Henry Art Gallery

What it reported doing in 2024

The henry is globally recognized for bold and challenging exhibitions, pushing the boundaries of contemporary art, and being the first to premiere new works by established and emerging artists. Our exhibitions and programs present narratives often absent from public discourse, centering works by those marginalized by inequitable structures and systems, including artists who identify as women, people of the global majority (pgm), and lgbtq+. Education is fundamental to the henry's mission to connect our community to the power of art. We design public and educational programs around exhibitions as points of access to the museum and to artists. The henry strives to ensure that offerings reflect and attract the full spectrum of our community and that communities of color see the henry as inviting and inclusive. The henry served 40,905 visitors in fy2025. The organization continues to offer pay-what-you-wish admissions to lower financial barriers to access and we are always free for youth, students, and uw faculty and staff. Free programs served 860 people, helping maximize public benefit. Seventy-four school groups and community tours brought 1,150 youth to the gallery. Service accommodations include mobility access, listening devices, live and closed captioning, transcripts, braille and low-vision signage, and all-gender restrooms. A) representative exhibitions thick as mud explored how mud animates relationships between people and place through the work of eight contemporary artists. With a range of aesthetic approaches from figurative clay sculpture to audio recordings of the swamp the artists engaged mud as a material or subject that shapes personal and collective histories, memory, and imagination. Nina chanel abney: fishing was his life centered the rich culture and commerce of fishing within the african american community, celebrating a long legacy of identity and self-determination intimately entangled with coastal fisheries while also conjuring the structural inequities that threaten black life and livelihoods within the industry. This was a densely wooded hill, a community collaborative exhibition with yehaw, a collective of interdisciplinary indigenous creatives, explored and reflected on the ongoing displacement of native and indigenous peoples from their ancestral territories. Henry offsite: chlo bass soft services was part of the henry's initiative to bring commissions of new work into the public sphere through collaborations with community partners. This commission in partnership with volunteer park trust placed fourteen stone benches throughout the park. Engraved inscriptions and images tied into the local flora and the histories of volunteer park as a site for AIDS activism how that memorialization and tragic loss resonate with our pandemic experiences and grappled with the ongoing politics of isolation, shame, care, and what binds us in sickness and in health. Taking care: collection support studio shared 103 objects from the henry's collection that are rarely on view. During the exhibition, the collections team embarked upon a large-scale collections care project in a temporary studio constructed in the middle of the gallery. This allowed visitors a behind-the-scenes experience of collections care that is rarely open to public view. Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt was an exhibition of moving-image installations drawn from the henry's collection. University of Washington mfa and mdes thesis exhibition: the henry annually presents the university of Washington's school of art, art history, design master of fine arts, and master of design thesis exhibition. Fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. B) public and educational programs exhibition artist talks, lectures, panels, and workshops provide opportunities for the community to meet the artists fe

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 65.1%; rating input score 65
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -13%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.14; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings