Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002, USA
- Website
- newmuseum.org
- Founded
- 1977
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Movies & Entertainment
- SIC code
- 84 Museums, Botanical, Zoological Gardens
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definitive Contract 10000200009D0036CC10573 | Smithsonian Institution | $30,000 |
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
New Museum of Contemporary Art (doing business as The New Museum) is a New York-based nonprofit arts institution that functions exclusively as a federal grant recipient, with no contract prime awards or subcontract relationships. The organization has received nineteen federal project grants totaling $4.5 million obligated across five grantor agencies since 2000, operating entirely within the cultural and educational grant ecosystem rather than as a federal contractor.
The National Endowment for the Arts dominates the organization's grantor base, accounting for fifteen of nineteen grants. Recent NEA project grants support exhibitions surveying twentieth and twenty-first-century artistic moments (awarded January 2025, running through May 2025), an exploration of the Bowery's contributions to American civic and cultural life in recognition of America's 250th anniversary (awarded January 2026, completing December 2026), and artistic and professional development activities at NEW INC, the museum's art-and-technology incubator program (most recent award June 2023, completed May 2024). A January 2022 NEA grant of $150,000 supported personnel expenses through the COVID-19 pandemic recovery period.
Beyond NEA, the museum holds a $505,934 Museums for America grant (CFDA 45.301) from the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded September 2024 and extending through August 2027. This grant funds the expansion and refocusing of educational programming to align with the New York Department of Education's Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework, with the museum partnering with teaching artists and twelve New York City public high school teachers to develop digital lesson plans. The program targets 360 teachers in professional development workshops and anticipates reaching 2,600 teachers and approximately 78,000 New York City high school students through art-based instruction. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded a community project funding grant in August 2024 with completion projected through August 2032. One award from the Smithsonian Institution and one from the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science round out the active customer set.
Award activity has declined year over year from three grants in 2022 to one in 2025 and one in 2026. Only one grant faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, leaving limited recompete exposure in that window. The organization operates as a pure cultural institution without federal contract capability, teaming relationships, or set-aside posture.
Quick answers
Is New Museum Of Contempory Art registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. New Museum Of Contempory Art's SAM.gov registration is active through August 4, 2027.
What is New Museum Of Contempory Art's CAGE code?
New Museum Of Contempory Art's CAGE code is 4HVM0, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is NAC9GBSB1SN6.
What is New Museum Of Contempory Art's most recent federal award?
New Museum Of Contempory Art's most recent federal grant award is To support an exhibition that explores the bowerys contributions to the cultural and civic life of new york city and… (19462864426), from National Endowment for the Arts, on January 1, 2026.
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