Taking a Step-by-Step Approach to Growth

“It’s fully funded, fully endowed, on budget and on schedule, and that puts a smile on my face these days,” Mr. Benezra said. He added that the $24 million donated for the project by five trustees was the easiest money he had ever had to raise.

Mr. Benezra said that he and the board chairman, Charles Schwab, founder of the eponymous investment firm, had their eyes on two spaces flanking the museum for future expansion but were waiting for the economy to improve.