Since launching as a museum in 2003, MOCA has been recognized internationally for quality programming by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Etant Donnes/FACE, and the Elizabeth Graham Foundation. MOCA is committed to thinking globally, acting locally and engaging with the ethics and aesthetics of contemporary life. MOCA is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Arizona Commission on the Arts, and its members and patrons.