The Newark Museum Association

What it reported doing in 2024

Education and public program: from a child's first encounter with a museum through to high school graduation and beyond, the newark museum of art centers the learner in all its school and family programs. Hands-on experiences support the educational, social, and cultural needs of its audience, providing innovative and engaging school and family programming for visitors of all ages to take part in lifelong learning. These programs are designed to attract diverse audiences and to address the specific needs of local, statewide, and even national communities. Nmoa offers onsite, in-person experiences for children, families and adults while continuing to offer virtual field trips and online learning opportunities for schools and families that they would otherwise be unable to experience.the museum's learning & engagement team continues to be a cultural anchor and advocate for arts partners of all sizes, strengthening relationships with established partners of over 80 local organizations in 2024. Nmoa works with newark-based visual and performing artists, both established and under-recognized, to draw inspiration from the collection and the community to enliven the diverse cultural traditions and histories of the greater newark area through events such as community days, art after dark, classes and workshops, and school residencies. These efforts are supported by the museum's community advisory committee, which comprises leaders from cultural, social, and educational sectors in newark and essex county, who bring added value and important voices to nmoa's exhibitions and public programs.curriculum-aligned programming for k - 12th students and teachersthe museum served over 30,000 New Jersey students in grades pre-k through 12 through its extensive offerings of in person school programs. These programs, which utilize an interdisciplinary, arts integration approach to learning, range from single-visit programs to multi-session, in-depth residencies that provide sequential learning. All the museum's school programs align with New Jersey state curriculum content standards for art, social studies, and science, and enrich student learning by drawing upon the museum's art and science collections. The museum works closely with school districts, especially the newark public school district, to develop and present programs that meet the needs of New Jersey's students. Creative play, an early childhood education program for familiescreative play weekend programs for early childhood audiences and their families continued to serve the youngest of learners through in-person and virtual formats. In these weekly sessions, 677 children ages 3-5, and their caregivers explored the museum's art and science collections through storytelling, song, playful activities, and an art-making project. A selection of 2024 sessions include creative play: mini zoo edition, fun with bluey, storytime in the galleries, and african drum making.family drop-ins & science drop-insfamily drop-in in the court and science drop-ins programs engaged youth and families during the year, for a total of over 5,149 participants. Projects made use of household materials to design, build and test as children explored their creativity and learned new techniques and concepts in art, science and technology. Programs included sessions for youth ages 5-10+ exploring enjoy movement, artmaking, science experiments and storytelling sessions. Camp nmoain 2024, camp nmoa ran for six weeks from july 8 - august 16, 2024. A total of1,902 newark-area children between the ages of 3 and 13 participated in a variety of educational activities that explored the museum's art and science collections. Camp activities included: art making; hands-on workshops in the makerspace; science labs; planetarium shows, outdoor activities; and a weekly showcase including dance, theater and spoken word performances by campers. Explorers programthe newark museum of art (nmoa) explorers program, a college, career, and li

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
• Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 29th 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: 14.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.45; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings