CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A560

Classification

1000

Street

1 WADE OVAL DR

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

• DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS: A TOTAL OF 150 NEW SPECIMENS WERE ACCESSIONED TO COLLECTIONS, 102 REQUESTS BY EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS WERE FULFILLED, 14 BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS, AND 292 PUBLIC INQUIRIES WERE FIELDED. THE RESEARCH STAFF PUBLISHED 6 ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES INCLUDE PALEONTOLOGY, INVESTIGATIONS INTO EARLY HOMININ BEHAVIOR, AND TOOL USE AS THEY RELATE TO HUMAN EVOLUTION. FIELD RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED IN KENYA, NEW MEXICO, NORTHERN OHIO, AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION, ALL OF WHICH ADVANCE THE RESEARCH ENDEAVORS OF THE MUSEUM'S SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM. THE DIVISION STAFF PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC PROGRAMS THAT RESULTED IN MORE THAN 2,151 DIRECT INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, OVER 82 MEDIA INTERVIEWS/APPEARANCES, AND AROUND 1,459 INDIVIDUALS REACHED IN ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS.

  Expenses $9,850,703 · Revenue $2,100,255

• EXHIBITS: THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO DISPLAY JANE THE T. REX AT THE CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITS "FINDING LUCY AND "DISCOVERING DUNKLEOSTEUS" WERE DEINSTALLED IN VISITOR HALL AND CORNING GALLERY IN MARCH. 2025.THE MUSEUM PRESENTED THE "WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR" EXHIBIT ON LOAN FROM THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN LONDON STARTING IN APRIL, 2025. THIS EXHIBIT WAS SHOWN IN CORNING GALLERY, THE VISITOR HALL, AND THE EDUCATION HALLWAY.OBJECTS WERE INSTALLED IN FIVE CASES IN THE PLANETARIUM, INCLUDING "COSMO" THE METEORITE.THE REMAINDER OF THE MUSEUM OPENED IN DECEMBER, 2024, WHICH INCLUDES TWO NEW WINGS (SEAR DYNAMIC EARTH WING AND TEH EVOLVING LIFE WING) AND TWO ADDITIONAL GALLERIES (AMES CURIOUSITY CENTER AND THE NATURAL AREAS GALLERY).

  Expenses $4,427,151 · Revenue $759,518

• EDUCATION: THE MUSEUM OFFERS UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS, GALLERY DISPLAYS, HEALTH PROGRAMS, PLANETARIUM SHOWS, LIVE ANIMAL PROGRAMS AND SELF-CONDUCTED EXHIBITS, OUTREACH AND AWARD WINNING INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING PROGRAMS. THE MUSEUM PROVIDED ON-SITE SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR 18,951 STUDENTS AND DELIVERED OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO 4,721 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025. THE MUSEUM WAS ALSO ABLE TO ENGAGE 4,684 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM 7 STATES AND 2 COUNTRIES VIA THE INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING STUDIOS. OVERALL, WE REACHED 36,269 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH 21,275 OF THEM FROM TITLE I SCHOOLS IN FY25 (ALMOST 60%).

  Expenses $2,018,325 · Revenue $590,183

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

  $31,637,866

  Expenses

  $26,327,697

  Contributions

  $23,968,275

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $23,478,553

  Expenses

  $20,323,716

  Contributions

  $17,342,947

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $21,365,554

  Expenses

  $19,685,025

  Contributions

  $15,567,417

  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

  $27,614,727

  Expenses

  $17,521,581

  Assets (EOY)

  $366,705,589

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $26,629,789

  Expenses

  $16,506,215

  Assets (EOY)

  $388,681,781

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,996,353

  Expenses

  $18,700,024

  Assets (EOY)

  $257,415,180

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,871,954

  Expenses

  $18,786,976

  Assets (EOY)

  $261,632,750

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $28,843,189

  Expenses

  $25,447,382

  Assets (EOY)

  $263,169,234

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 CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $1,248,208

  2022 · TRANSFORMING THE WORLD OF DISCOVERY CAMPAIGN

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $1,152,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $953,261

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $910,112

  2023 · HEALTHSPACE CLEVELAND - GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $680,877

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $537,400

  2024 · CULTURE & ARTS

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $514,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• JONES DAY FOUNDATION

  $300,000

  2022 · SEE PART IV

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $244,150

  2023 · CULTURE & ARTS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $143,250

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

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

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