The Modern Art Council was founded as the Women's Board in 1934 by Helen Crocker Russell. In 1975 the Women's Board and the Membership Activities Board joined to become the Modern Art Council.
For nearly seventy-five years, the Modern Art Council and its predecessors have raised critical funds to support SFMOMA's mission as a leading institution of modern and contemporary art.
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