANGING AND INTEGRATED PROGRAM OF EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AND PUBLIC EVENTS.QM WORKS WITH ARTISTS WHOSE PRACTICES ARE BOTH HYPERLOCAL AND INTERNATIONALLY RELEVANT. OUR AUDIENCES AND CONSTITUENTS ARE FROM INTERCULTURAL, HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN QUEENS, AND OUR ADMISSION IS FREE. UPLIFTING BIPOC AND ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES, DIVERSE CULTURES, AND AESTHETICS ARE CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION.QM OFFERS A FULL SUITE OF ARTS EDUCATION OFFERINGS FAMILY PROGRAMS ON WEEKENDS, SCHOOL VISITS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AND IN AND AFTER-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES WITH LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHILE THE NEW QUEENS TEENS INSTITUTE FOR ART AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (QTI) LEVERAGES QM RESOURCES TO NURTURE THOUGHTFUL, INDEPENDENT YOUNG ARTISTS AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN THE ARTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE. LONG ADMIRED BY OUR PEERS, QM IS A MODEL FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES SUCH AS WELL-ESTABLISHED AND RESPECTED ARTACCESS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS NEW INITIATIVES LIKE OUR IN SITU ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS AND THE INDIGENOUS PRACTICES STUDIO.MORE RECENTLY, THE INDIGENOUS PRACTICES STUDIO (IPS) IS BEING CO-CREATED WITH FORMER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE TECUMSEH CAESAR TO FORM A SPACE FOR THE EXPLORATION OF INDIGENEITY IN QUEENS. TO ENSURE THIS WORK IS NOT EXTRACTIVE BUT UPLIFTING AND FOCUSED ON RECIPROCITY, THE QUEENS MUSEUM (QM) HAS COMPLETED AN EXTENSIVE CO-CREATION PROCESS THAT CENTERS ON LISTENING. QM HAS HELD A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIGENOUS ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS, CONSULTANTS, AND PARTNERS, AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE-SHARING SESSIONS WITH THE ENTIRE STAFF ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE LAND, LOCAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, AND RESTITUTION WORK BEING DONE IN QUEENS, AND LONG ISLAND. BEGINNING THIS SPRING, QM AND OUR IPS COMMUNITY WILL ORGANIZE SIX EVENTS OVER THE YEAR INCLUDING PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AT THE MUSEUM.RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDECAMERON GRANGERIN 9999, CAMERON A. GRANGER USES THE FRAMEWORK OF VIDEO GAMES AND MAGIC TO IMAGINE AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF LIBERATION FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES FROM THE COMPOUNDING EFFECTS OF RACIST URBAN PLANNING. IN EARLY ROLE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, DUE TO LOW COMPUTER PROCESSING CAPACITY, 9,999 WAS THE NUMERICAL DAMAGE LIMIT DONE TO A CHARACTER THAT COULD BE REGISTERED ON SCREEN. YET SOMETIMES, ADDITIONAL DAMAGE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE OFF-SCREEN INCAPACITATING, YET UNSEEN. GRANGER TAKES THIS CONCEPT OF THE CONCEALED YET RELENTLESS HARM, AND APPLIES IT TO THE CUMULATIVE CORROSION OF SEGREGATIVE DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, AND GENTRIFICATION. LYLE ASHTON HARRIS DRAWING TOGETHER PHOTOGRAPHS AND INSTALLATIONS FROM BOTH HIS CELEBRATED AND