Director (thru 4/1/22) at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.
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Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.8M
Others who share this name
1
Who this is
Profile
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Biography Web-sourced
Neal Benezra served as the Helen and Charles Schwab Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for 20 years (2002-2021), overseeing a $610 million expansion that tripled the museum's gallery space. He previously held curatorial positions at the Des Moines Art Center, Hirshhorn Museum (Smithsonian), and the Art Institute of Chicago.
His tenure was marked by groundbreaking exhibitions including works by Olafur Eliasson and Diane Arbus.
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Career & tenure
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Tenure here
Director of SFMOMA 2002-2021 (20 years)
Education
UC Berkeley (BA in Art History and Political Science)
Stanford University (PhD in Art History)
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Organizations
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San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtDirector (thru 4/1/22) · $61.2M revenue · San Francisco, CASEE SCHEDULE OSFMOMA BELIEVES THE ART OF OUR TIME IS VITAL AND SHARES IT WITH PASSION AND PURPOSE, AND THAT ART AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS CAN OPEN…pay $966K → $1.8MFiled FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.8Mreported comp
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Art Supporting FoundationVP/Treasurer · $7 revenue · Redwood City, CATO SUPPORT THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTFiled FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Disambiguation
Other people named Neal Benezra
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Neal Benezra2 organizations · New York, NYAssociation of Art Museum Directors
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Executive & Artistic Director · The Carnegie Hall Corporation
$2.6M
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
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