Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule o for museum program accomplishments.museum program accomplishments: since its founding in 1950, the clark's collection has continued to grow, now consisting of over 10,000 objects, including over 500 paintings and significant holdings of works on paper and decorative arts. The collection features european and american paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, and decorative arts from the renaissance to the early twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in french impressionist and academic paintings, british oil sketches, drawings, and silver, and the work of american artists winslow homer, george inness, and john singer sargent. Based on the founding gift from sterling and francine clark, the collection has expanded over the years through numerous acquisitions as well as significant gifts and bequests, including the gift of sir edwin and lady manton collection of british art and the gift of george inness paintings by frank and katherine martucci. On october 21, 2024, the clark received a gift from the tavitian foundation ii, inc. Of 331 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and decorative arts objects, as well as up to $45 million for the construction and care of the aso o. Tavitian wing to be located on the campus of the clark art institute, which will house the donated art. Currently, the clark is in the design phase of the project, with construction expected to begin on the aso o. Tavitian wing in late 2026 and be completed by mid-2028. The clark has entered into contracts with the owners representative firm and other construction services. As of the end of the fiscal year on june 30, 2025, approximately $1 million had been spent on owner's representative and design services, and art transportation and care.the clark also organizes special exhibitions in cooperation with leading museums in the united states and europe. Recent exhibitions include: wall power! - modern french tapestry from the mobilier national, paris (winter 2024/winter 2025), mariel capanna: giornata (2025), pastoral on paper (spring/summer 2025); edgar degas-multi-media artist in the age of impressionism (summer/fall 2024), fragile beauty: treasures from the corning museum of glass (summer/fall 2024), guillaume lethiere (summer/fall 2024), kathia st. Hilaire: invisible empires (spring/summer 2024), david-jeremiah: i drive thee (winter 2024/winter 2025), abelardo morell: in the company of monet and constable (fall 2024/winter 2025) and a room of her own: women artists in britain, 1875-1945 (summer/fall 2025). Upcoming exhibitions include: , ground/work 2025 (summer 2025/summer 2026), isamu noguchi: landscapes of time (summer 2025), berenice abbott's modern lens (summer 2025), paginations: back bay to the berkshires: celebrating 250 years of art in Massachusetts (fall 2025), raffaella della olga (fall 2025/spring 2026), paginations - gridlocked: the geometry of weaving (fall 2025/spring 2026), shadow visionaries: french artists against the current (winter 2025/spring 2026), sonia almeida: stages (winter 2026/winter 2027) and an exquisite eye: introducing the aso o. Tavitian collection (summer 2026/winter 2027).major exhibitions are augmented by web-based microsites, general and customized gallery talks, multimedia guides, in-gallery interpretive materials, lectures, and film series. Seasonal community days, summer outdoor concerts and movies, fall and winter art courses, and music performances further the clark's effort to involve intergenerational audiences and support lifelong learning. The clark has a robust digital programming initiative including livestreamed and pre-recorded programs encompassing lectures, conversations with artists and art historians, and musical performances; education programs and activity sheets; and a podcast series. Clark social media platforms have a combined following of more than 100,000 and the clark website receives more than 1.8 million unique pageviews annually.special efforts to enhance acc

Financial Efficiency

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• Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
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Transparency & Controls

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• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
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Sustainability

• Operating margin: 37.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Operating reserve ratio: 20.62; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
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Growth

• Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
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• Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings