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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,812,475
Total expenses
$13,536,177
Contributions and grants received
$18,685,558
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,565,623
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$561,294
Total assets, end of year
$31,660,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,290,227
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,370,074
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,841,178
Management and general expenses
$4,141,049
Fundraising expenses
$553,950
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,841,178

Program services were 65.3% 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

    $188,654

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $15,072,342

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,424,562

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXHIBIT ADMISSIONS

    total $974,782 · related or exempt $974,782

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RENTAL

    total $590,841 · related or exempt $590,841

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $254,034

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $254,034

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $307,260

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $307,260 · related or exempt $307,260

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $895,218 · program services $410,915 · management and general $395,038 · fundraising $89,265

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,950,294 · program services $2,178,592 · management and general $533,249 · fundraising $238,453

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $391,519 · program services $268,734 · management and general $101,795 · fundraising $20,990

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $294,422 · program services $191,374 · management and general $49,757 · fundraising $53,291

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $74,685 · management and general $74,685

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,500 · management and general $41,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $396,092 · program services $393,474 · fundraising $2,618

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,843 · program services $69 · management and general $19,774

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $153,199 · program services $107,239 · management and general $45,960

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $678,419 · program services $474,893 · management and general $203,526

  • 17 · Travel

    total $116,382 · program services $90,254 · management and general $20,169 · fundraising $5,959

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,688 · program services $1,590 · management and general $13,098

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,637,919 · program services $1,146,543 · management and general $491,376

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $138,306 · program services $96,814 · management and general $41,492

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $4,176,905 · program services $3,105,138 · management and general $989,174 · fundraising $82,593

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,160,220 · program services $366,992 · management and general $732,447 · fundraising $60,781

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

    total $342,262 · program services $8,557 · management and general $333,705

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEE FOR SERVICE

    total $54,304 · management and general $54,304

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,397,042 · end of year $6,745,633

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $149,690 · end of year $1,161,289

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $218,736 · end of year $236,015

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $602,562 · end of year $660,717

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

    $38,690,492

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

    $17,045,205

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,206,984 · end of year $21,645,287

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,189,053 · end of year $1,203,307

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,053 · end of year $8,053

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,328,877 · end of year $2,792,108

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $107,752 · end of year $135,822

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $354,244

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,053 · end of year $8,053

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $20,327,438 · end of year $28,370,074

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE WRIGHT MUSEUM OPENS MINDS AND CHANGES LIVES THROUGH THE EXPLORATION AND CELEBRATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE WRIGHT MUSEUM PROVIDES LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS BASED ON COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH THAT EXPLORE THE DIVERSE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THEIR AFRICAN ORIGINS.

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE WRIGHT MUSEUM IS IN ITS WIDE ARRAY OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE WRIGHT MUSEUM'S RICH, ANNUALLY RECURRING CALENDAR INCLUDES OVER 250 PUBLIC EVENTS, INCLUDING CONCERT PERFORMANCES, THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, FILM SCREENINGS, LECTURES, AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS WORKSHOPS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS PROGRAM.EXAMPLES INCLUDE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, THE FORD FREEDOM AWARDS, GRANDPARENTS DAY, KWANZAA, AND THE THREEDAY AFRICAN WORLD FESTIVAL THAT ATTRACTS OVER 250,000 ATTENDEES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. PARTNERSHIPS WITH AREA ARTS, CULTURE, AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS ARE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THIS AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE?

    Expenses $991,837

  • EXHIBITIONS AND TOURS - CENTRALLY LOCATED IN MIDTOWN DETROIT WITHIN AMERICA'S LARGEST MAJORITY AFRICAN AMERICAN CITY, THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL CROSSING OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, AND A PIVOTAL DESTINATION DURING THE 20TH CENTURY'S GREAT MIGRATION THE WRIGHT MUSEUM IS A LEADING, AND THE SECOND LARGEST, INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. AS SUCH, THE WRIGHT MUSEUM PROVIDES A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RACES, AND BACKGROUNDS TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, AND TO GAIN A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE DIVERSITY OF THE NATION. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS PROGRAM.THE WRIGHT MUSEUM'S 125,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY INCLUDES SEVEN EXHIBITION AREAS.

    Expenses $7,849,341

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Neil Barclay

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $297,549
    From this org
    $297,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,549
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $297,549
  • Jeffrey Anderson

    EVP AND COO

    Total calculated
    $198,793
    From this org
    $198,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,793
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $198,793
  • Michon Lartique

    SVP INSTIT.

    Total calculated
    $161,538
    From this org
    $161,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,538
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $161,538
  • Joy Defrance

    VP ORG. DEV

    Total calculated
    $104,784
    From this org
    $104,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yolanda Holder

    CHIEF OF STA

    Total calculated
    $90,708
    From this org
    $90,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marcus Miller

    CPA

    Total calculated
    $41,846
    From this org
    $41,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rumia Ambrose -Burbank

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Marseille Allen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Carolyn Andrews

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jasmin Barnett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Rian English Barnhill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Scott Benson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Margaret L Betts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Yvette Bing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Elizabeth W Brooks

    CHAIR EMERIT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Larry Bryant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tamira T Chapman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • James P Cunningham

    EXEC. COMM.

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tyrone M Davenport

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Eric Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Joni Thrower Davis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Walter E Douglas

    MEMBER EMERI

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jennifer Fiore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Kala Gibson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Joyce V Hayes Giles

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Roderick D Gillum

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Kelly Green

    PARLIAMENTAR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Evette Griffie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • George Hamilton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Lauren Hood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Marion Jackson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • John James

    MEMBER EMRIT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Maurice Morton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Anika Jackson Odegbo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Vivian R Pickard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Rochelle Riley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Brian Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

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

None.

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
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349308091

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