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James Gara

COO/Assistant Treasurer (thru 6/25) · Museum of Modern Art

COO/Assistant Treasurer (thru 6/25) at Museum of Modern Art. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.5M
Others who share this name
2

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
Reported as COO/Assistant Treasurer (thru 6/25) of Museum of Modern Art, based in New York, NY.
Received $1.5M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as Treasurer/Director (thru 06/2025) of Moma Auxiliaries INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

James Gara is Chief Operating Officer and Assistant Treasurer of the Museum of Modern Art, overseeing Finance, Investments, Operations, Retail, Security, Human Resources, and Information Systems since 2000. He was instrumental in MoMA's merger with P.S.

1 Contemporary Art Center and has served as Trustee at the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.

Compiled from public web sources (6 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
Since 2000
Education
  • Ethical Culture Fieldston School (class of 1972)1972

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Museum of Modern Art COO/Assistant Treasurer (thru 6/25) · $362.0M revenue · New York, NYThe Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public…pay $1.3M → $1.5MFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.5Mreported comp
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Moma Auxiliaries INC Treasurer/Director (thru 06/2025) · New York, NYMoMA Auxiliaries was created to establish, maintain and operate retail stores, mail order, and on-line sites for dissemination to the public of…Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named James Gara

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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James Gara 1 organization · Hawthorne, NYMount Pleasant Westchester Cemetery Corporation
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James Gara 1 organization · New York, NYLily Auchincloss Foundation INC

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org