- Revenue 2023
- $9,040,929
- Expenses 2023
- $2,879,801
Program services were 96.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A115
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1301 WESTERN AVE
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER
EIN 31-1212634
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER, NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER AND ANY OTHER TAX EXEMPT, NONPROFIT ENTITY OF WHICH THE CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER IS THE SOLE MEMBER AND TO CONDUCT ANY ACTIVITIES CONSISTENT WITH SUCH PURPOSES.
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CINCINNATI MUSEUMS FOUNDATION PROVIDES CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER AND THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER.
Expenses $2,780,731 · Grants $2,780,731
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Anne Drackett ThomasANNE DRACKETT THOMAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David PhillipsDAVID PHILLIPS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth PierceELIZABETH PIERCE
CEO
- Total calculated
- $414,575
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $355,272
- Other
- $59,303
- Hours/week
- 2 + 43 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $282,772 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $50,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $22,500 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $14,692 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $44,611 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $414,575 related
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Francie HiltzFRANCIE HILTZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jane GarveyJANE GARVEY
CHAIRPERSON
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Jill BerkemeierJILL BERKEMEIER
CFO & TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $287,059
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $271,868
- Other
- $15,191
- Hours/week
- 2 + 43 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $199,368 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $50,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $22,500 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $12,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $2,691 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $287,059 related
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Pete StrangePETE STRANGE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Phillip LongPHILLIP LONG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert Lindner JrROBERT LINDNER JR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Scott SchusterSCOTT SCHUSTER
PRESIDENT & SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $237,299
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $182,835
- Other
- $54,464
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $147,835 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $35,000 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $10,000 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $44,464 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $237,299 related
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Susan B EslerSUSAN B ESLER
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 3 related
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $9,040,929
- Expenses
- $2,879,801
- Contributions
- $6,863,450
- Grants paid
- $2,780,731
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,045,852
- Expenses
- $2,009,424
- Contributions
- $857,042
- Grants paid
- $1,940,455
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,408,044
- Expenses
- $1,464,903
- Assets (EOY)
- $53,180,452
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $25,449,379
- Expenses
- $1,653,641
- Assets (EOY)
- $62,746,599
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,859,085
- Expenses
- $1,248,982
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,523,336
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,043,354
- Expenses
- $1,191,559
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,265,718
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,331,562
- Expenses
- $3,106,657
- Assets (EOY)
- $27,281,576
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,083,515
- Expenses
- $801,819
- Assets (EOY)
- $27,976,953
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,118,307
- Expenses
- $560,336
- Assets (EOY)
- $25,419,030
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,051,726
- Expenses
- $343,480
- Assets (EOY)
- $25,800,288
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,527,007
- Expenses
- $986,679
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,034,216
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $229,593
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,983,493
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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$1,506,367
2022 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
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2022 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
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2023 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
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2023 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
Grants received
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$6,852,623
2023 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
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$823,555
2022 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
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$625,997
2024 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
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2024 UNRESTRICTED GRANT
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2022 ENDOWMENT GIFT TRANSFER
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2023 return
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501(C)(3) · MUSEUM · OH
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NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER
501(C)(3) · MUSEUM · OH
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501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · OH
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
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NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC
On its 2024 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related partnerships on its 2023 return
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UNION TERMINAL LLC
RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH
Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return
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UNION TERMINAL CORPORATION
C · RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH
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MERCURY MUSEUM SERVICES LLC
C · RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SO.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.