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AS THE MUSEUM IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, INDIVIDUAL SOLICITATIONS AND GIFTS TEND TO BE LARGER THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED DURING A NON-CAMPAIGN PERIOD WITH THE RESULTING IMPACT OF LOWERING THE PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE. 2. SOURCES OF SUPPORT FACTOR: THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE FOR 213 YEARS, WHICH RANKS IT AMONG THE FIRST AMERICAN MUSEUMS TO HAVE SUCH A PUBLIC MANDATE. THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO 1799 WHEN A GROUP OF SALEM-BASED, INTERNATIONAL, SEA-GOING BUSINESS LEADERS WERE AMONG THE FIRST AMERICANS TO DEVELOP TRADING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA, OCEANIA AND BEYOND. THESE EARLY AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS BROUGHT BACK MAGNIFICENT ART AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE CULTURES THEY ENCOUNTERED AND WERE EAGER TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAD DISCOVERED WITH THE LARGER PUBLIC. ALTHOUGH MORE THAN 200 YEARS HAVE PASSED, THE MUSEUM'S COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS AS STRONG AS EVER. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS ARE AMONG THE FINEST OF THEIR KIND AND ENCOMPASS AN UNRIVALED SPECTRUM OF CULTURES AND GENRE, INCLUDING AMERICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, AMERICAN DECORATIVE ART, MARITIME ART, NATIVE AMERICAN ART, ASIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, ASIAN EXPORT ART, AFRICAN ART, OCEANIC ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONTEMPORARY ART. IN ADDITION, THE MUSEUM OPERATES THE PHILLIPS LIBRARY, ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUM-BASED COLLECTIONS OF RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. THE BREADTH OF THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS AND OFFERINGS IS UNQUESTIONABLY VARIED, SO THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF APPEALING TO A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTS, WHICH IN TURN HELPS TO BUILD ATTENDANCE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMITMENT AND PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT. 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THE RANGE OF OBJECTS DEFIED CATEGORIZATION - FRAGILE PEEPAL LEAVES PAINTED WITH BIRDS, A HAND-DRAWN ANTISLAVERY MAP WITH COMMENTARY, EXQUISITE SAMPLES OF HANDMADE FRENCH LACE, A SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S SCARLET LETTER AND MUCH MORE. - SHAPESHIFTING: TRANSFORMATIONS IN NATIVE AMERICAN ART (JANUARY 14, 2012 THROUGH APRIL 29, 2012): APPROXIMATELY 77 WORKS IN A WIDE RANGE OF MEDIA AND GENRES FROM PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE WERE PRESENTED IN THIS UNPRECEDENTED EXPLORATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART. SHAPESHIFTING MADE THEMATIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE, ART TRADITIONS, AND CULTURES, PRESENTING THE CONTINUOUS CREATIVE OUTPUT OF NATIVE ARTISTS AMIDST TUMULTUOUS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES ON A GLOBAL SCALE. INTEGRATING HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES, THIS EXHIBITION TRANSCENDED THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME, GEOGRAPHY, MATERIALS, AND TECHNIQUES IN ITS EXAMINATION OF KEY ASSUMPTIONS AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES RELATED TO NATIVE AMERICAN ART. PEM CO-PUBLISHED A MULTI-AUTHOR BOOK WITH YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS TO ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION. - THE MIND'S EYE: 50 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY JERRY UELSMANN (FEBRUARY 11, 2012 THROUGH JULY 15, 2012): JERRY UELSMANN IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND HAS EVEN BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE "FATHER OF PHOTOSHOP". UELSMANN'S PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN LIKENED TO DREAMS, BASED ON HIS COMBINATIONS OF NEGATIVES IN THE DARKROOM TO MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE PRODUCTS OF HIS IMAGINATION. THIS FIRST RETROSPECTIVE OF UELSMANN'S WORK IN MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS BROUGHT TOGETHER THE FINEST KNOWN VINTAGE PRINTS FROM THE ARTIST'S STUDIO COLLECTION. THE EXHIBITION ALSO TRAVELED TO TWO OTHER VENUES, THE HARN MUSEUM AND THE MICHENER