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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,297,026
Total expenses
$8,708,220
Contributions and grants received
$8,929,094
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$640,765
Investment income
$275,071
Other revenue
$452,096
Total assets, end of year
$31,551,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,631,215
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$29,919,950
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,090,354
Management and general expenses
$1,773,778
Fundraising expenses
$1,844,088
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,090,354

Program services were 58.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,977,571

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $129,558

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,821,965

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $83,364

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP REVENUE

    total $382,190 · related or exempt $382,190

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FACILITY RENTALS

    total $148,275 · related or exempt $148,275

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS TO EXHIBITS

    total $72,223 · related or exempt $72,223

  • 2d · Program service revenue: LUNCH AND CATERING INCOME

    total $25,499 · related or exempt $25,499

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS OTHER REVENUE

    total $12,578 · related or exempt $12,578

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $270,050 · excluded $270,050

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $174,983

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $169,962

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,021

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,021 · excluded $5,021

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $399,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,977,571

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $557,775

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$158,775 · excluded -$158,775

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,023,084

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $412,213

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $610,871 · related or exempt $270,188 · unrelated business $340,683

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $525,207 · program services $114,742 · management and general $219,228 · fundraising $191,237

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,163,386 · program services $987,883 · management and general $549,052 · fundraising $626,451

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $78,006 · program services $35,103 · management and general $15,601 · fundraising $27,302

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $297,900 · program services $134,055 · management and general $59,580 · fundraising $104,265

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $198,600 · program services $89,370 · management and general $39,720 · fundraising $69,510

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $53,193 · management and general $53,193

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,978 · management and general $44,978

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $134,861 · fundraising $134,861

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $985,223 · program services $684,923 · management and general $300,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $506,919 · program services $405,535 · fundraising $101,384

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $726,029 · program services $202,327 · management and general $160,679 · fundraising $363,023

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $477,225 · program services $441,519 · management and general $33,287 · fundraising $2,419

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,007 · program services $5,854 · management and general $4,649 · fundraising $10,504

  • 20 · Interest

    total $35,272 · program services $32,633 · management and general $2,460 · fundraising $179

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $433,568 · program services $401,130 · management and general $30,241 · fundraising $2,197

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $160,688 · program services $78,928 · management and general $43,763 · fundraising $37,997

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $1,024,451 · program services $947,804 · management and general $71,455 · fundraising $5,192

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASES AND MA

    total $258,746 · program services $115,659 · management and general $76,589 · fundraising $66,498

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXHIBITION COSTS

    total $145,961 · program services $145,961

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISC/OTHER

    total $144,725 · program services $49,647 · management and general $36,162 · fundraising $58,916

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $292,275 · program services $217,281 · management and general $32,841 · fundraising $42,153

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $590,624 · end of year $353,660

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,985,009 · end of year $2,890,047

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,760,212 · end of year $12,508,766

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,792 · end of year $133,636

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $211,622 · end of year $230,644

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,306 · end of year $62,841

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,787,547

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,391,013

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,684,196 · end of year $10,396,534

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,917,121 · end of year $2,614,074

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $2,360,963

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $957,152 · end of year $815,264

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $65,671 · end of year $122,930

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $550,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $147,906 · end of year $143,021

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,139,392 · end of year $13,398,799

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,912,761 · end of year $16,521,151

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY, ON INDEPENDENCE MALL IN PHILADELPHIA, PRESENTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EXPERIENCES THAT PRESERVE, EXPLORE, AND CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF JEWS IN AMERICA. ITS PURPOSE IS TO CONNECT JEWS MORE CLOSELY TO THEIR HERITAGE AND TO INSPIRE IN PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR THE DIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE AND THE FREEDOMS TO WHICH AMERICANS ASPIRE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY (THE "WEITZMAN")(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) (OR "WNMAJH") BRINGS TO LIFE THE 360-YEAR HISTORY OF JEWS IN AMERICA. LOCATED ON HISTORIC INDEPENDENCE MALL IN PHILADELPHIA, WNMAJH SITS ADJACENT TO THE ICONS OF FREEDOM IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON RELIGION, ETHNICITY, AND PLURALISM. THE WEITZMAN IS THE ONLY INSTITUTION THAT TELLS THE STORY OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, UNIQUELY TRACING HOW JEWISH IMMIGRANTS BECAME JEWISH AMERICANS. THROUGH DYNAMIC, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITIONS AND ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, THE WEITZMAN INVITES VISITORS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO CELEBRATE THEIR OWN HERITAGES, HISTORIES, AND TRADITIONS BY REFLECTING ON HOW IMMIGRANTS SHAPE AND ARE SHAPED BY THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

  • EXHIBITION - THE WEITZMAN WELCOMED NEARLY 40,000 VISITORS TO ITS EXHIBITIONS IN FY24. IN ADDITION TO THE MUSEUM'S CORE EXHIBITION DETAILING 350 YEARS OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY AND CONTINUATION OF A SPECIAL EXHIBITION, THE FUTURE WILL FOLLOW THE PAST: AN EXHIBITION BY JONATHAN HOROWITZ, THE WEITZMAN EXHIBITED THEIR PORTRAITS, AN INSTALLATION OF PORTRAITS PAINTED BY PHILADELPHIA WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE OVER 200 HOSTAGES ABDUCTED BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7, 2023. THE MUSEUM ALSO LAUNCHED FROM TELEGRAM TO HYPERLINK, A SPECIAL ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE RECENT DONATION OF MATERIALS RELATED TO THE SHNEIDERMAN FAMILY, INCLUDING THE IMPORTANT YIDDISH JOURNALISTS EILEEN AND S.L. SHNEIDERMAN, LEGENDARY PHOTOJOURNALIST DAVID SEYMOUR (CHIM), AND COMPUTER SCIENCE PIONEER BEN SHNEIDERMAN.PUBLIC PROGRAMS - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER 20 LOCAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE WEITZMAN STAGED 46 PROGRAMS PRESENTING ESSENTIAL JEWISH THOUGHT AND CULTURE LEADERS. THE PROGRAMS ATTRACTED NEARLY 10,000 ATTENDEES IN PERSON AND ONLINE MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR (4,000 IN FY23). HIGHLIGHTED PARTICIPANTS FROM FY24 PROGRAMS INCLUDE AWARD WINNING CHEFS JAKE COHEN, HELENE JAWHARA PINER, MICHAEL SOLOMONOV AND JOAN NATHAN; TONY AND EMMY AWARD WINNING COMEDIAN, ALEX EDELMAN; A CONCERT FEATURING GRAMMY-NOMINATED MUSICIAN MEHMET ALI SANLIKOL AND GRAMMY WINNER FRANK LONDON. THE MUSEUM ALSO HOSTED LEADING JEWISH THOUGHT LEADERS LIKE RABBI DAVID WOLPE AND ROYA HAKAKIAN AT ITS "JEWISH PRIORITIES" CONFERENCE AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FURTHER, THE MUSEUM HOSTED A NUMBER OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EVENTS FEATURING LECTURES, STORYTELLING, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, AND MORE. JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (JAHM, MAY 2024), WHICH THE WEITZMAN LEADS NATIONALLY, FEATURED EXPANDED RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS AVAILABLE ONLINE, WITH GRADE-LEVEL AND THEME-BASED FILTERS AVAILABLE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL POSTERS. THERE WERE NEARLY 80,000 VIEWS OF THE JAHM WEBSITE, TWICE THE PRIOR YEAR, AND THREE BILLION MEDIA IMPRESSIONS. EXCITING COLLABORATIONS INCLUDED THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, THE RECORDING ACADEMY, AND THE FEDERAL INTERAGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE. THE PREMIER EVENT OF JAHM WAS AN OUTSTANDING CONCERT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON, DC.EDUCATION - THE WEITZMAN WELCOMED OVER 100 SCHOOL, YOUTH, AND CAMP GROUPS, FOR PROGRAMS UTILIZING THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION TO TELL THE MULTIFACETED STORIES OF JEWISH PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OFF-SITE PROGRAMS. IT HELD ITS NATIONAL EDUCATORS' INSTITUTE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT SERVED 450 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATORS. THE MUSEUM CONDUCTED ACTIVITY DAYS FOR FAMILIES AND FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS. RESPONDING TO THE EXTREME SPIKE IN ANTISEMITISM, THE WEITZMAN BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF "STORIES THAT SHAPED A NATION," A CURRICULUM INTENDED TO EDUCATE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT AMERICAN JEWS AND THEIR POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR NATION.

    Expenses $5,090,354 · Revenue $910,953

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sharon Tobin Kestenbaum

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Joseph S Zuritsky

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lyn M Ross

    HONORARY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Klaber

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sherrie R Savett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Philip M Darivoff

    TRUSTEE AND CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Akman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Philip Balderston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Cozen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jj Cutler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diane Dede Feinberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Anita Friedman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alan J Hoffman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anthony E Meyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Morgan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Oster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dr Ronald Paul

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Miriam Mimi Schneirov

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brett Schulman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Meredith C Slawe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Garrett Snider

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lindy Snider

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Swift

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane Weitzman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mikhail Galperin

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $387,491
    From this org
    $365,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,291
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $365,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,683
    Filer's total
    $387,491

  • Paul Waimberg

    CFO (THRU 1/2024)

    Total calculated
    $232,669
    From this org
    $203,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,078
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,591
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,144
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,934
    Filer's total
    $232,669

  • Aruthur Sandman

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $236,915
    From this org
    $209,326
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,326
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,255
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,334
    Filer's total
    $236,915

  • Jacqueline Glodstein

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,803
    From this org
    $210,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,110
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,693
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,033
    Filer's total
    $225,803

  • Emily August

    CHIEF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $185,200
    From this org
    $158,367
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,367
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,139
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,694
    Filer's total
    $185,200

  • Joshua Perelman

    CHIEF CURATOR

    Total calculated
    $183,174
    From this org
    $158,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,145
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,029
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,907
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,238
    Filer's total
    $183,174

  • Kristen Kreider

    MANAGING DIRECTOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $170,736
    From this org
    $153,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,272
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,464
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,139
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,133
    Filer's total
    $170,736

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349306814

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