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Richard Armstrong

Director Emeritus · Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Director Emeritus at Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation. 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
$737K
Others who share this name
28

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
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Reported as Director Emeritus of Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, based in New York, NY.
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Received $737K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Director of Works and Process INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Richard Armstrong is a museum director who served as Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation from 2008 to 2023, overseeing the world-renowned museum in New York City and its affiliated institutions globally.

He is now Director Emeritus. Previously, he was director of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Compiled from public web sources (3 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Tenure here
Director of Guggenheim Foundation 2008-2023 (15 years, now retired)
Education
  • Lake Forest College (BA Art History)
  • Université de Dijon (study abroad)
  • Sorbonne (study abroad) · Université de Paris

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Affiliations

Organizations

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Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation Director Emeritus · $88.2M revenue · New York, NYCOMMITTED TO INNOVATION, THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION COLLECTS, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)pay $857K → $737KFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$737Kreported comp
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Works and Process INC Director · $1.8M revenue · New York, NYTO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS INVOLVED IN CREATING ARTISTIC WORKS SUCH AS DANCE, MUSIC, OPERA AND THEATER.Filed FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Richard Armstrong

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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Richard Armstrong 2 organizations · Statesville, NCDove House Childrens Advocacy Center
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · New York, NYAmerican Friends of Fondation Beyeler
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Charleston, ARFranklin County Farm Bureau
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Valley Center, CATribal Gaming Protection Network INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Windham, NHCobbetts Pond Improvement Association INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Boise, IDBoise Sunrise Foundation INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Boston, MACamp Harbor View Foundation INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Lugoff, SCMidlands Crisis Chaplaincy
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Covina, CANational Center for Employee Ownership
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Pittsburgh, PAThe Fine Foundation C/O Ffc Capital Corporation
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Ottawa, ILOttawa Avenue Cemetery Association INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Dublin, OHTrailgators Booster Association
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Farmington, NMPeople Assisting the Homeless INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Richmond, VAVirginia Trial Lawyers Association
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Statesville, NCBoys & Girls Clubs of the Piedmont INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · New Castle, INHenry County Community Foundation INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Katy, TXB O N A Foundation INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Boiceville, NYAl Held Foundation INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Tulsa, OKCimarron Region INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Cedar Rapids, IAIowa Medical Group Management Association
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Madison, INJefferson Co Board of Realtors INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Dartmouth, MANew Bedford Yacht Club Foundation INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Anchorage, AKUkraine Medical and Refugee Support
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Hot Springs, VADoris L Via Cancer Fund
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Asheville, NCInternational Brotherhood of Tcw&h of America Joint Council
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · Warm Springs, VABath County Historical Society INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · New York, NYHelen Frankenthaler Foundation INC
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Richard Armstrong 1 organization · New Haven, CTSt Regis Foundation INC

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Trustee/Dir. of Museum & Fdtn. · FY2023
$855K
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Director/CEO · FY2024
$663K
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Dep Dir, CFO and Interim COO · FY2024
$473K
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Dep Dir, Gen Counsel & Sec. · FY2024
$472K
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Dep Dir & Stockman Chief Curator · FY2024
$413K
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Dep Dir, Chief Advancement Officer · FY2022
$358K
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Dep Dir Gbl Comms Pub Affairs · FY2023
$321K
B
Dep Dir Gbl Comms Pub Affairs · FY2022
$310K
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Culture & Incl. Officer (thru 08/24) · FY2024
$263K
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Dep Dir Chief Culture&Incl. Officer · FY2023
$254K
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Dep Dir&Engelberg Dir Educ&Pub Eng · FY2024
$246K
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Dir, Peggy Guggenheim Collection · FY2024
$244K

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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