Brooklyn Museum Of Art

City-funded organization

The Brooklyn Museum, legally the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (EIN 11-1672743), is a Brooklyn, NY art museum that has been tax exempt since June 1935 and reported about $62 million in revenue in its most recent fiscal year, per its IRS Form 990 filings on ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer. As a member of NYC's Cultural Institutions Group, it receives Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) capital funding routed through Department of Design and Construction contracts; its one active contract, "CCG: Brooklyn Museum - Education Division Renovation (BID)" ($6 million, categorized on Checkbook as a grant), corresponds to the roughly $6 million the city put toward the $9 million renovation of the museum's Toby Devan Lewis Education Center, which DCLA marked with a ribbon cutting in January 2024. The museum's contract history with the city also includes several earlier DDC funded climate control and gallery renovation grants, plus Department of Education arts education services contracts awarded through RFP. Citywide, 97% of contract value awarded to the museum without a fresh competitive bid totals $70 million across 10 contracts; the city has paid the museum $71 million to date

Industry (per city contracts)
Construction Services
City contracts (active)
$5,955,980 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$72,582,106 · 48 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$70,893,153
Won without a fresh bid
97% of contract value · $70,223,772 · 10 contracts

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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).

Largest payments, by purpose

The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.

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