LESSER-KNOWN SERIES, LYLE ASHTON HARRIS: OUR FIRST AND LAST LOVE CHARTS NEW CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE ARTISTIC PRACTICE OF LYLE ASHTON HARRIS (B. 1965, BRONX, NY). THE EXHIBITION EXPLORES HARRIS'S CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF IDENTITY AND SELF-PORTRAITURE WHILE TRACING CENTRAL THEMES AND FORMAL APPROACHES IN HIS WORK OF THE LAST 35 YEARS.CAS HOLMANEXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF ART MAKING AND PLAY, CAS HOLMAN DESIGNS INNOVATIVE TOYS AND TOOLS THAT INSPIRE PARTICIPATORY IMAGINATION. PROTOTYPING PLAY EXPERIMENTS WITH THE DIFFERENT MODES OF INTUITIVE AND CHILD-DIRECTED FREE PLAY IN AN ART MUSEUM ENVIRONMENT BY EXTENDING THE BODY'S MOVEMENTS WITH UNIQUELY CRAFTED ELEMENTS AND PROMPTS. RELEASED IN TWO PHASES, HOLMAN'S OPEN-ENDED PLAYTHINGS AND PLAYSPACES FOSTER COLLABORATION, INVENTIVE THINKING, AND INTERACTIVITY. PROTOTYPING PLAY INVITES ARTISTS OF ALL AGES TO CREATE, EXCHANGE, COOPERATE, AND LEAVE YOUR MARK THROUGH THESE NEW DEVICES.CAROLINE KENTA SHORT PLAY ABOUT WATCHING SHADOWS MOVE ACROSS THE ROOM (DECEMBER 6, 2023 - DECEMBER 29, 2024) THE CHICAGO-BASED ARTIST'S WORK REINVENTS ABSTRACTION THROUGH EXPLORATIONS OF GEOMETRY, COLOR, AND PATTERN THAT UNFOLD INTO GRAND INSTALLATIONS THAT BLUR LANGUAGE, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. THE MONUMENTAL INSTALLATION WILL SPAN A 40 X 100-FOOT WALL WHERE PAINTED IMAGES AND HIGH-RELIEF SCULPTURES MERGE INTO SCENES THAT BOTH BREAK INTERPRETATION AND UNDERSCORE ITS TENSIONS. USING AN ALL BLACK BACKGROUND AS HER BASE, THE ARTIST BRINGS TOGETHER "SHADOW SHAPES," IMPROVISED FIGURES AND HAND-PAINTED FLOOR PLANS TO CONSTRUCT DOMESTIC SPACES DEPICTING ROOMS, GRIDS, AND PLANT LIFE.NSENGA KNIGHTCLOSE TO HOME IS AN INSTALLATION THAT HONORS THE DOMESTIC SPACE AS A CUSTODIAN OF CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND COMFORT TO FORGE APPRECIATION FOR HERITAGE AND THEIR CONTINUITY. MODELED AFTER NSENGA KNIGHT'S FAMILY RESIDENCES FROM THEIR PAST SIX YEARS LIVING IN CAIRO, EGYPT, THE INSTALLATION'S ECLECTIC ATMOSPHERE REFLECTS THE HISTORIC AND COSMOPOLITAN. WHILE FURNISHED IN VARIOUS MATERIALS AND STYLES, OLD AND NEW, THIS FAMILY HOME IS ALSO ADORNED WITH ARTIFACTS FROM THE 1964-1965 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR AS WELL AS ARTWORKS BY KNIGHT, INCLUDING PAINTINGS, PRINTS, VIDEOS, AND WALLPAPER.CATALINA SCHLIEBENER MUOZIN BUENOS VECINOS, WHICH TRANSLATES TO "GOOD NEIGHBORS," CATALINA SCHLIEBENER MUOZ CONFRONTS THE IMPACT OF TWO WALT DISNEY ANIMATED FILMS: SALUDOS AMIGOS (1942) AND LOS TRES CABALLEROS (1944). BOTH FILMS EMERGED FROM DISNEY'S STATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH TRIPS TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN NATIONS AS PART OF THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY, WHICH SOUGHT TO DISCOURAGE NAZI INFLUENCE AND IMPROVE THE UNITED STATES' PUBLIC IMAGE IN LATIN AMERICA FOLLOWING ITS NUMEROUS MILITARY INVASIONS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. DISNEY AND HIS TEAM OF ARTISTS TOURED ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, BOLIVIA, CHILE, PERU, AND MEXICO TO GENERATE VISUAL MOTIFS AND STORYLINES FOR RECOGNIZABLE CHARACTERS LIKE DONALD DUCK AND GOOFY, AS WELL TO CREATE NEW CHARACTERS, SONGS, AND DANCES BASED ON LOCAL CUSTOMS AND ARCHETYPES.

  Expenses $3,752,727 · Revenue $85,165

• EDUCATIONQM OFFERED A ROBUST RANGE OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING K-12 SCHOOL STUDENTS, FAMILIES, RECENT ADULT IMMIGRANTS AND OLDER ADULTS WITH MEMORY LOSS OR AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S, SUMMER CAMP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH AND TEEN PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR BOROUGH. THROUGH THESE ON- AND OFF-SITE OFFERINGS AND OUR NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIPS, WE PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS THAT ENSURE ALL THOSE INTERESTED CAN ENGAGE WITH QM AND OUR RESOURCES. FOR EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS, QM INCORPORATED OUR PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS AS WELL AS THE CURRENT CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW.INTERPRETATION AT QM -WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUR UNIQUELY DIVERSE AND MULTICULTURAL CONSTITUENTS, WE HAVE FOUND IT INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON COMPREHENSIVE INTERPRETATION OF MUSEUM RESOURCES RATHER THAN SIMPLY TRANSLATION. THIS INTERPRETATION INITIATIVE INFORMED THE CREATION OF INTERPRETATION SCHEMES FOR THE PANORAMA, THE NEUSTADT COLLECTION OF TIFFANY GLASS, AND QI 2018. PANORAMA KIDS GUIDES WERE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AND MANDARIN, AS THESE ARE THE LANGUAGES MOST SPOKEN BY OUR VISITORS. ADDITIONALLY, AS A PART OF OUR ARTACCESS INITIATIVE, QM HAS ROBUST PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE ART MAKING ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OF DIVERSE ABILITIES, WHICH EXTENDS INTO OUR GALLERY SPACES. TO PROMOTE ACCESSIBILITY, WALL TEXT WAS MADE DARKER AND FONT SIZES INCREASED TO MEET SMITHSONIAN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ON ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. EXHIBITION KITS WERE CREATED THAT FEATURE TEXTS IN BRAILLE AND LARGE PRINT AND FEATURE REPLICAS OF SELECT OBJECTS IN THE EXHIBITION TO SERVE VISITORS WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION.

  Expenses $835,930 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $49,130

• PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTFAMILY PROGRAMSQM PLACES VALUE ON PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO ENGAGE IN SHARED LEARNING EXPERIENCES THROUGH ART-MAKING AND ART-LOOKING ACTIVITIES. AN AVERAGE OF 30 FAMILIES PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS OFFERED EACH SUNDAY, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THIS PAST YEAR, WORKSHOPS INCORPORATED A VARIETY OF ART-MAKING TECHNIQUES, AS WELL AS OTHER OUTLETS FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION, SUCH AS DANCE. ADDITIONALLY, ARTACCESS FAMILY WORKSHOPS ARE HELD ON THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, AND ARE GEARED TOWARDS ENGAGING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES.QUEENS TEENSTHE QUEENS MUSEUM INVITED ALL NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOLERS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR UNIQUE QUEENS MUSEUM: QUEENS TEENS X YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY YOUTH PROGRAMMING. OVER SEVERAL MONTHS, TEENS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS AROUND TOPICS SUCH AS SOCIAL JUSTICE, ART, AND COLLEGE, AND JOB READINESS.THIS PROGRAM IS CURATED TO ENCOURAGE EXPLORATION AND INTROSPECTION INTO THE MEANINGS OF ART AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION WHILE CREATING NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR CULTURE, KINSHIP, AND MUTUAL SUPPORT.NEW NEW YORKERSFOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, NEW NEW YORKERS HAS PROVIDED RECENT ADULT IMMIGRANTS WITH PATHWAYS TO CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF IMPORTANT SKILLS, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN A SAFE, NON-JUDGMENTAL SETTING. THIS YEAR, QM OFFERED 21 UNIQUE COURSES, INCLUDING BOTH ONE-TIME AND FOUR TO EIGHT WEEK MULTI-WORKSHOP COURSES. FIELD TRIPS, SUCH AS A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE, AND A NUMBER OF PUBLIC EVENTS WERE ALSO ORGANIZED, WHICH ALLOWED PARTICIPANTS TO INTERACT WITH ART AND OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, SUPPLEMENTING THE ARTS LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED WITHIN COURSES.SOME ENGAGING COURSES OFFERED DURING THE LAST YEAR INCLUDE: MINI PAINTING I AND II OFFERED IN MANDARIN, PAINTING PORTRAITS USING WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES OFFERED IN SPANISH, WORLD CINEMA & CULTURE OFFERED IN MANDARIN, AND ESOL & POETRY. PROVIDING BOTH ONE-DAY AND LONGER-FORM COURSES AGAIN HELPED TO ENGAGE BOTH NEW AND RETURNING PARTICIPANTS AND ACCOMMODATE VARIOUS SCHEDULES.

  Expenses $329,724

As filed on the 2023 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

2023

Filed

11 May 2026

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202621319349306252

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