Queens Museum of Art

What it reported doing in 2024

Exhibitions and programsqm offers a full suite of arts education offerings family programs on weekends, school visits throughout the week, and in and after-school residencies with local public schools. Queens teens institute for art and social justice (qti) leverages qm resources to nurture thoughtful, independent young artists and the next generation of leaders in the arts and social change. Long admired by our peers, qm is a model for excellence in education and public programming initiatives such as well-established and respected artaccess educational programming, including open studios guided tours and workshops, drop-in family programming and summer camps, as well as initiatives like the in situ artist fellowships and the indigenous practices studio.our education programming also serves adults, through our new new yorkers program offers free multilingual classes to support the needs of adult immigrant communities in queens as well as our creative aging workshops serving older adults. The museum also welcomes community members for cultural celebrations. Our largest events this year included dia des los muertos and lunar new year.fy25 exhibitionsabang-guardin makibaka, artist duo abang-guard (maureen catbagan + jevijoe vitug) contends with visibility through the lens of immigration and labor in their multidisciplinary practice. For their first museum solo exhibition, abang-guard reconfigures the iconic architecture of the 19641965 New York world's fair's philippines and New York state pavilions as a scaffold to structure their investigation into the layered significance of the year 1965 in filipino american labor history. Abang-guard takes stock of how these narratives have been lived, remembered, erased, and fought for. Makibaka, roughly translated from tagalog as "coming together for change," is a rallying cry used by filipino movements and communities in fighting against exploitative systems. The spirit of makibaka is woven into abang-guard's paintings, sculptures, performances, and videos that pay homage to significant filipino american sites.cameron grangerin 9999, cameron a. Granger uses the framework of video games and magic to imagine an alternative method of liberation for black communities from the compounding effects of racist urban planning. In early role playing video games, due to low computer processing capacity, 9,999 was the numerical damage limit done to a character that could be registered on screen. Yet sometimes, additional damage continued to accrue off-screen incapacitating, yet unseen. Granger takes this concept of the concealed yet relentless harm, and applies it to the cumulative corrosion of segregative design, environmental racism, and gentrification.lyle ashton harrisdrawing together photographs and installations from both his celebrated and lesser-known series, lyle ashton harris: our first and last love charts new connections across the artistic practice of lyle ashton harris (b. 1965, bronx, ny). The exhibition explores harris's critical examination of identity and self-portraiture while tracing central themes and formal approaches in his work of the last 35 years.cas holmanexploring the intersection of art making and play, cas holman designs innovative toys and tools that inspire participatory imagination. Prototyping play experiments with the different modes of intuitive and child-directed free play in an art museum environment by extending the body's movements with uniquely crafted elements and prompts. Released in two phases, holman's open-ended playthings and playspaces foster collaboration, inventive thinking, and interactivity. Prototyping play invites artists of all ages to create, exchange, cooperate, and leave your mark through these new devices.caroline kenta short play about watching shadows move across the room (december 6, 2023 - december 29, 2024) the chicago-based artist's work reinvents abstraction through explorations of geometry, color, and pattern that unfold into grand in

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 50.3%; rating input score 50
• Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61
• Fundraising efficiency: $14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 18.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.77; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings