Operationally speaking, the MOCA began as Taiwan's first joint public-private art gallery, with the Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs seeking sponsorship from the private sector, and five big-name companies-the Minsheng Daily newspaper, Acer, TSMC, Quanta, and Microsoft Taiwan-forming a foundation to provide 51 %, with the remainder covered by the Department of Cultural Affairs.
在經營上，它也是台灣第一座採「公辦民營」制的美術館，由台北市政府文化局委由民生報、宏 & # 0 ;、台積電、廣達、台灣微軟等 5 家企業組成的當代藝術基金會營運統籌，每年補助其營運經費 49 %，其餘 51 % 則由基金會自籌。