Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$65,117,049

Total expenses

$110,497,130

Contributions and grants received

$43,417,372

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$11,173,707

Investment income

$5,130,269

Other revenue

$5,395,701

Total assets, end of year

$804,492,217

Total liabilities, end of year

$41,408,882

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$763,083,335

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$91,531,872

Management and general expenses

$11,699,162

Fundraising expenses

$7,266,096

Program service expenses (Part III)

$91,531,872

Program services were 82.8% 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

• SEE SCHEDULE OEXHIBITIONSA KEY OBJECTIVE OF SFMOMA'S MISSION IS TO PRESENT EXHIBITIONS THAT EXPLORE WORKS BY LEADING MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC DIRECTIONS OF OUR TIME, IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ART COMMUNITIES. THE MUSEUM SEEKS A BALANCED EXHIBITION PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES MONOGRAPHIC AND THEMATIC EXHIBITIONS OF BROAD APPEAL AS WELL AS THOSE THAT REFLECT SFMOMA'S DISTINCTIVE CURATORIAL VOICE IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, MEDIA ARTS, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, AND CONTEMPORARY ART. THE EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM INCLUDES TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY PRESENTATIONS ANNUALLY, OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT ARE ORGANIZED BY SFMOMA AND APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT ARE TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS.SFMOMA HOLDS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COLLECTION OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, AND WAS THE FIRST MUSEUM ON THE WEST COAST DEVOTED SOLELY TO 20TH-CENTURY ART. THE MUSEUM'S CURRENT COLLECTION INCLUDES OVER 51,500 WORKS OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, MEDIA, AND CONTEMPORARY ART. THEY ARE DISPLAYED IN 170,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXHIBITION SPACE, MAKING THE MUSEUM ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES OVERALL, AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD FOR MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. RECENT EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED BY SFMOMA INCLUDE:SUSAN PHILIPSZ: SONGS SUNG IN THE FIRST PERSON ON THEMES OF LONGING, SYMPATHY AND RELEASE; FRANK BOWLING: THE NEW YORK YEARS; WOLFGANG TILLMANS: TO LOOK WITHOUT FEAR; ART OF NOISE; YAYOI KUSAMA: INFINITE LOVE; RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: THE VISITORS; BAY AREA WALLS: SADIE BARNETTE; YAYOI KUSAMA: ASPIRING TO PUMPKIN'S LOVE, THE LOVE IN MY HEART; WHAT MATTERS EPISODE 1; WHAT MATTERS EPISODE 2; PACITA ABAD; NEW WORK: FERNANDO PALMA RODRIGUEZ; NEW WORK: MARY LOVELACE O'NEAL; FREEFORM: EXPERIENCING ABSTRACTION; SEA CHANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION; BAY AREA WALLS: REGGIE BURROWS HODGES; MARSHALL BROWN: DEQUINDRE CIVIC ACADEMY; KINSHIP: PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONNECTION; ZANELE MUHOLI: EYE ME; SITTING ON CHROME; BAY AREA WALLS: WILLIAM SCOTT; CREATIVE GROWTH: THE HOUSE THAT ART BUILT; WONDERING ABOUT MUSEUMS; KLEE + BSS; KLEE AND THE CALLIGRAPHIC LINE; HUNG LIU; CHIURA OBATA; WONDERING ABOUT MUSEUMS; SUSAN O'MALLEY; YURI SUZUKI: ARBORHYTHM; BARBARA STAUFFACHER SOLOMON: STRIPS OF STRIPES; WU TSANG: OF WHALES; AS WELL AS ROTATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS, OPEN ENDED: 1900 TO NOW, PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE SACK PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUST, AND WORKS FROM THE FISHER COLLECTION. SFMOMA'S EXHIBITIONS TOUR WIDELY AND HAVE BEEN PRESENTED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AT SUCH VENUES AS THE WALKER ART CENTER; ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART; ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART; AND FUNDACION MAPFRE IN MADRID.

  Expenses $28,084,072 · Revenue $8,196,583

• SEE SCHEDULE OCOLLECTIONS AND PURCHASE OF ARTONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF A MUSEUM IS TO DEVELOP, CARE FOR, AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AN OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF WORKS OF ART, THEREBY CREATING AND OFFERING AN ARTISTIC LEGACY TO THE COMMUNITY, NATION, AND THE WORLD. SINCE 1935, SFMOMA HAS BEEN A PIONEER AMONG MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS IN COLLECTING AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING IN THE FIELDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, INSTALLATION, AND NEW MEDIA, EVEN AS IT HAS ASSEMBLED PREMIER HOLDINGS IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL MEDIA OF DRAWING, PAINTING, AND SCULPTURE. SFMOMA'S ART COLLECTION IS REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE, AND BEGINS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THAT MEDIUM (1839 TO THE PRESENT). THE MUSEUM HAS MORE THAN 51,500 WORKS OF ART IN ITS COLLECTION, REFLECTING THE COLLECTING STRATEGIES OF THE MUSEUM'S CURATORIAL DEPARTMENTS AND THE RESEARCH LIBRARY.DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURETHE COLLECTION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE FORMS THE BACKBONE OF SFMOMA'S PERMANENT COLLECTION AND REPRESENTS THE FULL LEGACY OF THE MUSEUM'S ACTIVITIES. ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN THE MID-1980S, SFMOMA HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE ACQUISITION, RESEARCH, PRESENTATION, AND INTERPRETATION OF A DIVERSE RANGE OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS SINCE THE MUSEUM'S FOUNDING IN 1935. THE COLLECTION IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS CONCENTRATIONS IN FAUVISM, GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM, SURREALISM, LATIN AMERICAN ART, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, POP ART, POSTMINIMALISM, GERMAN PAINTING, ART FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, AND MAJOR LARGE-SCALE INSTALLATIONS FROM ARTISTS WORKING IN THE 1990S AND THROUGH TO THE PRESENT. WHILE THESE MASTERWORKS FORM THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLLECTION AND THE MUSEUM CONTINUES TO ADDRESS HISTORIC GAPS, THE MUSEUM IS ACTIVELY BUILDING A PREEMINENT COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. THE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ITS CURRENT COLLECTING PRACTICES TOWARD ACQUIRING THE MASTERWORKS OF TOMORROW, FOLLOWING MID-CAREER AND EMERGING ARTISTS WHO ARE WORKING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ARTISTIC MATURITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE BROAD DIVERSIFICATION OF OUR HOLDINGS.DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHYSFMOMA WAS AMONG THE FIRST AMERICAN ART MUSEUMS TO RECOGNIZE PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART FORM. THE MUSEUM HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE ACQUISITION, RESEARCH, PRESENTATION, AND INTERPRETATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS, MAKING SFMOMA'S HOLDINGS ONE OF THE OLDEST COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AMONG ART MUSEUMS NATIONWIDE. THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION IS ALSO THE MUSEUM'S LARGEST COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION IS PARTICULARLY WELL-REGARDED FOR ITS PHOTOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST, THE EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE, AND AMERICAN MODERNISM. OTHER AREAS OF STRENGTH INCLUDE JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY, VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY, LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY, AND A GROWING CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION. THE SFMOMA PRITZKER CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE LARGEST PERMANENT SPACE DEVOTED TO PHOTOGRAPHY IN A MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM.DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNTHROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY SFMOMA HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE FORUM FOR EXAMINING FORMAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE FIELDS OF DESIGN. THE MUSEUM PRESENTED ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN EXHIBITIONS REGULARLY BEFORE AN OFFICIAL CURATORIAL DEPARTMENT