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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,234,058
Total expenses
$7,889,282
Contributions and grants received
$7,152,532
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$738,595
Investment income
$129,559
Other revenue
$213,372
Total assets, end of year
$29,222,882
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,170,729
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,052,153
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,720,393
Management and general expenses
$1,589,741
Fundraising expenses
$1,579,148
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,720,393

Program services were 59.8% 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

    $1,927,308

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $40,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,185,224

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP REVENUE

    total $382,293 · related or exempt $382,293

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FACILITY RENTALS

    total $168,805 · related or exempt $168,805

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LUNCH AND CATERING INC

    total $75,209 · related or exempt $75,209

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS TO EXHIBITS

    total $71,931 · related or exempt $71,931

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS OTHER RE

    total $40,357 · related or exempt $40,357

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $129,559 · excluded $129,559

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $147,000

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

    $1,927,308

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $367,388

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$220,388 · excluded -$220,388

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $817,720

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $383,960

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $433,760 · related or exempt $173,938 · unrelated business $259,822

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $604,457 · program services $109,169 · management and general $298,560 · fundraising $196,728

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,663,957 · program services $698,383 · management and general $404,842 · fundraising $560,732

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,929 · program services $15,910 · management and general $6,266 · fundraising $11,753

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $242,301 · program services $46,982 · management and general $187,373 · fundraising $7,946

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $168,280 · program services $70,724 · management and general $61,168 · fundraising $36,388

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,816 · management and general $31,816

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,350 · management and general $52,350

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $201,678 · fundraising $201,678

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $463,978 · program services $311,714 · management and general $152,264

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,046,567 · program services $837,254 · fundraising $209,313

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $338,446 · program services $82,041 · management and general $104,602 · fundraising $151,803

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $562,925 · program services $520,808 · management and general $39,264 · fundraising $2,853

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,937 · program services $3,863 · management and general $4,926 · fundraising $7,148

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,393 · management and general $2,393

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $478,983 · program services $443,146 · management and general $33,409 · fundraising $2,428

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $175,169 · program services $100,873 · management and general $30,426 · fundraising $43,870

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $877,256 · program services $811,622 · management and general $61,188 · fundraising $4,446

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBITION COSTS

    total $233,912 · program services $233,912

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISC/OTHER

    total $199,287 · program services $62,694 · management and general $55,757 · fundraising $80,836

  • 24d · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $174,538 · program services $161,479 · management and general $12,174 · fundraising $885

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $321,123 · program services $209,819 · management and general $50,963 · fundraising $60,341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $948,098 · end of year $590,624

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,253,623 · end of year $3,985,009

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $14,463,974 · end of year $11,760,212

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,883 · end of year $25,792

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $207,436 · end of year $211,622

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,332 · end of year $48,306

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

    $16,445,554

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

    $5,761,358

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,978,124 · end of year $10,684,196

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,917,121

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $832,167 · end of year $957,152

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $136,874 · end of year $65,671

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $240,000 · end of year $147,906

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,739,956 · end of year $9,139,392

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,948,473 · end of year $18,912,761

