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THE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM

EIN 13-3853627 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2023
$965,593
Expenses 2023
$1,280,468

Program services were 62.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A50
Classification
2000
Street
58 W 129TH ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM IS TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE, AND PRESENT JAZZ BY INSPIRING KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION, AND THE CELEBRATION OF JAZZ LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY.

  • OUR MAIN PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE: JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS, HARLEM SPEAKS, AND OUR LIVE MUSIC SERIES. HARLEM SPEAKS IS THE MUSEUM'S ORAL HISTORY INITIATIVE THAT CONSISTS OF AN INTERVIEW SERIES WITH MUSICIANS, AUTHORS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO REFELECT ON HARLEM'S RICH HISTORY OF JAZZ. IT IS PRESENTED 46 TIMES A YEAR AND IS FREE TO THE AUDIENCE. JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS IS A WEEKLY EVENING PROGRAM THAT TAKES AN INDEPTH LOOK AT JAZZ THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, LECTURE-DEMONSTRATIONS, INTERVIEWS, AND LIVE MUSIC. OUR LIVE MUSIC PROGRAMMING LINCLUDES OUR DUKE'S KEYS PIANO SERIES WHERE PIANISTS PERFORM ON DUKE ELLINGTON'S PIANO, NEW SOUNDS WHICH FEATURES NEW AND EMERGING ARTISTS, WEEKEND JAM SESSIONS, INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY CONCERT, HAVANA HARLEM CULTURAL EXCHANGE CONCERT AND OTHER EXHIBITION THEMED CONCERTS. "BORN IN HARLEM" IS THE CORE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND ADULTS THAT LOOKS AT THE MUSICAL AND CULTRAL INNOVATIONS CREATED IN HARLEM DURING THE FRIST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. "OOM BOP SH'BAM" IS AN INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-7. SPECIALIZED WORKSHOPS CONNECT WITH GRADE SPECIFIC CURRICULA INCLUDING "CHANGES IN SOCIETY" WHICH LOOKS AT POST WWI AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "JAZZ AMBASSADORS" WHICH LOOKS AT THE COLD WAR AND THE ROLE OF JAZZ AS A PROPAGANDA TOOL DURING THE TURBULENTS CIVIL RIGHT ERA AND "JAZZ HANDS" A PROGRAM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR VISITORS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES. THE MUSEUM'S EXHITBITS PROVIDE VISITORS WITH AN INDEPTH LOOK AT HARLEM, A CULTURAL EPICENTER OF JAZZ AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ART AND CULTURE. EXHIBITS DRAW FROM THE MUSUM'S UNIQUE COLLECTIONS TO SHOWCASE ARTIFACTS, IMAGES AND MULTIMEDIA THECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLE VISITORS TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF JAZZ AND THE HARLEM COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $795,095 · Revenue $30,406

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.

  • RICHARD TAFFET

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • LOLITA JACKSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • AL DE LEON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MARK A WILLIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • LOLA ADESIOYA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ZAIRE BAPTISTE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JEFF D'ONOFRIO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JAI K JACOB

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • KEN MCINTYRE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • WYNTON MARSALIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ROBERT L NELSON JR

    TURSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SAMUEL A TURNVEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SUE VO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MICHAEL WILKES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • LLOYD WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • TRACY HYTER-SUFFERN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $141,739
    From this org
    $141,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $965,593
    Expenses
    $1,280,468
    Contributions
    $898,224
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,177,906
    Expenses
    $1,428,264
    Contributions
    $1,114,759
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,249,200
    Expenses
    $1,223,964
    Assets (EOY)
    $764,890

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,151,254
    Expenses
    $1,086,850
    Assets (EOY)
    $809,427

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $848,608
    Expenses
    $974,044
    Assets (EOY)
    $553,029

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,225,134
    Expenses
    $929,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $611,311

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $853,311
    Expenses
    $919,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $333,041

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $853,311
    Expenses
    $919,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $333,041

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,101,928
    Expenses
    $979,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $427,300

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $845,382
    Expenses
    $875,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $248,474

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $863,832
    Expenses
    $877,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $237,311

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 PC.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.