THE MUSEUM OF LANGUAGE ARTS INCORPORATED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A99

Classification

2300

Street

925 13TH ST NW

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 · 2024

• ON OCTOBER 22, 2020, THE MUSEUM OFFICIALLY OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC. THE MUSEUM SERVES MORE THAN 150,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY ON-SITE IN THE NEWLY PRESERVED AND REHABILITATED FRANKLIN SCHOOL, A 50,000-SQUARE-FOOT, 5-STORY NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. THE MUSEUM CURRENTLY FEATURES 10 IMMERSIVE, INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT GALLERIES THAT ENGAGE VISITORS IN EXPERIENCING WORDS AND LANGUAGE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES - FROM THE SCIENCE OF HOW LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOP EARLY IN LIFE TO HOW WORDS ARE USED CREATIVELY AND PERSUASIVELY IN MUSIC, POETRY, HUMOR, ADVERTISING, ORATORY, AND LITERATURE. IN ADDITION, THE MUSEUM PROVIDES DYNAMIC AND ROBUST ONGOING ARTS, CULTURE, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMING IN ITS AUDITORIUM AND CLASSROOM SPACES, AS WELL AS ONLINE, FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS, FAMILIES, STUDENTS, AND TEACHERS. OTHER FEATURES OF THE MUSEUM INCLUDE A GIFT SHOP, OFFICE SPACE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MUSEUM, A RESTAURANT OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY, AND AN INTERACTIVE GAME GALLERY THAT OPENED IN MARCH 2022 FEATURING WORD PUZZLES, MYSTERIES, AND RIDDLES TO SOLVE THROUGHOUT THE ROOM.

  Expenses $6,272,512 · Revenue $564,017

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $6,240,658

  Expenses

  $7,118,901

  Contributions

  $4,493,670

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,251,730

  Expenses

  $7,502,244

  Contributions

  $6,486,813

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $41,754,751

  Expenses

  $5,358,730

  Contributions

  $40,529,315

  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

  $2,812,502

  Expenses

  $4,244,626

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,277,823

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,444,780

  Expenses

  $2,842,185

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,402,609

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,193,475

  Expenses

  $1,553,424

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,104,061

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,359,626

  Expenses

  $1,111,150

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,237,304

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,700,790

  Expenses

  $562,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,464,727

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,514,675

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $650,000

  2022 · General Support

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $642,155

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• IBIS GROUP

  $600,000

  2024 · EDUCATIONAL GRANT

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2023 · General Support

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $263,900

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DALIO FAMILY FUND INC

  $250,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS

• DALIO FAMILY FUND INC

  $250,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $135,583

  2023 · HEALTH

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

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.

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