New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,978,541 to it, the largest being The Edlow Family Fund Inc ($1,935,100). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $57M
What American Numismatic Society does
Mission
The mission of the American Numismatic Society is to promote and advance the study, research, and appreciation of numismatics.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Collections:the society's collection of over 800,000 coins and related objects is one of america's treasures. It abounds in both large study collections and great rarities, and is particularly strong in ancient greek, roman, islamic, far eastern, u.s., and colonial coinages, as well as medallic art. In making its resources available for broad study and enjoyment, the ans lends items to other institutions around the usa and the world. Currently, 413 objects are on loan to permanent and temporary exhibitions.
$2,502,682 spent$157,097 earned by the program68% of program spendingPublications program:the ans is the preeminent publisher in print of numismatic material in the united states. Offerings include two scholarly journals, the american journal of numismatics and the journal of early american numismatics; and the quarterly ans magazine, which presents regular columns from the society's various departments and contributions from individual curators. The ans publishes on average four new books a year on numismatic subjects, and has more than 50 currently in print. Many of its older publications are available in digital format as open access. The ans also makes its older, out-of-print books available as print-on-demand editions.the ans is also a recognized leader in the publication of sophisticated open access online resources for the study and research of coins of various periods. These include online coins of the roman empire (numismatics/org/ocre) and hellenistic royal coinages (numismatics.org/hrc), both of which received substantial development funding from the national endowment for the humanities.
$603,178 spent$191,050 earned by the program16% of program spendingEducational programs:the ans conducts a variety of educational and outreach programs for students, professional and amateur numismatists, and the general public. These programs include:-an annual summer graduate seminar in numismatics, which since 1952 has graduated more than 600 participants.-an online educational program, ans lyceum, that runs 4 to 6-week long courses two to three times a year on a variety of topics.-public lectures and conferences, including an occasional saturday series, "money talks: numismatic conversations, and an online weekly numismatic series, long table.-an average of six internships a year in museum, library, and archival disciplines. -publication of books and articles by the ans curatorial staff and others. -lectures and teaching by the staff at conferences and workshops in the u.s. And abroad. -over the course of the year the society also routinely welcomes approximately a dozen school groups to learn about money and numismatics. Since the founding of the ans more than 160 years ago, the institution has actively sought the best methods for securing and organizing the collection physically, as well as for making the contents of the collection…
$594,874 spentof which $56,150 as grants$14,416 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,700,734.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $59M to $46M (−22%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 6% · 2022 5% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dr Ute Wartenberg Kagan
Executive director
Board chair
Michael Beall
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $342k → $1.4M.
8 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $25k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest The Halperin Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
33% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 38% · 2019 48% · 2020 56% · 2021 29% · 2022 61% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
58% of AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
65% of AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $152k on record — $150k federal, $2k state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$150k
- TRUST FUND$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 17 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY?
- AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,978,541 to it, the largest being The Edlow Family Fund Inc ($1,935,100). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $4,978,541 in grants to AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY?
- The Edlow Family Fund Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,935,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 22 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing