What is the EIN of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC is 04-3157815.

Is PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.

Are donations to PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

When is the next return of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN.

Who are the officers and directors of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 31 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $740,662 (LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO).

How much revenue does PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $26,403,862, expenses of $47,293,444 and total assets of $844,676,616 at year end.

Nonprofit · EIN 04-3157815

PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC

Tax-exempt · SALEM, MA 01970

Financials

Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end

Financials of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year ended	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Net income	Total assets	Liabilities	Net assets
June 30, 2025	990	$26,403,862	$47,293,444	-$20,889,582	$844,676,616	$67,334,456	$777,342,160
June 30, 2024	990	$19,950,588	$46,336,241	-$26,385,653	$826,032,683	$71,341,323	$754,691,360
June 30, 2023	990	$40,068,783	$42,794,658	-$2,725,875	$799,352,215	$73,821,062	$725,531,153

Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants: $8,972,691
of which government grants: $620,904
Membership dues: $759,609
Program service revenue: $2,739,837
Investment income: $12,892,020
Royalties: $8,826
Net rental income: $56,069
Net gain from sales of assets: $10,482,211
Net income from fundraising events: -$199,167
Net income from sales of inventory: $997,682
Other revenue: $1,799,314

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid: $0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees: $1,999,980
Other salaries and wages: $15,164,939
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total): $20,880,307
Professional fundraising fees: $0
Legal fees: $118,754
Accounting fees: $149,092
Occupancy: $2,667,696
Travel: $664,106
Depreciation: $8,695,590
Program services (functional): $37,552,368
Management and general (functional): $6,480,688
Fundraising (functional): $3,260,388

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year: $826,032,683
Total assets, end of year: $844,676,616
Total liabilities, end of year: $67,334,456
Net assets, end of year: $777,342,160
Land, buildings and equipment: $168,919,614
Publicly traded securities: $15,373,875
Net assets without donor restrictions: $163,576,322
Net assets with donor restrictions: $613,765,838
Gross unrelated business income: $708,986
Gross receipts: $99,190,827
Employees: 255
Volunteers: 108
Year formed: 1992
State of legal domicile: MA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO Officer	40	$740,662	$93,013
SUE KIM	CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER Highest-paid employee	40	$390,000	$11,707
KURT STEINBERG	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer	40	$319,278	$55,413
GEVELYN R MCCASKILL	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Officer	40	$216,289	$24,558
MARK DRAPER	CONTROLLER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Highest-paid employee	40	$163,635	$47,066
PETRA S SLINKARD	CURATOR OF FASHION & TEXTILES Highest-paid employee	40	$176,855	$24,009
JOHN D CHILDS	DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS Highest-paid employee	40	$173,878	$22,769
DEREK C O'BRIEN	CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Highest-paid employee	40	$182,456	$11,943
ANA B COLMENERO	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
ANDREW HEISKELL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
AUSTIN SHAPARD	VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
BRENDA FURLONG	TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
CATHERINE CREIGHTON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
CLEMENT BENENSON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
DR EDWARD G TIEDEMANN JR	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0

16 more people on this return

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation
ELIZABETH DE MONTRICHARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
JANE PAPPALARDO	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
JEFFREY BEALE	VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0
JENNIFER BORGGAARD	CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
23	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
KATE O'NEIL	SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0
SMITA AMIN PATEL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
STEPHANIE BENENSON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
STUART PRATT	PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
SUNITA PEREIRA MD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
SYDNEY ATKINS	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
S JASON BALETSA	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
TASNEEM CHIPTY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
MOLLY COOK	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
DR LESLIE KING HAMMOND	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0
ELLEN G HOFFMAN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0

990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 25 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO Officer	40	$714,180	$89,968
NATHALIE G APCHIN	CFO (UNTIL 3/24) Officer	40	$293,958	$42,603
KURT STEINBERG	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer	40	$269,929	$35,064
PETRA S SLINKARD	CURATOR OF FASHION & TEXTILES Highest-paid employee	40	$174,424	$22,799
JOHN D CHILDS	DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS Highest-paid employee	40	$173,024	$22,709
DEREK C O'BRIEN	CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Highest-paid employee	40	$178,957	$11,745
HENRY RUTKOWSKI	MASTER ELECTRICIAN Highest-paid employee	40	$133,242	$52,618
SUE KIM	CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER Highest-paid employee	40	$179,760	$423
JEFFREY BEALE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
CLEMENT BENENSON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
STEPHANIE BENENSON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
JENNIFER BORGGAARD	SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
ANA B COLMENERO	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
ANDREW HEISKELL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
ELIZABETH DE MONTRICHARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
KATE O'NEIL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
JANE PAPPALARDO	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
SMITA AMIN PATEL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
SUNITA PEREIRA MD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
STUART PRATT	CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
AUSTIN SHAPARD	VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
JURRIEN TIMMER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
CATHERINE CREIGHTON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
BRENDA FURLONG	TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
DR EDWARD G TIEDEMANN JR	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0

