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MCA DENVER

EIN 84-1366092 DENVER, CO

Revenue 2024
$4,717,761
Expenses 2024
$5,797,923

Program services were 74.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A51
Classification
1000
Street
1485 DELGANY ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER IS AN INNOVATIVE FORUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART THAT INSPIRES AND CHALLENGES ALL AUDIENCES, CREATING UNDERSTANDING AND DIALOGUE ABOUT ART OF OUR TIME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • MCA DENVER'S PRIMARY FOCUS IS THE DISPLAY OF ART EXHIBITIONS BY KEY FIGURES IN REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART. THE MUSEUM HAS SIX DISTINCT, ROTATING GALLERIES THAT ENCOURAGE A DIRECT EXCHANGE BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THEIR AUDIENCES. MCA DENVER'S EXHIBITIONS CREATE RICH, CROSS- DISCIPLINARY DISCOURSE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, MIXED MEDIA, VIDEO/FILM, AND PERFORMANCE.

    Expenses $2,499,172 · Revenue $596,839

  • MCA DENVER FOCUSES ON PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE AUDIENCES THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE ART AND INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RICHNESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. THE MIXED TASTE LECTURE SERIES MINES THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND CAPITALIZES ON THE DIVERSE AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE REGION WHILE ENCOURAGING AUDIENCES TO REFLECT ON HOW THE TOPICS PRESENTED RELATE TO THEIR LIVES. THE CONVERSION SERIES CONNECTS THE COMMUNITY WITH INNOVATIVE ARTISTS, PROMOTING CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSE BY BRINGING INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS TO THE FOREFRONT OF PUBLIC EXPERIENCE. THE TEEN COUNCIL PROVIDES TEENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH LENDING ARTISTS IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, CREATING WORK AND GAINING UNPARALLELED INSIGHT ABOUT ART.

    Expenses $1,798,422 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $127,798

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nora Abrams

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $255,000
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $255,000
  • Sarah Merrill

    DEPUTY DIR 9

    Total calculated
    $163,479
    From this org
    $160,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,206
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,273
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,206
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $163,479
  • Betsy Leonhardt

    COO

    Total calculated
    $10,083
    From this org
    $10,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Kate Baie

    DEPUTY DIR P

    Total calculated
    $136,713
    From this org
    $134,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,681
    Hours/week
    40
  • Miranda Lash

    CHIEF CURATO

    Total calculated
    $108,321
    From this org
    $106,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,124
    Hours/week
    40
  • Vanessa Cordova

    EVENTS COORD

    Total calculated
    $114,677
    From this org
    $114,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $488
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steven Cohen

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katherine Gold

    CO-VICE CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zack Neumeyer

    CO-VICE CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nelson Hioe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suchit Majmudar

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amanda Fox Shifrin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Minnick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bret Hirsh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Ballard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hannah Mann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hollie Velasquez Horvath

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katina Banks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Herod

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maia Ruth Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Barkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Gadlin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $4,150
    From this org
    $4,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nina Henderson Moore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tomago Collins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Hirsch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,717,761
    Expenses
    $5,797,923
    Contributions
    $3,500,441
    Grants paid
    $20,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,103,941
    Expenses
    $5,701,188
    Contributions
    $3,871,604
    Grants paid
    $20,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,484,676
    Expenses
    $5,860,238
    Contributions
    $5,512,783
    Grants paid
    $15,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,372,838
    Expenses
    $5,028,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,563,221
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,864,884
    Expenses
    $4,345,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,283,129
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,460,829
    Expenses
    $4,535,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,710,122
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,524,195
    Expenses
    $5,598,893
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,382,531
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,110,999
    Expenses
    $5,208,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,918,516
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,110,999
    Expenses
    $5,208,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,918,516
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,267,400
    Expenses
    $4,318,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,376,869
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,223,025
    Expenses
    $3,439,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,218,649
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,907,137
    Expenses
    $3,168,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,452,004
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,739,565
    Expenses
    $3,509,500
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,927,248

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.