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Institute of Contemporary Art

EIN 04-2104327 · Boston, MA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood75 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

THE MISSION OF THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART ("ICA") IS TO SHARE THE PLEASURES OF REFLECTION, INSPIRATION, PROVOCATION, AND IMAGINATION THAT CONTEMPORARY ART OFFERS THROUGH PUBLIC ACCESS TO ART, ARTISTS, AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

Income
$31.0 million
Spending
$21.6 million
Spent on programs
77%
Reserves
1.3 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 83%
Employees
275
Volunteers
128
Highest pay
$560,584, director/ex-officio (until 3/31/25)

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 49% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 1.3 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 4% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 30% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 52% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    77% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 5 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 34% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    38 of 39 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (6)
  1. $9.3 million spent. ART EXHIBITIONS: GALLERY PRESENTATIONS: THE ICA PRESENTED 18 CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS FEATURING PAINTING, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, AND MORE. FY25 GALLERY EXHIBITS ATTENDANCE TOTALED VISITORS 184,842, WATERSHED ATTENDANCE NUMBERED 26,897, AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING ATTENDANCE NUMBERED 33,174. (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O) WORDPLAY JANUARY 30, 2024 - DECEMBER 29, 2024 KIM AND JIM PALLOTTA GALLERY HIGHLIGHTING THE RICH INTERPLAY BETWEEN IMAGERY AND TEXT AND THE RELATED PRACTICES OF LOOKING AND READING, WORDPLAY DRAWS PRIMARILY FROM THE ICA'S PERMANENT COLLECTION TO SHOWCASE HOW CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS HAVE PLAYED WITH WORDS TO ANIMATE AND EXPAND THEIR ART PRACTICES. TEXT HAS BEEN PART OF VISUAL EXPRESSION FOR CENTURIES, BUT "TEXT ART" AS A GENRE BEGAN TO PROLIFERATE WITH THE EMERGENCE OF CONCEPTUAL ART IN THE 1960S. ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION USE TEXT TO PROBE PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS, EXPRESS AND SUBVERT POLITICAL MESSAGES, CHALLENGE NOTIONS OF IDENTITY, AND CONNECT THEIR ARTWORK WITH MULTIPLE REFERENCES, WRITERS, AND CULTURAL ICONS. THIS EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE MANY RECENTLY ACQUIRED WORKS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ON VIEW BY ARTISTS KENTURAH DAVIS, TAYLOR DAVIS, JOE WARDWELL, AND RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER, ALONGSIDE WORK BY SHEPARD FAIREY, JENNY HOLZER, GLENN LIGON, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE PIONEERED THE CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH LANGUAGE. ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, AND ERIKA UMALI, CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS. IGHSAAN ADAMS FEBRUARY 13, 2024 - JANUARY 26, 2025 SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALL MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST IGSHAAN ADAMS (BORN 1982 IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA) EXPLORES HOW PEOPLE INHABIT AND MOVE THROUGH SPACE. ADAMS UTILIZES PRACTICES OF WEAVING TO MAKE VISIBLE EVERYDAY PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT THAT SPEAK TO FORMS OF CARE, SURVIVAL, AND RESISTANCE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. ADAMS'S RECENT LARGE-SCALE WOVEN TAPESTRIES POINT TO THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE ARTIST'S SPIRITUALITY, FAMILIAL HISTORIES, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY NARRATIVES AS ROOTED IN HIS SOUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE, AS WELL AS THE FRAUGHT LAND USE IN THE REGION. HE DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE URBAN PLANNING TERM "DESIRE LINES" PATHS CREATED BY PEDESTRIANS OVER TIME THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF PLANNED WALKWAYS. IN ADAMS'S PRACTICE AND IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DESIRE LINES REPRESENTS AN ACT OF TRANSGRESSION IN THE FACE OF FIXED BOUNDARIES ENFORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE APARTHEID ERA TO FORCIBLY SEPARATE COMMUNITIES ALONG RACIAL CASTES. LYNLOOP, ADAMS'S MONUMENTAL NEW COMMISSION FOR THE ICA/BOSTON, IS A MULTIPART EXPERIMENTAL WEAVING DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MUSEUM AND THE ARTIST'S CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. IT IS BASED ON AERIAL IMAGES OF THE INTERSECTING FOOTPATHS BETWEEN A SPORTS FIELD AND A WALLED-OFF RECREATIONAL SPACE SOUTH OF WHERE ADAMS GREW UP. THROUGH THE WORK, ADAMS CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES ON THE TRAJECTORY OF ONE'S LIFE. HE WRITES, "IN SITTING WITH THE DISCOMFORT OF GROWING UP AMONG THESE HYPERMASCULINE SPACES, THE INSTALLATION EXPLORES HOW I HAVE HAD TO SUPERIMPOSE MY OWN FANTASIES ONTO MEMORIES IN A WAY THAT SOFTENS THE HARD EDGES AND COLDNESS OF THIS AREA." IN HUES OF PINK WITH BEADS, ROPE, CHAIN, AND MOHAIR, LYNLOOP IS A STUNNING AND TACTILE MAPPING OF SPACE, HUMAN INTERACTION, AND MEMORY. ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS. WU TSANG: OF WHALES FEBRUARY 15, 2024 - AUGUST 4, 2024 PAUL AND CATHERINE BUTTENWIESER AND FOTENE DEMOULAS GALLERIES WU TSANG (BORN 1982 IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS) IS A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHO MAKES NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM, LIVE PERFORMANCE, AND VIDEO INSTALLATIONS. THE IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION OF WHALES FORMS PART OF HER FILMIC TRILOGY INSPIRED BY HERMAN MELVILLE'S CLASSIC 1851 AMERICAN NOVEL MOBY DICK. OF WHALES OFFERS A POETIC MEDITATION ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SPERM WHALE, WHO PLUNGES TO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN FOR AN HOUR AT A TIME, SURFACING OCCASIONALLY FOR A BREATH OF AIR. CREATED ON THE UNITY GAMING PLATFORM WITH XR (EXTENDED REALITY) TECHNOLOGIES, THE DYNAMICALLY GENERATED REAL-TIME VIDEO AND SOUND INSTALLATION IMMERSES VIEWERS IN A LUSH, DREAMY OCEANSCAPE FOR IMAGINATION, CONTEMPLATION, AND PROVOCATION. FIRST PRESENTED AT THE 59TH VENICE BIENNALE IN 2022, THE WORK FEATURES A MUSICAL SCORE COMPOSED BY ASMA MAROOF AND DANIEL PINEDA, WITH TAPIWA SVOSVE, JALALU-KALVERT NELSON, MIAO ZHAO, AND AHYA SIMONE. THE SCORE BLENDS HORNS, SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, AND CONTRABASS, IN A MULTI-LAYERED SOUNDSCAPE THAT FILLS THE ENTIRE GALLERY SPACE. AT THE ICA, OF WHALES IS PRESENTED IN A GALLERY ADJACENT TO THE BOSTON HARBOR, CONNECTING AUDIENCES TO THE ICA'S WATERSIDE LOCATION AND REFERENCING NEW ENGLAND'S WHALING HISTORY. ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, AND TESSA BACHI HAAS, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. FIRELEI BAEZ APRIL 4, 2024 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 BRIDGITT AND BRUCE EVANS AND KAREN AND BRIAN CONWAY GALLERIES "MY WORKS ARE PROPOSITIONS, MEANT TO CREATE ALTERNATE PASTS AND POTENTIAL FUTURES, QUESTIONING HISTORY AND CULTURE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR REASSESSING THE PRESENT." - FIRELEI BAEZ THIS IS THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN SURVEY DEDICATED TO THE RICHLY LAYERED WORK OF FIRELEI BAEZ (B. 1981, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC). ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PAINTERS OF HER GENERATION, BAEZ DELVES INTO THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. OVER THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS, SHE HAS MADE WORK THAT EXPLORES THE MULTILAYERED LEGACY OF COLONIAL HISTORIES AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND. SHE DRAWS ON THE DISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, FOLKLORE, FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, AND SOCIAL HISTORY TO UNSETTLE CATEGORIES OF RACE, GENDER, AND NATIONALITY IN HER PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND INSTALLATIONS. HER EXUBERANT PAINTINGS FEATURE FINELY WROUGHT, COMPLEX, AND LAYERED USES OF PATTERN, DECORATION, AND SATURATED COLOR, OFTEN OVERLAID ON MAPS MADE DURING COLONIA
  2. $2.1 million spent. EDUCATION, ADULTS, TEENS:THE ICA OFFERS A ROBUST RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BUILT AROUND THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY ART AND CULTURE. GEARED TOWARD ADULT, TEEN, AND FAMILY AUDIENCES, THESE INCLUDE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, DIGITAL RESOURCES, AND MORE. WE EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE MANY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THESE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING TEACHING ARTISTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SCHOOLS, AND THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES.(SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O) EDUCATION SPACE PRESENTATIONS AS YOU ARE: BEAUTY AND THE HUMAN FORM FEB 9, 2024 - DEC 19, 2024 SEAPORT STUDIO, CHARLES AND FRAN RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER BUILDING WORLDS MAR 21, 2024 - SEP 22, 2024 POSS FAMILY MEDIATHEQUE BOSTON MOVES TOGETHER MAY 23, 2024 - SEP 2, 2024 ICA WATERSHED, HARBOR ROOM COURAGE TO CARE, BY SABRINA DORSAINVIL JUL 13, 2024 - DEC 29, 2024 BANK OF AMERICA ART LAB CHRONICLES FROM CASTLE SQUARE JUL 19, 2024 - MAY 29, 2025 SEAPORT STUDIO, CHARLES AND FRAN RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER REWRITING OUR CITY: UNSETTLED ACCOUNTS JUL 30, 2024 - SEP 5, 2024 BOSTON CITY HALL COSTUMING FOR THE STAGE AND SCREEN OCT 4, 2024 - MAR 29, 2025 POSS FAMILY MEDIATHEQUE LOST AND FOUND FEB 7, 2025 - DEC 18, 2025 SEAPORT STUDIO, CHARLES AND FRAN RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER PLAYING TOGETHER, BY PONNAPA PRAKKAMAKUL FEB 8, 2025 - JUN 15, 2025 BANK OF AMERICA ART LAB IN SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE PROGRAM: * ANOTHER COURSE TO COLLEGE * BOSTON COLLABORATIVE HIGH SCHOOL * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL & NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL * WINCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE SPECIAL FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY FEBRUARY BREAK INTENSIVE PROGRAM: * BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BROMFIELD SCHOOL * BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL * CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN SCHOOL * EDWARD M. KENNEDY ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL IN APRIL OF 2025, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE AMP: MUSIC PRODUCTION APRIL BREAK INTENSIVE PROGRAM: * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN SCHOOL * COMMUNITY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH * COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CAMBRIDGE * EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL * EDWARD M. KENNEDY ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS * EXCEL ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL * RUTH BATSON ACADEMY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARTS CREDIT PROGRAM PARTNER SCHOOLS * BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY * BOSTON DAY AND EVENING ACADEMY * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL * EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL * ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL * EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL * FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL * GREATER EGLESTON HIGH SCHOOL * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL * SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT COPLEY TEEN NIGHTS * TEEN NIGHT: ALTERED REFLECTIONS (SUMMER 2024) * TEEN NIGHT: CLIPPED CULTURE (FALL 2024) * TEEN NIGHT: FROM ALL ANGLES (SPRING 2025) OTHER EVENTS * ART LAB AFTER HOURS BY FAST FORWARD * THE CURRENT: CARE3 * FAST FORWARD PRESENTS... THE SELTZER FACTORY BY PALOMA VALENZUELA * ICA TEENS ALUMNI REUNION * ICA TEENS PICTURE DAY WITH SPECIAL FOCUS * ICA TEENS SPRING SHOWCASE 2025 * ICA TEENS ULTRAFUSION * RECEPTION FOR REWRITING OUR CITY: UNSETTLED ACCOUNTS, AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY TEENS IN PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE AT BOSTON CITY HALL * RECEPTION FOR SPECIAL FOCUS: SELF PORTRAITS, AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY TEENS IN SPECIAL FOCUS AT BOSTON CITY HALL * (RE)MIX AND MINGLE WITH AMP * STOP MOTION COMMOTION ANIMATION BY TEEN DIGITAL COOPERATIVE * TEEN DIGITAL COOPERATIVE'S END-OF-SUMMER CELEBRATION * TEEN GALLERY ACTIVATION: OPEN NOTES * TEEN GALLERY ACTIVATION: TEEN FASHION NIGHT OUT IN COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON CARIBBEAN FASHION WEEK * TEEN GALLERY EXHIBITION OPENING FOR CHRONICLES FROM CASTLE SQUARE BY TEEN EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM * TEEN GALLERY EXHIBITION OPENING FOR LOST AND FOUND * TEEN OPEN STUDIOS WORKSHOPS * GALLERY EXPERIENCES FOR TEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM SAVE OUR STREETS * RECRUITMENT WORKSHOPS AT: FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL; JAMES W. HENNIGAN K-8 SCHOOL; BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES HENNIGAN; ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL; BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND NEWCOMERS ACADEMY; YOUTH FEST! PRESENTED BY BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT; BPS CITYWIDE COLLEGE, CAREER AND STEM FAIR; EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL; EAST BOSTON STEAM DAY; JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL; NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL; MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL; DORCHESTER HOUSE * TEEN ARTS COUNCIL EXCHANGES WITH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS TEENS * TEEN EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM EXCHANGES WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS' BOSTON STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, QUEENS MUSEUM TEENS, URBANO'S CHAPTERS OF CHOICE PROGRAM, AND ZUMIX TEENS * TEEN GALLERY EXPERIENCES AND Q&A'S FOR MASSART ARTS EDUCATION STUDENTS * TEEN GALLERY EXPERIENCES FOR: LA COLABORATIVA TEENS; CASTLE SQUARE TENANTS ORGANIZATION TEENS; CASTLE SQUARE TENANTS ORGANIZATION SQUARE ROOTS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS; SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL; BOSTON GREEN ACADEMY/THE FOUNDRY; ZUMIX TEENS * UMASS BOSTON URBAN SCHOLAR PROGRAM MUSIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS * WORKSHOPS FOR BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT TEENS * YOU, YOUTH, AND MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THE ICA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COLLABORATED WITH 50+ ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT FY25. BELOW IS A LIST OF SELECT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, WITH NEW PARTNERSHIPS FORMED IN FY25 INDICATED BY AN ASTERISK (*). EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS * BPS OFFICE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HORACE MANN SCHOOL OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING NON-PROFITS AND CITY AGENCIES * BOSTON BALLET * BOSTON RESEARCH CENTER * CITY OF BOSTON AGE STRONG COMMISSION * EPIC (EMPOWERING PEOPLE FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES) OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & ADVANCEMENT (OYEA) BOSTON SOCIETY OF C
  3. $1.9 million spent. PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS:THE ICA PRESENTS SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD-LOOKING CHOREOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, THEATER COMPANIES AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTISTS FROM BOSTON AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. IN FY25 WE OFFERED 46 PROGRAMS (PERFORMING ARTS AND FILM). ATTENDANCE TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 21,823. WE ORGANIZED 51 PERFORMANCES BY THE FOLLOWING PERFORMERS, ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLE COMPANIES. ATTENDANCE OF THESE PERFORMANCES TOTALED 16,857. (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O)DANCE/THEATER* SUMMER STAGES DANCE @ ICA: JASMINE HEARN MEMORY FLEET OPEN REHEARSAL * SUMMER STAGES DANCE @ ICA: SHAMEL PITTS | TRIBE SNEAK PREVIEW SHOWING* SANDBOX PERCUSSION AND GANDINI JUGGLING* FAYE DRISCOLL: WEATHERING* URBAN BUSH WOMEN 40TH ANNIVERSARY: THIS IS RISK* GLOBAL ARTS LIVE PRESENTS - SUBJECT: MATTER - PALAVER STRINGS + LITTLE HOUSE DANCE: NOISEFLOOR - GALLIM DANCE - BOSTON DANCE THEATER: RED IS A FEELING - DAVID DORFMAN DANCE: TRUCEMUSIC* HARBORWALK SOUNDS: - SO ALMA - RIJAH - SOULBOI - CORDELIA FOX - MANUELA SANCHEZ GOUBERT - LAST MINUTE - TWO SMOOTH - KAJI BARFI* VINYL NIGHTS: - KEEP ON - STAY SILENT - MUSIC RESEARCH LIBRARY - KICKBACK - SOCIAL STUDIES - SLOW GEMZ - INFRA* BLACK JOY DAY* SAMORA PINDERHUGHES* DAWN RICHARD AND SPENCER ZAHN* AFRO-CARIBBEAN JAZZ FROM JONATHAN SUAZO* GREGORY GROOVER, JR. TRIO* ICA NIGHTLIFE: DJ KON* PIERRE BOULEZ: FOLD BY FOLD | THE RADICAL WHO REBUILT THE MUSIC WORLD* ROBERTO CARLOS LANGE AND KRISTI SWORD: STAR SCORES * HENRY THREADGILL, VIJAY IYER, AND DAFNIS PRIETO TRIO * JAZZ URBANE CAFE AT ICA PRESENTS ART FORWARD * WE CREATE THE WORLD: A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONIN FY25 WE PRESENTED 30 SCREENINGS OF THE FOLLOWING FILMS. ATTENDANCE AT THESE SCREENINGS TOTALED 4,966.FILM* SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS* ENO* WICKED QUEER: S/HE IS STILL HER/E: THE OFFICIAL GENESIS P-ORRIDGE DOCUMENTARY* KID FLICKS SHORT FILMS* LOSE YOUR MOTHER: A FILM SHORTS PROGRAM FROM BLACKSTAR PROJECTS* 2025 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS* WICKED QUEER FILM SCREENING: ASSEMBLY* SHAKER SHORTS: THE QUIET IN THE LAND AND SACRED SHEETS
  4. $1.6 million spent. EARNED INCOME ACTIVITIES:- EVENT SPACE RENTALS: THE ICA HOSTED 43 EVENT RENTALS IN FY25 THAT WERE ATTENDED BY 6,036 VISITORS WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE ICA'S AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND EXHIBITIONS. - ART TRIPS: IN FY25, THE ICA SPONSORED ONE ART TRIP TO COPENHAGEN.
  5. $1.2 million spent. MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS:DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED MARKETING, ADVERTISING, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ICA INCLUDING THE EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS, AND FREE HOLIDAY MONDAYS TO THE PUBLIC AND ICA MEMBERS. EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES RECEIVED CRITICAL AND POPULAR ACCLAIM, AND WERE WELL RECEIVED BY VISITORS WITH HIGH ENGAGEMENT AND SATISFACTION RATINGS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE ICA WELCOMED A TOTAL OF 242,967 VISITORS.
  6. $523,551 spent. MEMBERSHIPS:IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT SERVED 6,175 HOUSEHOLDS AND HAD 26,266 MEMBER VISITS TO ENJOY THEIR PRIMARY BENEFITS OF FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION, SPECIAL MEMBERS' EVENTS, FREE ACCESS TO FIRST FRIDAYS, AND DISCOUNTS IN THE ICA STORE.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since July 1959.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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