The Museum of Modern Art
Lobbying client
The major modern-art museum in Midtown Manhattan, founded in 1929. Its lobbying here is modest and relationship-based: 25 disclosures since 2024 through a single firm, CMW Strategies, reaching just three council members, including the museum's local member and the Council Speaker. The filings are mostly budget meetings and event-hosting, with one referencing a request to relocate trees.
- Council members lobbied
- 4
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $152,807
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $1,632,802 awarded since 2007
- Paid to date
- $726,944
- Won without a fresh bid
- 72% of contract value · $1,175,302 · 1 contract
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $69,363 · 2 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 2 years (FY2009–FY2020); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $2,354,706 · Glenn D Lowry, Director/Ex-Officio Trustee
Lobbied these council members
- Virginia Maloney Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Keith Powers
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Calendar Year 2026: assistance with matters regarding the operation of The Museum of Modern Art and neighborhood relations ; Budget - Calendar Year 2026: assistance with matters regarding…
- Budget - Funding
- Budget - Work with Community Board 5
- Budget - Work with NY City and NY State officials and agencies on various issues related to the physical campus and the mission of The Museum of Modern Art
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Introductions
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- MOMA:WEST END GALLERY EXPANSION, PHASE I Department of Design and Construction · CT185020100014038 · ended 2012 $1,175,302
- ARTS EDUCATION SERVICES Department of Education · MA104020099970639 · ended 2012 $250,000
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020139374856 · ended 2017 $132,500
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020183040537 · ended 2018 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020173066878 · ended 2017 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020163074124 · ended 2016 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- CUNY Arts Initiative Speaker's Initiative · CUNY · FY2020 $50,000
- Public School 40 Cultural After School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2009 $19,363
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Glenn D Lowry Director/Ex-Officio Trustee $2,354,706
- Lou-Alan Fernandes Chief Investment Officer (Beg 01/23) $1,535,807
- James Gara COO/Assistant Treasurer $1,128,299
- Beverly Morgan-Welch Sr. Deputy Dr of External Affairs $746,625
- Gabriel Morrow Managing Director, Investments $732,924
- James Grooms General Counsel/Secretary $652,470
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +5% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Glenn D Lowry · 5.69% of revenue $2,538,423
- FY2021 Glenn D Lowry · 5.18% of revenue $2,002,367
- FY2022 Glenn D Lowry · 5.72% of revenue $2,257,486
- FY2023 Glenn D Lowry · 4.61% of revenue $2,354,706