- Revenue 2025
- $3,691,385
- Expenses 2025
- $2,832,013
Program services were 55.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A540
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 800 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300
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
Mission
THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT PRESERVES, EDUCATES AND AMPLIFIES THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND VOICES OF WOMEN AND IS A LEADING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATION'S SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE MUSEUM PRESERVES, EDUCATES AND AMPLIFIES THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND VOICES OF WOMEN.
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AMERICA 250: IN JUNE 2024, THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM WAS SELECTED AS THE NATIONAL RESOURCE PARTNER FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY FOR OUR COUNTRY'S UPCOMING SEMI-QUINCENTENNIAL. AS A NATIONAL RESOURCE PARTNER, THE MUSEUM WILL HELP AMPLIFY AND SHARE THE HISTORY THAT WOMEN HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OVER THE LAST 250 YEARS OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY. THE MUSEUM LAUNCHED A UNIFYING CAMPAIGN IN MARCH 2025 CALLED "SHE IS NOT A FOOTNOTE" TO BRING TOGETHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT WOMEN AND GIRLS AHEAD OF THE JULY 2026 COMMEMORATION. THE MUSEUM WILL ALSO SPONSOR ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS FOR THIS COMMEMORATION, INCLUDING ACTIVATING A NEW YOUTH COUNCIL ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO PLAY WOMEN'S HISTORY TRIVIA GAMES WITH THE NEW GAME PUBLISHED IN NOV 2025 BY THE NWHM CALLED "WOMEN'S HISTORY PLUNGE".
Expenses $656,827
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING: THE MUSEUM CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT TO FREE, ACCESSIBLE WOMEN'S HISTORY EDUCATION THROUGH A ROBUST VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDED ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, A COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHIES, CLASSROOM-READY LESSON PLANS, RESEARCH RESOURCES, VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS, A VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AUTHOR TALKS AND VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE MUSEUM'S OPEN RESOURCE, EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE AVERAGED OVER 6 MILLION VISITORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE IN 2025. IN 2025, WE CONCLUDED OUR WORK WITH THE US MINT AS THE FINAL QUARTERS FEATURING WOMEN WERE LAUNCHED. IN 2025, THE MUSEUM DEVELOPED, CO-HOSTED AND/OR SPEARHEADED SEVERAL KEY COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS AND EVENTS WITH NEW STAKEHOLDERS AND LEADING VOICES IN WOMEN'S ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT SPACES. THIS CONCLUDES OUR MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. MINT AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY INITIATIVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMERICAN WOMEN'S QUARTERS PROGRAM.
Expenses $500,732
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EXHIBITIONS: IN 2024, THE MUSEUM RECEIVED A PLANNING GRANT FROM THE LILLY FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP AN EXHIBIT CALLED "FAITH AND FREEDOM," TO ILLUMINATE THE PROFOUND INFLUENCE OF FAITH AND RELIGION ON AMERICAN WOMEN. THIS EXHIBIT CONCEPT RECEIVED FULL FUNDING FROM THE LILLY FOUNDATION IN DECEMBER 2024 AND WAS FULLY DEVELOPED IN 2025. THE MUSEUM ANTICIPATES OPENING THE NEW EXHIBITION, OFFICIALLY CALLED: "UNTIL WE ARE ALL FREE: WOMEN, FAITH, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE" IN JANUARY 2026 IN DALLAS, TX.
Expenses $411,970 · Revenue $24,013
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.
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SUSAN D WHITING
CHAIRPERSON
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
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SINGLETON MCALLISTER
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
JAMIE CROSS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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LISA MARSH RYERSON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
DEBORAH BRITTAIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
CAREN BYRD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
TENA CLARK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
PEIXIN LI DALLARA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
SUSAN DANISH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
MONICA GIL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
BEVERLY GUYSHEFTALL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
SCOTT HEFTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
MARI SNYDER JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
PAT KAMPLING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
CHERI KAUFMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
STEPHANIE MINEO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
DR NANCY O'REILLY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
ANGELIQUE PITTELOUD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
R LUCIA RIDDLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
MARY SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
JOYCE WINNECKE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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FREDERIQUE IRWIN
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $365,131
- From this org
- $345,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,131
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $285,000
- Bonus
- $60,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $18,550
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,581
- Filer's total
- $365,131
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LORI ANN TERJESEN
VP EDUCATION
- Total calculated
- $159,622
- From this org
- $153,438
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,184
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,438
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,603
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,581
- Filer's total
- $159,622
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ALEXANDRA FULTON
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $123,107
- From this org
- $110,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,107
- Hours/week
- 40
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EMILY KRICHBAUM ASST DIRECTOR
STRATEGIC PROGRAMS & EDUCATION
- Total calculated
- $106,249
- From this org
- $105,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,249
- Hours/week
- 40
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
-
2025
- Revenue
- $3,691,385
- Expenses
- $2,832,013
- Contributions
- $3,847,678
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2024
- Revenue
- $5,612,468
- Expenses
- $2,371,285
- Contributions
- $5,581,034
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $2,913,820
- Expenses
- $2,943,410
- Contributions
- $3,166,687
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,167,589
- Expenses
- $3,220,251
- Contributions
- $2,150,134
- 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
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2025 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,958,832
- Expenses
- $2,290,473
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,422,250
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,848,682
- Expenses
- $1,817,288
- Assets (EOY)
- $916,482
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,923,387
- Expenses
- $1,723,502
- Assets (EOY)
- $565,583
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,573,373
- Expenses
- $1,758,032
- Assets (EOY)
- $715,060
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
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$115,607
2024 Operating Support
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$115,607
2023 Operating Support
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$62,500
2022 CULTURE & ARTS
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$31,500
2024 General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$30,588
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.