MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

1220 5TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10029-5221

In care of

% OSMAN KURTULUS

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

OSMAN C KURTULUS, 1220 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10029

Signed the 990

OSMAN C KURTULUS, CFO

Phone

(212) 534-1672

Website

WWW.MCNY.ORG

Return prepared by

GRASSI & CO CPA'S PC

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF URBAN LIFE IN THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL METROPOLIS. IT ENGAGES VISITORS BY CELEBRATING, DOCUMENTING, AND INTERPRETING THE CITY'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

Program accomplishments

• EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATIONS:IN FY25, THE MUSEUM SHOWCASED 10+ SHOWS, INCLUDING OUR PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS, NEW YORK AS ITS CORE, AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS BRINGING IN CLOSE TO 185,000 VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THROUGH ITS EXHIBITIONS THE MUSEUM FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF URBAN LIFE IN THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL METROPOLIS. EXHIBITIONS THAT HAVE OPENED OR WILL OPEN IN FY26 INCLUDE ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG'S NEW YORK, HE BUILD THIS CITY: JOE MACKEN'S MODEL, SONGS OF NEW YORK: 100 YEARS OF IMAGING THE CITY THROUGH MUSIC.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATIONTHIS IS NEW YORK - 100 YEARS OF THE CITY IN ART AND POP CULTURE MAY 26, 2023 - JULY 21, 2024IN HONOR OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS THE CITY'S STORYTELLER, THIS IS NEW YORK: 100 YEARS OF THE CITY IN ART AND POP CULTURE EXPLORES THE MANY WAYS THAT THE CITY HAS INSPIRED STORYTELLING ACROSS ART FORMS. IT FEATURES BOTH FAMOUS AND LESSER-KNOWN DEPICTIONS OF NEW YORK IN FILM AND TELEVISION, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC, POETRY AND LITERATURE, AND EVEN FASHION, PAINTING A COLLECTIVE, MOVING, AND SOMETIMES FUNNY VERSION OF A CITY THAT HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE WORLD. THE FULL-FLOOR EXHIBITION IS ORGANIZED AROUND THE TYPES OF URBAN SPACES WHERE THE STORIES OF NEW YORK ARE TOLD. "TEMPO OF THE CITY" EXPLORES THE WAYS IN WHICH ARTISTS HAVE DEPICTED LIFE IN THE CITY'S STREETS AND SUBWAYS, AND THE EMOTIONS THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF JOINING THE PUBLIC CROWD OFTEN EVOKE, WHETHER JOY OR ALIENATION, FEAR OR PRIDE. THE GALLERY ALSO FEATURES "SONGS OF NEW YORK," AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION THAT ALLOWS VISITORS TO EXPLORE THE RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY OF EACH BOROUGH THROUGH SONGS IT HAS INSPIRED. IN THE TIFFANY & CO. FOUNDATION GALLERY, "AT HOME IN NEW YORK" SPOTLIGHTS LITERATURE AND ART WORKS THAT ANIMATE THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF MAKING A HOME IN A CITY OF EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE. THE THIRD GALLERY, "DESTINATION: NYC," SHOWCASES WORK ABOUT THE CITY'S SPACES FOR GATHERING AND SPECTACLE, ITS DYNAMIC UNIQUE NIGHTLIFE SPOTS, AS WELL AS ITS ICONIC PARKS AND WATERFRONTS. A SPECIAL GALLERY, "YOU ARE HERE," DEDICATED TO NEW YORK ON FILM, PROVIDES AN IMMERSIVE 16-SCREEN EXPERIENCE DRAWN FROM HUNDREDS OF MOVIES ABOUT THE CITY MADE OVER THE PAST CENTURY. THE FILM IMMERSIVE ALSO INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTORY INSTALLATION, "SCENES FROM THE CITY" WHICH EXPLORES HOW NEW YORK HAS BEEN USED AS A MOVIE SET FOR THE PAST CENTURY. "YOU ARE HERE" DRAWS ON THE RICH ARCHIVE OF MOVIES SET IN NEW YORK, COMBINING THOUSANDS OF CINEMATIC MOMENTS ACROSS 16 SCREENS. SOURCES INCLUDE HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS, INDEPENDENT FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL WORKS. BY JUXTAPOSING THESE MULTIPLE VISIONS, THE DAZZLING MONTAGES OF "YOU ARE HERE" MAKE CONNECTIONS AND CONTRASTS THAT ALLOW MOVIES TO COMMENT ON EACH OTHER ACROSS TIME AND SPACE. TOGETHER, THEY SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE VARIED NEW YORKS OF OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION.BYZANTINE BEMB - NEW YORK BY MANNY VEGA DECEMBER 8, 2023 - JANUARY 6, 2025THE EXPERIENCE OF WALKING EL BARRIO THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK'S OWN NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE VASTLY DIFFERENT WITHOUT THE ARTWORKS OF MANNY VEGA (B. BRONX, 1956). HIS MOSAICS AND MURALS ADORN STREET WALLS, SUBWAY STATIONS, CULTURAL CENTERS, AND BUSINESS FACADES THROUGHOUT EAST HARLEM. MANY OF THESE WORKS CELEBRATE IMPORTANT FIGURESPARTICULARLY WOMENIN THE HISTORY OF THE PUERTO RICAN AND LATINX COMMUNITIES. VEGA HAS PROVEN HIMSELF DEFT AT NEGOTIATING THE SOPHISTICATED TASTES AND APPETITE FOR SPECTACLE OF AN EXTREMELY DIVERSE AND FAST-MOVING POPULATION. HIS STYLE HAS BEEN DUBBED "BYZANTINE HIP-HOP" FOR HIS UNCOMPROMISING TECHNICAL COMMAND THAT ENCOMPASSES ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC-MAKING AND THE ELECTRIFYING LINES OF HYPER-DETAILED SHARPIE PEN-AND-INK DRAWINGS. AS PART OF THE MUSEUM'S CENTENNIAL YEAR CELEBRATION, BYZANTINE BEMB: NEW YORK BY MANNY VEGA EXPLORED VEGA'S VISUAL STORYTELLING AND INTERWEAVED COMMUNITY STORIES WITH THEMES THAT RANGED FROM AFRICAN DEITIES TO URBAN MYTHOLOGIES, SPANNING THE PERSONAL AND THE COLLECTIVE. DEEPLY ROOTED IN AN IDIOSYNCRATIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIASPORA EXPERIENCE, WHICH IN HIS CASE INCLUDES COMMUNITIES IN EL BRONX, EL BARRIO, AND BAHIA, BRAZIL, VEGA'S WORLDVIEW IS COLORFUL, DANCEABLE, PASSIONATELY SPIRITUAL, AND COMPLEX-YET-ACCESSIBLE. THE SHOW MARKS THE MUSEUM'S COMMITMENT TO ITS THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT LOOKS AHEAD TO ITS NEXT ONE HUNDRED YEARS.GINGERBREAD NYC 2024 - THE GREAT BOROUGH BAKE-OFF NOVEMBER 8, 2024 JANUARY 12, 2025FAMOUS LANDMARKS AND ICONS OF NEW YORK CITY-- LOVINGLY RECREATED IN GINGERBREAD. FROM ICE SKATING IN THE PARKS ACROSS THE FIVE BOROUGHS TO HOLIDAY DISPLAYS IN DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOWS, NOWHERE IS MORE ICONIC THAN THE CITY IN WINTER. NOW, SWEET DETAILS AND TASTY HISTORY COMBINE IN A MINIATURE FROSTED CITYSCAPE FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL BAKE-OFF. THE MUSEUM INVITED BAKERS FROM ACROSS THE FIVE BOROUGHS TO CREATE GINGERBREAD DISPLAYS ON THE THEME OF "ICONIC NEW YORK" CREATING DISTINCTIVE BUILDINGS, PLACES, OR THINGS THAT REPRESENT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY, OR BOROUGH. ART DECO CITY: NEW YORK POSTCARDS FROM THE LEONARD A. LAUDER COLLECTION SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 FEBRUARY 17, 2025DURING THE 1920S AND '30S, THE BOLD NEW LOOK OF ART DECO HERALDED NEW YORK'S ARRIVAL AS A COSMOPOLITAN METROPOLIS: A CENTER OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FASHION, AND CULTURE STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT FROM THE GREAT EUROPEAN CAPITALS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE PICTURE POSTCARD, A FORM OF MODERN COMMUNICATION, TRANSMITTED VIBRANT IMAGES AND MESSAGES AROUND THE GLOBE. ART DECO CITY: NEW YORK POSTCARDS FROM THE LEONARD A. LAUDER COLLECTION ILLUMINATED THE KEY ROLE POSTCARDS PLAYED IN TRANSFORMING NEW YORK INTO AN INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL DURING THE INTERWAR YEARS. FEATURING OVER 250 POSTCARDS AS WELL AS DECORATIVE ARTS, FASHION, PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAWINGS, AND ARCHITECTURAL MODELS, ART DECO CITY IMMERSED VISITORS IN THE DAZZLING STYLE THAT DEFINED THE MODERN CITY. THE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT THAT COLORFUL, MASS-PRODUCED POSTCARDS HAD IN ESTABLISHING ART DECO LANDMARKS LIKE THE CHRYSLER