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CINCINNATI MUSEUMS FOUNDATION

EIN 27-5304295 CINCINNATI, OH

Largest nonprofits in Ohio

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.

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.

  • 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.

  • Anne Drackett Thomas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Phillips

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth 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
  • Francie Hiltz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Garvey

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Jill 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
  • Pete Strange

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Phillip Long

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lindner Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott 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
  • Susan 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,040,929
    Expenses
    $2,879,801
    Contributions
    $6,863,450
    Grants paid
    $2,780,731
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,408,044
    Expenses
    $1,464,903
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,180,452
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,449,379
    Expenses
    $1,653,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,746,599
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,859,085
    Expenses
    $1,248,982
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,523,336
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,043,354
    Expenses
    $1,191,559
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,265,718
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,331,562
    Expenses
    $3,106,657
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,281,576
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,083,515
    Expenses
    $801,819
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,976,953
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,118,307
    Expenses
    $560,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,419,030
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,051,726
    Expenses
    $343,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,800,288
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,527,007
    Expenses
    $986,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,034,216
  • 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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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

  • UNION TERMINAL LLC

    RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • UNION TERMINAL CORPORATION

    C · RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH

  • 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.