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Screen a listPeabody Essex Museum Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$26Mrevenue
FY2025 · −43% in 3 yrs255staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−79.1%
Months of reserve3.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)−12.2%
Middle half of peersMedianPeabody Essex Museum
Where the money goes FY2025 · $47M spent
Programs$38M79%Management and general$6.5M14%Fundraising$3.3M7%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 11% of revenue stopped after FY2022
Fidelity Foundation gave $5.0M in FY2022, 11% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 93% in FY2023
$1.9M in FY2022, $140k in FY2023.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$2.7M in FY2023, −$26M in FY2024 and −$21M in FY2025. Cash covers 3.5 months, above the peer median of 3.3.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
23 of 23 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIFunders stay
61 of the 98 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists161funders
$7.4Ma year, last 3 years
34%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Fidelity FoundationOn and off$5.0MBarr FoundationSince FY2020$300k$450k$620k$300kThe Andrew W Mellon FoundationOn and off$650k$650kThe Lynch FoundationOn and off$500k$500k$25k$25k$25k$25kThe Littlejohn Family FoundationSince FY2018$334k$167k$50k$100k$50k$383kPhillips James Duncan Tr UwillStopped after FY2022$19k$15k$752k$11k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$573k$155k$549k$627k$580k$720k$8.4M125 other fundersUp to $390k a year each$244k$264k$534k$1.0M$1.3M$1.4M$1.3M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped