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...Limpert says that today’s chief executives are a different breed from those he worked with at the MoMA 30 years...
...joined [the MoMA] because I felt that at the time New York City really needed help, and the Museum of Modern Art was one of the jewels of the city,” he says. “If you helped it you might be helping the city...
...Limpert’s contribution to the museum has continued to stand out. Membership at MoMA shot past 50,000 during his tenure, annual giving rates more than tripled, and the museum raised more than $50 million for its 50th anniversary capital campaign...
...golden era” of corporate involvement in the arts, he began to develop strong relationships between New York’s cultural and commercial sectors. Limpert says that he pulled together a group of charity-minded Fortune 500 CEOs to promote corporate investment in the MoMA. The committee generated over $3 million in gifts...
...same approach led to continued success after Limpert left the MoMA in the mid-1980s. As vice president for development at Lincoln Center, he helped to generate a major sponsorship deal with General Motors, and his work at the New York Botanical Garden resulted in the first substantial gift dedicated to renovation and expansion of the garden’s buildings...