NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY (EIN 13-1624124)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-04-26
IRS object ID: 201731169349300723
Schema version: 2015v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-04-26T11:29:53-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KPMG LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	345 Park Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	101540102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	131624124	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The New York Historical Society	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% RICHARD A SHEIN	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	NEWY	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2128733400	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	170 CENTRAL PARK WEST	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10024	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RICHARD SHEIN	PersonNm
Person Title	AST.TREAS & CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2124859245	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-04-25	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	phillip groff	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01247783	PTIN
Phone	2127589700	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-04-25	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	LOUISE MIRRER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	170 CENTRAL PARK WEST	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10024	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$46,410,876	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.NYHISTORY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1809	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND INTERPRET, FOR THE BROADEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC, MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL AND OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN PARTICULAR.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	49	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	48	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	472	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	165	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$34,598	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$26,411	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$27,903,340	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$29,059,900	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$3,493,116	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$3,889,387	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,080,574	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$180,983	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$2,719,318	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,483,921	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$37,196,348	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$35,614,191	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$60,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$60,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$13,914,253	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$15,652,812	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$210,000	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$205,000	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$2,437,148	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$35,708,546	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$18,563,828	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$49,892,799	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$34,481,640	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$12,696,451	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,132,551	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$144,345,801	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$144,785,492	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$7,379,663	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$8,778,805	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$136,966,138	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$136,006,687	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MISSION OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY (NEW-YORK HISTORICAL) IS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND INTERPRET, FOR THE BROADEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC, MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL AND OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN PARTICULAR.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$14,985,109	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$2,323,787	RevenueAmt
Desc	MUSEUM AND MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS- THE MISSION OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL'S MUSEUM IS TO GATHER, PRESERVE, AND INTERPRET MATERIALS RELATED TO AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF NEW YORK. IT HOLDS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST COLLECTIONS OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, AMERICAN ART, AND OTHER MATERIALS. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION HOLDINGS COMPRISE MORE THAN TWO MILLION WORKS. EXHIBITIONS, BOTH PERMANENT AND ROTATING,IN-HOUSE AND TRAVELING, ENABLE THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO INTERPRET AND SHOWCASE THESE MATERIALS TO THE BROADEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE SCHEDULE O.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,802,544	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,901	RevenueAmt
Desc	LIBRARY - THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S LIBRARY (THE PATRICIA D. KLINGENSTEIN LIBRARY) IS ONE OF THE OLDEST RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES. ITS MISSION IS TO FOSTER AND FACILITATE RESEARCH THAT REVEALS THE DYNAMISM OF HISTORY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD TODAY. THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION CONTAINS MORE THAN 12 MILLION ITEMS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE SCHEDULE O.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,699,085	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$60,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,473,157	RevenueAmt
Desc	EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS - THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY INFORMS AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC THROUGH ITS SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND WEBSITE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE SCHEDULE O.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$2,920,959	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$88,542	RevenueAmt
Desc	AUXILIARY ACTIVITES	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$2,920,959	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$88,542	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$29,407,697	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	185	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	472	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	49	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	48	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RICHARD A SHEIN	PersonNm
Phone	2124859245	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	170 CENTRAL PARK WEST	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10024	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (60 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Pam B Schafler
Chair	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard Reiss Jr
Vice-Chair	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Louise Mirrer
President and CEO	35.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$494,731	$0	$73,312
Roger Hertog
Executive Committee Chair	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Russell P Pennoyer
Treasurer	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Helen Appel
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Norman Benzaquen
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Judith Roth Berkowitz
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Franci J Blassberg
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James S Chanos
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ravenel B Curry III
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Frier Danilow
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth B Dater
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Barbara Knowles Debs
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott Delman
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph A DiMenna
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Buzzy Geduld
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Gilder
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James Grant
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Martin J Gross
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Agnes Hsin-Mei Hsu-Tang
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Edward R Hintz
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lon Jacobs
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Patricia Klingenstein
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sidney Lapidus
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lewis E Lehrman
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Glen S Lewy
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tarky Lombardi Jr
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carl B Menges
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Monsky
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Neal Moszkowski
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stuart J Rabin
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles M Royce
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas A Saunders III
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Benno Schmidt
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bernard L Schwartz
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michelle Smith
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ernest Tollerson
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ira Unschuld
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eric J Wallach
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sue Ann Weinberg
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Weisberg
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Byron R Wien
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roy Zuckerberg
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrew H Tisch
Trustee (BEGAN 2/8/16)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joel I Picket
Trustee (BEGAN 2/8/16)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jonathan M Moses
Trustee (BEGAN 10/5/15	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Suzanne F Peck
Trustee (BEGAN 10/5/15)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sy Sternberg
Trustee (BEGAN 10/5/15)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Schantz
Sec; Gen Coun and COO	35.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$176,950	$0	$61,042
Richard Shein
ASSISTANT Treasurer and CFO	35.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$176,544	$0	$54,361
Andrew Buonpastore
VP Operations	35.0	0.0			$203,199	$0	$31,967	Yes (X)
Marci Reaven-Tanis
VP History Exhibits	35.0	0.0			$167,893	$0	$16,766	Yes (X)
Michael Ryan
VP Library Director	35.0	0.0			$206,425	$0	$28,765	Yes (X)
Matthew Bregman
VP Development	35.0	0.0			$187,246	$0	$50,830	Yes (X)
Dale Gregory
VP for Public Programs	35.0	0.0			$130,516	$0	$34,087		Yes (X)
Sharon Dunn
VP Education	35.0	0.0			$143,303	$0	$11,368		Yes (X)
Valerie Paley
VP Scholarly Programs	35.0	0.0			$136,844	$0	$45,759		Yes (X)
Margaret Hofer
VP Museum Director	35.0	0.0			$117,887	$0	$49,211		Yes (X)
Stephen Edidin
Chief Curator Museum	35.0	0.0			$104,760	$0	$19,532		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$2,246,298	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$477,000	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	17	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES USA IN
PO BOX 403412	ATLANTA	GA	303843412	SEC GUARD AGENCY	$766,605
ARTEX INC
8712 JERICHO CITY DRIVE	LANDOVER	MD	20785	EXHIBITION TRANSPORT	$758,002
1220 EXHIBITS INC
3801 VULCAN DRIVE	NASHVILLE	TN	37211	EXHIBITION DESIGN	$540,082
STEPHEN STARR EVENTS
325 CHESTNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19106	CATERER	$467,926
LA PLACA COHEN
43 WEST 24 STREET	NEW YORK	NY	10010	ADVERTISING/PROMO	$460,974

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	32	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$1,004,250	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$5,474,331	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$2,311,562	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$20,269,757	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$333,517	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$29,059,900	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Admission	900099	$1,694,255	$1,694,255
Education and Public Program Fees	900099	$1,426,106	$1,426,106
Travelling Exhib & Loan Fees	900099	$571,599	$571,599
MEMBERSHIP FEES	900099	$94,100	$94,100
REPRODUCTION FEES	900099	$88,542	$88,542

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,785	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$14,785	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$3,889,387	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$287,331	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$287,331	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$161,770	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$161,770	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,561,545	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,561,545	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,561,545	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,561,545	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$9,748,434	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$9,854,782	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$106,348	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$106,348	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$106,348	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$342,450	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$5,474,331	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$375,148	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$32,698	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$32,698	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,040,120	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$566,755	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$473,365	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$34,598	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$438,767	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
CAFE/CATERING FEE INCOME	900099	$301,090	$301,090
CAFE IMPROVEMENT FEE	900099	$10,714	$10,714
OTHER	900099	$8,135	$8,135

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$319,939	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$35,614,191	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,889,387	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$34,598	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,630,306	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$60,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,665,021	TotalAmt
Program Services	$723,508	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$772,385	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$169,128	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,573,967	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,301,213	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$665,281	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$607,473	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$504,361	TotalAmt
Program Services	$455,637	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,163	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,561	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,866,080	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,554,196	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$184,115	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$127,769	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,043,383	TotalAmt
Program Services	$843,317	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$126,451	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$73,615	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,622	TotalAmt
Program Services	$43,453	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,016	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,153	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$173,954	TotalAmt
Management And General	$173,954	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$205,000	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$205,000	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,628	TotalAmt
Management And General	$123,628	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,147,521	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,751,634	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$126,073	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$269,814	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$728,001	TotalAmt
Program Services	$707,020	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,087	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,894	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$584,666	TotalAmt
Program Services	$396,658	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$46,941	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$141,067	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$395,121	TotalAmt
Program Services	$327,163	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,730	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$47,228	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,860,069	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,769,775	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$60,196	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$30,098	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,659	TotalAmt
Program Services	$73,413	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,427	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,819	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,547	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,974	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$573	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,267,545	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,164,794	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$69,012	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$33,739	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$251,232	TotalAmt
Program Services	$242,985	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,498	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,749	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
EXHIBITION COSTS	$1,996,540	$1,996,540
EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND REPAIR	$1,289,846	$1,050,813	$102,444	$136,589
PRINTING AND PUBLICATION	$427,685	$310,085	$34,084	$83,516
OTHER SUPPLIES	$830,599	$457,508	$36,823	$336,268

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,332,593	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,168,011	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,487	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$126,095	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,481,640	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,407,697	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,636,795	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,437,148	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,945,681	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,311,522	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$968,775	BOYAmt
EOY	$692,108	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,527,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,107,442	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$355,912	BOYAmt
EOY	$702,726	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$324,846	BOYAmt
EOY	$216,920	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,321,674	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,992,594	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$125,340,139	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$50,042,493	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,601,999	BOYAmt
EOY	$75,297,646	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,645,888	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,201,292	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,639,337	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,248,842	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,400	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,400	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$144,345,801	BOYAmt
EOY	$144,785,492	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,867,659	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,960,127	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$744,132	BOYAmt
EOY	$981,305	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,767,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,837,373	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,379,663	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,778,805	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$67,040,978	BOYAmt
EOY	$59,539,198	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,646,707	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,512,481	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,278,453	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,955,008	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$136,966,138	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,006,687	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$144,345,801	BOYAmt
EOY	$144,785,492	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,132,551	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$2,092,002	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17,323,536	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$19,665,695	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$36,541,659	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$27,903,340	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$29,059,900	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$130,494,130	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17,323,536	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$19,665,695	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$36,541,659	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$27,903,340	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$29,059,900	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$130,494,130	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$17,412,443	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$113,081,687	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,158,356	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,851,682	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,795,403	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,044,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,010,646	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,860,398	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$204,683	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$939,125	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$459,482	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$432,960	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$319,939	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,356,189	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$141,710,717	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$23,102,431	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.79798	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.79015	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$54,384,445	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,676,555	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$2,036,686	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,566,803	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$52,457,511	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$52,399,694	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,530,679	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$30,051	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,515,877	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$54,384,445	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$41,494,940	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,126,535	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$7,061,643	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,283,424	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$52,399,694	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$40,752,480	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$265,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,514,004	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,036,544	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$41,494,940	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$41,844,185	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,231,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$555,509	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,767,196	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$40,752,480	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.01000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.70000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.29000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$684,664	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$684,664	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$82,864,641	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$36,423,310	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$46,441,331	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$482,644	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$482,644	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$7,917,711	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,818,430	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,099,281	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$33,390,479	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$8,318,109	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$25,072,370	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$75,297,646	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS	Desc
Book Value	$23,248,842	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$23,248,842	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION	Desc
Amt	$2,837,373	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$2,837,373	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$33,420,610	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$2,092,002	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	-$544,706	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$2,636,708	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$36,057,318	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$123,628	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$566,755	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$443,127	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$35,614,191	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$34,380,061	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$566,755	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$566,755	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$33,813,306	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$123,628	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$544,706	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$668,334	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$34,481,640	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART III LINE 1A	DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION PER AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- COLLECTIONS ARE NOT CAPITALIZED IN THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. COLLECTIONS, BOTH MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, ARE HELD FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S BOARD HAS ADOPTED A POLICY WHEREBY ANY PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF COLLECTION ITEMS CAN BE UTILIZED ONLY FOR ACQUISITIONS, DIRECT CARE (E.G. CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, REHOUSING, OR STORAGE), PROCESSING AND/OR CATALOGING OF THE COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT.
FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART III LINE 4	DESCRIPTION OF NEW-YORK HISTORICAL'S COLLECTIONS THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS TWO MAIN COLLECTIONS- A MUSEUM COLLECTION AND A LIBRARY COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM HOLDINGS COMPRISE MORE THAN TWO MILLION WORKS RELATING TO THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HISTORY OF ART IN AMERICA, THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL, AND THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK AND ITS PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, SCULPTURES, FURNITURE, DECORATIVE ARTS, SHIP MODELS, TOYS, AND CARRIAGES. THE PATRICIA D. KLINGENSTEIN LIBRARY AT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES. COLLECTION STRENGTHS INCLUDE LOCAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY AND STATE, COLONIAL HISTORY, THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AMERICAN MILITARY AND NAVAL HISTORY, RELIGIONS AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE AND CONDITIONS OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE CIVIL WAR, AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY, AMERICAN ART AND ART PATRONAGE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY PORTRAITURE AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEW YORK CITY. THE LIBRARY HOLDINGS CONTAIN MORE THAN 12 MILLION ITEMS. THE COLLECTIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF NEW-YORK HISTORICAL'S MISSION TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND INTERPRET AMERICAN HISTORY AND ART THROUGH ITS MATERIAL CULTURAL LEGACY. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ABOUT BOTH COLLECTIONS ON THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S WEBSITE AT WWW.NYHISTORY.ORG
FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4	INTENDED USE OF THE ENDOWMENT THE ENDOWMENT SPONSORS PROGRAMMING IN THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES: LIBRARY 4.5% MUSEUM 13.8% PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL 19.9% COLLECTION ACQUISITION .4% UNRESTRICTED 61.4%
FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART X	TAX STATUS THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR RELATED ACTIVITIES. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE BY DONORS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CODE. IN ADDITION, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS TAX EXEMPT FROM STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAX FOR RELATED ACTIVITIES, PROPERTY TAXES, AND SALES TAX. DURING THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 2016, AND JUNE 30, 2015, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS NOT SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAXES. THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECOGNIZES THE EFFECT OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT OF BEING SUSTAINED. THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AND THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES.
FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XI	RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE WITH AUDIT REPORT LINE 2D - INDIRECT COST OF SPECIAL EVENTS ($544,706) LINE 4B - COST OF INVENTORY SOLD ($566,755)
FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XII	RECONCILIATION OF EXPENSES WITH AUDIT REPORT LINE 2D - COST OF INVENTORY SOLD $566,755 LINE 4B - INDIRECT COST OF SPECIAL EVENTS $544,706

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (5 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Central America and the Caribbean	INVESTMENTS	$16,426,452
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	PROGRAM SERVICES	$1,746,969	EXHIBITION DESIGN
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	PROGRAM SERVICES	$50,000	SPEAKER/PERFORMER
East Asia and the Pacific	PROGRAM SERVICES	$19,765	EXHIBITION DESIGN
East Asia and the Pacific	PROGRAM SERVICES	$1,318	OTHER

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$18,244,504	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$18,244,504	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	Yes (true)	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	FORM 990, SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE U.S. DURING THE TAX YEAR, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECEIVED FUNDS FROM FOREIGN SOURCES, AS FOLLOWS: (1)$1,463,000 IN PROCEEDS FROM THE LIQUIDATION OF AN INVESTMENT FROM A CARIBBEAN COUNTRY (2)$2,334 IN ROYALTIES FROM EUROPEAN SOURCES (3)$47,500 IN EVENT RENTAL INCOME FROM A EUROPEAN SOURCE (4)$18,663 IN RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTION INCOME FROM EUROPEAN SOURCES (5) $17,940 IN LOAN FEE INCOME FROM EUROPEAN SOURCES (6) $1,960 OF OTHER INCOME FROM EUROPEAN SOURCES THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALSO PURCHASES SERVICES AND MATERIALS FROM FOREIGN SOURCES FROM TIME TO TIME. DURING THE TAX YEAR, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: (1) CONTRACTED WITH A EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPEAKER/PERFORMER WITH FUND TRANSFERS AGGREGATED $50,000 DURING THE TAX YEAR. (2) MADE PAYMENTS TO SEVERAL EUROPEAN FIRMS WITH REGARD TO EXHIBITION DESIGN AGGREGATING $1,746,969. (3) MADE PAYMENTS TO SEVERAL EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC VENDORS WITH REGARD TO EXHIBITION DESIGN AGGREGATING $19,765. (4) PAID FOR SERVICES OR MATERIALS FROM EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC AGGREGATING $1,318.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
