CARNEGIE INSTITUTE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A500

Classification

2000

Street

4400 FORBES 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• EXHIBITIONS:THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE COMPRISES FOUR DIVERSE, DYNAMIC MUSEUMS INCLUDING THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART (CMOA), THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (CMNH), THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER (CSC), AND THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM (AWM). THROUGHOUT 2024, EACH MUSEUM OFFERED A RICH AND DIVERSE ROSTER OF EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH MUSEUM'S EXHIBIT INITIATIVES.THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OFFERS MEMBERSHIPS AT A REDUCED RATE OR FOR FREE TO VARIOUS GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING FAMILY ACCESS MEMBERSHIPS, TEEN MEMBERSHIPS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL OUTREACH MEMBERSHIPS (THE LAST OF THESE FOR CLIENTS OF PUBLIC-SERVING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS).THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUMTHE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM (AWM) IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SINGLE ARTIST MUSEUM IN THE WORLD, ILLUMINATING THE ART, LIFE, AND TIMES OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THE MUSEUM EXPLORES THE WORLD THROUGH THE LENS OF WARHOL'S LIFE AND WORK, MOUNTING INNOVATIVE ORIGINAL EXHIBITIONS AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTING GENRE-BASED PERFORMANCES, AND SHOWCASING UP AND COMING ACTS, INCLUDING YOUNG ARTISTS FROM PITTSBURGH, WARHOL'S HOMETOWN. IN MAY 2024, AWM COMMEMMORTED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A PREVIEW OF ITS KAWS+WARHOL EXHIBITION,ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE, A SOLD-OUT GALA AT CARRIE BLAST FURNACES, AND A COMMUNITY FREE DAY THAT WELCOMED 1000 VISITORS. THE POP DISTRICT, AN INITIATIVE TO TRANSFORM A SIX-BLOCK SECTION OF THE NORTH SHORE SURROUNDING THE MUSEUM, MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN 2024, INCLUDING OBTAINING CITY APPROVAL FOR ITS PLAN TO BUILD A CREATIVE ARTS CENTER THAT WILL HOST LIVE PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS. IN 2024, THE MUSEUM WELCOMED 159,877 VISITORS.THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER - CSC (RENAMED THE DANIEL G. AND CAROLE L. KAMIN CENTER IN SEPTEMBER 2025)TITANIC, THE ARTIFACT EXHBITION, WHICH THE CSC HOSTED FROM OCTOBER 2023 TO APRIL 2024 SET AN ALLTIME ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR TRAVELING EXHIBITS, WITH 140,000 VISITORS. IN MAY 2024, CSC OPENED ANOTHER TRAVELING EXHIBITION, THE SCIENCE BEHIND PIXAR, WHICH EXPLORED THE MAKING OF PIXAR'S AWARD-WINNING FILMS THROUGH 50 INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES. ATTENDANCE REACHED 606,148 IN 2024. ALSO IN 2024, CSC RECEIVED A TRANFORMATIONAL GIFT FROM DANIEL G. AND CAROLE L. KAMIN, SETTING THE STAGE FOR MAJOR NEW INITIATIVES AND RESULTING IN ITS RENAMING AS THE KAMIN SCIENCE CENTER IN 2025. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ARTCARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART (CMOA) HOUSES A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 30,000 ARTWORKS, RANGING FROM CLASSIC TO CONTEMPORARY. IN 2024, CMOA PRESENTED SEVERAL SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMMING THAT DREW INSPIRATION FROM THE NEXUS OF ART, ECOLOGY, AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND SITUATED LOCAL PERSPECTIVES WITHIN A BROADER PICTURE OF THE WORLD TODAY. THESE EXHIBITS INCLUDED "EVERLASTING PLASTICS," "MARIE WATT: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY," "WIDENING THE LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, AND THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, AND "BEATE KUHN: TURN." ADDITIONALLY, THE MUSEUM OPENED A NEW GALLERY SPACE DEDICATED TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF ICONINC PITTSBURGH PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLES "TEENIE" HARRIS. ATTENDANCE FOR 2024 REACHED 193,166.CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYCARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (CMNH) CONTINUES TO BE RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY. IT MAINTAINS, PRESERVES, AND INTERPRETS AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 22 MILLION OBJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS USED TO BROADEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF EVOLUTION, CONSERVATION, AND BIODIVERSITY. CMNH OPENED "THE STORIES WE KEEP: CONSERVING OBJECTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT," IN MARCH 2024, WHICH FEATURED MORE THAN 80 OBJECTS AND GAVE VISITORS A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT HOW IT CARES FOR ANCIENT ARTIFACTS. IN JULY, THE MUSEUM CELEBRATED THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF DIPLODOCUS CARNEGII (AKA DIPPY) WITH EVENTS THAT INCLUDED A TEEN NIGHT, A 21+ NIGHT, AND A MUSEUM MEMBERS CELEBRATION. ATTENDANCE FOR 2024 REACHED 300,483.

  Expenses $47,091,779 · Revenue $22,569,312

• EDUCATION:EACH OF THE FOUR MUSEUMS HAS DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING RICH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO ITS VISITORS AS WELL AS LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER OFF-SITE PARTNERS.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH MUSEUM'S EDUCATION INITIATIVES.THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUMTHE WARHOL CREATIVE, THE POP DISTRICT'S BOUTIQUE PRODUCTION STUDIO, PROVIDED WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY, WITH MORE THAN 200 LOCAL AND NATIONAL CLIENTS, AND PRODUCED ITS FIRST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, WHICH TELLS THE 10 YEAR STORY OF THE LGBTQ+ YOUTH PROM. ADDITIONALLY, 600 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED WORKFORCE DEVELOMENT PROGRAMS THROUGH THE WARHOL ACADEMY, INCLUDING 60 PAID FELLOWS IN DIGITAL CONTENT CREATION AND FILMMAKING/POST-PRODUCTION AND 200 PAID HIGH SCHOOL-AGED PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. THE POP DISTRICT ALSO ACQUIRED A LICENSE BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO GRANT FREE DIPLOMAS FOR PROFSSIONAL SEEKING POST-SECONDARY TRAINING IN DIGITAL MARKETING, AVERAGING MORE THAN 40 GRADUATES.THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER - CSC (RENAMED THE DANIEL G. AND CAROLE L. KAMIN CENTER IN SEPTEMBER 2025)CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER INSPIRES CURIOSITY AND CONNECTS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO EVERYDAY LIFE. RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN PROMOTING LITERACY IN STEM, CSC IS DEDICATED TO NURTURING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATORS AND LEADERS WHO WILL RISE TO MEET TOMORROW'S WORKFORCE NEEDS. THROUGHOUT 2024, THE CENTER FOR STEM EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVLOPMENT AT CSC SERVED NEARLY 70,000 STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS THROUGH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS, ON-SITE AND OUTREACH EDUCTIONAL EXPERIENCES AND PROGRAMS FOR PREK-12 STUDENTS, AND AUTHENTIC MENTORING AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS.CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ARTONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC MAJOR ART INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY, CMOA SERVES BOTH AS A STRATEGIC PARTNER IN REGIONAL EDUCATION INITIATIVES, AND A NATIONAL LEADER IN TRAINING EDUCATORS TO USE ART MUSEUM VISITS TO BUILD 21ST CENTURY LEARNING SKILLS. NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM CONTINUED TO FOSTER BELONGING AND CULTURAL CONNECTION FOR PITTSBURGH'S REFUGEE POPULATION. REFUGEE FAMILIES WERE GIVEN AN ORIENTATION SESSION TO THE MUSEUM IN THEIR HOME LANGUAGE, WHICH INCLUDED AN ART-MAKING WORKSHOP AND COMPLIMENTARY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS IN ALL FOUR MUSEUMS. PROGRAM PARICIPANTS ALSO RECEIVED A LIBRARY CARD AND TRANSLATED MATERIALS. MUSEUM MAKERS, A WEEKLY STUDIO-BASED PROGRAM, PROVIDED ART MAKING, DISCUSSION, AND SENSORY EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG AND SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, STIMULATING PROBLEM-SOLVING AND INTEGRATING LEARNING FROM OTHER AREAS OF EDUCATION SUCH AS MATH AND READING.CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYCMNH GENERATES NEW SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, ADVANCES SCIENCE LITERACY, AND INSPIRES VISITORS OF ALL AGES TO BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT SCIENCE, NATURE, AND WORLD CULTURES. DIPPY 125 INCLUDED A RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON THE DISCOVERY AND EVOLUTION OF THE DIPLODOCUS CARNEGII, AND A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF THE VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY COLLECTION.

  Expenses $20,182,191 · Revenue $2,123,463

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.

• STEVEN KNAPP

  PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $572,460

  From this org

  $519,908

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $52,552

  Hours/week

  45

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $496,846

  Bonus

  $17,500

  Other

  $5,562

  Deferred

  $13,261

  Nontaxable benefits

  $39,291

  Filer's total

  $572,460

• GEOVETTE E WASHINGTON

  TRUSTEE: CHAIRMAN

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• KANIKA BLUE CAPEL

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• JOHN A BARBOUR

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• RAYMOND T BETLER

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• HELEN M BILLAK

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• KEVIN L CARTER

  TRUSTEE EX OFFICIO (EXITED 1/17/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• PATRICK J CATENA

  TRUSTEE EX OFFICIO

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LOUIS R CESTELLO

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• NOLAND J CHEUNG

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JEFFER M CHOUDHRY

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• KENYOKEE C CROWELL

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• DEBORAH G DICK

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• CHARLES H DOUGHERTY JR

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• CAROLYN DURONIO

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• EVAN S FRAZIER

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• WILLIAM GENERETT JR ESQUIRE

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• CINDY AKERS GERBER

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• GRANT GITTLEN

  TRUSTEE EX OFFICIO (ENTERED 6/7/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JOSEPH C GUYAUX

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• WILLIAM E HUNT

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ELLEN P KESSLER

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• JENNIFER M LIPTAK

  TRUSTEE EX OFFICIO (EXITED 6/7/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• LEAH L LIZARONDO

  TRUSTEE (EXITED 1/4/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• WARNER N MACLIN III JD

  TRUSTEE (ENTERED 6/7/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

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. 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $115,993,787

  Expenses

  $83,369,019

  Contributions

  $67,146,141

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $73,216,351

  Expenses

  $84,158,744

  Contributions

  $34,215,256

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $81,329,411

  Expenses

  $80,819,110

  Contributions

  $40,915,084

  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

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $109,965,302

  Expenses

  $62,814,028

  Assets (EOY)

  $648,539,056

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $82,217,609

  Expenses

  $56,852,629

  Assets (EOY)

  $541,460,866

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $71,439,979

  Expenses

  $64,092,769

  Assets (EOY)

  $492,002,435

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $90,369,901

  Expenses

  $66,792,946

  Assets (EOY)

  $450,980,871

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $74,049,025

  Expenses

  $60,885,821

  Assets (EOY)

  $471,076,319

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

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 PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION

  $878,397

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES

• THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION

  $798,918

  2022 · MUSEUMS

• THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION

  $606,595

  2023 · MUSEUMS

• DIETRICH FOUNDATION

  $517,813

  2023 · TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES

• DIETRICH FOUNDATION

  $454,355

  2024 · TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES

• DIETRICH FOUNDATION

  $425,839

  2022 · TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $356,933

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $295,070

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $135,210

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

  $117,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SERVICE

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

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.

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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