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THE WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM

EIN 23-1877555 PAOLI, PA

Revenue 2024
$330,251
Expenses 2024
$963,430

Program services were 86.3% 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
PO BOX 595

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

WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM "WEM" IS A CATALYST FOR CREATIVE ACTION. WE PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE PRESERVATION OF AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ESHERICK CAMPUS, ART COLLECTION, AND ARCHIVE.IN 2022, WEM INTRODUCED A NEW TOPIC TOUR CALLED THE CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE TOUR, DEVELOPED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF INTERPRETATION. THE TOUR WAS OFFERED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SOLD-OUT AUDIENCES AND EXPLORED THE ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, COLLABORATIONS, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THAT LEND THEMSELVES TO THE WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM'S DESIGNATION AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK FOR ARCHITECTURE. WEM ALSO INTRODUCED THE FIRST SITE INTERVENTION IN OUR 50-YEAR HISTORY, WHICH ENGAGED FOUR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHO MADE RESPONSIVE WORK WHICH WAS INSTALLED INSIDE THE STUDIO, ACTIVATING THE SPACE FOR VISITORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WHARTON ESCHERICK MUSEUM'S PURPOSE IS TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING THE STUDIO, RESIDENCE AND WORK OF WHARTON ESHERICK.

  • WEM IS A CATALYST FOR CREATIVE ACTION. WE PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE PRESERVATION OF AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ESHERICK CAMPUS, ART COLLECTION, AND ARCHIVE.

    Expenses $831,612 · Revenue $131,325

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.

  • Nicole Riegl

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Baum

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron McColl

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Geoffrey Berwin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jasper Brinton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Cooper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Cooke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olivia Edlund

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Forsyth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Quinn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Savidge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Self

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Siglin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $111,483
    From this org
    $99,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,447
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $330,251
    Expenses
    $963,430
    Contributions
    $122,467
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $256,807
    Expenses
    $853,132
    Contributions
    $100,236
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $483,694
    Expenses
    $854,618
    Contributions
    $328,388
    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
    $585,533
    Expenses
    $674,714
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,393,520

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,604,327
    Expenses
    $445,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,212,868

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $445,248
    Expenses
    $383,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,827,789

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $360,140
    Expenses
    $493,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,503,849

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,406,410
    Expenses
    $407,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,794,494

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,626
    Expenses
    $385,798
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,494,465

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $554,330
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,630,383

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $500,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,784,652

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $272,548
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,984,104

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.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.