Aperture Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$6.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$7.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$19.6m
$12.5m liabilities
Net assets
$7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
27
6.8 years on average
Staff
52
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Cathy Kaplan
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Aperture Foundation Inc's network
27 people15 organisationsi27 people and 15 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (27). Violet dotted lines (15) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
27 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy Kaplan Chair | Ttee/Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Allan Chapin | Trustee/Secy | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Andrew E Lewin | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Casey Weyand | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Colette Veasey-Cullors | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dawoud BEY | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Deborah Willis | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Elaine Goldman | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Elizabeth Kahane | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Helen Nitkin | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joel Meyerowitz | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Julie Bedard | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kate Cordsen | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kenneth Montague | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kwame Brathwaite | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lindsay McCrum | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lisa Rosenblum | Trustee/Vice Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Lyle Ashton Harris | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Melissa O'Shaughnessy | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Hoeh | Trustee/Treas | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Peter Barbur | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Phillippe Laumont | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Sarah Meister | Executive Dir. | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Stephen Nicholas | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Stuart Cooper | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Tom Schiff | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Vasant Nayak | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Boot | Executive Dir. | since 2018 |
| Kellie McLaughlin | Employee | since 2022 |
| Mary Colman St John | CFO | since 2018 |
| Michael Famighetti | Employee | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Meister | Executive Dir. | 40 | $274k | $11k | |
| Mary Colman St John | CFO | 40 | $157k | $10k | |
| Michael Famighetti | Employee | 40 | $119k | $16k | |
| Kellie McLaughlin | Employee | 40 | $108k | $18k | |
| Allan Chapin | Trustee/Secy | 0 | $0 | ||
| Andrew E Lewin | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Casey Weyand | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Cathy Kaplan | Ttee/Chairman | 0 | $0 | ||
| Colette Veasey-Cullors | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Dawoud Bey | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Deborah Willis | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Kahane | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Helen Nitkin | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Julie Bedard | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Kate Cordsen | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Kenneth Montague | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Kwame Brathwaite | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Lindsay McCrum | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Lisa Rosenblum | Trustee/Vice Chair | 0 | $0 | ||
| Lyle Ashton Harris | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Melissa O'shaughnessy | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Michael Hoeh | Trustee/Treas | 0 | $0 | ||
| Peter Barbur | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Phillippe Laumont | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Stephen Nicholas | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Stuart Cooper | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Tom Schiff | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Vasant Nayak | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Zachary Drucker | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Rob Giampetro | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Bruce Halpryn | Trustee | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Aperture Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 133120824
- Address
- 548 West 28th Street 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10001-5982
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Publication of books, magazines, and maintenance of an art gallery for the purpose of promoting an appreciation of photography & visual arts. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A190 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1982
- Principal officer
- Sarah Meister (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1982
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsCathy Kaplan
≥8years on the filingsAllan Chapin
≥8years on the filingsAndrew E Lewin
≥8years on the filingsDawoud BEY
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $19.6m
- Total liabilities
- $12.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $3.7m
- Program service revenue
- $488k
- Employees
- 52
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Aperture Foundation, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 4 March 1982
- Registered agent
- Not stated