BUILDING, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, AND ROCKEFELLER CENTER AS INTERNATIONAL ICONS THAT EPITOMIZE THE STYLISHNESS OF MIDTOWN MANHATTAN. IN VARIED AND CREATIVE WAYS, POSTCARDS ECHOED THE SLEEK APPEAL OF THESE SOARING STRUCTURES, WHICH BELIED THE REALITIES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. PAIRING THESE SOUGHT-AFTER SOUVENIRS WITH AN ARRAY OF IMAGES, HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, FILM FOOTAGE, AND HANDS-ON INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES, THE EXHIBITION UNCOVERS THE ART DECO ELEMENTS THAT SHAPED NEW YORK'S IMAGE IN THE POPULAR IMAGINATION. MORE THAN AN AESTHETIC, ART DECO WAS THE LOOK THAT SOLD THE CITY TO THE WORLD.
  Expenses $6,611,026 · revenue $1,551,149
• COLLECTIONS CARE:DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 (FY25), THE COLLECTION'S DEPARTMENT CONTINUED ITS FOCUS ON CARING FOR AND MANAGING THE DIVERSE COLLECTIONS OF OVER 750,000 WORKS HELD BY THE MUSEUM. THE NUMEROUS TASKS PERFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NINE PEOPLE INCLUDE ATTENDING TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REQUESTS, OVERSEEING NEW ACQUISITIONS (DONATIONS AND PURCHASES), UPDATING THE COLLECTION DATABASE AND ONLINE PORTAL, PROCESSING AND ADMINISTERING PHOTOGRAPHY REQUESTS, BUILDING AND MANAGING THE SHELBY WHITE & LEON LEVY INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVE, AND OVERSEEING MCNY EXHIBITION INSTALLATIONS AS WELL AS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LOAN REQUESTS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATIONTHE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS THE COLLECTION COMMITTEE AND PREPARES MATERIALS FOR THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS. THE TEAM ALSO SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WITH GRANT APPLICATIONS RELATED TO COLLECTION CARE.IN FY25, THE COLLECTION DEPARTMENT OVERSAW THE INSTALLATION AND DEINSTALLATION OF WORKS IN THE COLLECTION AND ON LOAN FOR THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS AT MCNY: THE STETTHEIMER DOLLHOUSE IN A NEW LIGHT; ART DECO CITY: NEW YORK POSTCARDS FROM THE LEONARD A. LAUDER COLLECTION; SONGS OF NEW YORK: 100 YEARS OF IMAGINING THE CITY THROUGH MUSIC; ABOVE GROUND: ART FROM THE MARTIN WONG GRAFFITI COLLECTION; URBAN STOMP: DREAMS & DEFIANCE ON THE DANCE FLOOR; AS WELL AS ROTATIONS FOR THE ON-GOING EXHIBITIONS, ACTIVIST NEW YORK AND NEW YORK AT ITS CORE: PORT CITY AND WORLD CITY. THIS YEAR, THE MUSEUM ALSO LENT TWENTY-FOUR WORKS TO EXHIBITIONS AT FOUR INSTITUTIONS. THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE ROBUST ACQUISITION PROGRAM, WHICH IN FY25 INCLUDED 220 WORKS THROUGH DONATIONS AND PURCHASING. RIGHTS & REPRODUCTIONS, A DIVISION OF THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT, BROUGHT $78,571 IN FY25. THE DISTRIBUTION OF IMAGES OF THE COLLECTION AND ADDITION OF NEW PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE PORTAL ALSO HELPS TO MAKE THE COLLECTION MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE WIDER PUBLIC.
  Expenses $3,369,314 · revenue $252,239
• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:IN FY25, THE SCHWARZ CENTER CONTINUED ITS REBUILD AND EXPANSION THAT BEGAN IN FY24. THE CENTER COMPLETED THE REBUILDING OF ITS TEACHING TEAM AND BEGAN STRENGTHENING ITS CORE PROGRAMMING. IN FY2025, THE SCHWARZ EDUCATION CENTER SERVED 38,424 STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILY VISITORS THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES, AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, EXCEEDING OUR FY24 TOTAL NUMBER SERVED BY 19%.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OEDUCATION REMAINS A CORE COMPONENT OF THE MUSEUM'S MISSION. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS COMPLEMENT CLASSROOM LEARNING AND INTENTIONALLY ALIGN WITH COMMON CORE STANDARDS, NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCOPE AND SEQUENCE GUIDELINES, AND THE NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS CIVICS FOR ALL PROJECT. THE SCHWARZ CENTER COMPLETED OVER 900 FIELD TRIPS, OFFERED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THESE 6090 MINUTE EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES PK12 USE INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING AND HANDS-ON ENGAGEMENT WITH ARTIFACTS AND PRIMARY SOURCES FROM OUR EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS. THEY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' SKILLS IN HISTORICAL THINKING, ARTIFACT ANALYSIS, AND VISUAL INQUIRY, AND ENGAGE LEARNERS IN EXAMINING THE CITY'S PAST SO THEY MAY UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT AND ENVISION THEIR ROLE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE. BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE FY24 PILOT OF BILINGUAL FIELD TRIPS FOR BYZANTINE BEMB: NEW YORK BY MANNY VEGA, WE EXPANDED OUR BILINGUAL OFFERINGS TO INCLUDE ALL FIELD TRIP OPTIONS.THE SCHWARZ CENTER SERVES PK12 EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, COURSES, AND COLLABORATIONS WITH NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN FY25, ALL BUT ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, A CREDIT-BEARING COURSE, WERE FREE TO PARTICIPANTS. IN FY2025, THE MUSEUM SERVED 1,600 EDUCATORS THROUGH 41 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDED BOTH SINGLE-DAY EVENTS AND MULTI-SESSION SERIES. THE MUSEUM IS AN ACCREDITED PROVIDER OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH BOTH NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ENABLING ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. THE MUSEUM HAS LONG SERVED AS A STEADFAST RESOURCE FOR THE CITY'S TEACHERS, AND PROGRAMMING THIS PAST YEAR CONTINUED TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MUSEUM'S CONTENT, SCHOLARSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP.FY2025 ALSO SAW THE MUSEUM DEEPEN ITS COMMITMENT TO PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NYC DISCOVERY LAB, AN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY STATION DESIGNED TO SUPPORT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT WITH COLLECTION- AND EXHIBITION-CONNECTED CONTENT. THESE WEEKEND DROP-IN ACTIVITIES PAIRED WITH STORYTIME PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY DAYS, AND OUTREACH EVENTS DEMONSTRATED THE MUSEUM'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING NEW YORK CITY YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE, EQUITABLE, CREATIVE, AND ENGAGING. THIS YEAR, THE MUSEUM REACHED 12,307 PEOPLE THROUGH ON-SITE AND OFF-SITE FAMILY PROGRAMS.
  Expenses $1,699,633 · revenue $427,726
• Expenses $295,333 · revenue $596,734

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

13-1624098

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1942

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A540)

Assets (IRS master file)

$67,448,426

Income (IRS master file)

$16,295,417

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 13-1624098).

Questions about MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

What is the EIN of MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK?

The employer identification number (EIN) of MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK is 13-1624098.

Is MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1942.

Are donations to MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names OSMAN C KURTULUS.

Who are the officers and directors of MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 41 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $428,458 (STEPHANIE H WILCHFORT, PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $13,366,517, expenses of $15,600,941 and total assets of $67,448,426 at year end.

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