Voices in Contemporary Art

What it reported doing in 2024

July 22, 2024voca research: rauschenberg year six, study day at nmailocation: national museum of the american indian, Washington dc july 29, 2024professional development workshop: interviews and your artistic legacies, nacf fellows (virtual)september 23, 2024voca research: rauschenberg year seven partnership kickoff meetinglocation: rrf offices, New York, ny (in-person)november 17, 2024voca talk: jill slosburg-ackermanlocation: cambridge, ma (in-person) november 18 - 20, 2024time-based media stewardship workshop location: institute of contemporary art/boston, boston, ma (in-person) november 20, 2025voca research: rauschenberg year seven, study day at the guggenheimlocation: the solomon r. Guggenheim museum, New York, ny (in-person)december 6, 2024voca salon: robert rauschenberg, signs & signalslocation: robert rauschenberg foundation, New York, ny (in-person)december 9, 2024voca journal, issue 14 guest edited by minerva project's founding director and voca board member yasmeen m. Siddiqui, this issue provides roadmaps and guidelines for conveying how art is made, why artists make it, and why and how we seek to preserve it. It features contributions by isabella cilia, alice evans, and haley moyse fenning, as well as megan creamer, kaelyn garcia, isaac facio, and gio swaby. December 11 - 13, 2024artist interview workshop (virtual)january 25 - 26, 2025artist interview workshop location: asian american art initiative at stanford university, palo alto, ca (in-person) january 22, 2025voca research: rauschenberg year seven partnership mid-year meetinglocation: rrf warehouse, westchester, ny (in-person)march 17-18, 2025voca research: testing sessionslocation: rrf warehouse, westchester, ny (in-person)march 24 - 26, 2025artist interview workshop: spanish-language location: museum of fine arts, houston, tx (in-person)april 17 & 18, 2025voca talks: nora naranjo morse and eliza naranjo morse (filming)location: nora and eliza's home and studios in espaola, nm (in-person)may 1, 2025voca talk: alan michelsonlocation: vera list center for art and politics at the new school, New York, ny (in-person)may 30, 2025can/voca concurrent general session at aic conferencelocation: minneapolis, mnjune 6, 2025professional development workshop: interviews and your artistic legacies location: joan mitchell foundation, New York, ny (in-person)june 14, 2025voca talk: elizabeth james-perrylocation: arrival art fair at tourists, north adams, ma (in-person)

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
• Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings