Nonprofit · EIN 22-6799567
RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10011
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $15,557,557 | $17,437,416 | -$1,879,859 | $203,085,631 | $4,478,513 | $198,607,118 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $11,695,061 | $14,996,364 | -$3,301,303 | $194,212,082 | $2,161,846 | $192,050,236 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,858,650
- of which government grants
- $166,225
- Membership dues
- $76,464
- Program service revenue
- $681,143
- Investment income
- $11,718,828
- Net rental income
- $1,104,994
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $6,736,220
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $51,049
- Other revenue
- $1,298,936
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $229,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $649,083
- Other salaries and wages
- $5,153,965
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $7,311,982
- Professional fundraising fees
- $83,000
- Accounting fees
- $63,319
- Occupancy
- $808,652
- Travel
- $170,179
- Depreciation
- $1,842,165
- Program services (functional)
- $11,693,132
- Management and general (functional)
- $4,585,288
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,158,996
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $194,212,082
- Total assets, end of year
- $203,085,631
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,478,513
- Net assets, end of year
- $198,607,118
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $26,752,931
- Publicly traded securities
- $171,204,849
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $161,105,885
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $37,501,233
- Gross receipts
- $27,637,699
- Employees
- 67
- Volunteers
- 55
- Year formed
- 1999
- State of legal domicile
- NY
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARIE HELENE CHRISTODOULOU | CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $306,552 | $81,005 |
| TIMOTHY MCHENRY | CHIEF PROGRAMMATIC OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $264,284 | $70,387 |
| MICHELLE BENNETT SIMORELLA | DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL ADMIN & COLLECTIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $192,319 | $55,574 |
| DONA LEE KELLY | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $190,353 | $51,739 |
| JAMIE LAWYER | DIRECTOR OF EXPERIENCE & INTERPRETATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $175,127 | $40,262 |
| ELKE DEHNER | DIRETOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $174,323 | $20,158 |
| HAZEL P KING | HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES Highest-paid employee | 40 | $133,810 | $10,570 |
| SHELLEY RUBIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| NOAH P DORSKY | BOARD PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JORRIT BRITSCHGI | SECRETARY/EXEC. DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT M BAYLIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER J FUSSNER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT GRINSELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANG TSHERING LAMA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SAMPHE LHALUNGPA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL MCCORMICK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BASHA FROST RUBIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NAMITA SARAF | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC SCHOENBERG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EILEEN CAULFIELD SCHWAB | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TSHERIN SHERPA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE SMITH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TONG-TONG ZHU | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARILENA CHRISTODOULOU | DEPUTY EXEC. DIR./CFO Officer | 40 | $295,554 | $69,827 |
| TIMOTHY MCHENRY | DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIR./CHIEF PROGRAMMATIC OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $254,696 | $66,403 |
| MICHELLE B SIMORELLA | DIR. OF CURATORIAL ADMIN. Highest-paid employee | 40 | $182,034 | $55,562 |
| DONNA LEE KELLY | DIR. OF DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $183,359 | $49,472 |
| ELKE C DEHNER | DIR. OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $176,794 | $49,347 |
| JAMIE LAWYER | DIR. OF VISITOR EXPERIENCE/ INTERPRETATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $167,115 | $43,602 |
| HAZEL P KING | HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES Highest-paid employee | 40 | $125,089 | $46,002 |
| SHELLEY RUBIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| NOAH P DORSKY | BOARD PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JORRIT BRITSCHGI | SECRETARY/EXEC. DIRECTOR (SEE P VII) Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT M BAYLIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER J FUSSNER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT GRINSELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MCCORMICK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TONG-TONG ZHU | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BASHA FROST RUBIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NAMITA SARAF | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC SCHOENBERG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EILEEN CAULFIELD SCHWAB | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TSHERIN SHERPA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JESSE SMITH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 150 W 17TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10011-5491
- In care of
- % SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL T
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JORRIT BRITSCHGI, 140 WEST 17TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10011
- Signed the 990
- JAMIE LAWYER, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (212) 620-5000
- Website
- WWW.RUBINMUSEUM.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP
Mission
THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART IN CHELSEA, NEW YORK CITY, EXPLORES AND CELEBRATES HIMALAYAN ART, CULTURES, AND IDEAS ACROSS HISTORY AND INTO THE PRESENT. WITH ITS GLOBALLY RENOWNED COLLECTION, CENTERED LARGELY AROUND ART FROM THE TIBETAN PLATEAU, THE RUBIN FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF HIMALAYAN ART BY INTERPRETING AND RELATING IT TO OUR SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCE TODAY. INSPIRED BY THE TENETS OF BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS, AND ALIGNED WITH ONGOING RESEARCH INTO LEARNING, BEHAVIOR, AND THE BRAIN, THE RUBIN OFFERS INNOVATIVE EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT EXAMINE PROVOCATIVE IDEAS ACROSS THE ARTS AND EXPLORE THE MIND. THROUGH THIS WORK, THE MUSEUM SERVES AS A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION, OPENING WINDOWS TO INNER WORLDS SO VISITORS CAN BETTER NAVIGATE OUTER ONES.
Program accomplishments
- COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS:IN 2024, IN ADDITION TO THE PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS, VISITORS ENCOUNTERED THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION REIMAGINE: HIMALAYAN ART NOW, WHICH PRESENTED THE WORK OF THIRTY-TWO CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM THE HIMALAYAS, ASIA, AND DIASPORA IN DIALOGUE WITH OBJECTS FROM THE RUBIN'S COLLECTION. IN OCTOBER, THE EXHIBITION TRAVELED TO WRIGHTWOOD 659 IN CHICAGO WHERE IT INTRODUCED EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO NEW WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING HIMALAYAN ART. THE RUBIN CONTINUED THE NATIONAL TOUR OF THE COLLECTION EXHIBITION GATEWAY TO HIMALAYAN ART, STOPPING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND THE OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY IN OHIO, AND THE EUROPEAN TOUR OF THE MANDALA LAB INSTALLATION, WHICH TRAVELED TO MILAN AS PART OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BIBLIOTECA DEGLI ALBERI MILANO.Expenses $6,525,037 · revenue $558,827
- PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND VISITOR ENGAGEMENT:THE RUBIN'S PUBLIC PROGRAMS OFFER DIVERSE AUDIENCES MEANINGFUL WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE ART AND CULTURES OF THE HIMALAYAS. IN 2024, ADULT WORKSHOPS AND TALKS CENTERED ON THE UNIFYING THEME OF REFRAME, INSPIRED BY THE BUDDHIST CONCEPT OF NON-ATTACHMENT, SPARKING CONVERSATIONS ON HOW RELEASING ATTACHMENTS CAN CREATE SPACE FOR NEW WAYS OF SEEING, THINKING, AND BEING. HIMALAYAN HERITAGE PROGRAMS PROVIDED INSIGHTS INTO THE ART, CULTURES, AND SACRED TRADITIONS OF THE HIMALAYAN REGION, AND WEEKLY MINDFULNESS MEDITATION SESSIONS INVITED PARTICIPANTS TO FIND STILLNESS, INSPIRED BY AN ARTWORK FROM THE RUBIN'S COLLECTION. WE SERVED VISITORS WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARE PARTNERS, AS WELL AS CLOSE TO 4,000 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND ACCOMPANYING ADULTS, OFFERING THEM CUSTOM OFFERINGS INFORMED BY MINDFULNESS AND HIMALAYAN ART AND CULTURES. WE WORKED WITH 225 LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS AS PART OF OUR MATH AND MANDALAS PROGRAM, AND EDUCATORS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, PROVIDING THEM WITH AN ENTRE TO THE RUBIN'S MANDALA LAB CURRICULUM. EXPANDING OUR GLOBAL INITIATIVES, WE LAUNCHED A GRANT PROGRAM AND THE RUBIN MUSEUM HIMALAYAN ART PRIZE WITH THE AIM OF SUPPORTING THE WORK OF ARTISTS AND RESEARCHERS INSPIRED BY HIMALAYAN ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL PRACTICES.Expenses $2,270,292 · grants $229,000 · revenue $89,963
- PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING (DIGITAL AND ANALOG SHARING):IN 2024, THE RUBIN REACHED A GROWING AND CONNECTED GLOBAL AUDIENCE THROUGH OUR DIGITAL INITIATIVES. WE LAUNCHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH SMARTHISTORY, THE MOST-VISITED ART HISTORY RESOURCE IN THE WORLD, TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE VIDEOS ABOUT OBJECTS IN OUR COLLECTION; PUBLISHED VIDEOS THAT INTRODUCED AUDIENCES TO CONTEMPORARY HIMALAYAN ARTISTS; RECEIVED 376,500 DOWNLOADS OF OUR AWAKEN AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION PODCASTS AROUND THE WORLD; AND PUBLISHED THE EIGHTH EDITION OF SPIRAL, OUR FREE ANNUAL PRINT AND ONLINE MAGAZINE. THE RUBIN'S IMPACT EXTENDED THROUGH VARIOUS DIGITAL PLATFORMS WITH CLOSE TO 300,000 FOLLOWERS, AND A DIGITAL REACH OF MORE THAN 8 MILLION.Expenses $1,745,083
- PUBLICATIONS, AND SHOP, OTHER MISC.Expenses $1,152,720 · revenue $226,295
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 22-6799567
- 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
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T23)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $203,085,631
- Income (IRS master file)
- $27,637,699
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $15,557,557 | $17,437,416 | $203,085,631 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $11,695,061 | $14,996,364 | $194,212,082 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $8,159,235 | $14,038,727 | $177,744,762 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 22-6799567).
Questions about RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
- What is the EIN of RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART is 22-6799567.
- Is RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART 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 RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JORRIT BRITSCHGI.
- Who are the officers and directors of RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 23 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $306,552 (MARIE HELENE CHRISTODOULOU, CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER).
- How much revenue does RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $15,557,557, expenses of $17,437,416 and total assets of $203,085,631 at year end.
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