WAS FOUNDED IN 1983. FIVE YEARS LATER, THE MUSEUM BEGAN COLLECTING WORKS OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGN; TO DATE, THERE ARE OVER 7,500 WORKS OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. AS THE FIRST A+D COLLECTION ON THE WEST COAST, SFMOMA IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FOREMOST MUSEUMS INVESTED IN COLLECTING, CONSERVING AND EXHIBITING WORKS OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, FURNITURE DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN, AND GRAPHIC DESIGN. THE COLLECTION IS INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE WHILE REFLECTING THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF CALIFORNIA. OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, THE MUSEUM HAS BUILT SIGNIFICANT HOLDINGS IN CONTEMPORARY VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE, BAY AREA DESIGN, POLITICAL POSTERS, AND PRODUCT DESIGN WITH DIGITAL INTERFACE. THE DEPARTMENT AIMS TO AFFECT POSITIVE CULTURAL CHANGE, ENCOURAGE IMAGINATION AND CRITICAL THINKING, AND PRESENT AN EXPANSIVE VIEW OF DESIGN.DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA ARTSTHE SFMOMA DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA ARTS, ESTABLISHED IN 1988, WAS AMONG THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. MEDIA ARTS ORGANIZES EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND SELECT EVENTS, AND PARTICIPATES IN RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE MEDIA ARTS COLLECTION ENCOMPASSES THE DIVERSITY OF TIME-BASED MEDIA WORKS AND INSTALLATIONS, INCLUDING VIDEO, FILM, SLIDE, SOUND, COMPUTER-BASED, ONLINE PROJECTS AND PERFORMANCES. REFLECTING THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ART SINCE THE 1960S, THE MEDIA ARTS COLLECTION AND EXHIBITION PROGRAM FEATURES LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. BAY AREA ARTISTS ARE ONE ONGOING FOCUS OF THE COLLECTION AND PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING THE REGION AS A HISTORIC CENTER FOR EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA. DEPARTMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ART ESTABLISHED IN 2017, THE DEPARTMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ART EVIDENCES SFMOMA'S LONG COMMITMENT TO EXHIBIT AND COLLECT THE ART OF OUR TIME. THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES TEMPORARY, TRAVELING, AND PERMANENT COLLECTION EXHIBITIONS; PERFORMANCES; AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING SCREENINGS AND SYMPOSIA. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ACCESSIONS COMMITTEE (ICAC) IS THE NEWEST ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE AT SFMOMA, DEDICATED TO CONTEMPORARY ART BY PRACTITIONERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHOSE WORKS REFLECT KEY ISSUES, MODALITIES, AND FORMAL CONCERNS OF OUR TIMES. THE ICAC COLLECTS ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND WELCOMES CO-ACQUISITIONS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2018, THE COMMITTEE HAS ACQUIRED OVER TWO HUNDRED WORKS IN DIVERSE MEDIA RANGING FROM INSTALLATION, VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY, SCULPTURE, AND PAINTING BY ARTISTS BASED IN THE BRAZIL, JAMAICA, GERMANY, KOREA, LEBANON, MEXICO, PUERTO RICO, U.K., VIETNAM, AND ELSEWHERE. SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH AND ACQUISITIONS, INCLUDING WORKS BY ARTISTS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTION, CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE HISTORY OF ART THAT SFMOMA WILL BE ABLE TO TELL TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN THE SFMOMA RESEARCH LIBRARYTHE SFMOMA RESEARCH LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS INCLUDE RARE BOOKS, MAGAZINES, AND PRINTED EPHEMERA. THESE MATERIALS DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THE LIBRARY ALSO HOLDS A COLLECTION OF ARTISTS' BOOKS, DATING FROM THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. OTHER COLLECTION STRENGTHS INCLUDE HISTORIC DOCUMENTATION OF EXHIBITIONS IN THE BAY AREA, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOBOOKS, AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO INFLUENTIAL MODERN ART AND DESIGN EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS. THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS OVER 4,000 BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND EPHEMERA FILES.

  Expenses $11,002,095 · Revenue $32,212

• SEE SCHEDULE OEDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTEDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT SFMOMA STRIVES TO MAKE CONTEMPORARY ART AND CULTURE ENGAGING, RELEVANT, AND ACCESSIBLE TO AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES AND KNOWLEDGE LEVELS. TOGETHER, WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING THAT SERVE A WIDE ARRAY OF BACKGROUNDS AND COGNITIVE STYLES; FOSTER MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS AND SHARED INQUIRY; DEVELOP INTERPRETIVE, TEACHING, AND SCHOLARLY RESOURCES; BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS; AND MAKE SPACE FOR PLAY AND EXPERIMENTATION. MAJOR AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE: 1. EDUCATION: CREATES EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR K-12 TEACHERS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BAY AREA AUDIENCES. OFFERINGS INCLUDE VIRTUAL AND ON-SITE PROGRAMS SUCH AS TOURS, WORKSHOPS, FILM SCREENINGS, ARTIST-COMMISSIONED RESOURCES, AND ACCESS. 2. INTERPRETIVE MEDIA: INTERPRETIVE MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS THAT OFFER THOUGHT-PROVOKING INSIGHTS AND CREATIVE RESPONSES TO ART FROM MANY VOICES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AUDIENCES, ARTWORKS AND ARTISTS. OFFERINGS INCLUDE VIDEOS, PODCASTS, AUDIO GUIDES, GAMES, AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING LOUNGES. 3. PUBLICATIONS: PRODUCE BOOKS, CATALOGUES, AND DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS THAT DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR EXHIBITIONS AND THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION, SHOWCASE THE SCHOLARSHIP OF OUR CURATORS, AND AIM TO REACH A WIDE RANGE OF READERS. PRODUCE IN-GALLERY INTERPRETIVE TEXTS FOR MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTION INSTALLATIONS. 4. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: PUBLIC EVENTS FOR ADULTS THAT EXPLORE THE MEANING OF ART IN PUBLIC LIFE. THESE INCLUDE AN ARRAY OF VIRTUAL AND ON-SITE GATHERINGS, SUCH AS ARTIST TALKS, TOURS, ARTISTIC COMMISSIONS, AND PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ACCESS. KORET EDUCATION CENTER THE KORET EDUCATION CENTER IS A 4,800 SQUARE FOOT MULTI-USE, FREE PUBLIC SPACE, ACCOMMODATING A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, AND SERVING AS THE BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION. THE SPACE IS COMPRISED OF A LARGE PUBLIC GALLERY, TWO STUDIOS, AND AN OFFICE, AND ACCOMMODATES K-12 SCHOOL VISITS, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EXHIBITIONS AND MORE.

  Expenses $3,293,187 · Revenue $20,000

• COLLECTORS' FORUMCOLLECTORS' FORUM IS AN ART EXPERIENCE GROUP DEDICATED TO ENCOURAGING THE COLLECTION OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. THROUGH ANNUAL DUES, COLLECTORS' FORUM MEMBERS SUPPORT THE MUSEUM'S GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET. IN APPRECIATION OF THIS SUPPORT, COLLECTORS' FORUM MEMBERS ENJOY PROGRAMS INCLUDING IN-HOME PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH ARTISTS AND EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, AND TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES TO UNIQUE ART-CENTRIC DESTINATIONS WITH A FOCUS ON COLLECTION-BUILDING. SECA (SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ART)SECA IS AN ART EXPERIENCE GROUP WHICH CELEBRATES THE LOCAL ART SCENE AND BUILDS COMMUNITY AMONG CREATIVES AND THE ART-CURIOUS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS. SECA MEMBERS ENJOY TOURS AND TALKS AT LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, ARTIST-RUN SPACES, AND MORE. MEMBERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIENNIAL SECA ART AWARD BY NOMINATING LOCAL ARTISTS FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AND EXHIBITION AT SFMOMA, AND VISITING THE STUDIOS OF FINALISTS TO GAIN INSIGHTS ON THEIR WORK.

  Expenses $49,152,518 · Revenue $7,513,724

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• THE ART SUPPORTING FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · TO HOLD AND ADMINISTER THE TRUST ASSETS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SFMOMA · CA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

• THE PRENTICE AND PAUL SACK PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUST

  501(C)(3) · TO HOLD AND ADMINISTER THE TRUST ASSETS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SFMOMA · CA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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