BARBI ZAKIN EVENTS LLC
370 E 76 STREET SUITE B 503	NEW YORK	NY	10021	SPEC EVENTS	false	$5,816,781	$160,000	$5,656,781
NGK GLOBAL LLC
25 E 67 STREET 5C	NEW YORK	NY	10065	SPEC EVENTS	false	$211,697	$45,000	$166,697

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$6,028,478	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$205,000	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$5,823,478	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$2,843,867	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$2,691,317	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$152,550	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$185,550	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$8,330	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	WEEKEND/HISTORY	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$2,620,265	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$2,452,465	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$167,800	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$130,497	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$6,535	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$16,935	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	1	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$352,649	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$330,549	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$22,100	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$24,641	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$2,660	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$5,816,781	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$5,474,331	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$342,450	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$340,688	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$6,535	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$27,925	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$375,148	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$32,698	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	FORM 990, SCHEDULE G, PART I, LINE 2B	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FUNDRAISER THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTRACTED WITH TWO PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISERS DURING THE TAX YEAR- BARBI ZAKIN EVENTS LLC. AND NGK GLOBAL LLC. CONTRACTS WITH BARBI ZAKIN EVENTS LLC RELATED TO CONSULTING WORK FOR THREE OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S FUNDRAISING EVENTS DURING THE TAX YEAR. EACH CONTRACT CALLED FOR THE PAYMENT OF A FLAT FEE AND THE REIMBURSEMENT OF OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (I.E. STAMPS, OFFICE SUPPLIES AND COPIES OF MATERIALS). THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIRECTLY PAID FOR ALL MAJOR COSTS OF THE EVENTS (SUCH AS INVITATION PREPARATION AND MAILING, CATERING COSTS, AND DECORATIONS), AND THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIRECTLY COLLECTED ALL FUNDS RAISED BY THESE EVENTS. THE FEES AND OUT-OF-POCKET REIMBURSEMENT COSTS FOR THE THREE EVENTS AGGREGATED $160,000 AND $12,841, RESPECTIVELY. BARBI ZAKIN EVENTS LLC'S ADDRESS IS AS FOLLOWS: 370 E 76TH STREET, SUIBE B 503 NEW YORK, NY 10021 IN THE TAX YEAR, NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAID $45,000 TO NGK GLOBAL LLC. TO FUNDRAISE FOR FAMILY PROGRAMS. NGK GLOBAL LLC'S ADDRESS IS AS FOLLOWS: 25 EAST 67TH STREET, 5C NEW YORK, NY	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

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

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK CLUB PRIZE	1	$50,000
CHILDREN'S HISTORY BOOK CLUB PRIZE	1	$10,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	FORM 990, SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS TWO BOOK AWARDS. THE MONITORING OF THE GRANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK CLUB PRIZE ($50,000) IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO AN AUTHOR FOR A NON-FICTION BOOK ON AMERICAN HISTORY OR BIOGRAPHY THAT IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS SCHOLARSHIP, ITS LITERARY STYLE AND ITS APPEAL TO BOTH A GENERAL AND AN ACADEMIC AUDIENCE. IN SELECTING THE RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD, A WIDE ARRAY OF PUBLISHERS ARE INVITED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM WHICH A JURY OF FIVE (FROM BOTH ACADEMIA AND LAY) SELECTS THREE AUTHORS. THE FINALIST IS SELECTED FROM THIS LIST. THE CHILDREN'S HISTORY BOOK CLUB PRIZE ($10,000) IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO AN AUTHOR FOR A FICTION OR NON-FICTION BOOK ON AMERICAN HISTORY OR BIOGRAPHY FOR MIDDLE READERS THAT IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS SCHOLARSHIP, ITS LITERARY STYLE AND ITS APPEAL TO CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS. IN SELECTING THE RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD, A WIDE ARRAY OF PUBLISHERS ARE INVITED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM WHICH A JURY OF TEN (INCLUDING EDUCATORS, HISTORIANS, LIBRARIANS AND MIDDLE READERS) SELECTS THE FINALIST.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Louise Mirrer
President and CEO	$493,939	$0	$0	$0	$792	$0	$47,038	$0	$26,274	$0	$568,043	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Schantz
Sec; Gen Coun and COO	$176,770	$0	$0	$0	$180	$0	$16,109	$0	$44,933	$0	$237,992	$0	$0	$0
Richard Shein
ASSISTANT Treasurer and CFO	$175,752	$0	$0	$0	$792	$0	$15,410	$0	$38,951	$0	$230,905	$0	$0	$0
Andrew Buonpastore
VP Operations	$202,683	$0	$0	$0	$516	$0	$17,638	$0	$14,329	$0	$235,166	$0	$0	$0
Marci Reaven-Tanis
VP History Exhibits	$167,101	$0	$0	$0	$792	$0	$13,920	$0	$2,846	$0	$184,659	$0	$0	$0
Michael Ryan
VP Library Director	$205,701	$0	$0	$0	$724	$0	$17,638	$0	$11,127	$0	$235,190	$0	$0	$0
Dale Gregory
VP for Public Programs	$129,960	$0	$0	$0	$556	$0	$10,409	$0	$23,678	$0	$164,603	$0	$0	$0
Sharon Dunn
VP Education	$143,303	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,368	$0	$0	$0	$154,671	$0	$0	$0
Valerie Paley
VP Scholarly Programs	$136,608	$0	$0	$0	$236	$0	$11,072	$0	$34,687	$0	$182,603	$0	$0	$0
Matthew Bregman
VP Development	$186,970	$0	$0	$0	$276	$0	$16,109	$0	$34,721	$0	$238,076	$0	$0	$0
Margaret Hofer
VP Museum Director	$117,680	$0	$0	$0	$207	$0	$9,668	$0	$39,543	$0	$167,098	$0	$0	$0

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	419	ContributionCnt

Art Historical Treasures ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	46	ContributionCnt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	22	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$333,517	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV ON DATE RECEIVED	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp
Food Inventory		FoodInventoryGrp
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp

Historical Artifacts HistoricalArtifactsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	15	ContributionCnt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Yes (X)	Books, newspapers, maps	37	$0
Yes (X)	Manuscripts	34	$0
Yes (X)	Photographs and architechtural drawings	62	$0
Yes (X)	Other printed MAT'L & PHOTOS	10000000	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	19	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, SCH M, PART I, LINE 33	GIFT ACCEPTANCE POLICY THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ACCEPTED NUMEROUS OBJECTS INTO BOTH ITS MUSEUM AND LIBRARY COLLECTIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. (SEE SCHEDULE D, PART III, LINE 4, AND SCHEDULE D, PART XIII, FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTIONS.)
FORM 990, SCHEDULE M, PART I COLUMN (B)	THE NUMBER OF ITEMS CONTRIBUTED THE NUMBER REPORTED IN COLUMN (B) REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF ITEMS CONTRIBUTED.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A	MUSEUM AND MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS THE FOUNDING MISSION OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S MUSEUM IS TO GATHER, PRESERVE, AND INTERPRET MATERIALS RELATED TO AMERICAN HISTORY SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF NEW YORK. IT HOLDS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST COLLECTIONS OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, AMERICAN ART, AND OTHER MATERIALS. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION HOLDINGS COMPRISE MORE THAN TWO MILLION WORKS. (SEE SCHEDULE D, PART XIII FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION.) EXHIBITIONS, BOTH PERMANENT AND CHANGING, ENABLE THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO INTERPRET AND SHOWCASE THESE MATERIALS TO THE BROADEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC. IN 2016 NEW-YORK HISTORICALS EXHIBITIONS SERVED OVER 450,000 PEOPLE, AND INCLUDED 16 TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS IN OUR MUSEUM AS WELL AS EXHIBITIONS TRAVELING TO 9 VENUES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THESE EXHIBITIONS TELL THE STORY OF AMERICA THROUGH ARTIFACTS AND ART. IN ADDITION, NEW-YORK HISTORICAL LENDS COLLECTION OBJECTS TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO FURTHER ITS MISSION.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B	LIBRARY THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S LIBRARY (PATRICIA D. KLINGENSTEIN LIBRARY) IS ONE OF THE OLDEST RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES. ITS MISSION IS TO FOSTER AND FACILITATE RESEARCH THAT REVEALS THE DYNAMISM OF HISTORY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD TODAY. IT IS ONE OF ONLY 19 LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES QUALIFIED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION. EACH YEAR APPROXIMATELY 10,000 RESEARCHERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD, FROM BOTH THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY AND THE LAY PUBLIC, VISIT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL'S LIBRARY OR ARE ASSISTED BY STAFF REMOTELY VIA TELEPHONE, FAX, EMAIL, AND POSTAL MAIL. THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION CONTAINS MORE THAN 12 MILLION ITEMS. (SEE SCHEDULE D, PART XIII FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION.)
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C	EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANIZES AND PRESENTS AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS AND DEVELOPS AND DISTRIBUTES CLASSROOM RESOURCES. DURING THE TAX YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 200,000 EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS WERE SERVED DIRECTLY THROUGH THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFERED BY NEW-YORK HISTORICAL IN ITS BUILDING AND IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN AREA. IN ADDITION, NEW YORK HISTORICALS CURRICULUMS ARE USED BY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND BEYOND. NEW YORK HISTORICAL, OFFERS AN AWARD WINING HIGH SCHOOL INTERSHIP PROGRAM, WHERE 100% OF THE PARTICIPANTS GO ON TO COLLEGE. ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOSTER LIFELONG LEARNING AND A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR THE RELEVANCE OF HISTORY AND THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S PERMANENT AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. DURING THE TAX YEAR, NEARLY 30,000 PERSONS BENEFITED FROM NEW-YORK HISTORICAL'S ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALSO EDUCATES AND INFORMS THE PUBLIC THROUGH ITS WEBSITE (WWW.NYHISTORY.ORG) AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH (FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TUMBLR, YOUTUBE, AND PINTEREST), MAKING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND DIGITAL EXHIBITS AVAILABLE REMOTELY. IN THE TAX YEAR NEW-YORK HISTORICAL RECORDED MORE THAN ONE MILLION UNIQUE VISITS TO THE WEBSITE AND HAS MORE THAN 161,000 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 4D	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES OTHER PROGRAMS CONSIST OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S MUSEUM STORE, EVENT RENTALS, AND RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTION SERVICES.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B	APPROVAL PROCESS OF FORM 990 THE COMPLETED FORM 990 AND SCHEDULES ARE PRESENTED FOR REVIEW TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. AFTER THE AUDIT COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL, THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS SENT (VIA EMAIL) A COMPLETE COPY OF THE FORM 990, AS IT WILL BE FILED WITH THE IRS, FOR ITS REVIEW. AFTER A COMMENT PERIOD OF A REASONABLE NUMBER OF DAYS, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN AND THE STAFF IS AUTHORIZED TO FILE THE FORM 990 AND SCHEDULES WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C	MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE WITH CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS MONITORED BY THE SENDING OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM AND QUESTIONNAIRE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO ALL TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IS CHARGED WITH MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COLLECT EXECUTED QUESTIONNAIRES FROM ALL RECIPIENTS, REVIEWING ALL RESPONSES FOR COMPLETENESS, AND FOLLOWING UP ON ANY MATTERS THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THE RESPONSES. PER THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, A TRUSTEE, OFFICER, OR KEY EMPLOYEE WITH DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL OR OTHER MATERIAL INTEREST MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTE ON THE MATTER PERTAINING TO THE CONFLICT.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15 A & B	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION REVIEW PROCESS IN NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR, INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACT AS A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND REVIEW AND APPROVE THE SALARIES AND PERFORMANCES OF THE OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES (OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT AND CEO WHOSE COMPENSATION IS SET BY AGREEMENT AND DESCRIBED BELOW). AT THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEETING, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO PRESENTS EXISTING STUDIES OF COMPARABLE SALARIES (I.E., EXISTING AND CURRENT COMPENSATION STUDIES PREPARED BY INDEPENDENT FIRMS OR SURVEYS OF COMPENSATION PAID BY SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN THE SIMILAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA) AND MAKES SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE COMPENSATION INFORMATION PRESENTED. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TAKES CONTEMPORANEOUS MINUTES OF THE MEETING WHICH SHE DEPOSITS ALONGSIDE THE REGULAR MINUTES OF THE MEETING IN A SEALED ENVELOPE MARKED "BOARD CONFIDENTIAL." WHEN THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT IS UP FOR RENEWAL, THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, COMPRISING INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, RETAINS AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO UNDERTAKE A FORMAL COMPARABILITY STUDY OF HER COMPENSATION TO FACILITATE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED SALARY FOR THE PERIOD OF THE UPCOMING CONTRACT. THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT IS ENGAGED DIRECTLY BY THE BOARD CHAIR. THE BOARD CHAIR LEADS THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE'S DISCUSSION OF THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S COMPENSATION WITHOUT ANY STAFF IN THE ROOM. THE BOARD CHAIR TAKES CONTEMPORANEOUS MINUTES AND DEPOSITS ALONGSIDE THE REGULAR MINUTES OF THE MEETING IN A SEALED ENVELOPE MARKED "BOARD CONFIDENTIAL."
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19	PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. IN ADDITION, THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FILED WITH THE CHARITIES BUREAU OF THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FROM THE BUREAU. THE PUBLIC INSPECTION COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S WEBSITE (WWW.NYHISTORY.ORG).