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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (EIN 13-6162659)
Tax period
2021-07-01 to 2022-06-30
Filed
2023-05-15
IRS object ID
202301359349313735
Schema version
2021v4.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Business Name Line1American Museum of Natural HistoryBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
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Legal Domicile StateNYLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionNAT HISTORY MUSEUM, PLANETARIUM, COLLECTIONS, LIBRARY, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, GRADUATE SCHOOL (PH.D./ COMP BIOLOGY & MAT/EDUCATION), EDUCATION & EXHIBITIONS (SCH O).ActivityOrMissionDesc
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CY Program Service Revenue$14,854,643CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
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CY Investment Income$70,921,525CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue$5,226,703PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$10,184,334CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$199,552,593PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$228,285,796CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid$2,294,113PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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PY Other Expenses$85,706,285PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$92,941,112CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$189,164,480PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$201,740,478CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses$10,388,113PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$26,545,318CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY$1,796,362,085TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$1,619,084,148TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$594,741,542TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$561,744,375TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionTHE MUSEUM'S MISSION STATEMENT IS: "TO DISCOVER, INTERPRET, AND DISSEMINATE - THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION - KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN CULTURES, THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THE UNIVERSE."MissionDesc
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DescSCIENCE - SINCE ITS FOUNDING, THE MUSEUM HAS PURSUED A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAM TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, AND CULTURAL WORLD. THE MUSEUM'S FULL-TIME SCIENTIFIC STAFF OF APPROX. 160 WORK IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, PALEONTOLOGY, ASTROPHYSICS, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES AND ANTHROPOLOGY, AND PUBLISH IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. PRIOR TO COVID-19, THE MUSEUM SPONSORED OVER 100 FIELD EXPEDITIONS ANNUALLY, ENHANCING THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION OF OVER 34 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS. THE MUSEUM OFFERS ITS PH.D. AND MASTER'S PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL, THE ONLY FREESTANDING PH.D. AND MAT DEGREE PROGRAM OF ANY MUSEUM IN THE U.S.Desc

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DescEDUCATION AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS - THE MUSEUM'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SERVED NEARLY 3,700 EDUCATORS ONSITE AND ONLINE, AND THE MUSEUM'S SIGNATURE SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, URBAN ADVANTAGE, REACHED 269 MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS ALL FIVE NYC BOROUGHS IN FY22. THE MUSEUM'S MAT PROGRAM HELPS MITIGATE THE CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED SCIENCE TEACHERS, AND PLACES GRADUATES IN HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS. PRE-PANDEMIC, THE MUSEUM SAW APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION ON-SITE VISITORS INCLUDING more than 300,000 SCHOOL AND CAMP GROUP VISITORS ANNUALLY. SCHOOL AND CAMP GROUP VISITS RESUMED IN FY22 AND EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THAT HAD MIGRATED ONLINE RETURNED ONSITE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.Desc

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Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonMILTON YUENPersonNm
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (80 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtAverage Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndOfficerOfficerIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmtFormer Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeIndHighest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
ELLEN V FUTTER
PRESIDENT & EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE55.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$11,695,084$0$230,353
LISA GUGENHEIM
DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM45.00.0Yes (X)$528,225$0$326,612
ELLEN GALLAGHER
SVP & CFO-END 10/20/2145.00.0Yes (X)$411,900$0$186,820
ANN SIEGEL
SR VP OPERATIONS & CAPITAL PRG45.00.0Yes (X)$441,051$0$122,314
ANNE CANTY
SR VP COMMUNICATIONS,MARKETING45.00.0Yes (X)$423,940$0$131,785
MICHAEL NOVACEK
SR Adv to the Pres. & Curator45.00.0$437,152$0$113,294Yes (X)
DANIEL STODDARD
ACTING SR VP & CFO-ST 11/09/2145.00.0Yes (X)$390,414$0$94,978
JOHN FLYNN
DEAN OF GRAD SCHOOL & CURATOR35.00.0$372,808$0$109,333Yes (X)
SHEREE CARTER-GALVAN
SR VP AND GENERAL COUNSEL45.00.0Yes (X)$387,743$0$92,586
JUAN MONTES
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER35.00.0$354,279$0$113,303Yes (X)
WARD C WHEELER
CURATOR35.00.0$355,272$0$104,336Yes (X)
MARK A NORELL
CURATOR35.00.0$322,589$0$68,815Yes (X)
CHERYL HAYASHI
SR VP AND PROVOST45.00.0Yes (X)$298,694$0$81,850
TRACEY BESSELLIEU
SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR DEI35.00.0$328,645$0$27,704Yes (X)
JACQUELINE POWERS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY45.00.0Yes (X)$201,820$0$71,132
Lewis W Bernard
Chairman-End 3/9/2210.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Jackie Bezos
Co-Chairman-Start 3/9/2210.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Georgina Bloomberg
TRUSTEE-Start 6/8/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Scott L Bok
Chairman-Start 3/9/2210.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Tom Brokaw
TRUSTEE2.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Mary Schmidt Campbell
Trustee-start 3/9/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Lois Chiles
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Christopher C Davis
VICE CHAIRMAN2.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Cheryl C Effron
TRUSTEE2.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Nancy B Fessenden
TRUSTEE2.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Tina Fey
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Joseph H Gleberman
TRUSTEE-start 12/1/212.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
David S Gottesman
VICE CHAIRMAN2.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Peggy Hamburg
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Kathryn Harrison
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Marlene Hess
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Richard E Jaffe
TRUSTEE2.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Amabel B James
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Christopher Kellen
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Katheryn P Kempner
TRUSTEE2.03.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
John King Jr
VICE CHAIRMAN2.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Richard S LeFrak
VICE CHAIRMAN2.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
John T Lykouretzos
TRUSTEE3.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Linda R Macaulay
VICE CHAIRMAN2.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Roger Juan Maldonado
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Victor Marrero
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Theodore A Mathas
VICE CHAIRMAN-START 3/9/223.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Raymond J McGuire
TREASURER-start 3/9/223.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Keith Meister
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Lorne Michaels
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Roberto A Mignone
VICE CHAIRMAN2.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Alexandra Mondre
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Edwin H Morgens
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Charles H Mott
TRUSTEE-END 6/8/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Valerie S Peltier
VICE CHAIRMAN-START 3/9/223.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Virginia Hearst Randt
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Christopher Redlich
TRUSTEE-End 1/24/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Shaiza Rizavi
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Theodore Roosevelt IV
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Dan Simkowitz
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Anna Deavere Smith
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Peter J Solomon
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Ann Tisch
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Christine A Varney
SECRETARY3.00.0Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Kenneth L Wallach
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Laura B Whitman
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Stephanie D Wilson
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Nanar Yoseloff
TRUSTEE-START 12/1/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Judy Francis Zankel
TRUSTEE1.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Eric Adams
EX OFF TRUSTEE-Start 1/1/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Bill de Blasio
EX OFF TRUSTEE-end 12/31/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Adrienne Adams
EX OFF TRUSTEE-Start 1/1/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Corey Johnson
EX OFF TRUSTEE-End 12/31/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Brad Lander
EX OFF TRUSTEE-start 1/1/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Scott Stringer
EX OFF TRUSTEE-end 12/31/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Mark Levine
EX OFF TRUSTEE-start 1/1/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Gale Brewer
Ex Off Trustee-end 12/31/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Laurie Cumbo
Ex Off Trustee-start 1/1/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Gonzalo Casals
Ex Off Trustee-end 12/31/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Margaret Nelson
Ex Off Trustee-8/2/21-9/24/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Gabrielle Fialkoff
Ex Off Trust.-9/25/21-12/31/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Liam Kavanaugh
Ex Off Trustee-1/1/22-2/24/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Susan Donoghue
Ex Off Trustee-start 2/5/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon David Banks
Ex Off Trustee-start 1/1/221.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hon Meisha Porter
Ex Off Trustee-end 12/31/211.00.0Yes (X)$0$0$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org$16,949,616TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org$0TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation$1,875,215TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K199IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees ListedYes (true)FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KYes (true)TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other SrcsfalseCompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCdServicesServicesDescCompensationCompensationAmt
TISHMAN INTERIORS CORPORATION
100 PARK AVENUE 18TH FLOORNEW YORKNY10036CONSTRUCTION SERVICE$78,589,756
RICHTER RATNER CONTRACTING CORP
45 West 36th StreetDOUGLASTONNY10018Construction Service$5,430,465
ZUBATKIN OWNER REPRESENTATION LLC
333 West 52nd StreetNEW YORKNY10019CONSTRUCTION SERVICE$3,443,241
SOLOTECH US CORPORATION
240 Cumberland Bend Suite ANASHVILLETN37228AUDIO VISUAL SERVICE$3,343,442
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATES
36 West 44th StreetNEW YORKNY10036Restaurant Mgmt$2,244,652
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K81CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues$5,307,448MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising$2,659,388FundraisingAmt
Government Grants$64,848,235GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions$59,510,223AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions$2,328,130NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$132,325,294TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDescBusinessBusinessCdTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmtRelated Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
SALE OF EDUC MAT611600$5,537,214$5,537,214
SPECIAL EVENTS900099$3,216,999$3,216,999
TICKET SALES900099$3,387,261$3,387,261
TOURING900099$2,700,324$2,700,324
OTHER900099$12,845$12,845
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue$14,854,643TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$3,015,030TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$480,631UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$2,534,399ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$0TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$55,610TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$55,610ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real$0RealAmt
Personal$0PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$0TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$88,342,998SecuritiesAmt
Other$96,478,083OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$83,410,618SecuritiesAmt
Other$33,503,968OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$4,932,380SecuritiesAmt
Other$62,974,115OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$67,906,495TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$67,906,495ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income$91,450FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event$2,659,388ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses$674,080FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-$582,630TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion-$582,630ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income$0GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses$0GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$0TotalRevenueColumnAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory$8,517,520GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold$2,756,472CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$5,761,048TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$5,587,326RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$173,722UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDescBusinessBusinessCdTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmtExclusionExclusionAmt
FOOD SALES900099$1,202,282$1,202,282
PARKING812930$2,623,314$2,623,314
OTHER900099$1,124,710$1,124,710
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total$4,950,306OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$228,285,796TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$20,441,969RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$654,353UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$74,864,180ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,734,464TotalAmt
Program Services$1,734,464ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,223,150TotalAmt
Program Services$1,223,150ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$6,088,983TotalAmt
Program Services$1,323,778ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,444,987ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$320,218FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$69,344,911TotalAmt
Program Services$56,977,698ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$8,829,863ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$3,537,350FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$8,057,237TotalAmt
Program Services$6,868,053ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$828,500ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$360,684FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$16,333,184TotalAmt
Program Services$12,921,095ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,583,025ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$829,064FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,792,317TotalAmt
Program Services$4,504,115ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$997,083ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$291,119FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,261,855TotalAmt
Program Services$3,500ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,258,355ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$300,000TotalAmt
Program Services$23,316ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$276,684ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$264,250TotalAmt
Management And General$264,250ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$225,120TotalAmt
Fundraising$225,120FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,727,000TotalAmt
Management And General$1,727,000ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$18,334,621TotalAmt
Program Services$13,772,557ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,172,233ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$389,831FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,058,036TotalAmt
Program Services$183,681ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$858,578ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$15,777FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$4,740,053TotalAmt
Program Services$3,409,388ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,186,259ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$144,406FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$96,664TotalAmt
Program Services$96,439ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$225ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$7,629,281TotalAmt
Program Services$7,414,673ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$168,917ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$45,691FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$733,778TotalAmt
Program Services$689,168ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$44,545ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$65FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$68,934TotalAmt
Program Services$35,110ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$11,056ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$22,768FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$10,936,467TotalAmt
Program Services$10,597,436ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$266,850ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$72,181FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$33,395,979TotalAmt
Program Services$32,360,705ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$814,861ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$220,413FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,144,922TotalAmt
Program Services$15,359ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,989,535ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$140,028FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmt
EVENTS & HOSPITALITY$257,263$132,811$52,033$72,419
SUPPLIES$4,144,090$3,747,154$332,615$64,321
EQUIP RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE$2,716,728$2,465,504$235,837$15,387
OTHER EXPENSES$3,131,191$3,002,879$16,818$111,494

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$201,740,478TotalAmt
Program Services$163,502,033ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$31,360,109ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$6,878,336FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$93,773,601BOYAmt
EOY$81,482,055EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$172,138,693BOYAmt
EOY$112,346,854EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$76,897,137BOYAmt
EOY$59,465,315EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,374,830BOYAmt
EOY$3,010,943EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$897,519BOYAmt
EOY$972,781EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$11,920,409BOYAmt
EOY$10,632,017EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$1,313,531,253LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$647,140,259LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$565,423,353BOYAmt
EOY$666,390,994EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$319,281,288BOYAmt
EOY$258,354,416EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$534,586,152BOYAmt
EOY$412,092,141EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$17,069,103BOYAmt
EOY$14,336,632EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,796,362,085BOYAmt
EOY$1,619,084,148EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$56,269,136BOYAmt
EOY$64,597,628EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,503,428BOYAmt
EOY$9,687,195EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$165,762,344BOYAmt
EOY$165,506,329EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$259,379,584BOYAmt
EOY$259,446,622EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$105,827,050BOYAmt
EOY$62,506,601EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$594,741,542BOYAmt
EOY$561,744,375EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$269,774,525BOYAmt
EOY$247,877,624EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$931,846,018BOYAmt
EOY$809,462,149EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,201,620,543BOYAmt
EOY$1,057,339,773EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,796,362,085BOYAmt
EOY$1,619,084,148EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$26,545,318ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$204,142,361NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$33,316,273OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (true)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (true)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$121,009,213CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$117,879,653CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$108,335,880CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$87,455,012CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$94,381,987CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$529,061,745TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$10,554,792CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,624,431CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$16,502,735CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$39,163,937CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$37,943,307CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$116,789,202TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$131,564,005CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$130,504,084CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$124,838,615CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$126,618,949CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$132,325,294CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$645,850,947TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$45,139,761SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$600,711,186PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$5,053,485CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,654,439CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$6,077,335CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,119,724CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,590,009CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$23,494,992TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$302,071CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$685,951CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$364,479CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$192,138CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$654,353CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,198,992TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$348,465CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$305,394CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$223,240CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$91,450CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$968,549TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$672,513,480TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$188,743,090GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.89323PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.90736PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule A, Part II, Section B, Line 10FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationAmounts included in Part II, line 10 represent gross income from fundraising events. 2017: $348,465, 2018: $305,394, 2019: $223,240, 2020: $0, and 2021: $91,450.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots LobbyingTotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$268,354FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$268,354FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$199,520,004FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$199,788,358FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,000,000FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$250,000FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non TxTotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non TxTotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$1,000,000CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$1,000,000CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$1,000,000CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$1,000,000CurrentYearAmt
Total$4,000,000TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$6,000,000LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$247,145CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$169,277CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$182,921CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$268,354CurrentYearAmt
Total$867,697TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$250,000CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$250,000CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$250,000CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$250,000CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,000,000TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$1,500,000GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition AmountsArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works ArtHeldWorksArtGrp
Collection Used Pub ExhibitionYes (X)CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly RsrchYes (X)CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used PreservationYes (X)CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch ProgYes (X)CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets SalefalseSolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$853,900,962BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$2,329,283ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$132,922,210InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$52,658,943OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$670,649,092EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$687,649,800BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$2,906,450ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$232,803,470InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$69,458,758OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$853,900,962EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$708,511,579BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$9,759,163ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$26,001,526InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$56,622,468OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$687,649,800EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$711,938,799BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$7,222,848ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$26,253,743InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$36,903,811OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$708,511,579EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$675,766,829BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$16,736,333ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$56,069,059InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$36,633,422OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$711,938,799EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.27000BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.39000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.34000TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
LandLandGrp

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$4,066,867OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,828,327DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,238,540BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$847,364,060OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$555,169,149DepreciationAmt
Book Value$292,194,911BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$94,423,374OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$89,142,783DepreciationAmt
Book Value$5,280,591BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$367,676,952OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$367,676,952BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$666,390,994TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial DerivativesFinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity InterestsCloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmtMethod ValuationMethodValuationCd
MARKETABLE ALT. INVESTMENTS$245,351,659F
NONMARKETABLE ALT. INVESTMENTS$166,740,482F
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities$412,092,141TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability$0FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
INTEREST RATE EXCHG/CAP AGREEM$13,189,725
ACC. POSTRETIREMENT & OTHER BE$44,781,775
ACCRUED INTEREST PAYABLE$4,535,101
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$62,506,601TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 1A, Part III Line 4The Museum has extensive collections of specimens and artifacts that constitute a record of life on Earth. These valuable, and sometimes irreplaceable, collections have been acquired through field expeditions, contributions and purchases since the Museum's inception and represent one of the largest and most important natural history collections in the world. Newer collection areas include the Museum's frozen tissue collection of DNA and tissue samples as well as large scientific databases of genomic and astrophysical data. The collections provide a resource for scientists around the world. In conformity with accounting policies generally followed by museums, the value of the Museum's collections is not reflected in the consolidated statement of financial position. The Museum's collections policy requires that the proceeds from the sale of collection items be used for acquisitions to the collections. If the assets used to purchase the collection items are from restricted funds, proceeds from the sale of those items are recorded as increases in temporarily restricted net assets in that fund until an acquisition is made.
Part V, Line 4The Museum's endowment funds include both donor-restricted and board of trustees designated funds. These funds are invested under the oversight of the board's investment committee working with outside investment advisors, and are used to support operating, capital and other activities pursuant to appropriations recommended by the board's budget and finance committee and approved by the board of trustees.
PART X, FIN 48 (ASC 740)U.S. GAAP requires that a tax position be recognized or derecognized based on a "more likely than not" threshold. This applies to positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Museum does not believe its consolidated financial statements include any uncertain tax positions that would have a material adverse effect on its financial conditions.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (13 entries)

RegionRegionTxtType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)Program ServicesEXHIBITION$9,322
North AmericaProgram ServicesEXHIBITION$77,263
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)Program ServicesEDUC & OTHER$19,547
North AmericaProgram ServicesEDUC & OTHER$3,093
Central America and the CaribbeanProgram ServicesSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$21,794
East Asia and the PacificProgram ServicesSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$13,689
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)Program ServicesSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$50,736
North AmericaProgram ServicesSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$9,233
South AmericaProgram ServicesSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$75,646
South AsiaProgram ServicesSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$950
Sub-Saharan AfricaProgram ServicesSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$95,485
Central America and the CaribbeanInvestments$262,163,197
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)Investments$4,694,391
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent$267,234,346SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$267,234,346TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign CorpYes (true)TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipYes (true)ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CoYes (true)PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipYes (true)ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 2FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE USE OF GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN RESEARCH COLLABORATION IS MONITORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMNH SUB-AWARD ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING POLICY, THE AMNH GRANTS MANUAL AND TITLE 2 U.S. CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS ("CFR") PART 200, UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS ("UNIFORM GUIDANCE") REQUIREMENTS. THE MUSEUM PERFORMS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE GRANTEE'S ABILITY TO PERFORM THE WORK REQUIRED PRIOR TO GRANTING AN AWARD. POST-AWARD RISK BASED MONITORING IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PERIODIC REPORTING FROM GRANTEES REGARDING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS, FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND SITE VISITS CONDUCTED BY AMNH STAFF in normal times, pre-pandemic, AND REGULAR CONTACT WITH THE GRANTEE. BECAUSE FOREIGN GRANTEES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO UNIFORM GUIDANCE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM GUIDANCE AMNH UTILIZES ADDITIONAL METHODS OF MONITORING IN THE FORM OF MORE FREQUENT AND EXTENSIVE REPORTING AND REVIEW BY AMNH.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone SolicitationsYes (X)PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyYes (true)AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

ActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
MR Strategic Services Inc
FUNDRAISING COUNSELfalse$3,548,008$165,120$3,382,888
ROSE POLIDORO ENTERPRISES INC
FUNDRAISING COUNSELfalse$60,000-$60,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts$3,548,008TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors$225,120TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization$3,322,888TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed StatesALLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesAZLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesARLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCTLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesILLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesKSLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesKYLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMDLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMNLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNHLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNJLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNYLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesOHLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesOKLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesORLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesPALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesRILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesSCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesTNLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesUTLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesVALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWVLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWILicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Museum GalaEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$2,451,978GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$2,380,778CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$71,200GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$597,372OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2Spring LunchEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$298,860GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$278,610CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$20,250GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$76,708OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total0OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Total$2,750,838GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$2,659,388CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$91,450GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$674,080OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$674,080DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$582,630NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Column (V)FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationAmount paid to M&R Strategic Services, Inc ($165,120) is only for fees for professional fundraising consulting services per our agreement. Amount paid to Rose Polidoro Enterprises, Inc ($60,000) is only for fees for professional fundraising consulting services per our agreement.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (22 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtValuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDescNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc
Adler Planetarium
1300 S Lake Shore DriveChicagoIL60605366210902501(c)3$21,249Collab Research
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp
1000 Washington AvenueBrooklynNY11225112417338501(C)3$38,461URBAN ADVANTAGE
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern BLVDBRONXNY10458131693134501(c)3$30,051URBAN ADVANTAGE
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111TH STREETCORONANY11368112104059501(c)3$63,071URBAN ADVANTAGE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
105 E 17TH STREET 2nd FLNEW YORKNY10003135562308501(c)3$189,977COLLAB RESEARCH
Queens Botanical Gardens
43-50 MAIN STREETFLUSHINGNY11355111635083501(C)3$24,360URBAN ADVANTAGE
Staten Island Zoo
614 BROADWAYSTATEN ISLANDNY10310135680691501(C)3$85,756URBAN ADVANTAGE
University of Connecticut
438 Whitney RdStorrsCT06269060772160115(1)$36,984Collab Research
University of Utah
201 Presidents CirSalt Lake CityUT84112876000525501(c)3$231,172Collab Research
Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern BLVDBronxNY10460131740011501(c)3$566,042Urban Advantage
American Museum of Natural History PA
CPW at 79th StreetNew YorkNY10024131628143501(C)3MAINTAIN PLANETARIUM$104,373CostMaintenance Support
Friends of the North Carolina Museum
415 S Madison StreetWhitevilleNC28472562182809501(c)3$54,819Collab Research
Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park DriveHoustonTX77030741036131501(c)3$14,389Collab Research
SRI International
333 Ravenswood AveMenlo ParkCA94025941160950501(c)3$10,875Collab Research
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2001 Colorado BlvdDenverCO80205840518447501(c)3$11,139Collab Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 980550RichmondVA23298540757884501(c)3$15,533Collab Research
Research Foundation of CUNY
230 W 41st Street 7New YorkNY10036131988190501(c)3$17,487Collab Research
Aura Inc
1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW No 1WashingtonDC20004860138043501(c)3$18,246Collab Research
Cornell University
616 Thurston AveIthacaNY14853150532082501(c)3$11,456Collab Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts AveCambridgeMA02139042103594501(c)3$136,062Collab Research
Temple University
1801 N Broad StPhiladelphiaPA19122231365971501(C)3$39,231Collab Research
Trustees of Dartmouth College
207 Parkhurst HallhanoverNH03755020222111501(C)3$13,730Collab Research
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org22Total501c3OrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmt
Research80$1,089,838
Scholarship5$133,312

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, LINE 2FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE USE OF GRANT FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES IS MONITORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMNH SUB-AWARD ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING POLICY, THE AMNH GRANTS MANUAL, AND TITLE 2 U.S. CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS ("CFR") PART 200, UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS ("UNIFORM GUIDANCE") REQUIREMENTS. THE MUSEUM PERFORMS AN ASSESSMENT ON THE CANDIDATE'S ABILITY TO PERFORM THE WORK REQUIRED PRIOR TO GRANTING AN AWARD. POST-AWARD RISK BASED MONITORING IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PERIODIC REPORTING FROM GRANTEES REGARDING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS, FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND SITE VISITS CONDUCTED BY AMNH STAFF pre-pandemic, AND REGULAR CONTACT WITH THE GRANTEE.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Housing Allowance Or ResidenceYes (X)HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (true)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (true)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent ConsultantYes (X)IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanYes (true)SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
ELLEN V FUTTER
PRESIDENT & EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE$975,203$0$0$0$10,719,881$0$70,794$0$159,559$0$11,925,437$0$4,752,300$0
MICHAEL NOVACEK
SR Adv to the Pres. & Curator$437,152$0$0$0$0$0$104,629$0$8,665$0$550,446$0$0$0
LISA GUGENHEIM
DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM$528,225$0$0$0$0$0$303,592$0$23,020$0$854,837$0$0$0
SHEREE CARTER-GALVAN
SR VP AND GENERAL COUNSEL$387,743$0$0$0$0$0$69,566$0$23,020$0$480,329$0$0$0
ELLEN GALLAGHER
SVP & CFO-END 10/20/21$411,900$0$0$0$0$0$164,566$0$22,254$0$598,720$0$0$0
ANN SIEGEL
SR VP OPERATIONS & CAPITAL PRG$353,279$0$0$0$87,772$0$99,294$0$23,020$0$563,365$0$87,772$0
ANNE CANTY
SR VP COMMUNICATIONS,MARKETING$340,902$0$0$0$83,038$0$108,765$0$23,020$0$555,725$0$83,038$0
JACQUELINE POWERS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY$201,820$0$0$0$0$0$48,125$0$23,007$0$272,952$0$0$0
CHERYL HAYASHI
SR VP AND PROVOST$298,694$0$0$0$0$0$73,516$0$8,334$0$380,544$0$0$0
DANIEL STODDARD
ACTING SR VP & CFO-ST 11/09/21$390,414$0$0$0$0$0$86,313$0$8,665$0$485,392$0$0$0
WARD C WHEELER
CURATOR$325,464$0$0$0$29,808$0$81,746$0$22,590$0$459,608$0$0$0
MARK A NORELL
CURATOR$194,869$0$0$0$127,720$0$53,468$0$15,347$0$391,404$0$0$0
JUAN MONTES
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER$354,279$0$0$0$0$0$90,283$0$23,020$0$467,582$0$0$0
JOHN FLYNN
DEAN OF GRAD SCHOOL & CURATOR$365,558$0$0$0$7,250$0$86,313$0$23,020$0$482,141$0$0$0
TRACEY BESSELLIEU
SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR DEI$98,645$0$0$0$230,000$0$27,704$0$0$0$356,349$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part II Column (B) (III)FOR E. FUTTER THIS INCLUDES the sum of deferred compensation amounts which have accrued annually over a nearly 30-year period. Consistent with Form 990 disclosure requirements, the deferred amounts were reported annually as they were deferred and are now reported again, cumulatively (PART I 4B). FOR A. SIEGEL THIS IS A PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF MULTI-YEAR ACCUMULATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION, DISCLOSED IN PRIOR YEARS, WHICH BECAME PAYABLE UPON MEETING SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS (PART I 4B). FOR A. CANTY THIS IS A PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF MULTI-YEAR ACCUMULATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION, DISCLOSED IN PRIOR YEARS, WHICH BECAME PAYABLE UPON MEETING SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS (PART I 4B). FOR W. WHEELER THIS INCLUDES A PAYMENT FOR SUMMER SALARY, A PAYMENT FOR TEACHING A COURSE, AND A PAYMENT FOR SPECIFIED BENEFIT PREMIUMS. FOR M. NORELL THIS INCLUDES A PAYMENT FOR TEACHING A COURSE AND A PAYMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED AND ACCUMULATED UNUSED VACATION TIME. FOR J. FLYNN THIS IS A PAYMENT FOR INSTRUCTING A COURSE. FOR T. BESSELLIEU THIS IS A PAYMENT FOR CONTINUED SERVICES PERFORMED AS SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION.
Part II Column CTHIS NUMBER INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: (1) CURRENT YEAR INCREASE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF THE MUSEUM'S RETIREMENT PLAN AND (2) WHERE APPLICABLE, CURRENT YEAR ACCRUALS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLANS, FOR WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OF MULTI-YEAR ACCRUALS, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON FORM 990, ARE CONTINGENT UPON MEETING SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND ARE PAYABLE AT A FUTURE DATE (SEE PART I, 4B). FOR M. NOVACEK $36,4899, FOR L. GUGENHEIM $221,846, FOR S. CARTER-GALVAN $25,059, FOR E. GALLAGHER $82,820, FOR A. SIEGEL $20,639, FOR A. CANTY $21,464, FOR C. HAYASHI $8,908.
Part II Column DALL AMOUNTS ARE FOR EITHER INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY MEDICAL BENEFITS AND OTHER INSURANCE BENEFITS. FOR E. FUTTER IT ALSO INCLUDES THE VALUE OF MUSEUM OWNED HOUSING WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO RESIDE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE MUSEUM.(SEE PART 1, 1a)

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdBond Issuer EINBondIssuerEINCUSIPCUSIPNumBond IssuedBondIssuedDtIssue PriceIssuePriceAmtPurposePurposeDescDefeasedDefeasedIndOn Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerIndPool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE CITY OF NY
A911882413649717NR22008-06-24$174,630,000REFUNDING, $12,585,000 OUTSTANDINGfalsefalsefalse
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE CITY OF NY
B911882413649717SW62014-06-05$156,019,278REFUNDING,$149,490,000 Outstandingfalsefalsefalse

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdRetiredRetiredAmtBond DefeasedBondDefeasedAmtTotal ProceedsTotalProceedsAmtIn Reserve FundInReserveFundAmtCapitalized InterestCapitalizedInterestAmtRefunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmtIssuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmtCredit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmtWorking Capital ExpendituresWorkingCapitalExpendituresAmtCapital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmtOther Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmtUnspentUnspentAmtRefunding Tax Exempt BondsRefundingTaxExemptBondsIndRefunding Taxable BondsRefundingTaxableBondsIndFinal Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeIndAdequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A$162,045,000$0$174,795,941$0$0$0$1,297,772$6,197$0$0$173,491,972$0Yes (true)falseYes (true)Yes (true)
B$0$0$156,020,669$0$0$0$1,600$0$0$0$156,019,069$0Yes (true)falseYes (true)Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdPrivate Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct
A0
B0

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdForm8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledIndRebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetIndException To RebateExceptionToRebateIndNo Rebate DueNoRebateDueIndVariable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueIndHedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecIndGross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICIndBusiness Name Line1GICProviderName/BusinessNameLine1TxtGross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedIndWritten Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
0
AfalsefalseYes (true)Yes (true)Yes (true)falsefalse0falseYes (true)
0
BfalseYes (true)Yes (true)Yes (true)Yes (true)falsefalse0falsefalse

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdProcedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
AYes (true)
BYes (true)

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, (F)ROW A, PART I, (F): THE BONDS REFUND THE BORROWER'S WACHOVIA LOAN (DATED 5/21/08), SERIES 2004B (ISSUED 06/15/2004) AND SERIES 2004C (ISSUED 06/15/2004). ROW B, PART I, (F): THE BONDS REFUND THE BORROWER'S SERIES 2004A (ISSUED 06/03/2004), SERIES 2008B1 (ISSUED 06/24/2008), AND SERIES 2008B2 (ISSUED 06/24/2008).
PART II, LINE 3COLUMN A and B PART II, LINE 3: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PART I (E) AND PART II, LINE 3 IS DUE TO INTEREST EARNINGS ON BOND PROCEEDS.
PART IV, LINE 2 (C)COLUMN A and B PART IV, LINE 2(C): THE ISSUE QUALIFIES FOR A SPENDING EXCEPTION TO REBATE. NO REBATE CALCULATION HAS BEEN OR EVER WILL BE MADE, BEFORE OR AFTER THE DUE DATE OF AN 8038-T. COLUMN B, PART IV, LINE 2(C): THE REBATE COMPUTATION WAS PERFORMED AS OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2014.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Works Of ArtWorksOfArtGrp
Art Historical TreasuresArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp
Art Fractional InterestArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And PublicationsBooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household GoodsClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp
Cars And Other VehiclesCarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And PlanesBoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual PropertyIntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution20ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$2,328,130NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesSEE SUPPLEMENTAL INFMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held StockSecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust IntrstsSecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
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PART I LINE 9THE REVENUE IS VALUED BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF THE MARKET SALE PRICES ON THE DATE OF THE CONTRIBUTION.
PART I LINE 23THE MUSEUM RECEIVED 70 CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, CONSISTING OF 7,506 ITEMS.
PART I LINE 24THE MUSEUM RECEIVED 14 CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS, CONSISTING OF 347 ITEMS.
PART I LINE 33THE MUSEUM HAS EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS THAT CONSTITUTE A RECORD OF LIFE ON EARTH. THESE VALUABLE, AND SOMETIMES IRREPLACEABLE, COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED THROUGH FIELD EXPEDITIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND PURCHASES SINCE THE MUSEUM'S INCEPTION AND REPRESENT ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD. NEWER COLLECTION AREAS INCLUDE THE MUSEUM'S FROZEN TISSUE COLLECTION OF DNA AND TISSUE SAMPLES AS WELL AS LARGE SCIENTIFIC DATABASES OF GENOMIC AND ASTROPHYSICAL DATA. THE COLLECTIONS PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. IN CONFORMITY WITH ACCOUNTING POLICIES GENERALLY FOLLOWED BY MUSEUMS, THE VALUE OF THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS POLICY REQUIRES THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF COLLECTION ITEMS BE USED FOR ACQUISITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS. IF THE ASSETS USED TO PURCHASE THE COLLECTION ITEMS ARE FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS, PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THOSE ITEMS ARE RECORDED AS INCREASES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS IN THAT FUND UNTIL AN ACQUISITION IS MADE.

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Part I, Line 1 & Part III, Line 1OVERVIEW THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ("AMNHTHE "MUSEUM") IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD. IT IS A UNIQUE AND DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION THAT INCLUDES A RESEARCH ENTERPRISE OF APPROXIMATELY 165 FULL TIME SCIENTISTS; THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL, WHICH CONFERS THE PH.D. IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY AND THE MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING, THE ONLY SUCH FREE-STANDING DEGREE GRANTING PROGRAMS IN ANY MUSEUM IN THE U.S., COLLECTIONS OF MORE THAN 33 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS THAT CONSTITUTE AN INVALUABLE RECORD OF LIFE ON EARTH; ONE OF THE LARGEST NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD, OVER 40 PERMANENT EXHIBITION HALLS, SPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERIES WHICH DISPLAY AWARD-WINNING EXHIBITIONS, AS WELL AS THE ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE, WHICH HOUSES THE WORLD-RENOWNED HAYDEN PLANETARIUM WHERE PLANETARIUM SHOWS ARE SHOWN. THE MUSEUM OFFERS EXTENSIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ONSITE AND ONLINE. IT ALSO HAS A MAJOR DIGITAL ENTERPRISE AND ONLINE PRESENCE, AND TYPICALLY DISTRIBUTES ITS SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND PLANETARIUM SHOWS TO VENUES IN APPROXIMATELY 20 COUNTRIES. THE MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED IN 1869 BY A SPECIAL ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND IS CHARTERED AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WITH ITS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. AMNH'S MISSION, WHICH REFLECTS A CLOSE INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION, IS "TO DISCOVER, INTERPRET AND DISSEMINATE -- THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION - KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN CULTURES, THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THE UNIVERSE." THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED WITHIN THE APPROXIMATELY 18 ACRE THEODORE ROOSEVELT PARK, ACROSS FROM CENTRAL PARK IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK CITY IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES WITH A DIVERSE POPULATION OF 8.8 MILLION AND ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOURISM VOLUMES IN THE UNITED STATES PRE-COVID, WITH APPROXIMATELY 66.6 MILLION FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TOURISTS IN CY2019. TOURISM IS NOW REBOUNDING, WITH THE NEW YORK CITY TOURISM DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION AND CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU ESTIMATING 56.4 MILLION VISITORS IN CY22 AND ANTICIPATING SURPASSING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS IN CY24. THE AREAS OF THE MUSEUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDE OVER 40 PERMANENT EXHIBITION HALLS, INCLUDING THE ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE WHICH HOUSES THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM, AS WELL AS THEATERS FOR SYMPOSIA AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, SPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERIES, AND THE LIBRARY. OTHER PARTS OF THE PREMISES HOUSE RESEARCH LABORATORIES, COLLECTIONS, CLASSROOMS, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, AND THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL. AMNH IS PUBLICLY SUPPORTED WITH OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND BY GRANTS FROM THE CITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COMES FROM INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, GRANTS FROM FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS, AS WELL AS ADMISSIONS REVENUE, ENDOWMENT YIELD, AND ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES. FISCAL YEAR 2022 SAW THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. FOLLOWING GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTIVES, ON MARCH 13, 2020, THE MUSEUM CLOSED TO PUBLIC VISITATION AND, OTHER THAN CRITICAL ONSITE PERSONNEL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS, TRANSITIONED TO REMOTE WORKFORCE IN A MOVE UNPRECEDENTED IN ITS 150-YEAR HISTORY. THIS CLOSURE TO THE PUBLIC LASTED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2020, WHEN THE MUSEUM HELD A SOFT-REOPENING FOR MEMBERS, FOLLOWED BY AN OFFICIAL RE-OPENING TO VISITORS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. THE OPENING WAS LIMITED IN SCOPE (ONLY 25% CAPACITY) AND FOLLOWED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NUMEROUS ENHANCED SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MOVING TO TIMED E-TICKETING FOR ENTRY, THE INSTALLATION OF PREMIUM-LEVEL AIR FILTERS IN ALL AIR HANDLER UNITS, THE PLACEMENT OF AIR PURIFIERS IN NUMEROUS SPACES THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM, THE INSTALLATION OF PLEXI BARRIERS FOR FRONT-FACING STAFF, TEMPERATURE CHECKS, MANDATORY MASK USAGE, AND THE ADDITION OF ONE-WAY DIRECTIONAL AND/OR SIX-FOOT DISTANCING SIGNAGE FOR HALLS, STAIRS AND ELEVATORS. WHILE CAPACITY LIMITATIONS WERE LIFTED IN FY22, ADVANCED RESERVATIONS ARE STILL REQUIRED. UNTIL APRIL 1, 2022 THE MUSEUM WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST COVID VACCINATION SITES IN THE CITY, ENABLING NEW YORKERS TO BOOK APPOINTMENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR VACCINATION SHOTS UNDER THE BLUE WHALE IN THE HALL OF OCEAN LIFE. IN TOTAL, THE SITE ADMINISTERED OVER 97,000 VACCINATION DOSES. DESPITE SOME PANDEMIC-ASSOCIATED DELAYS, CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW RICHARD GILDER CENTER FOR SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND INNOVATION (THE "GILDER CENTER PROJECT") WHICH BEGAN IN JUNE 2019, CONTINUED. THE PROJECT INCLUDES A FIVE-STORY, APPROXIMATELY 190,000-GROSS-SQUARE-FOOT ADDITION, APPROXIMATELY 40,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET OF RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING SPACE, AND ALTERATIONS TO AN APPROXIMATELY 75,000-SQUARE-FOOT ADJACENT AREA OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT PARK. THE GILDER CENTER WILL INCLUDE NEW EXHIBITION AND LEARNING SPACES WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND THE MUSEUM'S WORLD-CLASS COLLECTIONS, EXPANDING ACCESS TO A BROADER RANGE OF THE MUSEUM'S RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES, OFFERING NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND INVITING ALL VISITORS TO SHARE IN THE EXCITEMENT OF DISCOVERY. RESEARCH AMNH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS CARRIED OUT WITH A FULL-TIME SCIENTIFIC STAFF OF APPROXIMATELY 165 WHO WORK IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, PALEONTOLOGY, ASTROPHYSICS, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, AND ANTHROPOLOGY. AMNH SCIENTISTS TYPICALLY, IN PRE-COVID TIMES, CONDUCT MORE THAN 100 EXPEDITIONS EACH YEAR AROUND THE WORLD AND PUBLISH THEIR RESEARCH IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. THE SCIENCE EFFORT IS LED CURRENTLY BY 31 TENURED OR TENURE TRACK CURATORS WHOSE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS HAVE ATTRACTED OVER 250,000 CITATIONS. THE AVERAGE CITATION INDEX (H-INDEX) FOR SENIOR CURATORS IS OVER 50, REGARDED AS AN INDICATION OF "OUTSTANDING" IMPACT CHARACTERISTIC OF ONLY TOP RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. RESEARCH FACILITIES UTILIZED BY AMNH INCLUDE THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS, A NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARY AND STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORIES AS WELL AS OTHER RESEARCH FACILITIES OFF SITE WHICH ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH UNIVERSITY CONSORTIA AND OTHER PARTNERSHIPS IN WHICH AMNH PARTICIPATES. AMNH ALSO OWNS OVER 100 ACRES IN THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA WITH RESEARCH LABORATORIES AND TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR RESEARCHERS, AS WELL AS THE 17-ACRE GREAT GULL ISLAND, A CONSERVATION AREA LOCATED AT THE EASTERN END OF LONG ISLAND SOUND IN NEW YORK STATE. THE WORK OF SCIENTISTS AND OTHERS AT THE MUSEUM IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. AMNH'S CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS INCLUDE AN INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE GENOMICS ("THE INSTITUTE"), WHICH ADVANCES BASIC RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. THE INSTITUTE INCLUDES A NUMBER OF SCIENCE FACILITIES INCLUDING THREE GENOMICS LABORATORIES; A LABORATORY FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT DNA AND PALEOPROTEOMICS; THE MONELL COLLECTION FOR MOLECULAR AND MICROBIAL RESEARCH (A FROZEN TISSUE REPOSITORY OF DNA AND TISSUE SPECIMENS); AND A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FACILITY. IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE MUSEUM'S COMPARATIVE GENOMICS RESEARCH PROGRAM AND EDUCATION LABORATORY. THE GENOMICS RESEARCH PROGRAMS ARE COMPLEMENTED BY THE EFFORTS OF MUSEUM SCIENTISTS IN PHENOMICS RESEARCH- THE INVESTIGATION OF CELL AND TISSUE STRUCTURE, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND OTHER COMPLEX FEATURES OF ORGANISMS AND SPECIES THAT ARE INFLUENCED BY GENES. THUS, THE MUSEUM'S RESEARCH MISSION IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY EMBRACES BOTH GENOMICS AND PHENOMICS. RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY ARE COMPLEMENTED BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING AN EDUCATION LABORATORY, THAT HELP CONVEY CRITICAL SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES. ANOTHER RESEARCH PROGRAM IS THE CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION (CBC), WHICH SURVEYS AND STUDIES BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AND STRIVES TO MITIGATE THREATS TO THE EARTH'S ECOSYSTEMS. THE CBC IS CURRENTLY LEADING PROJECTS IN COLOMBIA AND VIETNAM AND HAS WORKED IN SOLOMON ISLANDS, AMERICAN SAMOA, CUBA, BOLIVIA, CANADA, ECUADOR, MEXICO, MADAGASCAR, MONGOLIA, PERU AND THE BAHAMAS IN THE PAST TO INTEGRATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR TRAINING AND COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING. CBC IS ALSO WORKING TO DEVELOP TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE GLOBAL PROTECTED AREA WORKFORCE AND TO INCORPORATE INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE INTO BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENTS.
Part I, Line 1 & Part III, Line 1 (Continued)IN THE FALL OF 2018, THE MUSEUM ENTERED INTO A COLLABORATION WITH THE FLATIRON INSTITUTE CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS (CCA). TWO OF THE MUSEUM'S ASTROPHYSICS CURATORS WERE JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM IN FY22 (ONE FOR ALL OF FY22, AND ONE WHOSE FUNDING BEGAN IN FY19 RECEIVED THE LAST OF THEIR FUNDING IN EARLY FY22). THE CCA FOSTERS THE WORK OF A LARGE TEAM OF COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICISTS AND PROVIDES THE HIGH -PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FACILITY FOR THE BIG DATA ANALYSES REQUIRED IN THIS FIELD. IN JUNE OF 2020, FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC-RELATED CLOSURE DESCRIBED ABOVE, A SELECT NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE LABS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE TIME SENSITIVE PROJECTS. THE SUMMER'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)-SPONSORED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) PROGRAMS WERE CARRIED OUT ENTIRELY REMOTELY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, WERE OFFERED ENTIRELY REMOTELY AGAIN IN 2021, AND RETURNED TO IN PERSON IN 2022. COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARY THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS NUMBER OVER 33 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS AND ARE AMONG THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN THE WORLD. THE COLLECTIONS CONSTITUTE AN INVALUABLE RECORD OF LIFE ON EARTH AND ARE MAINTAINED TO FACILITATE THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF 4.5 BILLION YEARS OF CHANGE IN EARTH'S GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND THE 3.5-BILLION-YEAR HISTORY OF ITS HABITATS AND LIFE FORMS. IN FY22, THE COLLECTIONS GREW BY MORE THAN 140,000 NEW SPECIMENS AND OBJECTS. NEWER COLLECTIONS AND FACILITIES INCLUDE THE MUSEUM'S FROZEN TISSUE COLLECTION OF DNA WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND TISSUE SAMPLES THAT FORM A REPOSITORY FOR RESEARCH AT AMNH AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. OTHER NEWER FORMS OF COLLECTIONS INCLUDE LARGE SCIENTIFIC DIGITAL DATABASES OF GENOMIC AND ASTROPHYSICAL DATA. THE COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH ASSETS ARE ENRICHED BY CONTINUED EXPLORATION OF SUCH DIVERSE AREAS AS Colombia, Venezuela, brazil, Belize, democratic republic of Congo, Greece, Slovenia, Spain, Bulgaria, Somalia AND MANY OTHERS. AMNH PROVIDES RESEARCH MATERIAL TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS, TYPICALLY LENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SPECIMENS EACH YEAR (365 LOANS OF 28,376 SPECIMENS IN FY22) AND WITH OUTSTANDING LOANS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPECIMENS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. ITS COLLECTIONS ARE ALSO MADE AVAILABLE FOR STUDY ON SITE TO RESEARCH SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS. THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF RESEARCH VISITORS TO THE COLLECTIONS (381) WAS CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN THE APPROXIMATELY 157 VISITING RESEARCHERS IN FY21. THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WAS ESTABLISHED AS A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY IN 1869. SINCE THAT TIME, THE LIBRARY HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD, WITH A COLLECTION THAT IS RICH IN RETROSPECTIVE MATERIALS, SOME GOING BACK TO THE 15TH CENTURY. THE LIBRARY'S HOLDINGS COMPRISE A RESEARCH COLLECTION WITH TOPICS THAT SPAN THE FULL RANGE OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (WHICH CONSIST OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM, ITS SCIENTISTS AND STAFF, SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS AND RESEARCH, MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS), A RARE BOOK COLLECTION OF OVER 15,000 VOLUMES AND EXTENSIVE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS. IN 2020 THE LIBRARY BEGAN WORK ON A MAJOR, MULTI-YEAR GRANT TO REORGANIZE ITS RICH ARCHIVES AND TO IMPLEMENT A DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO ITS COLLECTIONS. THE LIBRARY'S PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE MUSEUM STAFF OF SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND EXHIBIT DEVELOPERS; HOWEVER, IT ALSO SERVES LOCAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESEARCHERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS SCHOLARS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. EDUCATION THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL ("RGGSTHE "GRADUATE SCHOOL") IS ACCREDITED BY THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AND CONFERS THE DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ("PH.D.") IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY AND MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING ("MAT"), THE FIRST AND ONLY MUSEUM IN THE UNITED STATES AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL'S PH.D. STUDENTS PUBLISH PAPERS IN LEADING ACADEMIC JOURNALS DURING THEIR ENROLLMENT OR BASED ON WORK FROM THEIR STUDIES AT THE GRADUATE SCHOOL. RGGS STUDENTS CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING DISTINGUISHED GRANTS, AWARDS, AND POST-GRADUATE POSITIONS. TO DATE, RGGS HAS GRADUATED 36 PH.D. GRADUATES IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, MOST OF WHOM WORK IN SCIENCE, ACADEMIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND MUSEUM FIELDS, INCLUDING AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (PARIS, FRANCE), ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AS WELL AS FACULTY AT FIVE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE FOUR (4) FY2021-22 DOCTORAL GRADUATES HAD A WIDE RANGE OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONS, FROM THE MOLECULAR ECOLOGY AND GUT BIOME OF BATS TO THE EVOLUTIONARY GEOGRAPHY OF BIRD DIVERSIFICATION IN THE AMAZONIAN TROPICS AND DESERT SOUTHWEST OR NORTH AMERICA OR THE IMPLICATIONS OF MARINE MOLLUSK COMMUNITY CHANGES DURING THE LAST MAJOR GLOBAL "HOTHOUSE" PERIOD IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD FOR UNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL CONTEMPORARY RESPONSES TO GLOBAL WARMING. AS AN INTENSIVE, RESEARCH-FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, THE PH.D. IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY WAS A NATURAL OUTGROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE MUSEUM'S SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR. ITS ESTABLISHMENT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MUSEUM'S DISTINCTIVE SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES AND PERSPECTIVES, AND RECOGNITION OF THE EVEN GREATER SIGNIFICANCE TODAY OF COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY RESEARCH IN ADVANCING FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND THAT BEARING ON CRITICALLY -IMPORTANT SOCIETAL ISSUES SUCH AS BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, AND UNDERSTANDING ORGANISMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RELEVANT TO HUMAN HEALTH. IN 2006, THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AUTHORIZED THE MUSEUM'S RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL. THEN, IN 2009 THE BOARD OF REGENTS SELECTED AMNH TO PILOT A MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING PROGRAM FOR K-12 SCIENCE TEACHERS WITH CONFERRAL OF THE DEGREE BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS, THE FIRST FREESTANDING MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM OFFERED BY A U.S. MUSEUM TO PREPARE SCIENCE TEACHERS. IN JUNE 2015, THE REGENTS APPROVED AN AMENDMENT OF THE AMNH CHARTER, AUTHORIZING AMNH ITSELF TO CONFER THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING. THE MUSEUM SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE REGENTS' INITIAL FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM IN AUGUST 2016 AT WHICH POINT, AS NOTED ABOVE, THE MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING (MAT) PROGRAM OFFICIALLY MOVED UNDER THE GOVERNANCE OF THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL ALONG WITH THE PH.D. PROGRAM. NOW IN ITS ELEVENTH YEAR, THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED FULL ACCREDITATION AND ENJOYS A NEARLY 100 PERCENT JOB PLACEMENT RATE. AS OF THE CLOSE OF FY22, THE MAT EARTH SCIENCE RESIDENCY PROGRAM (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING PROGRAM) HAS GRADUATED 139 TEACHERS;MORE THAN 14,000 STUDENTS ARE BEING TAUGHT BY GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM, MAINLY IN HIGH-NEEDS SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK. TEACHER RETENTION EXCEEDS NATIONAL AVERAGES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE TEACHING IN HIGH-NEEDS SCHOOLS. TO FURTHER ADVANCE TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, RGGS ALSO HAS A COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL STUDENT TRAINING PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH FIVE UNIVERSITIES: THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, COLUMBIA UNIVERITY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, AND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY, AND MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE POST-DOCTORAL PROGRAM. IT ALSO OFFERS TWO NSF-SUPPORTED UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE A SELECT GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH INTENSIVE SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN SUCH SUBJECTS AS EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, AND ASTROPHYSICS. FOLLOWING VISITOR FEEDBACK, THE MUSEUM TRANSITIONED MANY PROGRAMS TO IN-PERSON FORMATS, AND THOUGH THE OMICRON WAVE NECESSITATED A RETURN TO REMOTE LEARNING FOR SOME PROGRAMS, MOST RETURNED TO FULLY ONSITE FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER. FOR ALL PROGRAMS, WE CONTINUED TO USE ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING AS APPROPRIATE. NOTABLE OFFERINGS, BOTH ONSITE AND ONLINE THIS YEAR, INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS. -FOR K-12 TEACHERS, THE MUSEUM HAS EXTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT SERVED NEARLY 3,700 EDUCATORS ONSITE AND ONLINE IN FY22 THROUGH A RICH ARRAY OF OFFERINGS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH CURRENT CURRICULAR STANDARDS AND DESIGNED TO DEEPEN EXPERIENCE WITH SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES, OFFER CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO MUSEUM RESOURCES. MANY OF THE COURSES OFFERED TO TEACHERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR GRADUATE CREDIT, FURTHERING THE PURSUIT OF ADVANCED DEGREES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, BANK STREET COLLEGE, AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. IN ADDITION, IN FY22 SCHOOL VISITS RESTARTED. OVER 46,100 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS VISITED THE MUSEUM AS PART OF ORGANIZED SCHOOL OR CAMP GROUPS.
