Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,532,027

Total expenses

$1,040,468

Contributions and grants received

$3,324,939

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$178,428

Investment income

$34,385

Other revenue

-$5,725

Total assets, end of year

$5,747,969

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,552,963

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,195,006

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$733,292

Management and general expenses

$142,319

Fundraising expenses

$164,857

Program service expenses (Part III)

$733,292

Program services were 70.5% 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: MPA HOSTS 8-12 MUSEUM-QUALITY EXHIBITIONS ANNUALLY, FROM CURATED EXHIBITIONS AROUND A CENTRAL THEME TO JURIED SHOWS OF OVER 30 ARTISTS. OUR EXHIBITIONS AND OPENING RECEPTIONS ARE FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FULLY ACCESSIBLE/ADA COMPLIANT. MPA EXHIBITIONS ARE FREQUENTLY REVIEWED BY THE WASHINGTON POST WITH POSITIVE COMMENTARY ABOUT THEIR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE. OUR GALLERIES ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER EXHIBITION SPACES FOR ARTISTS, HAVING SHOWN THE WORK OF APPROXIMATELY 3,500 ARTISTS OVER 60 YEARS, AND WELCOMING 1,500 IN-PERSON GALLERY VISITORS ANNUALLY. IN RECENT YEARS (IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC), MPA ADDED VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS OF OUR EXHIBITIONS TO OUR WEBSITE AND OFFERED ZOOM EXHIBITION OPENINGS AND ARTIST TALKS, AND INPRINT AND VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE EXPANDED THE REACH OF THIS ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAMMING. OUR VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED WITH APPROXIMATELY 80 PARTICIPANTS PER SESSION. ALTHOUGH MPA HAS RESUMED ALL IN-PERSON GALLERY TOURS AND PROGRAMMING TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT EXHIBITING ARTISTS, WE INTENTIONALLY CONTINUE TO DELIVER OUR PROGRAMMING ONLINE AND IN OTHER FORMATS TO ENSURE THE BROADEST ACCESSIBILITY POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMONWEALTH.

  Expenses $125,172 · Revenue $18,075

• ARTS & EDUCATION CENTER PROJECT: MCLEAN PROJECT FOR THE ARTS IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO PAIR ITS LONGTIME COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A REGIONAL EPICENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. THE ENVISIONED RESULT IS A VIBRANT, 6,000-SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IN WHICH THE POSSIBILITIES FOR CREATIVITY ARE BOUNDLESS.TO ADVANCE MPA'S ENDURING MISSION OF EXHIBITING, EDUCATING AND INSPIRING, MPA IS WORKING TO CREATE A NEW MPA ARTS AND EDUCATION CENTER. MPA'S EXPANDED PRESENCE WILL COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING GALLERIES AND STUDIO AT THE MCLEAN COMMUNITY CENTER WITH NEW INTERIOR AND EXTERIORSPACES IN DOWNTOWN MCLEAN, VIRGINIA. THE NEW CAMPUS INCLUDES GALLERIES DEDICATED TOEXHIBITING CONTEMPORARYART; STATE-OF-THE ART CLASSROOMS AND CORRESPONDING EQUIPMENTFORDISTINCT MEDIUMS; A CAF FOR ARTISTS AND VISITORS; AND A COURTYARD FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING ANDCOMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS.

  Expenses $292,062

• ART EDUCATION: MPA OFFERS A BROAD VARIETY OF AFFORDABLE ART CLASSES, SUMMER ART CAMPS, AND FREE WORKSHOPS ANNUALLY, EDUCATING OVER 1,200 ART STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. MPA'S DIVERSE FACULTY MEMBERS, EXPERTS IN THEIR CHOSEN MEDIA, TEACH AN EXPANSIVE RANGE OF STYLES AND APPROACHES, AND BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-STUDIO CLASSES ARE OFFERED.

  Expenses $161,736 · Revenue $144,295

• 4.ARTREACH: MPA'S CENTRAL OUTREACH PROGRAM EXTENDS ARTS EDUCATION INTO THE COMMUNITY, FOCUSING RESOURCES ON INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A GALLERY OR ENGAGE WITH WORKING ARTISTS. ARTREACH CENTERS ON MPA'S GALLERY EXHIBITIONS, OFFERING ARTIST-EDUCATOR TOURS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES WHICH DEMONSTRATE ART PRINCIPLES AND INCORPORATE CONCEPTS OF THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLS). MPA'S AWARD-WINNING ARTREACH PROGRAM IS FREE AND SERVES APPROXIMATELY 3,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY. MPA INVESTS FUNDS PURPOSEFULLY TO ENGAGE STUDENTS FROM TITLE I SCHOOLS, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES, AND INDIVIDUALS FROM SENIOR CENTERS AND COMMUNITY DISABILITY PROGRAMS. MPA OFFERS FREE BUS SERVICE TO OUR GALLERIES TO ALL TITLE I SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS. THE MPA SERVICE AREA EXTENDS FROM DC'S SHAW NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTHERNMOST AREAS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, INCLUDING ARLINGTON AND FALLS CHURCH. THROUGH OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING AND THE DISTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF OUR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY FLYERS TIED TO OUR EXHIBITIONS, OUR ARTREACH PROGRAM OFFERS EXTRAORDINARY ACCESS TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. MPA'S PARTNERSHIP WITH SERVICESOURCE, SECOND STORY, AND BEST BUDDIES CONTINUES TO GROW AND MPA CONTINUES TO REACH OUT TO AND ENGAGE NEW VETERAN COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $154,322 · Revenue $16,058

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

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