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NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC

EIN 06-1422234 NEW BRITAIN, CT

Revenue 2024
$5,651,195
Expenses 2024
$6,691,410

Program services were 78.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A510
Classification
2000
Street
56 LEXINGTON 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 · 2024

Mission

NBMAA WELCOMES AND PROVIDES PUBLIC ENRICHMENT AND INSPIRATION THROUGH AMERICAN ART; COLLECTING, PRESERVING, AND PRESENTING THE FINEST EXAMPLES. DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PROGRAMS ILLUMINATE OUR NATION'S DIVERSE HISTORY AND ARTISTIC LEGACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INSPIRES, EDUCATES, AND CONNECTS PEOPLE THROUGH THE POWER OF AMERICAN ART.

  • IN ADDITION TO DISPLAYING A SELECTION OF ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION, THE MUSEUM MOUNTS 10+ CHANGING EXHIBITIONS PER YEAR.

    Expenses $3,625,114 · Revenue $481,228

  • EDUCATION IS CENTRAL TO THE MUSEUM'S MISSION ENGAGING NEARLY HALF OF ALL VISITORS IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. SCHOOL PROGRAMS INCLUDED A VARIETY OF STANDARDSBASED, THEMED DOCENT-LED SCHOOL TOURS WITH RELATED STUDIO ACTIVITY THAT SUPPORT CLASSROOM TEACHING IN ART, HISTORY, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH AND SCIENCE. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS (TOURS, STUDIO ACTIVITIES, AND IDEAS FOR INTEGRATING AMERICAN ART INTO CLASSROOM LEARNING). REGULAR PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WERE OFFERED WEEKLY AND DURING SCHOOL VACATIONS, TAUGHT BY ARTISTS/EDUCATORS AND/OR MUSEUM EDUCATORS AND SERVE CHILDREN OF ALL AGES INCLUDING COMMUNITY DAYS, HOMESCHOOL DAYS, AND CHILDREN'S STUDIO ART CLASSES. ADULT PROGRAMMING CONSISTED OF: GALLERY TALKS, LECTURES, SYMPOSIA, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND TOURS MONTHLY SUNDAY MUSIC SERIES. FILM SCREENINGS WEEKLY ADULT STUDIO PROGRAMS: (SKETCHING, WATERCOLORS, PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY) THURSDAY EVENING AND WEEKEND STUDIO WORKSHOPS DROPIN DOCENTLED TOURS OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS SPECIALTY EXHIBITION TOURS DOCENT-LED TOURS FOR ADULT/COLLEGE GROUPS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED DOCENT TRAINING PROGRAM EXHIBITION OPENINGS INCLUDING STUDENT ART SHOW OPENINGS AND MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEWS.

    Expenses $740,453

  • IN ADDITION TO ITS CAFE AND BOOKSTORE, THE MUSEUM'S VISITOR SERVICE OFFERINGS INCLUDE PUBLIC SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT SERVE AS ENTRY POINTS FOR FIRST TIME MUSEUM-GOERS, BROADENING AND DEVELOPING AUDIENCES, AND CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSEUM SUPPORTERS, LIKE MUSEUM AFTER DARK (MAD) PARTIES, FIRST FRIDAYS, WINTER SOCIALS, AND CRAFT SIPPIN'. ATTENDEES ARE WELCOMED, ENGAGED ON AN ACCESSIBLE LEVEL, AND INCENTIVIZED TO BECOME MUSEUM MEMBERS.

    Expenses $906,827 · Revenue $128,085

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.

  • ALBERT TOMASSO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • ARNOLD AMSTUTZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • CLAUDIA THESING

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • CYNTHIA COOPER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • DONA CASSELLA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • DONNA STOUT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • GAIL BYEFF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • GARY KNOBLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • JACK CARROON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • JOHN C BOMBARA

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • JOHN JEZOWSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • JOHN WHEAT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • JOSEPH DEL MASTRO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • KENNETH BOUDREAU

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • LISA LAZARUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • MARY JANE DUNN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • MICHELE PARROTTA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • NEAL FREUDEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • PETER YU

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • SCOTT CELELLA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • SUSAN WARNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • TANIA PICHARDO WEISS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • THOMAS MACH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • BRETT ABBOTT

    DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $263,859
    From this org
    $234,176
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,683
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,176
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,862
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,821
    Filer's total
    $263,859

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
    $5,651,195
    Expenses
    $6,691,410
    Contributions
    $3,187,180
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,038,361
    Expenses
    $5,884,776
    Contributions
    $2,970,835
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,268,442
    Expenses
    $5,863,424
    Contributions
    $2,164,422
    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
    $5,724,995
    Expenses
    $4,652,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,215,040

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,315,295
    Expenses
    $4,816,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,713,319

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,575,283
    Expenses
    $4,221,121
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,694,639

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,532,927
    Expenses
    $4,753,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,447,105

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,470,922
    Expenses
    $3,995,321
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,476,922

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,841,295
    Expenses
    $4,068,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,522,508

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,168,622
    Expenses
    $4,568,976
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,417,749

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,172,937
    Expenses
    $3,956,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,449,086

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,910,080
    Expenses
    $3,820,476
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,102,318

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,425,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,909,998

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 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.