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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$58,672,728
Total expenses
$34,392,554
Contributions and grants received
$38,669,823
Grants paid
$103,549
Program service revenue
$3,853,537
Investment income
$15,512,252
Other revenue
$637,116
Total assets, end of year
$435,664,971
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,805,475
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$415,859,496
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,934,265
Management and general expenses
$5,427,089
Fundraising expenses
$3,031,200
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,934,265

Program services were 75.4% 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

    $2,230,368

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,221,608

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $141,815

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $35,076,032

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,278,195

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Admissions and Ticket Sales

    total $2,580,276 · related or exempt $2,580,276

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Member Dues, Events, Access Fees

    total $976,549 · related or exempt $844,978 · excluded $131,571

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Photographic Income

    total $145,401 · related or exempt $145,401

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $151,311 · related or exempt $151,311

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,087,321 · unrelated business $22,211 · excluded $8,065,110

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,991 · excluded $4,991

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $99,175,277

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

    securities $91,750,346

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,424,931

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,424,931 · excluded $7,424,931

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $401,145

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

    $1,221,608

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $401,145

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,167,004

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $534,879

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $632,125 · related or exempt $423,660 · unrelated business $208,465

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $103,549 · program services $103,549

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,808,294 · program services $973,502 · management and general $440,725 · fundraising $394,067

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,296,323 · program services $8,073,452 · management and general $2,065,939 · fundraising $1,156,932

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $496,930 · program services $358,525 · management and general $89,797 · fundraising $48,608

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,853,071 · program services $1,175,919 · management and general $484,615 · fundraising $192,537

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $711,119 · program services $463,585 · management and general $170,450 · fundraising $77,084

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $173,936 · program services $6,548 · management and general $167,388

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,189 · management and general $78,189

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $512,209 · management and general $512,209

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,092,313 · program services $603,346 · management and general $254,390 · fundraising $234,577

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $441,219 · program services $376,125 · management and general $65,094

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $431,212 · program services $157,021 · management and general $120,434 · fundraising $153,757

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $237,717 · program services $166,042 · management and general $20,162 · fundraising $51,513

  • 17 · Travel

    total $227,841 · program services $84,102 · management and general $72,594 · fundraising $71,145

  • 20 · Interest

    total $759,122 · program services $616,046 · management and general $88,068 · fundraising $55,008

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,131,376 · program services $3,402,120 · management and general $425,477 · fundraising $303,779

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $292,383 · program services $256,001 · management and general $18,965 · fundraising $17,417

  • 24a · Other expenses: Collection acquisitions

    total $4,349,328 · program services $4,349,328

  • 24b · Other expenses: Building maintenance

    total $2,518,875 · program services $2,068,549 · management and general $272,407 · fundraising $177,919

  • 24c · Other expenses: Exhibition expense

    total $1,945,828 · program services $1,945,828

  • 24d · Other expenses: Reference books

    total $166,567 · program services $166,567

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $765,153 · program services $588,110 · management and general $80,186 · fundraising $96,857

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $962,408 · end of year $2,082,924

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,818,711 · end of year $14,176,709

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,987,906 · end of year $16,442,515

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $492,428 · end of year $916,498

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $200,600 · end of year $268,999

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $809,103 · end of year $1,262,085

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

    $173,890,869

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

    $80,244,665

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $96,419,454 · end of year $93,646,204

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $111,343,609 · end of year $126,137,383

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $160,947,747 · end of year $178,969,440

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,501,671 · end of year $1,762,214

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,725,300 · end of year $1,681,370

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $342,158 · end of year $406,979

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $14,705,780 · end of year $14,732,939

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,689,664 · end of year $2,984,187

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $105,093,130 · end of year $107,897,976

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $261,927,605 · end of year $307,961,520

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Museum and independent research library (see Schedule O)located in the heart of New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum began as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913). The Morgan offers the public close encounters with great works of human accomplishment in a setting treasured for its intimate scale and historic significance. Its collections of manuscripts, rare books, music, drawings, and other works of art comprise a unique record of civilization, as well as an incomparable repository of ideas and the creative process.

  • Curatorial: The Morgan Library & Museum ("the Morgan") occupies a midtown Manhattan campus comprised of three landmarked buildings that are joined by pavilions constructed of steel-and-glass panels designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano. The Morgan houses one of the world's greatest collections of artistic, literary, musical, and historical works. Included in its holdings are original scores of Mozart and Beethoven, drawings by Rembrandt and Rubens, medieval and Renaissance works, three Gutenberg Bibles, literary manuscripts by Dickens and Twain, and five-thousand-year-old carvings from the countries of ancient Western Asia. The Morgan recorded 234,610 visitors over the fiscal year, primarily for a wide variety of changing exhibitions encompassing works from the Morgan's (continued on Schedule O)permanent collection and from other museums and libraries in the U.S. and abroad. Exhibitions during fiscal year 2024 included "Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature;" "Walton Ford: Animal Studies and Sketches;" "Spirit and Invention: Drawings by Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo; and "Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality." The Morgan's curators plan the exhibitions, oversee the permanent collection, prepare exhibition and collection-related catalogs, organize symposia, host graduate seminars, and provide research and other services to the scholarly community.The extraordinary group of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts; printed books and bindings; literary, historical, and music manuscripts; drawings and prints; and ancient cylinder seals that J. Pierpont Morgan brought together were among the first important collections of their kind in America and form what is today the core of the Morgan's holdings. (The collection now includes photography and modern and contemporary drawings as well.) In overall quality and importance, these collections are among the finest in the world, distinguished by the high percentage of items that are unique or exceptionally rare. One of only a handful of American institutions devoted to these specialized areas, the Morgan maintains an active acquisitions program and now holds several hundred thousand items in its collection.The Morgan's Drawing Institute is devoted to the interpretation, conservation, and theory of old master and modern drawing with the goal of stimulating new lines of investigation and discourse. The Drawing Institute supports research through annual fellowships; publications; small, focused exhibitions; and an ongoing series of symposia, seminars, and lectures.

