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← THE EDISON INSTITUTE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE EDISON INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$81,867,725
Total expenses
$87,786,358
Contributions and grants received
$11,813,639
Grants paid
$163,630
Program service revenue
$34,208,286
Investment income
$17,749,432
Other revenue
$18,096,368
Total assets, end of year
$539,586,110
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,203,046
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$486,383,064
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$68,547,223
Management and general expenses
$16,008,445
Fundraising expenses
$3,230,690
Program service expenses (Part III)
$68,547,223

Program services were 78.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,020,997

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,792,642

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,398,569

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $19,188,823 · related or exempt $19,188,823

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $8,976,961 · related or exempt $8,976,961

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY

    total $3,207,322 · related or exempt $3,207,322

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ROUGE FACTORY TOUR

    total $2,582,090 · related or exempt $2,582,090

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS

    total $253,090 · related or exempt $253,090

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,167,255 · unrelated business -$158,859 · excluded $1,326,114

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $29,964 · excluded $29,964

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,879,378

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $148,720

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,730,658

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,730,658 · related or exempt $1,297,000 · excluded $1,433,658

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $25,549,961

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

    securities $8,967,784

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $16,582,177

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,582,177 · excluded $16,582,177

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $13,720,216

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,087,662

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $9,632,554 · related or exempt $9,622,779 · unrelated business $9,775

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER FEES

    total $5,025,436 · related or exempt $4,008,507 · unrelated business $1,016,929

  • 11b · Other revenue: PARKING FEES

    total $540,889 · excluded $540,889

  • 11c · Other revenue: CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

    total $136,867 · excluded $136,867

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,703,192

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $163,630 · program services $163,630

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,382,234 · program services $90,220 · management and general $823,554 · fundraising $468,460

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $36,281,822 · program services $29,627,885 · management and general $5,173,733 · fundraising $1,480,204

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,347,032 · program services $1,183,321 · management and general $105,713 · fundraising $57,998

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,499,604 · program services $326,140 · management and general $912,620 · fundraising $260,844

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,775,997 · program services $2,410,436 · management and general $241,904 · fundraising $123,657

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $740,249 · program services $238,302 · management and general $501,947

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $155,570 · management and general $155,570

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $86,500 · fundraising $86,500

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $80,419 · fundraising $80,419

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $852,021 · management and general $852,021

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,676,907 · program services $16,152,435 · management and general $1,463,204 · fundraising $61,268

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,821,733 · program services $407,836 · management and general $2,413,897

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,276,333 · program services $6,207,178 · management and general $1,959,229 · fundraising $109,926

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $428,169 · program services $428,169

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,266,635 · program services $3,533,990 · management and general $708,326 · fundraising $24,319

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,024,858 · program services $577,464 · management and general $62,671 · fundraising $384,723

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,484,836 · program services $1,484,836

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,878,211 · program services $4,439,172 · management and general $390,257 · fundraising $48,782

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $838,559 · program services $763,088 · management and general $67,085 · fundraising $8,386

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING AND RECRUITING

    total $190,410 · program services $76,652 · management and general $106,975 · fundraising $6,783

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $181,558 · program services $95,237 · management and general $57,905 · fundraising $28,416

  • 24c · Other expenses: ACCESSIONS

    total $170,000 · program services $170,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: UNIFORMS

    total $146,075 · program services $134,280 · management and general $11,790 · fundraising $5

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36,996 · program services $36,952 · management and general $44

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $565,913 · end of year $262,832

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,055,509 · end of year $23,996,868

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,598,665 · end of year $4,263,272

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,090,398 · end of year $2,826,325

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $497,909 · end of year $482,339

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,119,474 · end of year $1,810,173

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

    $220,869,586

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

    $154,923,376

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,466,167 · end of year $65,946,210

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $229,499,750 · end of year $251,162,291

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $193,943,742 · end of year $188,835,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,672,726 · end of year $8,538,966

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $90,155 · end of year $84,292

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $29,400,000 · end of year $29,400,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $10,000,000 · end of year $10,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,228,444 · end of year $5,179,788

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $79,346,000 · end of year $75,237,064

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $398,100,202 · end of year $411,146,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE HENRY FORD PROVIDES UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES BASED ON AUTHENTIC OBJECTS, STORIES AND LIVES FROM AMERICA'S TRADITIONS OF INGENUITY, RESOURCEFULNESS AND INNOVATION. ITS PURPOSE IS TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO LEARN FROM THESE TRADITIONS TO HELP SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE EDISON INSTITUTE, KNOWN AS THE HENRY FORD (THF), IS A NATIONAL (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  • EDUCATION THROUGH COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF AMERICAN HISTORY FOR A BROAD PUBLIC AUDIENCE. OUR COLLECTIONS INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, PLUS AN ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY COLLECTION OF ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE MILLION ITEMS. WE PROVIDE UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION GUESTS ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $68,547,223 · Grants $163,630 · Revenue $49,136,572

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patricia E Mooradian

    PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $780,767
    From this org
    $748,523
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,244
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $571,794
    Bonus
    $176,729
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,444
    Filer's total
    $780,767
  • James S Medford

    SR VP & CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $387,719
    From this org
    $336,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,162
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,310
    Bonus
    $46,247
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,362
    Filer's total
    $387,719
  • Brent Ott

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $357,467
    From this org
    $323,651
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,816
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,882
    Bonus
    $43,769
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,581
    Filer's total
    $357,467
  • Jason M Greuther

    VP HISTORICAL RESOURCES & CHIEF CURATOR

    Total calculated
    $295,841
    From this org
    $256,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,820
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,669
    Bonus
    $34,352
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,684
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,136
    Filer's total
    $295,841
  • John C Neilson

    VP VENUES & EXPERIENCES

    Total calculated
    $279,908
    From this org
    $262,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,307
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,249
    Bonus
    $34,352
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,017
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,290
    Filer's total
    $279,908
  • Bonnie M Lobert

    VP TALENT & CULTURE/CHIEF TALENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,035
    From this org
    $228,879
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,156
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,815
    Bonus
    $31,064
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,393
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,763
    Filer's total
    $248,035
  • Stephanie Trotter

    VP OF FINANCE AND CFO

    Total calculated
    $244,002
    From this org
    $199,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,354
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,648
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,499
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,855
    Filer's total
    $244,002
  • Christian K Cullen

    VP OF STRATEGY & INTEGRATED OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $229,005
    From this org
    $191,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,485
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,520
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,643
    Filer's total
    $229,005
  • Mark L Reuss

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Apsey

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa A Payne

    TREASURER - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • S Evan Weiner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alessandro F Uzielli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Meyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carla Walker-Miller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher F Hamp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Alec D Gallimore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eliza Kontulis Getz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Ford Kontulis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hendrik Meijer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry Ford III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John W Ingle III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Oberheide

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kouhaila Hammer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Truby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul R Dimond

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph J Gerson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard A Manoogian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Clay Ford III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Clay Ford Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE PRESIDENT AND VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT RECEIVE A SOCIAL CLUB MEMBERSHIP WHICH IS PROVIDED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. THE HENRY FORD IS REIMBURSED FOR ANY PERSONAL USE OF THE MEMBERSHIP.

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

  • HENRY FORD ACADEMY

    $0

    CHARTER SCHOOL COST

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349316924

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