990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 28 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$729,264	$84,942
AMANDA CLARK MACMULLAN	CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER Highest-paid employee	40	$383,272	$41,351
NATHALIE G APCHIN	CFO Officer	40	$291,384	$41,668
JOHN D CHILDS	DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS Highest-paid employee	40	$171,992	$22,253
PETRA S SLINKARD	DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS Highest-paid employee	40	$171,992	$22,253
BRIAN KENNEDY	FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Former	0	$190,401	$0
DEREK C O'BRIEN	CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Highest-paid employee	40	$176,313	$11,712
SIDDHARTHA V SHAH	DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Highest-paid employee	40	$148,601	$18,251
DAN MONROE	FORMER EXEC DIR/CONSULTANT Former	8	$150,000	$0
JEFFREY BEALE	VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
CLEMENT BENENSON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
STEPHANIE BENENSON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
JENNIFER BORGGAARD	SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
ALFRED CHANDLER III	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
ANA B COLMENERO	VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
ANDREW HEISKELL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
ELIZABETH DE MONTRICHARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
KATE O'NEIL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
JANE PAPPALARDO	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
SMITA AMIN PATEL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
SUNITA PEREIRA MD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
STUART PRATT	CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
AUSTIN SHAPARD	VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
JURRIEN TIMMER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
GAIL VON METZSCH	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0	$0
CATHERINE CREIGHTON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
BRENDA FURLONG	TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
KURT STEINBERG	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer	40	$0	$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file): 161 ESSEX ST, SALEM, MA 01970-3726
In care of: % CFO EAST INDIA SQ
Principal officer (990 for 2024): LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN, EAST INDIA SQUARE, SALEM, MA 019703783
Signed the 990: GEVELYN MCCASKILL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Phone: (978) 745-9500
Website: WWW.PEM.ORG
Return prepared by: CBIZ ADVISORS LLC

Mission

PEM OFFERS THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXPERIENCES OF THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SCIENCES TO ACTIVATE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND TO EMPOWER IMAGINATION AND LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION. WE STEWARD, BUILD, AND MAKE OUR COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE APPRECIATION OF THE INTERCONNECTED HISTORIES AND CREATIVITY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMPLEX, ALWAYS CHANGING WORLD.
990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: SEE SCHEDULE O.
Expenses $12,688,018 · revenue $2,189,271
CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS: SEE SCHEDULE O.
Expenses $14,289,538 · revenue $5,051
LEARNING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: SEE SCHEDULE O.
Expenses $2,925,610 · revenue $106,681
ALL OTHER
Expenses $7,649,202 · revenue $1,637,976

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax year	Year ended	Due	IRS public records
2025	June 30, 2026	November 16, 2026	Not due yet
2024	June 30, 2025	November 17, 2025	990 on file
2023	June 30, 2024	November 15, 2024	990 on file

IRS record

EIN: 04-3157815
Tax-exempt status: 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status: Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78): Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since: 1993
Accounting year ends: June
Files: Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE): Arts, culture and humanities (A500)
Assets (IRS master file): $844,676,616
Income (IRS master file): $99,190,827

Filing history

Form	Year ended	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Return
990	June 2025	$26,403,862	$47,293,444	$844,676,616	IRS
990-T	June 2025	–	–	–	IRS
990	June 2024	$19,950,588	$46,336,241	$826,032,683	IRS
990-T	June 2024	–	–	–	IRS
990	June 2023	$40,068,783	$42,794,658	$799,352,215	XML
990-T	June 2023	–	–	–	IRS
990	June 2022	$46,598,618	$45,099,568	$781,479,714	IRS
990-T	June 2022	–	–	–	IRS
990	June 2021	–	–	–	IRS
990-T	June 2021	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2018	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2017	–	–	–	IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-3157815).

Questions about PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC

What is the EIN of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC?: The employer identification number (EIN) of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC is 04-3157815.
Is PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC tax-exempt?: Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
Are donations to PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC tax-deductible?: Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC file?: Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC due?: The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC last file with the IRS?: The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC?: The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN.
Who are the officers and directors of PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC?: The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 31 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $740,662 (LYNDA ROSCOE HARTIGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO).
How much revenue does PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC have?: On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $26,403,862, expenses of $47,293,444 and total assets of $844,676,616 at year end.

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