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Nonprofit · EIN 34-1148828

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND

Tax-exempt · CLEVELAND, OH 44106

Financials

$3.9M$3.7M2022$2.8M$3.7M2023$2M$3.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
July 31, 2025990$1,978,127$3,606,176-$1,628,049$23,315,957$274,953$23,041,004
July 31, 2024990$2,800,172$3,708,168-$907,996$24,776,964$280,371$24,496,593
July 31, 2023990$3,922,500$3,705,683$216,817$26,326,355$1,032,610$25,293,745
Financial details: 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,605,305
of which government grants
$81,110
Program service revenue
$65,081
Investment income
$201,901
Net rental income
$18,263
Net gain from sales of assets
$120,579
Net income from fundraising events
$65,800
Other revenue
$105,840

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$184,888
Other salaries and wages
$1,148,626
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,611,713
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$281,465
Occupancy
$372,483
Travel
$19,820
Depreciation
$535,456
Program services (functional)
$2,127,936
Management and general (functional)
$636,775
Fundraising (functional)
$841,465

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$24,776,964
Total assets, end of year
$23,315,957
Total liabilities, end of year
$274,953
Net assets, end of year
$23,041,004
Land, buildings and equipment
$18,472,453
Publicly traded securities
$3,810,871
Net assets without donor restrictions
$21,535,318
Net assets with donor restrictions
$1,505,686
Gross receipts
$5,691,654
Employees
54
Volunteers
49
Year formed
1968
State of legal domicile
OH

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 July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MEGAN L LYKINS REICHEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
50$188,415
STEPHEN G SOKANYPRESIDENT
Trustee or director
2$0
MARCELLA BROWNVICE-PRESIDENT
Trustee or director
2$0
NADYA HAIDERSECRETARY
Trustee or director
1$0
NICHOLAS REIFTREASURER
Trustee or director
1$0
SCOTT BOGARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
F ALLEN BOSEMAN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TIM BOYLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DICK CAHOONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOANNE COHENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GROSVIE COOLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
COSMO DANIELLYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LESLIE DUNNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KATY DIX BRAHLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LESLIE DINOVIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
14 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
J BENNETT GUESSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KAREN HILLENBRANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DONALD INSULDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHELLE SHAN JESCHELNIGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AUDRA T JONESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PAUL KATZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JONATHAN KURTZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID LAMBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CASEY MONDADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KIM MYERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GILBERT PADULADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JASON M SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMES STONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KELSIE WOLFDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended July 31, 2024: 29 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MEGAN L LYKINS REICHEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
50$184,888
STEPHEN G SOKANYPRESIDENT
Trustee or director
2$0
MARCELLA BROWNVICE-PRESIDENT
Trustee or director
2$0
NADYA HAIDERSECRETARY
Trustee or director
1$0
NICHOLAS REIFTREASURER
Trustee or director
1$0
KUMAR ARORADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SCOTT BOGARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
F ALLEN BOSEMAN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TIM BOYLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DICK CAHOONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOANNE COHENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GROSVIE COOLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LESLIE DUNNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KATY DIX BRAHLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LESLIE DINOVIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NICOLE FINLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOSEPH M GRUNFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
J BENNETT GUESSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KAREN HILLENBRANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DONALD INSULDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHELLE SHAN JESCHELNIGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AUDRA T JONESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PAUL KATZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JONATHAN KURTZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID LAMBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CASEY MONDADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LARRY OSCARDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMES STONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HARRIET WARMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended July 31, 2023: 31 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MEGAN L LYKINS REICHEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
50$182,217$31,847
GRACE GARVERCHIEF FINANCE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$117,420$7,120
STEPHEN G SOKANYPRESIDENT
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MARCELLA BROWNVICE-PRESIDENT
Trustee or director
2$0$0
NADYA HAIDERSECRETARY
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NICHOLAS REIFTREASURER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KUMAR ARORADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SCOTT BOGARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
F ALLEN BOSEMAN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TIM BOYLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DICK CAHOONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOANNE COHENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GROSVIE COOLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LESLIE DUNNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATY DIX BRAHLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LESLIE DINOVIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NICOLE FINLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH M GRUNFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
J BENNETT GUESSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KAREN HILLENBRANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DONALD INSULDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHELLE SHAN JSESHELNIGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AUDRA T JONESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAUL KATZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JONATHAN KURTZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAVID LAMBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NANCY LEIZMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CASEY MONDADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LARRY OSCARDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAMES STONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HARRIET WARMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
11400 EUCLID AVE, CLEVELAND, OH 44106-3926
In care of
% GRACE GARVER
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
STEPHEN G SOKANY, 11400 EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OH 44106
Signed the 990
STEPHEN G SOKANY, PRESIDENT
Phone
(216) 421-8671
Return prepared by
MALONEY NOVOTNY LLC

Mission

MOCA'S MISSION- ART NOW, IN PROGRESS - EMBODIES OUR NATURE AS A LIVING, ADAPTIVE PLATFORM FOR ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION, PUBLIC EXCHANGE, AND CIVIC CONNECTION. OUR VISION - ARTISTS & ART LEAD US TO THE UNFAMILIAR, WHERE WE OPEN AND CONNECT TO NEW POSSIBILITIES - IS BOTH REGULARLY ACHIEVABLE AND PERSISTENTLY ASPIRING. ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES ARE JOINTLY CENTRAL TO OUR WORK, PARTNERS WITH US IN USING ART NOW FOR INQUIRY, EXPRESSION, DIALOGUE, INTERPRETATION, AND APPLICATION BEYOND OUR WALLS AND INTO THE WORLD.

990 for the year ended July 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • FOUNDED IN 1968 BY MARJORIE TALALAY, NINA SUNDELL, AND AGNES GUND AS THE NEW GALLERY, MOCA WAS ESTABLISHED TO INTRODUCE CLEVELAND AUDIENCES TO EMERGING AND EXPERIMENTAL CONTEMPORARY ART. OVER NEARLY SIX DECADES, THE ORGANIZATION HAS EVOLVED INTO A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, NON-COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, PRESENTING AND COMMISSIONING NEW AND RECENT WORK BY MORE THAN 4,000 ARTISTS AND ENGAGING MILLIONS OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OUTREACH. SINCE OPENING ITS UNIVERSITY CIRCLE BUILDING IN 2012, MOCA HAS SERVED AS A KEY CULTURAL ANCHOR WITHIN ONE OF CLEVELAND'S MOST ACTIVE CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND HEALTHCARE NEIGHBORHOODS.IN EARLY FY25, MOCA ARTICULATED THREE IMPACT OBJECTIVES TO ALIGN WITH OUR UPDATED MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES AND TO EXPRESS THE CONSISTENT GOALS THAT GUIDE OUR WORK ACROSS FISCAL YEARS. THEIR DEFINITIONS DESCRIBE BOTH WHAT MOCA DOES AND THE OUTCOMES WE SEEK TO ACHIEVE. AGAINST THESE OBJECTIVES, WE ESTABLISH SPECIFIC METRICS TO MEASURE SUCCESS, IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND STRENGTHEN AREAS OF IMPACT. OUR EXHIBITIONS, ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, SPECIAL EVENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE HOW WE PURSUE THESE GOALS. TOGETHER, THESE OBJECTIVES GUIDED MOCA'S WORK THROUGHOUT 2025 AND DEFINED THE OUTCOMES OF OUR EFFORTS:1. PURSUE THE "WHYS" OF OUR SHARED WORLD: CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUTUAL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIVE EXCHANGE IN ORDER TO FOSTER NEW CONNECTIONS, INCREASE COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY AND LEARNING AGILITY, AND UPLIFT OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY.KEY 2025 INITIATIVES INCLUDED MORE THAN 20 MOCA SATURDAY WORKSHOPS, DEVELOPED WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS DESIGNEXPLORR AND STEM-FOCUSED HIGH SCHOOLS, THAT SUPPORTED HANDS-ON CREATIVITY FOR FAMILIES. MOCA ALSO DELIVERED 15 OFF-SITE PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, INCLUDING COLLABORATIVE YOUTH PROJECTS WITH THE CENTER FOR ARTS-INSPIRED LEARNING'S TEEN COUNCIL. PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS LINKING EMPLOYMENT, ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL (LEAP) AND THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SUPPORTED THE CO-CREATION OF INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SENSORY SUNDAYS AND PAID INTERNSHIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. IN ADDITION, MOCA PILOTED WHEELS OF WONDER AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, PROVIDING HANDS-ON ART EXPERIENCES AND MUSEUM ACCESS FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.2. PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE: ADVANCE EXPERIMENTATION BY ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY FOR INNOVATION AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, EXPAND CONCEPTS OF QUALITY AND MEANING, AND MODEL STRONG IMAGINATION FOR CHANGE.HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2025 INCLUDED DEAR, AN EXHIBITION CO-PRESENTED WITH BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES THAT CELEBRATED THE ROLE OF DOULAS IN ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY. MOCA PRESENTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS BY HARMINDER JUDGEHIS FIRST US MUSEUM EXHIBITIONAND GALA PORRAS-KIM, MOUNTED SHORTLY AFTER HER HEINZ AWARD RECOGNITION AND BEFORE HER SUBSEQUENT DESIGNATION AS BOTH A US ARTISTS FELLOW AND MACARTHUR FELLOW. THE MUSEUM ALSO PRESENTED KELLI CONNELL'S DOUBLE LIFE, DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROGRESSIVE, WHICH EXPLORED IDENTITY AND SELFHOOD THROUGH MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF COLLABORATION WITH A SINGLE MODEL. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROGRESSIVE, MOCA ADDITIONALLY HOSTED THE PUBLIC DEBUT OF BEVERLY SEMMES' MONUMENTAL INSTALLATION THE DRESSES. SUMMER EXHIBITIONS BY CLOTILDE JIMNEZ AND ERYKAH TOWNSENDBOTH ARTISTS' FIRST MUSEUM EXHIBITIONSFEATURED NEW COMMISSIONS AND NATIONALLY DEBUTING WORKS. JIMNEZ'S PROJECT WILL CONTINUE BEYOND THE EXHIBITION THROUGH THE GROTTO, AN EXPERIMENTAL OPERA THAT MOCA WILL PRESENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LEADING MUSIC ORGANIZATION IN 2027. FINALLY, MAGGIE MENGHAN CHEN'S BODY BUILDING EXERCISE COMBINED PERFORMANCE, SPIRITUALITY, AND THE CONNECTIVE POWER OF DIGITAL CULTURE TO CREATE AN AUDIENCE-INTERACTIVE ARTWORK CENTERED ON OPTIMISM, SOLIDARITY, AND JOY. PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AN IMMERSIVE FORMAT, THE WORK ENGAGED THOUSANDS OF VISITORS THROUGH MOVEMENT, PARTICIPATION, AND SHARED EXPERIENCE.3. PROPEL CLEVELAND'S COSMOPOLITAN CHARACTER: PROVOKE AND FEED CLEVELAND'S SOPHISTICATED CULTURAL CAPITAL IN ORDER TO ALIGN WITH GLOBAL ART AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, DRIVE AMBITIOUS RELATIONSHIPS AND PLACEMAKING, AND BOLSTER THE REGIONAL ECONOMY.IN 2025, TWO FREE EXHIBITION OPENING CELEBRATIONSFEATURING ARTIST TALKS, MAKER ACTIVITIES, AND LIVE MUSICEACH ATTRACTED MORE THAN 1,000 ATTENDEES. MOCA ALSO LAUNCHED MOCA MEDIA, A NEW PLATFORM ENCOMPASSING VIDEO, PODCASTS, BLOGS, AND DIGITAL ARCHIVES THAT SPOTLIGHTS ARTISTS AND CULTURAL LEADERS WHILE BRINGING CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES FROM CLEVELAND AND BEYOND TO BROADER AUDIENCES. THE MUSEUM FURTHER EXPANDED INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS SUCH AS MOCA CONNECT AND CURATED EVENTS CENTERED ON FASHION, MUSIC, FILM, FOOD, AND DESIGN. TOGETHER, THESE GATHERINGS CONNECTED HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS THROUGH CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, STRENGTHENING CLEVELAND'S CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM AND SOCIAL VITALITY.
    Expenses $2,127,936 · revenue $86,858

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 July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025July 31, 2026December 15, 2026Not due yet
2024July 31, 2025December 15, 2025990 on file
2023July 31, 2024December 16, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
34-1148828
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1974
Accounting year ends
July
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$23,315,957
Income (IRS master file)
$5,691,654

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990July 2025$1,978,127$3,606,176$23,315,957XML
990July 2024$2,800,172$3,708,168$24,776,964XML
990July 2023$3,922,500$3,705,683$26,326,355XML
990July 2022$3,139,780$3,253,029$25,994,553IRS
990July 2021–––IRS
990July 2020–––IRS
990July 2019–––IRS
990July 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 34-1148828).

Questions about MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND

What is the EIN of MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND?
The employer identification number (EIN) of MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND is 34-1148828.
Is MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1974.
Are donations to MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND 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 CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.
Who is the principal officer of MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND?
The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names STEPHEN G SOKANY.
Who are the officers and directors of MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND?
The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 29 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $188,415 (MEGAN L LYKINS REICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND have?
On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,978,127, expenses of $3,606,176 and total assets of $23,315,957 at year end.

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