    Expenses $14,829,001 · Grants $103,549 · Revenue $3,357,405

  • Library and Museum Services: The Morgan Library & Museum is one of nineteen independent research libraries in the United States and, as such, makes its collections available to qualified researchers for study on-site in the Sherman Fairchild Reading Room and the Drawing Study Center. An online catalog of the collections is accessible at www.themorgan.org and assists researchers both on and off-site. Active digitization and publication programs help to extend the reach of the Morgan's scholarly services and support study of the collections.The Morgan has had professional paper and book conservation facilities since the 1950s, when they were among the first such labs in the United States. The Morgan's conservation facilities (continued on Schedule O) were dramatically enhanced with the 2002 completion of the Thaw Conservation Center. The Morgan's conservators oversee the preservation of the collections and also undertake surveys and treatment projects of discrete collection areas. The collections consist almost entirely of works on paper and related porous supports (vellum, parchment, papyri), and the conservators have developed special expertise in the conservation, restoration, and repair of such objects. Both a working and teaching facility, the Thaw Center receives requests for assistance from institutions in the United States and abroad. It offers fellowships in conservation techniques and practices.

    Expenses $4,750,115 · Revenue $296,711

  • Public Programs: In fiscal year 2024, the Morgan hosted 418 programs onsite, attracting 9,809 attendees to a diverse array of talks, lectures, symposiums, conversations, workshops, and docent-led public tours. Additionally, 23 concerts were presented in Gilder Lehrman Hall, drawing a total of 3,471 people. Virtual docent-led tours continued, with 17 programs reaching 727 participants worldwide. The Morgan's school programs offered both in-person and virtual activities, engaging 7,150 K-12 students; 1,129 participants in family and teen programs; and 372 college students, spanning diverse communities.

    Expenses $4,180,536 · Revenue $67,849

  • Museum Publications and Retail: The Morgan maintains an active publications program, producing catalogues related to its exhibitions and items in its permanent collections. These catalogues are made available to the public, along with other exhibition and collection-related merchandise, through the Morgan's on-site retail shop and through the Morgan's website.

    Expenses $2,174,613 · Revenue $632,126

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lawrence R Ricciardi

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard L Menschel

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Clement C Moore II

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • George L K Frelinghuysen

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Thomas J Reid

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mohit Assomull

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Binns

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susanna Borghese

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • G Scott Clemons

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen B Cohen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha J Fleischman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederick J Iseman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerker M Johansson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha McGarry Miller

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John A Morgan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Morton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric L Motley

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Pennoyer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katharine J Rayner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annette de la Renta

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Perret Rosen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua W Sommer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert King Steel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beatrice Stern

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel R Stern

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alyce Williams Toonk

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colin B Bailey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $851,136
    From this org
    $728,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $123,073
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $728,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $91,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,391
    Filer's total
    $851,136
  • Kristina W Stillman

    Dir. of Fin./Adm & Asst. Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $405,388
    From this org
    $330,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,960
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,428
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $41,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,278
    Filer's total
    $405,388
  • Jessica B Ludwig

    Deputy Dir.& Asst.Secretary

    Total calculated
    $316,325
    From this org
    $270,107
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,218
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,107
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,651
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,567
    Filer's total
    $316,325
  • Lauren Stakias

    Dir. of Institutional Advancement

    Total calculated
    $295,060
    From this org
    $263,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,432
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,628
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,307
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,125
    Filer's total
    $295,060
  • John J Marciari

    Charles W Engelhard Curator

    Total calculated
    $229,870
    From this org
    $196,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,623
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,247
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,019
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,604
    Filer's total
    $229,870
  • Mary Schlitzer

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $247,801
    From this org
    $191,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,308
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,493
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,624
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,684
    Filer's total
    $247,801
  • Maria Fredericks

    Sherman Fairchild Head of Thaw Conservation Center

    Total calculated
    $211,955
    From this org
    $166,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,788
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,167
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,668
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,120
    Filer's total
    $211,955
  • Gilbert Parilla

    Engineer

    Total calculated
    $170,864
    From this org
    $157,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,518
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,346
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,138
    Filer's total
    $170,864

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 Morgan paid dues associated with one social club for Mr. Bailey which was used for business purposes.
Part I, Line 4b
Colin B. Bailey - Deferred compensation accrued under supplemental nonqualified retirement plan - $50,000

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 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510429349301346

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