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← PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,950,588
Total expenses
$46,336,241
Contributions and grants received
$6,115,128
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,192,688
Investment income
$9,849,257
Other revenue
$1,793,515
Total assets, end of year
$826,032,683
Total liabilities, end of year
$71,341,323
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$754,691,360
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,700,558
Management and general expenses
$6,383,832
Fundraising expenses
$3,251,851
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,700,558

Program services were 79.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $705,287

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $498,751

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $306,835

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,604,255

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $816,573

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $1,637,885 · related or exempt $1,637,885

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FUNCTIONS

    total $365,011 · related or exempt $365,011

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAM REV.

    total $87,094 · related or exempt $87,094

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $57,698 · related or exempt $57,698

  • 2e · Program service revenue: TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

    total $45,000 · related or exempt $45,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,743,544 · excluded $2,743,544

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $16,729 · excluded $16,729

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $78,969

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $19,981

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $58,988

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $58,988 · excluded $58,988

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $73,415,766

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

    securities $66,310,053

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,105,713

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,105,713 · excluded $7,105,713

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $128,720

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

    $498,751

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $265,817

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$137,097 · excluded -$137,097

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,500,066

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $726,506

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $773,560 · related or exempt $747,566 · unrelated business $25,994

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INVESTMENT INCOME

    total $911,365 · excluded $911,365

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $169,970 · related or exempt $169,970

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,081,335

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,014,348 · management and general $1,121,409 · fundraising $892,939

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,845,493 · program services $11,191,044 · management and general $1,476,027 · fundraising $1,178,422

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $729,605 · program services $589,726 · management and general $77,781 · fundraising $62,098

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,447,800 · program services $1,170,229 · management and general $154,345 · fundraising $123,226

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,066,201 · program services $861,790 · management and general $113,664 · fundraising $90,747

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $96,589 · management and general $96,589

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $143,582 · management and general $143,582

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,045,968 · program services $1,791,606 · management and general $181,304 · fundraising $73,058

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,896,790 · program services $2,867,714 · management and general $819,965 · fundraising $209,111

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $827,490 · program services $824,111 · fundraising $3,379

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,278,522 · program services $842,390 · management and general $329,406 · fundraising $106,726

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,752,859 · program services $2,752,559 · fundraising $300

  • 17 · Travel

    total $669,609 · program services $487,775 · management and general $126,646 · fundraising $55,188

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,239,049 · program services $2,231,945 · management and general $7,104

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,564,481 · program services $7,509,509 · management and general $920,964 · fundraising $134,008

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $571,768 · program services $112,442 · management and general $459,326

  • 24a · Other expenses: COLLECTION ACQUISITIONS

    total $1,175,607 · program services $1,175,607

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBITIONS

    total $755,600 · program services $755,600

  • 24c · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY

    total $595,546 · program services $248,401 · management and general $90,232 · fundraising $256,913

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $100,132 · program services $100,132

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,519,202 · program services $1,187,978 · management and general $265,488 · fundraising $65,736

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $844,659 · end of year $57,874

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $17,017,165 · end of year $15,597,058

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,471,876 · end of year $4,757,691

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,339,831 · end of year $2,185,909

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $304,998 · end of year $307,428

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $608,205 · end of year $688,844

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $144,163 · end of year $208,058

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

    $300,698,512

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

    $127,844,499

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $179,289,150 · end of year $172,854,013

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $40,361,975 · end of year $24,891,572

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $546,463,560 · end of year $598,015,636

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,506,633 · end of year $6,468,600

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,778,478 · end of year $3,764,439

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $178,243 · end of year $257,412

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $68,707,520 · end of year $65,562,171

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,664,156 · end of year $1,578,815

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $492,665 · end of year $178,486

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $165,107,814 · end of year $164,902,528

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $560,423,339 · end of year $589,788,832

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PEM OFFERS THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXPERIENCES OF THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SCIENCES TO ACTIVATE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND TO EMPOWER IMAGINATION AND LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION. WE STEWARD, BUILD, AND MAKE OUR COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE APPRECIATION OF THE INTERCONNECTED HISTORIES AND CREATIVITY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMPLEX, ALWAYS CHANGING WORLD.

  • EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $12,728,346 · Revenue $1,691,002

  • CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS: SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $14,266,341 · Revenue $15,875

  • LEARNING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $2,363,080 · Revenue $87,094

  • ALL OTHER

    Expenses $7,342,791 · Revenue $1,316,252

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Beale

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clement Benenson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Benenson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Borggaard

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ana B Colmenero

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Heiskell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth De Montrichard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate O'Neil

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Pappalardo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Smita Amin Patel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sunita Pereira MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stuart Pratt

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Austin Shapard

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jurrien Timmer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Creighton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Furlong

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Edward G Tiedemann Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynda Roscoe Hartigan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $804,148
    From this org
    $714,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,968
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $668,680
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $20,500
    Deferred
    $65,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,918
    Filer's total
    $804,148
  • Nathalie G Apchin

    CFO (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $336,561
    From this org
    $293,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,603
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,958
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,237
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,366
    Filer's total
    $336,561
  • Kurt Steinberg

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $304,993
    From this org
    $269,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,064
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,129
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,800
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,064
    Filer's total
    $304,993
  • Derek C O'Brien

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $190,702
    From this org
    $178,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,745
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,737
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,008
    Filer's total
    $190,702
  • John D Childs

    DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS

    Total calculated
    $195,733
    From this org
    $173,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,024
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,658
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,051
    Filer's total
    $195,733
  • Petra S Slinkard

    CURATOR OF FASHION & TEXTILES

    Total calculated
    $197,223
    From this org
    $174,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,799
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,424
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,738
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,061
    Filer's total
    $197,223
  • Sue Kim

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $180,183
    From this org
    $179,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,760
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $423
    Filer's total
    $180,183
  • Henry Rutkowski

    MASTER ELECTRICIAN

    Total calculated
    $185,860
    From this org
    $133,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,618
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,242
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,435
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,183
    Filer's total
    $185,860

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL IS NOT AUTHORIZED, WITH NOTED EXCEPTIONS THAT INCLUDE CERTAIN ROUTES AND AIR TRAVEL WHEN BUSINESS CLASS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CHOICE BUT THE AIRLINE ONLY OFFERED ECONOMY AND FIRST CLASS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRAVEL IS REVIEWED BY AN OFFICER OF THE BOARD.
PART I, LINE 8
THE CONTRACT ENTERED INTO WITH THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO CONSTITUTES A CONTRACT SUBJECT TO THE INITIAL CONTRACT EXCEPTION DESCRIBED IN REG. SEC. 53.4958-4(A)(3). THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWED THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION PROCEDURE UNDER REG. SEC. 53.4958-6(C): THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWED AND AUTHORIZED THE CONTRACT, THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, AND THERE WAS BENCHMARK DATA SUPPORTING THAT THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY IS REASONABLE.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CRUTS (2)

    CRUT · MA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531349349306748

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