MUSEUM. - FREEPORT [NO. 005]: MICHAEL LIN (MARCH 24, 2012 THROUGH JUNE 27, 2013): TAIWANESE ARTIST MICHAEL LIN IS WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR PAINTING VAST, BOLD DESIGNS ON SOBER ARCHITECTURAL SETTINGS, INTERVENTIONS THAT INJECTED A VIBRANT SENSE OF PLAY. AT PEM LIN SPOTLIGHTS THE MUSEUM'S RENOWNED COLLECTION OF ASIAN EXPORT ART BY CREATING A SPRAWLING MURAL OF ORIGINAL ARMORIAL AND HERALDIC MOTIFS THAT CLIMB UP THE WALLS OF THE MELLON STAIRCASE AND ALONG THE FLOOR OF THE EXPORT SILVER GALLERIES. TO ANIMATE THE HISTORY OF TRADE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WEST, LIN ALSO CREATED A LARGE-SCALE INSTALLATION COMPRISED OF HUNDREDS OF REPLICAS OF PEM'S MR. NOBODY, ONE OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIONS OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN IN CHINESE PORCELAIN. - NATURAL HISTORIES: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA BOSWORTH (APRIL 14, 2012 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2013): THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTED BOSWORTH'S BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER FAMILY AND HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN NOVELTY, OHIO. FEATURING THE OLDEST AND YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, THESE TOUCHING IMAGES EXPLORE THE JOY OF YOUTH AND THE WISTFULNESS OF AGING, THE NATURE OF MEMORY AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME. MOST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE DISPLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS EXHIBITION DUE TO THEIR PERSONAL NATURE FOR THE ARTIST. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE BOSTON AREA AND INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED, BOSWORTH IS A VETERAN OF NUMEROUS MONOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS; HOWEVER, THIS WAS HER FIRST MAJOR MUSEUM EXHIBITION IN THE BOSTON AREA. - ANSEL ADAMS: AT THE WATER'S EDGE (JUNE 9, 2012 THROUGH OCTOBER 8, 2012): ANSEL ADAMS IS THE MOST POPULAR, AND ARGUABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER. A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF CARMEL, CALIFORNIA, ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHED THE CALIFORNIA COASTLINE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, CREATING BEAUTIFUL AND EVOCATIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE JUNCTIONS BETWEEN LAND AND WATER. SEVERAL OF THESE, SUCH AS THE FAMOUS "SURF SEQUENCE" SERIES OF 1936-40, ARE WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS MASTERPIECES OF ADAMS'S ART. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO UNLIKE THE MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES FOR WHICH HE IS BEST KNOWN, THEY ARE LARGELY OVERLOOKED. THIS EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME HIS PICTURES OF WATER IN DIVERSE FORMS AT A RANGE OF SITES. THE MUSEUM PUBLISHED AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE TO ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION AND DID A SECOND PRINT RUN BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF SALES. THE SHOW WAS SLATED TO TRAVEL TO TWO OTHER VENUES IN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA IN 2013. - A LEGACY OF CHANGE: SELECTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART (JUNE 16, 2012 THROUGH JUNE 25, 2013): THIS EXHIBITION EXPLORED HOW NATIVE ARTISTS HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY INNOVATIVE, REFLECTING ON THEIR PERSONAL AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES IN ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH NEW IDEAS, MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURES. SELECTED FROM PEM'S NATIVE AMERICAN ART COLLECTION - ONE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST AND FINEST COLLECTIONS OF ITS KIND - THE WORKS INCLUDED A CROSS-SECTION OF PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, JEWELRY AND TEXTILE ARTS CREATED OVER THE LAST 200 YEARS.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>- GOLDEN LIGHT: SELECTIONS FROM THE VAN OTTERLOO COLLECTION (AUGUST 11, 2012 THROUGH JULY 7, 2013): DUTCH ART AND LIFE IN THE 1600S WAS EXPLORED THROUGH A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF ROSE-MARIE AND EIJK VAN OTTERLOO. THE INSTALLATION FEATURED 16 PAINTINGS BY HENDRICK AVERCAMP, FRANS HALS, PIETER CLAESZ, JAN BRUEGHEL THE ELDER AND NOTABLE OTHERS. - HATS: AN ANTHOLOGY BY STEPHEN JONES (SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 THROUGH FEBRUARY 3, 2013): THIS EXHIBITION WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM AND ONE OF THE FASHION WORLD'S FOREMOST MILLINERS, STEPHEN JONES. THE EXHIBITION FEATURED OVER 300 HATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, HIGHLIGHTING THE CULTURAL, HISTORIC AND DECORATIVE PROPERTIES OF THE HAT, DISPLAYED WITH THE WIT AND WHIMSICAL STYLE OF STEPHEN JONES. HATS PRESENTED A REVEALING EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD OF MILLINERY FROM THE EXPERT VIEWPOINT OF A MILLINER. THE DISPLAY DREW ON STEPHEN JONES'S OWN ARCHIVE AND THE V&amp;A'S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF HATS, ALONGSIDE ICONIC HEADGEAR FROM AROUND THE WORLD. BASED AROUND THE LIFECYCLE OF A HAT, THE SHOW FOLLOWED THE RICHNESS OF CREATIVITY, CRAFT, STYLE AND TECHNIQUE INHERENT IN EVERY HAT. THESE ASPECTS WERE COVERED BY THE FOUR MAIN THEMES OF THE EXHIBITION-INSPIRATION, CREATION, THE SALON AND THE CLIENT. LINKING OBJECTS AND BRINGING THEM TO LIFE IN A THEMATIC RATHER THAN A CHRONOLOGICAL WAY, IT POSED UNUSUAL JUXTAPOSITIONS OF HATS, RANGING IN STYLE AND PERIOD FROM THE TWELFTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY. - THE INVENTION OF GLORY: AFONSO V AND THE PASTRANA TAPESTRIES (OCTOBER 27, 2012 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2012): THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTED THE PASTRANA TAPESTRIES, ON LOAN TOGETHER IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME AS PART OF A TOUR FOLLOWING AN EXTENSIVE RESTORATION PROJECT. FOUR MONUMENTAL PANELS, WHICH ARE AMONG THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF GOTHIC TAPESTRY IN EXISTENCE, DEPICT IN EXQUISITE DETAIL THE CONQUESTS OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL, AFONSO V. IN NOVEMBER OF 2011, THE MUSEUM CREATED A NEW SENIOR-LEVEL POSITION, DIRECTOR OF EXHIBITION RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING, IN SUPPORT OF ITS AMBITIOUS EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATION PROGRAM. THIS POSITION HAS FOUR PRIMARY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: LEADING AN EXPANDED EXHIBITIONS AND RESEARCH TEAM IN SUPPORT OF SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND FUTURE INSTALLATIONS; LEADING PUBLISHING INITIATIVES; COLLABORATING WITH THE MUSEUM'S CHIEF CURATOR AND DIVERSE STAFF TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NEW MODELS FOR IDEA GENERATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY THINKING; AND DEVELOPING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPANSION-RELATED PROJECTS.</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>PROGRAM SERVICE STATEMENT</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS: THE CURATORIAL STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONCEIVING AND ORGANIZING EXHIBITIONS FOR THE MUSEUM AND ALSO FOR TRAVEL TO OTHER VENUES, AS WELL AS CULTIVATING SUPPORT FOR THE MUSEUM'S PROGRAMMATIC INITIATIVES AND COLLECTION. CURATORS ACQUIRE, PRESERVE, RESEARCH, AND INTERPRET THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION. THE CURATORIAL STAFF ALSO PREPARES AND PUBLISHES SCHOLARLY CATALOGUES AND EDUCATIONAL TEXTS RELATED TO THE EXHIBITIONS AND THE COLLECTION AT LARGE. THE MUSEUM MAINTAINS AND EXHIBITS MANY UNIQUE AND WIDELY RESPECTED COLLECTIONS: - THE AFRICAN COLLECTION INCLUDES EARLY AND SIGNIFICANT WORKS FROM COASTAL EAST AND WEST AFRICA AND AN IMPORTANT BODY OF ZULU ARTWORK. THE MUSEUM ALSO HOUSES ONE OF THE WORLD'S FINEST COLLECTIONS OF ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN ART, CONSISTING OF SIXTEENTH-TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY ICONS AND METALWORK. - THE AMERICAN DECORATIVE ART, FOLK ART, AND COSTUME COLLECTION REPRESENTS MORE THAN 300 YEARS OF NEW ENGLAND ART AND CULTURE. IT FEATURES EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLES OF REGIONAL FURNITURE, PORTRAITS, AND NEEDLEWORK. ADDITIONALLY, THE MUSEUM'S COSTUME COLLECTION RANKS AMONG THE TOP TEN IN THE NATION. - THE ASIAN EXPORT ART COLLECTION IS THE WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ART MADE IN ASIA FOR EXPORT TO WESTERN NATIONS AND REFLECTS THE COMPLEX AND FASCINATING INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF EAST AND WEST. IT ENCOMPASSES PAINTINGS, FURNITURE, SILVER, PORCELAINS, WORKS ON PAPER, AND A WIDE RANGE OF OBJECTS CREATED BETWEEN THE FIFTEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES. - BORN DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE CHINA TRADE IN SALEM, THE CHINESE COLLECTION IS UNIQUE FOR ITS STRENGTH IN VERNACULAR ART THAT EXPLORES THE RICH TRADITIONS OF CHINESE CULTURE. IT FEATURES IMPORTANT QING DYNASTY WORKS, INCLUDING CERAMICS, TEXTILES, AND DECORATIVE ARTS. - THE MUSEUM'S INDIAN COLLECTION ENCOMPASSES BOTH CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORIC WORK. THE HERWITZ GALLERY, NAMED IN HONOR OF PIONEERING COLLECTORS CHESTER AND DAVIDA HERWITZ, IS THE FIRST AMERICAN MUSEUM GALLERY DEDICATED TO THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART OF INDIA, EXHIBITING PIECES BY ARTISTS WHO EXPRESS THE DYNAMIC PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHARACTER OF CONTEMPORARY INDIA AND THE WORLD. BEGUN WITH MARINERS' DONATIONS FROM INDIA IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE MUSEUM'S OPERATION, THE OLDER PORTION OF THE INDIAN COLLECTION INCLUDES IMPORTANT SCULPTURE, TEXTILES, CERAMICS, AND METALWORK. ADDITIONALLY, THE GEOGRAPHICALLY-RELATED HIMALAYAN COLLECTION CONTAINS THE NATION'S FOREMOST COLLECTION OF NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY BHUTANESE TEXTILE ARTS AS WELL AS IMPORTANT TIBETAN AND NEPALESE WORKS. - CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MANY OF AMERICA'S MOST IMPORTANT NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY COLLECTORS OF JAPANESE ART HAVE COMBINED TO CREATE A MAJOR COLLECTION OF THE ART AND CULTURE OF JAPAN. THE COLLECTION WAS BEGUN IN 1799 AND CONTAINS MANY WORKS CONSIDERED RARE EVEN IN JAPAN, WITH THE LATE EDO- AND MEIJI-PERIOD EXAMPLES RANKING AMONG THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. - FOUNDED IN THE 1880S, THE KOREAN COLLECTION PIONEERED AMERICAN INTEREST IN KOREAN ART AND CULTURE. TODAY, IT CONTAINS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF ART OF THE LATE JOSEON DYNASTY. THE COLLECTION IS DEEMED BY KOREAN SCHOLARS TO BE THE BEST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS THE ONLY FOREIGN COLLECTION TO BE EXHIBITED AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SEOUL. - THE MARITIME COLLECTION, BEGUN IN 1803, IS THE FINEST IN AMERICA. IT IS INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FOR ITS HOLDINGS OF APPROXIMATELY 30,000 PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PRINTS, AS WELL AS ITS 20,000 MARITIME OBJECTS (SHIP MODELS, TOOLS, SHIP PLANS, ETC.) DATING FROM THE SEVENTEENTH THROUGH THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. - THE NATIVE AMERICAN ART COLLECTION INCLUDES 20,000 WORKS DATING FROM THE SEVENTEEN CENTURY TO THE PRESENT, AS WELL AS 50,000 ARCHEOLOGICAL WORKS DATING BACK 10,000 YEARS. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT ACTIVELY WORKS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS. - THE OCEANIC COLLECTION IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THE EARLY ORIGINS AND PROVENANCE OF ITS OBJECTS AS WELL AS ITS SIZE AND BREADTH AND REPRESENTS SOME OF THE FIRST PIECES DONATED TO THE MUSEUM IN 1799. IT INCLUDES MORE THAN 20,000 OBJECTS FROM MORE THAN THIRTY-SIX ISLAND GROUPS IN POLYNESIA, MELANESIA, AND MICRONESIA. - THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION COMPRISES MORE THAN 800,000 RARE AND VINTAGE IMAGES REPRESENTING NEARLY EVERY KIND OF PHOTOGRAPHIC FORMAT AND PROCESS. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES THE WORLD'S FINEST GROUP OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS OF ASIA, THOUSANDS OF MARITIME IMAGES, EARLY AMERICA PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, AS WELL AS ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE IMAGES. - THE ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION INCLUDES TWENTY-TWO HISTORIC AMERICAN STRUCTURES AND A MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT COLLECTION. FOUR OF THE BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNATED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS; SIX OTHERS ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THE MUSEUM HOLDS AMERICA'S FIRST COLLECTION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND ONE OF ITS FINEST. - THE PHILLIPS LIBRARY, PART OF THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, IS ONE OF NEW ENGLAND'S MOST IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES. IT IS A MAJOR RESOURCE FOR MONOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS RELATED TO ART AND CULTURE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON MARITIME ART AND HISTORY, NEW ENGLAND ART AND HISTORY, AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE MUSEUM'S DIVERSE COLLECTIONS. THE LIBRARY ALSO HOLDS THE NATION'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF SHIP LOGS AND JOURNALS AS WELL AS ORIGINAL COURT DOCUMENTS FROM THE 1692 SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>EDUCATION: THE MUSEUM'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS A WIDE ARRAY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CONTRIBUTES TO INTERPRETIVE DEVELOPMENT OF EXHIBITIONS. IT ALSO PREPARES AND DISTRIBUTES PRINT AND ONLINE MATERIALS TO HELP VISITORS OF ALL AGES WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, KNOWLEDGE, INTERESTS, PREFERENCES AND NEEDS GAIN INSIGHT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL ART AND CULTURE. EACH YEAR, THE MUSEUM OFFERS HUNDREDS OF PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE ARTS LEARNING AND APPRECIATION AND TO STIMULATE CRITICAL THINKING, CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY, CREATIVITY, AND CONNECTION-MAKING BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMMING, PEM STRIVES TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT TRANSFORM PEOPLE'S LIVES BY BROADENING THEIR PERSPECTIVES, ATTITUDES, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THEMSELVES AND THE WIDER WORLD. PROGRAMS EMPLOY AGE- AND AUDIENCE-APPROPRIATE PEDAGOGIES AND USE THE MUSEUM'S OUTSTANDING COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS TO ENGAGE VISITORS DIRECTLY WITH WORKS OF ART AND CULTURE. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION FOCUSES ON SEVERAL BROAD AUDIENCE AREAS: K-12 STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FAMILIES, AND ADULTS FROM COLLEGE AGE THROUGH SENIOR CITIZENS. INTERNSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE AWARD-WINNING ART &amp; NATURE CENTER FOR INTERACTIVE FAMILY LEARNING, ARE ALSO MANAGED BY THIS DEPARTMENT. THE SINGLE VISIT SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC, INDEPENDENT, AND HOME SCHOOLS IN GRADES PRE K-12 AND BLENDS GUIDED DOCENT-LED GALLERY TOURS WITH ENGAGING ACTIVITIES THAT INSPIRE CLOSE LOOKING AND REFLECTION. USING ITS COLLECTIONS, THE MUSEUM CREATES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CLASSROOM CONTENT AND STUDENTS' DAILY LIVES AND INTRODUCES IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES THAT ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO THINK CREATIVELY AND ANALYTICALLY, INCLUDING FACILITATING STUDENT ART-MAKING. IN 2012, 17,632 STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND CHAPERONES FROM 360 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN SINGLE VISIT SCHOOL PROGRAMS. FORMAL MUSEUM-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS ARE MANAGED THROUGH THE MULTIPLE VISIT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PARTNERSHIP, WHICH TARGETS TITLE I SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE NORTH SHORE REGION, PROVIDES MEANINGFUL SEQUENCED MUSEUM VISITS AND OBJECT-BASED LESSON PLANS THAT BUILD KNOWLEDGE IDENTIFIED AS CRITICAL IN THE ART, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS FROM PRIMARILY LOW RESOURCE SCHOOLS MAKE MULTIPLE (3-5) VISITS TO THE MUSEUM, RESULTING IN 4,103 TOTAL VISITS DURING 2012. AT THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR, OVER 302 TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS ATTEND A CULMINATING EVENT TO SHOWCASE AND CELEBRATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND INVOLVE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN SUPPORTING STUDENT LEARNING. PERIODICALLY, SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS OF THE PROGRAM ARE CONDUCTED TO ASSESS ITS IMPACT. TO AID IN THE INTEGRATION OF THE ARTS IN CLASSROOM LESSONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS PROVIDE K-12 EDUCATORS WITH AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS. THE PROGRAMS COVER NUMEROUS TOPICS AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINES AND ARE LINKED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS FOR VISUAL ARTS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS. FOR 2012, 414 EDUCATORS PARTICIPATED IN TEACHER PROGRAMS. DURING THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR, THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OFFER GRADE-LEVEL FOCUSED DISTRICT-WIDE TRAINING IN ARTS INTEGRATION STRATEGIES. IN TOTAL, 12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS WERE HELD IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE MOST RECENT ACADEMIC YEAR. THE MUSEUM ALSO PROVIDES SPECIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGED STUDENTS. IN 2012 OVER 50 STUDENTS WERE OFFERED INTERNSHIPS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE MUSEUM, PROVIDING THEM WITH VALUABLE PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS. PARTICIPATING STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND CREATIVITY THROUGH BOTH GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AND, UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF MUSEUM STAFF SUPERVISORS, ARE INTRODUCED TO THE MANY ASPECTS OF MUSEUM EMPLOYMENT. THE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM DEVELOPED WITH SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY BROUGHT 152 STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO THE MUSEUM FOR A SERIES OF INTENSIVE LEARNING VISITS DURING A SIX-WEEK SUMMER TRANSITION PROGRAM PROVIDING ACADEMIC SUPPORT LEADING TO COLLEGE ADMISSION. PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES AT THE MUSEUM ARE AIMED AT FOSTERING SHARED INTERGENERATIONAL EXPERIENCES AROUND ART BASED ON INQUIRY, DIALOGUE, AND CREATIVE ART-MAKING. THEY TAKE A VARIETY OF FORMS, FROM GALLERY-BASED FAMILY TOURS AND STORYTELLING FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND THEIR ADULT CAREGIVERS TO STUDIO ACTIVITIES AND WEEKEND FESTIVALS THAT COMBINE PERFORMANCE, STORYTELLING, MOVEMENT, FILM, AND ART-MAKING. SELF-GUIDED ACTIVITIES AND PRINT MATERIALS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARED FAMILY INVESTIGATION OF OBJECTS IN THE COLLECTION FROM A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURES. ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION, ELIMINATING ECONOMIC BARRIERS FOR UNDERSERVED FAMILIES. IN 2012, THE MUSEUM OFFERED NEARLY 550 FAMILY PROGRAMS FOR A COMBINED TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 27,000 FAMILY VISITORS. ONE MAJOR FAMILY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT IS ATRIUM ALIVE, WEEKEND FESTIVALS WHICH OFFER DYNAMIC, INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR CULTURE OR THEME. TAKING PLACE UP TO EIGHT TIMES PER YEAR AND WITH A TOTAL ANNUAL ATTENDANCE OF 25,000 IN 2012, ATRIUM ALIVE INCORPORATES ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS, DANCE AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES, GALLERY TALKS, FILMS, LECTURES, AND HANDS-ON ART ACTIVITIES. ATRIUM ALIVE IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE ALL AUDIENCES AND LEARNING STYLES IN A MULTIFACETED EXPERIENCE OF ART AND CULTURE. DROP-IN ART ACTIVITIES, PROVIDING HANDS-ON ART PROJECTS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE ALL AGES, ARE ANOTHER POPULAR EXAMPLE OF FAMILY PROGRAMMING AND HAD A COMBINED ANNUAL ATTENDANCE OF 4,946. FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO WORK TOGETHER ON PROJECTS RELATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM. WHEN THIS PROGRAM IS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH ATRIUM ALIVE, VISITING ARTISTS OFTEN LEAD DROP-IN ACTIVITIES. WHETHER FACILITATED BY ARTISTS OR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STAFF, DROP-IN ACTIVITIES FOSTER SELF-GUIDED DISCOVERY, ENABLING FAMILIES TO CHOOSE THE BALANCE THAT FITS THEIR SCHEDULE AND INTERESTS. THE MUSEUM'S ART &amp; NATURE CENTER (ANC) IS A DYNAMIC, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION SPACE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AT MULTI-GENERATIONAL AUDIENCES AND EXPLORES THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE THROUGH THE WORK OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS. ACTIVITY STATIONS, MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS, AND A RANGE OF PROGRAM OFFERINGS PROVIDE VISITORS WITH A VARIETY OF APPROACHES FOR INVESTIGATING THE ARTWORK AND THEMES PRESENTED. THE ANC EXHIBITION SPACE AIMS TO NURTURE INTERGENERATIONAL EXCHANGE AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AS WELL AS TO CONTEXTUALIZE ARTWORK BY PROVIDING SUPPORTING MATERIALS ALREADY FAMILIAR TO VISITORS. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, THE DEDICATED ANC EXHIBITION SPACE WAS CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS, SO ANOTHER GALLERY WAS REPURPOSED IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY INTERRUPTION TO THIS HIGHLY-UTILIZED PROGRAMMING. ALL TOGETHER 80,444 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN ANC EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING IN 2012. ADULTS ARE SERVED BY THE MUSEUM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS TARGETED TOWARD THEIR INTERESTS, LIFE STAGES, GROUP PARTICIPATION, AND PREFERENCES. THE PUBLIC AND GROUP TOUR PROGRAMS PROVIDE DOCENT-LED EXPERIENCES IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS, FACILITATING MEANINGFUL AND STIMULATING CONNECTIONS WITH ART. INFORMATION AND DIALOGUE ENRICH VISITORS' UNDERSTANDINGS OF MUSEUM OBJECTS AND THEIR LINKS TO THE WIDER WORLD. A TOTAL OF 13,934 VISITORS PARTICIPATED IN TOURS OF COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, OR HISTORIC HOUSES IN 2012. SPECIALIZED TOURS FOR RESIDENTS OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND SENIOR CENTERS, AS WELL AS FOR VISITORS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, PROVIDED RICH VISUAL EXPERIENCES THAT STIMULATE MEMORY AND IMPROVE MODE WHILE PROMPTING THE SHARING OF PERSONAL STORIES. SPECIALLY TRAINED DOCENTS CAREFULLY PLANNED AND LED THESE SMALL-GROUP, HIGHLY FACILITATED ARTS EXPERIENCES.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED TO GENERAL PUBLIC VISITORS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THEM IN VISUAL AND INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY THAT SPARKS CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, AND CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, CONTRIBUTING TO LIFE-LONG LEARNING. PROGRAMS RANGE FROM GALLERY TOURS AND ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS TO LECTURES, CONCERTS, FILM FESTIVALS, AND STUDIO WORKSHOPS RELATED TO THE ART AND CULTURES REPRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS OR EXHIBITIONS. PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR 2012 ALSO INCLUDED PEM/PM, AN EVENING PROGRAM SERIES FEATURING ART DEMONSTRATIONS AND ART-MAKING COMBINED WITH LIVE MUSIC, FILM, AND SOCIAL EVENTS, AND ART360, A SMALL-GROUP PROGRAM OFFERING A HALF-DAY, IN-DEPTH WORKSHOP AND TOUR RELATED TO ONE OF THE MUSEUM'S CHANGING EXHIBITIONS. PROGRAMS FOR THE OPENING DAYS OF SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS WERE ALSO MORE RICHLY DEVELOPED, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR DEEPER DISCUSSION, ARTISTIC EXPLORATION, AND CELEBRATION OF THE GROUNDBREAKING STATEMENTS, BOLD IDEAS AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING INSTALLATIONS PRESENTED BY NEW EXHIBITIONS. FILMS - SELECT CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTARY AND ART FILMS ARE SHOWN DURING CULTURAL FESTIVALS AND AT EXHIBITION OPENING DAYS, AS WELL AS DURING TWO ANNUAL FILM SERIES, THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL AND THE SALEM FILM FEST. FILMS CHOSEN OFFER DIRECT THEMATIC CONNECTIONS TO THE MUSEUM'S ARTS, CULTURE, AND EXHIBITIONS. IN 2012, A TOTAL OF 12 CURATED FILMS WERE SHOWN TO 1,316 ADULTS. PRESENTATIONS - LECTURES, TALKS, AND MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS ARE FEATURED DURING OPENING DAYS, FESTIVALS, AND AS STANDALONE EVENTS. THESE PROGRAMS OFFER ADULT AUDIENCES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE SOPHISTICATED, IN-DEPTH IDEAS WITH RENOWNED SPECIALISTS IN CONTEMPORARY ART, ART HISTORY AND CULTURE, ART-NATURE THEMES, ARCHITECTURE, AND OTHER RELATED FIELDS, WHO PRESENT MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES AND STIMULATE NEW THINKING ABOUT THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS AND CHANGING EXHIBITIONS. IN 2012, 13 PRESENTATIONS WERE ATTENDED BY 1,277 ADULTS. AMONG THESE WERE: - SARAH GREENOUGH, THE SENIOR CURATOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, DISCUSSED THE ROMANCE BETWEEN GEORGIA O'KEEFE AND ALFRED STIEGLITZ THROUGH AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR EXTENSIVE LETTER CORRESPONDENCE. HER BOOK, MY FARAWAY ONE: SELECTED LETTERS OF GEORGIA O'KEEFE AND ALFRED STIEGLITZ: VOLUME ONE, 1915-1933, REVEALS THE CONTENTS OF 650 LETTERS THE COUPLE EXCHANGED OVER 30 YEARS, DOCUMENTING THE STAGES OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT. - IN A PRESENTATION ENTITLED "ANSEL ADAMS, A SON'S PERSPECTIVE", THE ARTIST'S SON, MICHAEL ADAMS SPOKE ABOUT HIS FATHER'S CHILDHOOD, HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE SIERRA NEVADA, HIS VISITS TO THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SIERRA CLUB AND HIS DOCUMENTARY WORK AT THE MANZANAR RELOCATION CENTER DURING WORLD WAR II. IN ADDITION TO SHARING IMAGES OF HIS FATHER'S ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS, ADAMS ALSO PRESENTED A SHORT FILM BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPH MONOLITH, THE FACE OF HALF DOME (1927), WITH ACCOMPANYING PIANO MUSIC RECORDED BY HIS FATHER IN 1945. - STEPHEN JONES, ONE OF THE FASHION WORLD'S FOREMOST HAT DESIGNERS, LED A CONVERSATION EXPLORING THE WORLD OF MILLINERY, COVERING THE CULTURAL, HISTORIC AND DECORATIVE PROPERTIES OF THE HAT, AS WELL AS THE GENESIS OF THE EXHIBITION HATS: AN ANTHOLOGY BY STEPHEN JONES. HE WAS JOINED BY ORIOLE CULLEN, CURATOR OF MODERN TEXTILES AND FASHION FROM LONDON'S VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM AS WELL AS LYNDA HARTIGAN, THE JAMES B. AND MARY LOU HAWKES CHIEF CURATOR AT PEM. WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS - ARTIST-LED WORKSHOPS AND ART DEMONSTRATIONS OFFER ADULTS THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP A CLOSER UNDERSTANDING OF ARTISTIC THINKING, PROCESS, MATERIALS AND METHODS. IN 2012, 28 ADULT ART WORKSHOPS AND ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS WERE HELD, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF 6,941 ADULTS. - ARTIST D.Y. BEGAY (DINE [NAVAJO]) WHO WAS FEATURED IN PEM'S EXHIBITION SHAPESHIFTING: TRANSFORMATIONS IN NATIVE AMERICAN ART, DEMONSTRATED HOW SHE CREATES HER ORIGINAL HANDWOVEN NAVAJO RUGS ON A PORTABLE LOOM USING WOOL DYED VIBRANT COLORS THROUGH THE USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS. - THE ART OF HAT MAKING WAS DEMONSTRATED IN A WORKSHOP LED BY MILLINERS LESLEY HANSARD AND REBECCA WALSH. AFTER EXPLORING THE EXHIBITION, HATS: AN ANTHOLOGY BY STEPHEN JONES, PARTICIPANTS THEN USED THE 10,000-YEAR-OLD TECHNIQUE OF FELT HAT MAKING TO DESIGN AND SCULPT THEIR OWN MERINO WOOL HATS. - IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION THE INVENTION OF GLORY: AFONSO V AND THE PASTRANA TAPESTRIES, SEVERAL ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS WERE PRESENTED THAT FOCUSED ON TECHNIQUES USED DURING THE 15TH CENTURY WHEN THESE AMAZING TAPESTRIES WERE CREATED. ONE PROGRAM FEATURED ARTIST ANDREW VOLPE WHO LED A DEMONSTRATION OF SILVERPOINT AND QUILL PEN DRAWING. IN TOTAL, 1,456 ADULT PROGRAMS AND TOURS WERE OFFERED IN 2012 FOR A COMBINED ATTENDANCE OF 25,348.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE CONDUCTS A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING. AFTER ANY NECESSARY REVISIONS ARE MADE, THE FINAL DRAFT IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT PRIOR TO FILING.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, EACH OFFICER, DIRECTOR AND KEY EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT. THE STATEMENTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ANY CONFLICTS ARE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF AN APPROPRIATE OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR SENIOR MANAGER TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION IN RESOLVING THE CONFLICT. IF A CONFLICT IS FOUND TO EXIST, THE CONFLICTED INDIVIDUAL IS PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN ANY DECISIONS RELATIVE TO THE SOURCE OF CONFLICT.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND BY THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES. COMPARATIVE DATA FROM OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC VICINITY AND THE MUSEUM SECTOR NATIONWIDE IS GATHERED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR APPROVING REASONABLE COMPENSATION LEVELS. PERIODICALLY, THE SERVICES OF AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT ARE UTILIZED TO PROVIDE AN OPINION ON THE REASONABLENESS OF COMPENSATION LEVELS.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE. THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN HARD COPY OR ELECTRONICALLY UPON REQUEST. THE FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE VIA THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WEBSITE AND WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS 381,382. CHANGE IN VALUE OF INTEREST RATE SWAP 533,235.</Explanation>
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