Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences: $50.9M Revenue, $62.1M Expenses

Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences pulls a D on the efficiency rubric. The composite of 37/100 reflects below-median performance on the bundle of factors — typically driven by thin operating reserves, volatile revenue, or outsized officer compensation relative to organizational size.

At $50.9M in 2023 revenue, Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences sits in the mid-range of the U.S. nonprofit distribution. Most organizations of this scale operate regionally or focus on a single program area. On the financial-health factor, Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences runs thin — assets relative to annual spending fall below the cushion nonprofit-finance experts typically recommend.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation is on the higher side of the band typical for nonprofits this size: $3.1M in total current-officer compensation against $50.9M in revenue. Not necessarily inappropriate — large healthcare systems and university systems often pay competitively with for-profit equivalents — but worth reading in context. Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.