2021 BY THE NUMBERS
Financial Highlights
Despite the challenges brought on by the continued impact of the pandemic, the museum was able to meet its budgetary goals for 2021 through:
a resurgence in charitable giving from 2020 levels, up $360,120 (14%)
controlled and careful spending
assistance from pandemic-related government grants
2021 Paycheck Protection Program funds of $424,995
2021 Employee Retention Credit of $303,226
Revenue
$4,744,194
Earned Revenue $1,036,770
KEMPER MUSEUM SHOP $212,596
CAFÉ SEBASTIENNE $113,577
SPECIAL EVENTS $201,538
INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTION $275,084
STRATEGIC PLAN DISTRIBUTION $233,974
Kemper Family Foundations $1,664,000
Contributed Revenue $2,043,424
GALA $443,500
FOUNDATIONS $488,029
MEMBERSHIP $176,034
INDIVIDUALS $64,531
GOVT GRANTS $793,955
CORPORATIONS $48,000
IN–KIND $29,375
Expenses
$4,270,147
Marketing $208,488
General Administration $1,072,919
Development $404,613
Exhibitions $1,458,574
Learning & Engagement $230,467
Café Sebastienne & Special Events $691,563
Kemper Museum Shop $203,523
Impact
35,681 Museum Visits
13,504 Program Participants
That included 11,099 people who attended all ages programming, and 2,405 youth and family program participants.
44 museum docents contributed more than 1,500 volunteer hours.
587 household or business members joined or renewed their memberships.
20 works of art were added to the Permanent Collection bringing the total to 1,491.
146,203 people visited kemperart.org resulting in 477,006 pageviews.
19,613 subscribers received our weekly ARTinerary e-newsletter.