Mission and programs · 2022

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 FY 2023. 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 PREMIERED AN ONLINE EXHBITION WILLIAM SHEMIN: ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY ABOUT A WORLD WAR I MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT. IT ALSO ACQUIRED A COLLECTION FROM PIONEERING COMPUTER SCIENTIST BEN SCHNEIDERMAN INCLUDING ARTIFACTS FROM HIS LIFE, THAT OF HIS PARENTS WHO WERE YIDDISH JOURNALISTS, AND OF HIS UNCLE, FAMED PHOTOJOURNALIST DAVID "CHIM" SEYMOUR. OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCESSIONS INCLUDE CLOTHING MADE BY "RODEO BEN" LICHTENSTEIN (1893-1985), A JEWISH IMMIGRANT TAILOR WHO SPECIALIZED IN WESTERNWEAR AND WHO DESIGNED STAGE CLOTHING FOR MANY STARS INCLUDING ROY ROGERS, TOM MIX, AND GENE AUTRY AND DESIGNED WRANGLER JEANS POPULAR "COWBOY CUT AND THREE PAINTINGS BY RACHEL RAY FAUST (1900-1993), A FOLK ARTIST BORN IN POLAND WHOSE ART HAS BEEN EXHIBITED AT THE WHITNEY AND THE SMITHSONIAN.PUBLIC PROGRAMS - THE WEITZMAN STAGED 40 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING 20 IN-PERSON, DRAWING OVER 3,500 PARTICIPANTS, AND 13 ONLINE OFFERINGS WITH 1,500 REGISTRANTS. ITS VIRTUAL "SECRET CHORD" CONCERT SERIESSHORT CONCERTS FROM CELEBRATED JEWISH MUSICIANS REPRESENTING A BROAD RANGE OF STYLES, HERITAGES, AND HISTORIESHAS ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWS. NOTABLE PROGRAMS INCLUDED FREEDOM SEDER REVISITED, A PREVIEW OF KEN BURNS' "US AND THE HOLOCAUST," THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF "HOW SABA KEPT SINGING," A FILM EXECUTIVE-PRODUCED BY HILLARY CLINTON, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH NOTABLE PERSONALITIES INCLUDING MICHAEL TWITTY, SARAH PODEMSKI, AND ALEEZA BEN SHALOM. IT WELCOMED FAMILIES FOR ITS ANNUAL "BEING (BLANK) AT CHRISTMAS" FAMILY ACTIVITY EVENT. THE WEITZMAN ALSO EXPANDED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM AND MEDIA, BECOMING THE VENUE FOR THE PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, AND A NONPROFIT PARTNER, TRIBE12, UTILIZED THE WEITZMAN FOR ITS PROGRAMMING FOR JEWISH YOUNG ADULTS (I.E., 20'S AND 30'S).AS THE ORGANIZER OF JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (JAHM), THE WEITZMAN LED MAY 2023 WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL JAHM YET, WITH RECORD ONLINE MEDIA IMPRESSIONS THAT EXCEEDED 3 BILLION, 12 PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS ACROSS THE U.S. WHO JOINED AS PARTNERS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXTENDING JAHM'S REACH TO MILLIONS OF LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS, AND A NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP COALITION OF JEWISH AND SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT GREW FROM 50 MEMBERS IN 2020 TO MORE THAN 200 IN 2023.EDUCATION - THE MUSEUM REIGNITED ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOLLOWING THE COVID PANDEMIC, HIRING A NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. THE WEITZMAN WELCOMED 80 SCHOOL, YOUTH, AND CAMP GROUPS, FOR PROGRAMS UTILIZING THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION TO TELL THE MULTIFACETED STORIES OF JEWISH PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, ALSO PROVIDING OFF-SITE PROGRAMS. IT HELD ITS NATIONAL EDUCATORS' INSTITUTE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT SERVED OVER 100 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATORS. AND IT CONDUCTED ACTIVITY DAYS FOR FAMILIES AND FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS.

    Expenses $4,720,393 · Revenue $949,402

As filed on the 2022 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
    3

  • Lyn M Ross

    HONORARY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Cozen

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Klaber

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mark Oster

    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

  • Bruce Arbit

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Philip Balderston

    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

  • Dr Ronald Paul

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sherrie R Savett

    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

  • Andrew W Shoyer

    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

  • Mikhail Galperin

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $370,990
    From this org
    $328,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,947
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,043
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,012
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,935
    Filer's total
    $370,990

  • Paul Waimberg

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $231,085
    From this org
    $203,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,896
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,189
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,231
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,665
    Filer's total
    $231,085

  • Joshua Perelman

    CHIEF CURATOR, DIR. OF EXHIBITIONS

    Total calculated
    $180,899
    From this org
    $155,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,943
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,956
    Bonus
    $14,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,599
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,344
    Filer's total
    $180,899

  • Emily August

    CHIEF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $160,794
    From this org
    $133,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,127
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,432
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,695
    Filer's total
    $160,794

  • Arthur Sandman

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $191,714
    From this org
    $172,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,961
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,728
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,025
    Deferred
    $3,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,981
    Filer's total
    $191,714

  • Kristen Kreider

    MANAGING DIR. BUSINESS OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $149,511
    From this org
    $130,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,790
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachel Berger

    MAJOR GIFTS & CORP GIVING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $108,537
    From this org
    $103,836
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,701
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carol Zawatsky Thru May 2022

    FORMER CHIEF ADVANCEMENT & STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $243,382
    From this org
    $236,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,857
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,525
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $130,000
    Deferred
    $1,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,877
    Filer's total
    $243,382

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
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
FORMER CHIEF ADVANCEMENT & STRATEGY OFFICER, CAROL ZAWATSKY, RECEIVED A $130,000 SEVERANCE PAYMENT. $125,000 REPRESENTED SIX MONTHS' SALARY AND $5,000 REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXECUTIVE/CAREER COACHING.

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
2022
Filed
3 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441349349303414

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