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THE MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART

EIN 13-3137461 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$2,785,737
Expenses 2024
$3,720,961

Program services were 60.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A500
Classification
1000
Street
1280 FIFTH AVENUE

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 AFRICA CENTER, A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN, MULTIDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTION, PROVIDES A GATEWAY FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH CONTEMPORARY AFRICA. THE CENTER IS TRANSFORMING THE WORLD'S UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICA, ITS DIASPORA AND THE ROLE OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE WORLD. SERVING AS THE HUB FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AROUND CULTURE, BUSINESS, AND POLICY RELATED TO THE CONTINENT, AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS WHO SHARE THE CENTER'S VALUES, THE AFRICA CENTER INSPIRES ENTHUSIASM, AND ADVANCES THOUGHT AND ACTION AROUND AFRICA'S GLOBAL INFLUENCE AND IMPACT ON OUR COLLECTIVE AND SHARED FUTURES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN, MULTIDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTION, PROVIDES A GATEWAY FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH CONTEMPORARY AFRICA.

  • PUBLIC PROGRAMS:PUBLIC PROGRAMS AT THE AFRICA CENTER ARE MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND FOCUS ON THE CENTER'S THREE CORE AREAS OF CULTURE, POLICY AND BUSINESS. THE AFRICA CENTER WORKS IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH ARTISTS, ACADEMICS, POLICY MAKERS, INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE FILM SCREENINGS, BOOK LAUNCHES, WORKSHOPS, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS ON BUSINESS AND POLICY.

    Expenses $925,327

  • EXHIBITIONS THE AFRICA CENTER PRODUCES EXHIBITIONS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION OF TRANSFORMING NARRATIVES ABOUT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AFRICAN CONTINENT AND PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. THE CENTER WORKS WITH UP-AND-COMING CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE DIASPORA WHOSE WORK REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY THAT EXISTS AMONG PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT.

    Expenses $483,726

  • POLICY CENTER:ONE OF THE KEY FOCUS AREAS FOR THE AFRICA CENTER IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AFRICAN POLICY INSTITUTE DEDICATED TO THE FUTURE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND DIASPORA. THE POLICY INSTITUTE FOCUSES ON THREE INTERRELATED THEMES: HABITABLE SPACES, TECHNOLOGY FOR HUMANITY, AND PROSPEROUS YOUTHINTEGRATING THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE AS A TRANSFORMATIVE, CROSS-CUTTING FORCE IN THE POLICY SPACE. OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY POLICY APPROACH AIMS TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE GLOBAL FUTURE INSPIRED BY AFRICAN INNOVATION, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, AND VISIONARY NARRATIVES.

    Expenses $466,149

  • NEW CENTER: THE AFRICA CENTER IS TRANSFORMING THE WORLD'S UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICA, ITS DIASPORA AND THE ROLE OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE WORLD. SERVING AS THE HUB FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AROUND CULTURE, BUSINESS, AND POLICY RELATED TO THE CONTINENT, AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS WHO SHARE THE CENTER'S VALUES, THE AFRICA CENTER INSPIRES ENTHUSIASM, AND ADVANCES THOUGHT AND ACTION AROUND AFRICA'S GLOBAL INFLUENCE AND IMPACT ON OUR COLLECTIVE AND SHARED FUTURES.

    Expenses $391,557

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

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.

  • CHELSEA CLINTON

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENDAYI E FRAZER

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HALIMA DANGOTE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BENJAMIN STEIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEREDITH MARSHALL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH TANYA MASIYIWA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TEMI ADENIJI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM BILDNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMIE COOPER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAJA HOFFMANN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAIR MILLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GBENGA OYEBODE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MICHAELA DE PURY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANA REED

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEREDITH JAMES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FATIMA DANGOTE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KANAYO AWANI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTIN KIMANI

    CEO (JOINED 2/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • UZODINMA IWELA

    CEO (THROUGH 2/25)

    Total calculated
    $328,635
    From this org
    $295,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,712
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,923
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,712
    Filer's total
    $328,635

  • ADOLPHINE UMUKOBWA

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $201,876
    From this org
    $174,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,376
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,376
    Filer's total
    $201,876

  • CHINENYENWA OGUNRO

    COO (THROUGH 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $169,902
    From this org
    $139,926
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,976
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,926
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,976
    Filer's total
    $169,902

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
    $2,785,737
    Expenses
    $3,720,961
    Contributions
    $2,527,849
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,531,386
    Expenses
    $3,509,909
    Contributions
    $7,269,070
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,738,866
    Expenses
    $3,402,371
    Contributions
    $1,470,038
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,548,448
    Expenses
    $3,008,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,429,180

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,558,651
    Expenses
    $2,456,459
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,222,258

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,981,791
    Expenses
    $2,774,593
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,577,954

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,627,719
    Expenses
    $2,460,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,632,521

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,189,558
    Expenses
    $2,245,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,934,109

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,396,894
    Expenses
    $2,065,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $69,866,524

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,327,125
    Expenses
    $1,842,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,342,222

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $569,437
    Expenses
    $2,309,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,262,503

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,689,173
    Expenses
    $2,735,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,452,188

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,900,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,822,192

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • MAA OWNER LLC

    TO CONSTRUCT AND HOLD THE MUSEUM'S CONDOMINIUM UNIT · NY

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.