Part I, Line 1 & Part III, Line 1 (Continued)-SEMINARS ON SCIENCE IS THE MUSEUM'S FLAGSHIP ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR K-12 TEACHERS, OFFERING GRADUATE LEVEL ONLINE COURSES IN EARTH SCIENCE, LIFE, AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES, WITH ACADEMIC CREDIT AVAILABLE THROUGH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES. IN FY22, SEMINARS ON SCIENCE SERVED A TOTAL OF 1,173 STUDENTS IN 56 COURSE SECTIONS. -THROUGH THE COURSERA PLATFORM, THE MUSEUM OFFERS FREE MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSES (MOOCS) DESIGNED FOR BOTH EDUCATORS AND GENERAL AUDIENCES. THE MUSEUM'S OFFERINGS ON COURSERA GARNERED 23,867 ENROLLMENTS IN FY22. -OLOGY, THE MUSEUM'S AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE WEBSITE FOR CHILDREN, GARNERED 4.5 MILLION USAGE SESSIONS IN FY22, AND ITS CORRESPONDING IPAD APP WAS DOWNLOADED OVER 57,000 TIMES. THE APP ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN 35 EDUCATIONAL GAMES, VIDEOS, AND ARTICLES COVERING SCIENTIFIC FIELDS FROM ARCHAEOLOGY TO ZOOLOGY. IT CAN ALSO BE USED OFFLINE, MAKING IT AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN WITHOUT RELIABLE INTERNET ACCESS. -AMONG THE MUSEUM'S SIGNATURE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS IS THE URBAN ADVANTAGE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS NOW IN ITS 19TH YEAR. URBAN ADVANTAGE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE MUSEUM WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND OPERATED BY THE MUSEUM AND SEVEN OTHER SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY. IN FY22, URBAN ADVANTAGE REACHED OVER 81,000 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND 895 TEACHERS - INCLUDING 692 CONTINUING TEACHERS - IN 269 MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS ALL FIVE BOROUGHS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. URBAN ADVANTAGE HAS ALSO EXPANDED INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND REACHED AN ADDITIONAL 7,800 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 IN FY22. -EACH YEAR, THE MUSEUM'S SCIENCE AND RESEARCH MENTORING PROGRAM (SRMP) PROVIDES 60 UNDER-RESOURCED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH A YEAR OF FOCUSED TRAINING IN SCIENCE PRACTICES AND LABORATORY SKILLS, AS WELL AS THE INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF A MUSEUM SCIENTIST. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2009, 851 STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM, MANY OF WHOM HAVE GONE ON TO PURSUE SCIENCE IN COLLEGE AND IN THEIR CAREERS. THE MUSEUM ALSO LEADS THE NEW YORK CITY SCIENCE RESEARCH MENTORING CONSORTIUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES, AND HOSPITALS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING MENTORED RESEARCH EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE CITY. THE CONSORTIUM NOW INCLUDES 24 PARTNER SITES--INCLUDING THE LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, THE NOAA CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING AND EARTH SYSTEMS (CREST) AT CITY COLLEGE, AND WAVE HILL. IN JUNE 2022, THE MUSEUM HOSTED THE 9TH ANNUAL STUDENT RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM IN PERSON; 90 STUDENTS FROM FIVE CONSORTIUM PARTNERS PRESENTED THEIR RESEARCH AND CONDUCTED LIVE Q&A SESSIONS WITH ATTENDEES AND OTHER STUDENTS. THE MUSEUM ALSO PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES CURRICULA, LESSON PLANS, AND RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR CLASSROOM USE, AS WELL AS FOR USE IN LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, TO SUPPORT SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NEW YORK CITY. THESE MATERIALS ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE ONLINE TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE U.S., AND THE WORLD, THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN DIGITAL MEDIA. THE MUSEUM FURTHER EXTENDS THE REACH OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGH AFTER-HOURS PUBLIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE MONTHLY SCICAF SERIES, WHICH FEATURES POPULAR PRESENTATIONS BY MUSEUM CURATORS, AND THE ANNUAL ISAAC ASIMOV DEBATE. EXHIBITION THE MUSEUM CREATES AND MOUNTS ITS AWARD-WINNING EXHIBITIONS, SCIENCE VIDEO BULLETIN DISPLAYS, AND PLANETARIUM SHOWS FOR DISPLAY AT AMNH AND DISTRIBUTION TO MUSEUMS, SCIENCE CENTERS, AND PLANETARIUMS IN NUMEROUS VENUES IN APPROXIMATELY 20 COUNTRIES. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES: JEWELRY INSPIRED BY THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, (JUNE 12, 2021 - SEPTEMBER 19, 2021), CURATED BY JEWELRY HISTORIAN MARION FASEL, PRESENTED SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR JEWELRY PIECES INSPIRED BY ANIMALS, WITH IMAGINATIVE DESIGNS BY THE WORLD'S GREAT JEWELRY HOUSES AND ARTISANS-FROM CARTIER'S ICONIC PANTHERS TO SUZANNE BELPERRON'S BUTTERFLIES. THE SPARKLING PIECES ON VIEW IN THE MIGNONE HALLS OF GEMS AND MINERALS TEMPORARY GALLERY RANGED IN DATE FROM THE MID-19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. DISPLAYS WERE ARRANGED INTO THE CATEGORIES OF ANIMALS OBSERVED IN THE AIR, WATER, AND LAND. THE NATURE OF COLOR (MARCH 9, 2020 - DEC 5, 2021) EXPLORED THE MANY WAYS THAT COLOR INFORMS AND ENRICHES OUR LIVES. COLORS CONVEY INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD, INCLUDING WHAT OBJECTS ARE MADE OF AND WHETHER THEY ARE EDIBLE OR POISONOUS. PLANTS AND ANIMALS USE COLOR TO CONCEAL THEMSELVES-AS WELL AS TO REVEAL THEMSELVES, FACILITATE POLLINATION, WARN OFF PREDATORS AND REPRODUCE. HUMANS HAVE ENCODED COLORS WITH COUNTLESS CULTURAL MEANINGS, SIGNIFYING MOURNING AND MARRIAGE, GENDER, AND MARITAL STATUS, THE SULTRY OR SACRED, GROUP AFFILIATION AND POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE. THROUGH CULTURAL OBJECTS, MEDIA AND HANDS-ON INTERACTIVES, VISITORS CONNECT WITH COLOR THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION AND PLAY. IN ADDITION TO LEARNING WHAT COLOR IS, AND HOW COLOR VISION WORKS, VISITORS ENGAGE IN ENTERTAINING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DANCING WITH COLORED SHADOWS, MIXING AND SEPARATING DIFFERENT COLORS OF LIGHT, CHOOSING THEIR FAVORITE COLORS AND COMPARING THEIR ANSWERS TO OTHERS', AND PLAYING WITH COLOR ON A LARGE INTERACTIVE SCALE. CREATURES OF LIGHT: NATURE'S BIOLUMINESCENCE (MAY 28, 2021 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2021) WAS FIRST EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM IN 2012 AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE SHOWN AT OTHER MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD SINCE THEN. THE MUSEUM THEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REWORK CREATURES OF LIGHT FOR A DIFFERENT GALLERY ON-SITE AT THE MUSEUM, AND TO PRESENT THIS ENDURINGLY POPULAR EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC ONCE AGAIN IN 2021. THE EXHIBITION INTRODUCED THE EXTRAORDINARY DIVERSITY OF ORGANISMS THAT PRODUCE LIGHT, FROM FLICKERING FIREFLIES TO MYSTERIOUS DEEP-SEA FISHES. SCIENTISTS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO UNCOVER THE SECRETS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE-THE GENERATION OF LIGHT BY LIVING THINGS. VISITORS TRAVELED THROUGH SUMMER MEADOWS AND THE DEEP SEA TO EXPLORE THIS INCREDIBLE NATURAL PHENOMENON. THEY ENCOUNTERED OTHER-WORLDLY ENVIRONMENTS COMPLETE WITH CUSTOMIZED SOUNDSCAPES, INCLUDING A DIGITALLY INTERACTIVE DINOFLAGELLATE "BLUE LAGOONAN EXTRAORDINARY FLUORESCENT CORAL REEF WHERE VISITORS COULD NAVIGATE THE HABITAT THROUGH TOUCHSCREENS. THROUGHOUT THE EXHIBITION, VISITORS COULD DELVE DEEPER INTO THE SCIENCE OF BIOLUMINESCENCE AT INTERACTIVE IPAD STATIONS. ADDRESSING THE STATUE (JULY 2019 - JANUARY 2022) FOCUSES ON THE BRONZE SCULPTURE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT MOUNTED ON A HORSE WITH AN AFRICAN AND A NATIVE AMERICAN ON FOOT BESIDE HIM. ALTHOUGH THE SCULPTOR JAMES FRASER'S EXPRESS INTENTION IN CREATING THE STATUE WAS TO SYMBOLIZE ROOSEVELT'S WIDE-RANGING INTERESTS IN THE EXPLORATION OF THE AFRICAN AND AMERICAN CONTINENTS, THE STATUE ITSELF COMMUNICATES A RACIAL HIERARCHY THAT THE MUSEUM AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE LONG FOUND DISTURBING. THE MUSEUM RE-CONTEXTUALIZED THE STATUE BY ADDING NEW OUTDOOR SIGNAGE AND THIS INDOOR TEXT-AND-PHOTO EXHIBITION, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES ON THE STATUE AND WHAT IT MEANS TODAY. THE OKAVANGO BLUE DIAMOND (NOVEMBER 9, 2021 - JULY 31, 2022) IS A 20.46 CARAT, BRILLIANT CUT, TYPE IIB "FANCY BLUE" SPECTACULAR DIAMOND FROM THE ORAPA MINE IN BOTSWANA. THIS DAZZLING GEM HAD NEVER BEEN EXHIBITED IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE AND WAS FIRST UNVEILED TO THE PUBLIC IN 2019. THE EXHIBITION ALSO FEATURED CLOSE TO 1000 SMALL DIAMONDS ALSO FROM BOTSWANA, RANGING FROM COMMON INDUSTRIAL ROUGH DIAMONDS TO CUT GEMSTONES. THE BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY: TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES ALIVE IN WINTER (NOVEMBER 20, 2021 - MAY 29, 2022) IS AN ANNUAL EXHIBITION THAT FEATURES UP TO 500 LIVE, FREE-FLYING TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES FROM THE AMERICAS, AFRICA AND ASIA. THE BUTTERFLIES ARE HOUSED IN A VIVARIUM THAT APPROXIMATES THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, INCLUDES LIVE FLOWERING PLANTS THAT SERVE AS NECTAR SOURCES AND FEATURES CONTROLLED ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY. FEATURED SPECIES INCLUDE IRIDESCENT BLUE MORPHO BUTTERFLIES, STRIKING SCARLET SWALLOWTAILS AND LARGE OWL BUTTERFLIES. TEXT PANELS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE VIVARIUM OFFER INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVOLUTION AND LIFE CYCLE OF BUTTERFLIES, INCLUDING EXPLANATIONS OF MIMICRY, DIVERSITY AND BUTTERFLIES' IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONSERVATION.
Part I, Line 1 & Part III, Line 1 (Continued)SHARKS (DECEMBER 15, 2021 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2023) REVEALS THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY AND LONG EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF SHARKS AND THEIR CLOSE RELATIVES. PEOPLE HAVE LONG BEEN FASCINATED BY SHARKS. THEY CONJURE UP A MYRIAD OF IMAGES, FROM TERRIFYING MAN-EATERS, SUCH AS THE GREAT WHITE OR TIGER SHARK, TO GENTLE FILTER-FEEDING GIANTS LIKE THE WHALE SHARK AND BASKING SHARK. THIS EXHIBITION HELPS VISITORS UNCOVER THE MYRIAD TYPES OF SHARKS IN OUR OCEANS WITH A SPECTACULAR "PARADE" OF SHARKS THAT EXTENDS THE LENGTH OF THE GALLERY. IT HIGHLIGHTS CURRENT MUSEUM RESEARCH AND ALLOWS VISITORS TO EXPLORE ANATOMY, BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR THROUGH ENCOUNTERS WITH FAMILIAR FAVORITES INCLUDING HAMMERHEADS AND GREAT WHITE SHARKS, TOGETHER WITH TODAY'S STRANGE, LITTLE-KNOWN SHARKS AND RAYS. THE PARADE ALSO SHOWCASES MODELS OF EXTINCT SPECIES LIKE THE GIANT MEGALODON, ALONGSIDE FOSSILS FROM THE AMNH COLLECTIONS, HELPING VISITORS PEEK INTO THE EARLY ORIGINS OF SHARKS. THE EXHIBITION IS FURTHER BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH DIGITAL MEDIA, INCLUDING VIDEO FOOTAGE, AN INTERACTIVE THAT CHALLENGES VISITORS TO HUNT LIKE A HAMMERHEAD, AND A PROJECTION SCREEN THAT ALLOWS VISITORS TO "BE" A SHARK. FINALLY, SHARKS DELVES INTO SERIOUS CONSERVATION ISSUES INCLUDING OVERFISHING AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION. IN REALITY, THESE MAGNIFICENT CREATURES POSE FEW THREATS TO PEOPLE-BUT WE ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO THEM. NORTHWEST COAST HALL (MAY 13, 2022), THE EXHIBITION DEPARTMENT WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND WHY ARCHITECTURE TO OVERSEE A MAJOR REVITALIZATION EFFORT TO THE HISTORIC NORTHWEST COAST HALL. DR. PETER WHITELEY, CURATOR OF NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY, AND NUU-CHAH-NULTH ARTIST AND CULTURAL HISTORIAN HAA'YUUPS (RON HAMILTON) CO-CURATED THE REDESIGN, ALONGSIDE CONSULTING CURATORS FROM THE COAST SALISH, GITXSAN, HAIDA, HALTZAQV, KWAKWAKAW'AKW, NUXALK, TLINGIT, AND TSIMSHIAN COMMUNITIES. THE RENOVATED HALL FEATURES MORE THAN 1,000 RESTORED CULTURAL TREASURES THAT ARE ENLIVENED WITH ENTIRELY NEW INTERPRETATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN AND MEDIA PIECES DEVELOPED WITH NATIVE SCHOLARS, ARTISTS, HISTORIANS, FILMMAKERS, AND LANGUAGE EXPERTS. THE HALL ALSO PRESENTS A ROTATING GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY NORTHWEST COAST ART, OPENING WITH LIVING WITH THE SEA; AN EXHIBIT FEATURING WORKS BY PRESENT-DAY NATIVE ARTISTS DEMONSTRATING HOW TRADITIONAL ART FORMS ARE BEING INTERPRETED BY TODAY'S GENERATIONS; THE OUR VOICES EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTING PERSPECTIVES FROM CO-CURATOR HAA'YUUPS AND CONSULTING CURATORS ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST COAST; AND AN 11-MINUTE VIDEO CREATED BY TAHLTAN/GITXSAN FILMAKER MICHAEL BORQUIN THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE PERSISTENCE OF NORTHWEST COAST PEOPLE. WORLDS BEYOND EARTH, HAVING PREMIERED IN JANUARY 2020, THIS 25-MINUTE DIGITAL SPACE SHOW CONTINUED ITS RUN IN THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM THROUGH FY22. NARRATED BY LUPITA NYONG'O, 'WORLDS BEYOND EARTH' VISUALIZES THE DYNAMIC WORLDS THAT SHARE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND PROVIDES VITAL CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING THE UNIQUE CONDITIONS THAT MAKE LIFE ON EARTH POSSIBLE. EXTINCT AND ENDANGERED: INSECTS IN PERIL (JUNE 22, 2022 - TBD). THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER LEVON BISS COLLABORATED ON THIS PROJECT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF INSECT DECLINE ON A GLOBAL LEVEL. ORGANIZED CHIEFLY BY DR. DAVID GRIMALDI, CURATOR FOR AMBER, DIPTERA, ISOPTERA, LEPIDOPTERA AND MINOR HOLOMETABOLOUS ORDERS, DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL OTHER CURRENT AMNH ENTOMOLOGY CURATORS, EXTINCT AND ENDANGERED CONSISTS OF AN EXHIBITION OF STUNNING LARGE-SCALE INSECT PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS A COMPANION BOOK, A DYNAMIC WEBSITE AND A "MAKING OF" VIDEO. THE PROJECT FEATURES SPECIMENS FROM THE VAST AMNH INSECT COLLECTIONS. THE EXHIBITION WILL TRAVEL TO OTHER VENUES AROUND THE WORLD AFTER ITS PREMIERE AT THE AMNH. IN ADDITION TO THE EXHIBITIONS ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM LISTED ABOVE, EXHIBITIONS TRAVELING TO OTHER VENUES OR AVAILABLE FOR TRAVEL INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: -THE NATURE OF COLOR EXPLORED THE MANY WAYS THAT COLOR INFORMS AND ENRICHES OUR LIVES. - T. REX: THE ULTIMATE PREDATOR EXPLORES THE ICONIC TYRANNOSAURUS REX AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS LARGE, ANCIENT AND FEARSOME FAMILY. -UNSEEN OCEANS EXPLORES THE VAST, DYNAMIC AND STILL-MYSTERIOUS WORLD OCEAN FROM A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES. -OUR SENSES EXPLORES HOW WE USE OUR SENSE ORGANS TO GATHER UP VITAL INFORMATION-AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW OUR BRAINS INTERPRET SENSORY DATA AND ENABLE US TO PERCEIVE THE WORLD AROUND US. -MYTHIC CREATURES: DRAGONS, UNICORNS & MERMAIDS TRACES THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL HISTORY ROOTS OF THE WORLD'S MOST CAPTIVATING MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES. -GIANTS, DRAGONS, AND UNICORNS: THE WORLD OF MYTHIC CREATURES IS AN ADAPTED, SMALL-SCALE (2,000 SQUARE FOOT) VERSION OF THE MUSEUM'S FULL-SCALE EXHIBITIION MYTHIC CREATURES, SUITABLE FOR TRAVEL TO VENUES WITH SMALLER EXHIBITION GALLERIES AND BUDGETS. -THE SECRET WORLD INSIDE YOU EXPLORES THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING SCIENCE THAT IS REVEALING COMPLEXITIES OF THE HUMAN MICROBIOME AND REDEFINING OUR NOTIONS OF HUMAN HEALTH. -INSIDE YOU, A PANEL VERSION OF THE POPULAR TRAVELING EXHIBITION, INTRODUCES VISITORS TO THE IDEA THAT OUR BODIES ARE HOME TO APPROXIMATELY 100 TRILLION BACTERIA LIVING INSIDE US AND ON US-ALONG WITH EVEN MORE VIRUSES AND OTHER MICROORGANISMS. -CUBA! IS A BILINGUAL EXHIBITION ABOUT THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND NATION. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE COUNTRY'S VIBRANT CULTURE AS WELL AS ITS EXTRAORDINARY BIODIVERSITY ACROSS ITS REMOTE FORESTS, MYSTERIOUS CAVES, EXPANSIVE WETLANDS AND DAZZLING REEFS. -NATURE'S SUPERHEROES: LIFE AT THE LIMITS REVEALS A GLIMPSE OF THE BREATHTAKING DIVERSITY OF THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE POWER OF NATURAL SELECTION TO SHAPE EXCEPTIONAL RESPONSES TO THE CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES, OF LIFE ON EARTH. -PTEROSAURS: FLIGHT IN THE AGE OF DINOSAURS EXPLORES THE ANCIENT, WINGED REPTILES KNOWN AS PTEROSAURS AND WHAT INCREDIBLE NEW DISCOVERIES ARE REVEALING ABOUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF ANIMALS. -THE POWER OF POISON EXPLORES POISON'S ROLES IN NATURE, MYTH, AND HUMAN HEALTH-AS A DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORS, A SOURCE OF STRENGTH, OR A LETHAL WEAPON-TURNED-LIFESAVING TREATMENT. -CREATURES OF LIGHT: NATURE'S BIOLUMINESCENCE TAKES VISITORS TO SUCH FASCINATING PLACES AS THE FAR DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN, EXPLAINS WHY AND HOW CERTAIN ANIMALS CREATE "LIVING LIGHT", AND HELPS US ALL BETTER UNDERSTAND THE VAST AND GLORIOUS ECOSYSTEM OF WHICH WE ARE A PART. -WORLD'S LARGEST DINOSAURS REVEALS HOW A UNIQUELY SUPER-SIZED GROUP OF DINOSAURS - THE LONG-NECKED AND LONG-TAILED SAUROPODS - LIVED, BREATHED, ATE, MOVED, AND SURVIVED BY ILLUMINATING HOW SIZE AND SCALE RELATED TO BASIC BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS. -DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES: ANCIENT FOSSILS, NEW IDEAS IS AN ADAPTED, SMALL-SCALE (1,500 SQ. FT.) VERSION OF THE MUSEUM'S FULL-SCALE EXHIBITION DINOSAURS, ANCIENT FOSSILS, NEW DISCOVERIES, SUITABLE FOR TRAVEL TO VENUES WITH SMALLER EXHIBITION GALLERIES AND BUDGETS. -OPULENT OCEANS WAS INSPIRED BY THE BOOK OPULENT OCEANS: EXTRAORDINARY RARE BOOK SELECTIONS FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARY, BY DR. MELANIE L.J. STIASSNY, THE AXELROD RESEARCH CURATOR AND CURATOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ICHTHYOLOGY. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES 46 STRIKING, LARGE-FORMAT REPRODUCTIONS FROM 32 RARE AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED SCIENTIFIC WORKS FROM THE MUSEUM'S LIBRARY. -PICTURING SCIENCE: MUSEUM SCIENTISTS AND IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES IS AN EXHIBITION WITH MORE THAN 20 SETS OF IMAGES ARE DISPLAYED IN LARGE FORMAT, GIVING VISITORS A SENSE OF THE WIDE RANGE OF RESEARCH TOPICS UNDER INVESTIGATION AT AMNH AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS OPTICAL TOOLS IN USE HERE. -NATURAL HISTORIES WAS INSPIRED BY THE BOOK NATURAL HISTORIES: EXTRAORDINARY RARE BOOK SELECTIONS FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARY, PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2012, BY THOMAS BAIONE, HAROLD BOESCHENSTEIN DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES. THIS EXHIBITION INCLUDES 50 STRIKING, LARGE-FORMAT REPRODUCTIONS FROM MORE THAN 25 RARE AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED SCIENTIFIC WORKS FROM THE MUSEUM LIBRARY'S RARE BOOK COLLECTION. - THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF SEEDS AND FRUITS: 81 HISTORICAL SEED AND FRUIT SPECIMENS FROM THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS IN EDINBURGH WERE PHOTOGRAPHED IN PAINSTAKING DETAIL FOR THIS PANEL EXHIBITION, HIGHLIGHTING STRIKING EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATIONS AND STORIES. THE IMAGES ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO APPRECIATE AND STUDY THESE TINY SPECIMENS IN LEVELS OF DETAIL NORMALLY ONLY AVAILABLE WITH THE USE OF MICROSCOPES. -MICROSCULPTURE PRESENTS A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON INSECTS, ENABLING AUDIENCES TO STUDY AND APPRECIATE THE HIDDEN DETAILS OF THE INSECT WORLD IN A UNIQUE AND ENGAGING WAY. CREATED BY PHOTOGRAPHER LEVON BISS, IT SHOWCASES THE INSECT COLLECTION OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN STRIKING HIGH-RESOLUTION DETAIL.
Part I, Line 1 & Part III, Line 1 (Continued)AMNH SPACE SHOWS LICENSED AT OTHER VENUES IN FY22 INCLUDED: -PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE: NARRATED BY TOM HANKS, THIS INAUGURAL SHOW PRODUCED FOR THE OPENING OF THE ROSE CENTER COMMUNICATES OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE. NEW VISUALS WERE PRODUCED IN 2017, UPDATING THIS POPULAR SHOW USING THE LATEST TECHNIQUES IN DATA VISUALIZATION. - THE SEARCH FOR LIFE: NARRATED BY HARRISON FORD, THIS SHOW EXPLORES EVIDENCE FOR LIFE BEYOND EARTH. - COSMIC COLLISION: NARRATED BY ROBERT REDFORD, THIS SPACE SHOW DELVES INTO THE DESTRUCTIVE BUT BEAUTIFUL COLLISIONS THAT FUEL OUR UNIVERSE. - JOURNEY TO THE STARS: LAUNCHES VISITORS THROUGH SPACE AND TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE STARS IN OUR NIGHT SKY, INCLUDING OUR OWN SUN. - DARK UNIVERSE: NARRATED BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON, IT CELEBRATES THE PIVOTAL DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE LED US TO GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF THE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE AND OUR PLACE WITHIN IT. - WORLDS BEYOND EARTH: NARRATED BY LUPITA NYONG'O, IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE DYNAMIC WORLDS THAT SHARE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE UNIQUE CONDITIONS THAT MAKE LIFE ON EARTH POSSIBLE. DIGITAL MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS THE MUSEUM MAINTAINS A DYNAMIC DIGITAL MEDIA PRESENCE, ANCHORED BY THE AMNH.ORG WEBSITE, WHICH OFFERS ONLINE TICKETING AND VISITOR INFORMATION; EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF AND RESOURCES FOR THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS; INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, INCLUDING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING IN PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL, AND RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS; INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUM'S RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND COLLECTIONS; AND MORE. IN ADDITION, THE MUSEUM IS ACTIVE ON SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, INCLUDING TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN, and TIKTOK, AS WELL AS YOUTUBE, TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC. THE TRANSITION TO TIMED-ENTRY ONLINE RESERVATIONS IN 2020, NECESSITATED BY THE PANDEMIC, SHIFTED THE MAJORITY OF TICKET TRANSACTION ONLINE AND CONTINUES TO DRIVE GROWTH IN WEB TRAFFIC AS VISITATION HAS REBOUNDED. IN FY22, AMNH.ORG HAD 14.6 MILLION UNIQUE VISITORS, UP FROM 11.4 MILLION IN FY21, AND SESSIONS ROSE TO 19 MILLION, UP FROM 14.9 MILLION. INTEREST IN DIGITAL RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS REMAINED STRONG AND CONTINUED TO GROW THROUGHOUT FY22 AS DISRUPTIONS TO IN-PERSON EDUCATION CONTINUED, LEADING FAMILIES, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS TO LOOK FOR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FROM TRUSTED SOURCES ONLINE. SESSIONS TO OLOGY, THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE FOR KIDS, ROSE 26% YEAR-OVER-YEAR TO 4.5 MILLION IN FY22. A SELECTION OF OLOGY ACTIVITIES CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED ON AN IPAD APP RELEASED BY THE MUSEUM IN LATE FY20, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE DOWNLOADED, WITH MORE THAN 57,000 DOWNLOADS IN FY22, MANY OF THEM FROM APPLE'S EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL, INDICATING STRONG ENGAGEMENT FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE OLOGY IPAD APP HAS 206,000 LIFETIME DOWNLOADS. IN ADDITION, TWO MAJOR INITIATIVES IN FY21 LED TO JUMPS IN ONLINE ENGAGEMENT. THE OPENING OF A NEW YORK CITY COVID-19 VACCINATION CENTER IN THE MUSEUM'S MILSTEIN HALL OF OCEAN LIFE APRIL 2021 WAS PROMOTED BROADLY ON THE MUSEUM'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND BY NEW YORK CITY, RESULTING IN RECORD-BREAKING POSTS ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL MAJOR INITIATIVES IN FY22 CONTRIBUTED TO ONLINE ENGAGEMENT. FROM JUNE 2021 TO JULY 2022, THE MUSEUM PARTNERED WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE ON A COVID-19 EDUCATION INTIATIVE THAT INCLUDED A SUITE OF ONLINE COMPONENTS, INCLUDING VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH, GENRAL PUBLIC, AND TEACHERS AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OFFERED ONLINE. AN ONLINE RESOURCE HUB THAT AGGREGATED MUSEUM AND PARTNER RESOURCES ON AMNH.ORG/VIRUS AND FOCUSED ON ESSENTIAL VIRUS, VACCINE, AND PANDEMIC SCIENCE TOPICS THROUGH VIDEOS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND MANDARIN WAS VIEWED MORE THAN 41,000 TIMES, WITH ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VIDEOS RECEIVING 37,600 VIEWS IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD (3,300 VIEWS FOR SPANISH). MANDARIN-LANGUAGE VERSIONS WERE PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2022 AND CONTINUE TO GAIN VIEWS EACH MONTH. ADDITIONAL ONLINE RESOURCES INCLUDED AUDIENCE-SPECIFIC SERIES OF LIVE STREAMED PROGRAMS ABOUT VIRUSES AND VACCINES THAT REACHED MORE THAN 630 HOUSEHOLDS, MORE THAN 230 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, AND MORE THAN 470 NEW YORK CITY EDUCATORS. ONLINE COURSES AND DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR K-12 EDUCATORS INCLUDE CURRICULUM RESOURCES, A FREE COURSE ON COURSERA ABOUT VIROLOGY, AND FEATURES ON OLOGY, THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE FOR KIDS. AT THE CLOSE OF FY22, THE RE-OPENING OF A RENOVATED PERMANENT GALLERY-THE NORTHWEST COAST HALL-WAS SUPPORTED BY DIGITAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL THAT DROVE TRAFFIC TO AMNH.ORG, INCLUDING AN OPENING TRAILER VIDEO THAT RECEIVED MORE THAN 100,000 VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.
PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 2TRUSTEE CHERYL C. EFFRON AND TRUSTEE VALERIE S. PELTIER - BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP VICE CHAIRMAN ROBERTO MIGNONE AND VICE CHAIRMAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS - FAMILY RELATIONSHIP TRUSTEE LORNE MICHAELS AND TRUSTEE TINA FEY - BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 4On December 1, 2021, the Museum amended its By-Laws to provide for the office of a Co-Chair.
PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 11ATHE RETURN IS INITIATED BY THE MUSEUM'S OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER AND THE MATERIAL IS REVIEWED BY RELEVANT OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM, INCLUDING ITS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND its internal and external LEGAL COUNSEL, AND then PREPARED AND FILED BY GRANT THORNTON, AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE RETURN IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 12CTHE MUSEUM ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTES TO ITS TRUSTEES THE MUSEUM'S GOVERNANCE POLICY AS WELL AS THE MUSEUM'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY and the museum also HAS SPECIFIC CONFLICTS POLICIES IN ITS INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CHARTER, AS WELL AS ITS PURCHASING MANUAL AND NOTIFIES ALL SUPPLIERS OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES IN ITS SUPPLIER AUTHORIZATION SUBMITTAL AND IN STANDARD SUPPLIER AGREEMENTS. THE MUSEUM'S EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK INCLUDES THE CONFLICTS POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES AND APPOINTS AN ETHICS OFFICER TO ADVISE AND CONSULT WITH EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ANY RELATED ETHICS QUESTIONS. On an annual basis, the Museum requires its Trustees, Officers of the Board, members of Committees of the Board and Committees of the Museum, and Key Persons to disclose any personal or professional interest in the outcome of a situation involving the Museum. Upon encountering or becoming aware of such a situation, these individuals are advised to disclose it to the Chair of the Audit Committee, through the Museum's General Counsel.
PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 15THE MUSEUM'S PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM INCLUDES 1) GUIDANCE BY INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL, 2) PRESENTATION OF COMPARABILITY DATA BY AN INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, typically UPDATED EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND 3) CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL BY THE INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND THE INDEPENDENT OFFICERS COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES meeting together.
PART VI, SECTION C, QUESTION 19THE MUSEUM MAKES ITS GOVERNANCE POLICY, AND ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AS WELL AS THE MUSEUM'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE, LOCATED AT WWW.AMNH.ORG/ABOUT-THE-MUSEUM.
PART XI, QUESTION 9CHANGE IN VALUE OF INTEREST RATE EXCHANGE and cap AGREEMENTS OF $14,768,705 AND OTHER PENSION RELATED ACTIVITIES OF $18,547,568 EQUALS $33,316,273.

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