MUSEUM OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $132K · expenses $298K · assets $76K

EIN

80-0796221

Address

335 WYOMING AVE, MILLBURN, NJ 07041-2126

NTEE code

A50

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

February 2013 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

Principal officer

Barry Spector (its 2016 Form 990-N)

Form 990-N e-postcards

1 filed, 2016 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗

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Mission

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND REFERENCE LIBRARY OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONTAINING BOOKS,JOURNAL,LETTERS,POSTERS AND OTHER HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS THAT CHRONICAL THE EVOLUTION OF THE FIELD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS. ESTABLISH ONLINE HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS FIELD, ITS PIONEERS, ITS PROCESSES AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR SOCIETY, DISPLAYING EXHIBITS OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF EARLY FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, RELATIVE IMAGES ASSEMBLED FROM VARIOUS ORIGINS AND ONLINE SURVEYS COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING IMPORTANT DATA ON TRENDS IN ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS. TO ARRANGE, CREATE, MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE APPROPRIATE HISTORICAL EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A HISTORICAL RESEARCH COLLECTION AND RESEARCH COLLECTIBLE AND REFERENCE AND RESEARCH CENTER FOCUSED ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE FIELD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS. PROMOTE AND SUPPORT ONGOING HISTORICAL RESEARCH, SPONSOR AND ORGANIZE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC AND ISSUE PUBLICATIONS I

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

24 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC Gainesville, FL · 4 people in common (Dr Chuck Wallington, Jano Cabrera, Juan-Carlos Molleda)
• THE ARTHUR PAGE SOCIETY New York, NY · 3 people in common (Corey Dubrowa, Juan-Carlos Molleda, Mike Fernandez)
• LAGRANT FOUNDATION Los Angeles, CA · 3 people in common (Corey Dubrowa, Juan-Carlos Molleda, Pat Ford)
• PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC New York, NY · 1 person in common (Mike Fernandez)

Funders of this organization

6 grantors reported grants to this organization, $116,545 in all, tax years 2016 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.