MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2000

Street

1 MANHATTAN SQUARE 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 · 2025

• EXHIBITS AND EDUCATION - AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOCUSED ON AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY, THE STRONG EXPLORES PLAY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE LEARNING, CREATIVITY, AND DISCOVERY. THE MUSEUM ACCOMPLISHES THIS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ENGAGE, ENTERTAIN, AND ENLIGHTEN DIVERSE AUDIENCES, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND EDUCATORS. (639,386 SERVED)

  Expenses $10,844,153 · Revenue $7,901,323

• CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS- TO SUPPORT THE MISSION, THE MUSEUM COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND RESEARCHES OBJECTS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND OTHER MATERIALS THAT REFLECT AND DOCUMENT THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY, PARTICULARLY AS IT REFLECTS AND ILLUMINATES THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON TOYS AND OTHER ARTIFACTS RELATED TO PLAY. (639,386 SERVED)

  Expenses $3,658,110 · Grants $15,750 · Revenue $32,999

• GUEST AND MEMBERSHIP SERVICES- TO SUPPORT THE MISSION, THE MUSEUM PLACES GREAT EMPHASIS ON GUEST SERVICES AND THE WAY IN WHICH GUESTS ARE HOSTED AND GUIDED DURING THEIR VISIT. THE MUSEUM CONSIDERS GUEST SERVICES TO BE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE VISITORS' EXPERIENCE WHICH ENHANCES THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN, CREATE AND DISCOVER. (639,386 SERVED)

  Expenses $5,823,269 · Revenue $1,029,255

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

• KARTHIK BALA

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KENNETH GLAZER

  BOARD CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• NAN HILDEBRANDT

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• REENA MEHTA

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• HILDA ROSARIO ESCHER

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DAWN WILLIAMS-FULLER

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BONNIE ERICKSON

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• WAYDE HARRISON

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TOM KALINSKE

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BENJAMIN MUDRICK

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• RACHEL DEGUZMAN

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHAEL J CICERO

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CARLA ENGELBRECHT EDD

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DAVID J BURNS

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BERNARD BIRNBAUM

  IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CECILIA GRIFFIN GOLDEN

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• AARON C NEWMAN

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LAURA SAXBY LYNCH

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ALEX DELMONTE

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOY RYEN PLOTNIK ESQ

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ERIKA J DUTHIERS

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MEE F WING

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARTIN JARZEBOWSKI

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DEBORAH STENDARDI

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOEL FRATER

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $22,452,727

  Expenses

  $23,414,705

  Contributions

  $12,393,864

  Grants paid

  $15,750

• 2024

  Revenue

  $24,208,695

  Expenses

  $24,370,689

  Contributions

  $13,791,459

  Grants paid

  $20,250

• 2023

  Revenue

  $41,516,891

  Expenses

  $23,074,022

  Contributions

  $32,202,003

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $26,266,036

  Expenses

  $17,727,722

  Contributions

  $19,389,653

  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

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $24,556,351

  Expenses

  $15,226,968

  Assets (EOY)

  $223,670,725

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,607,058

  Expenses

  $14,239,563

  Assets (EOY)

  $194,480,283

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,136,762

  Expenses

  $16,986,399

  Assets (EOY)

  $181,222,885

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,809,440

  Expenses

  $16,319,001

  Assets (EOY)

  $148,045,720

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,805,091

  Expenses

  $14,430,891

  Assets (EOY)

  $152,597,219

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,152,011

  Expenses

  $13,740,429

  Assets (EOY)

  $142,712,636

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,600,402

  Expenses

  $13,761,889

  Assets (EOY)

  $143,612,843

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,035,061

  Expenses

  $13,408,341

  Assets (EOY)

  $152,920,429

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

• MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST

  $5,115,812

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST

  $5,001,835

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST

  $4,929,665

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $777,590

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $500,000

  2022 · OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $500,000

  2024 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT. ANY RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE GRANTEE.

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $500,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT. ANY RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE GRANTEE.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $292,700

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $54,389

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• THE TOY ASSOCIATION INC

  $46,000

  2024 · SUPPORT WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

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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