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PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC

EIN 04-3157815 SALEM, MA

Revenue 2023
$19,950,588
Expenses 2023
$46,336,241

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A500
Classification
2000
Street
161 ESSEX 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

PEM OFFERS THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXPERIENCES OF THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SCIENCES TO ACTIVATE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND TO EMPOWER IMAGINATION AND LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION. WE STEWARD, BUILD, AND MAKE OUR COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE APPRECIATION OF THE INTERCONNECTED HISTORIES AND CREATIVITY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMPLEX, ALWAYS CHANGING WORLD.

  • EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $12,728,346 · Revenue $1,691,002

  • CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS: SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $14,266,341 · Revenue $15,875

  • LEARNING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $2,363,080 · Revenue $87,094

  • ALL OTHER

    Expenses $7,342,791 · Revenue $1,316,252

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.

  • JEFFREY BEALE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLEMENT BENENSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE BENENSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER BORGGAARD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANA B COLMENERO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW HEISKELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH DE MONTRICHARD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE O'NEIL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE PAPPALARDO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SMITA AMIN PATEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUNITA PEREIRA MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STUART PRATT

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AUSTIN SHAPARD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JURRIEN TIMMER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE CREIGHTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENDA FURLONG

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR EDWARD G TIEDEMANN JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $804,148
    From this org
    $714,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,968
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $668,680
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $20,500
    Deferred
    $65,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,918
    Filer's total
    $804,148

  • NATHALIE G APCHIN

    CFO (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $336,561
    From this org
    $293,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,603
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,958
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,237
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,366
    Filer's total
    $336,561

  • KURT STEINBERG

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $304,993
    From this org
    $269,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,064
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,129
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,800
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,064
    Filer's total
    $304,993

  • DEREK C O'BRIEN

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $190,702
    From this org
    $178,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,745
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,737
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,008
    Filer's total
    $190,702

  • JOHN D CHILDS

    DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS

    Total calculated
    $195,733
    From this org
    $173,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,024
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,658
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,051
    Filer's total
    $195,733

  • PETRA S SLINKARD

    CURATOR OF FASHION & TEXTILES

    Total calculated
    $197,223
    From this org
    $174,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,799
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,424
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,738
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,061
    Filer's total
    $197,223

  • SUE KIM

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $180,183
    From this org
    $179,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,760
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $423
    Filer's total
    $180,183

  • HENRY RUTKOWSKI

    MASTER ELECTRICIAN

    Total calculated
    $185,860
    From this org
    $133,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,618
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,242
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,435
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,183
    Filer's total
    $185,860

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,950,588
    Expenses
    $46,336,241
    Contributions
    $6,115,128
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $40,068,783
    Expenses
    $42,794,658
    Contributions
    $20,509,422
    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

  • 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
    $46,598,618
    Expenses
    $45,099,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $781,479,714

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,993,478
    Expenses
    $41,867,763
    Assets (EOY)
    $834,878,169

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $55,752,290
    Expenses
    $49,635,131
    Assets (EOY)
    $744,344,002

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,898,604
    Expenses
    $43,655,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $707,305,991

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $74,550,342
    Expenses
    $36,772,165
    Assets (EOY)
    $755,412,291

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,156,253
    Expenses
    $36,449,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $708,477,893

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.

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.

Declared on its 2023 return

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • CRUTS (2)

    CRUT · MA · controlled entity

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.