The National Museum of Women in the Arts

What it reported doing in 2024

Education & public programs: year at a glance: - more than 6,000 people attended thirty public programs featuring fifty artists and cultural innovators. - 237 teachers from seventeen states, Washington, d.c., and five countries participated in the fifth annual virtual educator summer camp and the on-site art, books, and creativity teacher institute. Where art meets audience after a visit in march, a girl scout troop leader wrote, "we had a fabulous time exploring the art and such interesting discussions about why there aren't more women artists represented in art museums. Thank you again for a fantastic morning!" thousands of nmwa visitors had similar experiences: positive, creative, and thought-provoking. Visitors of all ages enjoyed tours, talks, and art-making opportunities during nmwa's popular, twice-monthly free community days: - more than 13,000 people attended the museum's free community days. - sunday free community days engaged an average of 828 attendees per day. - the busiest free community days occurred during women's history month: 512 people visited on wednesday, march 12, and 1,124 on sunday, march 1. In the susan swartz studio, the open studio series engaged free community day visitors with drop-in art-making. Across twenty-three sessions, more than 2,600 participants created self-portrait books, custom buttons, zines, mini tapestries, pocket-size star books, beaded pins, an alma woodsey thomas-inspired tape collage, and an alison saar-inspired paper etching.nmwa offered opportunities for visitors to learn directly from artists with hands-on firsthand experience workshops. Across five workshops taught by local artists, eighty-eight participants learned how to make pop-up books, prints, plant portraits (in collaboration with the u.s. Botanic garden), cyanotypes, and even hula hoops. Across the city, nmwa educators brought the museum's art and exhibitions to life through visits to eleven local schools and universities. They led art-making activities and facilitated conversations inspired by the museum's collection that engaged nearly 500 students. In addition: - seventy-three schools and youth groups visited the museum for tours that served more than 2,300 students and chaperones. - more than 3,500 people attended private tours and drop-in collection highlights tours. - fourteen teachers participated in the eleventh on-site art, books, and creativity teacher institute, the first since the museum's reopening in 2023. - 5,300 visitors enjoyed educational "see for yourself" cards about art in the collection and exhibitions. The women, arts, and social change (wasc) public programming initiative shared the transformative power of women and the arts as agents of social change through diverse and inspiring events. Wasc events engaged more than 6,200 attendees across twenty-five programs, a 61.5% increase from the previous fiscal year. The museum's signature fresh talk series returned with five events that dove into exhibition themes and timely social issues. In one event, artist suchitra mattai and writer aruna d'souza discussed mattai's work to challenge conventional colonialist narratives. In another, hunter harris and peyton dix, writers and podcast hosts, examined the portrayal of women in media, film, and literature. Nmwa programs offered even more opportunities to hear from leading artists and curators. Sandra jackson-dumont, recent former director of the lucas museum of narrative art, spoke during women's history month. A virtual talk on international women's day featured artists fabiola jean-louis and sheida soleimani, both part of the exhibition uncanny. For world pride, photographer zanele muhloi and scholar mecca jamilah sullivan celebrated the latest volume of muholi's powerful self-portrait series. The nmwa nights late-hours series returned with eight vibrant, sold-out events. Each themed evening offered attendees music, art-making, creative cocktails and mocktails, and more. This year, local poets perfor

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
• Program expense ratio: 63.2%; rating input score 63
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • 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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -28.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.36; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings