Nonprofit · EIN 13-5659965
LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10011
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $7,883,260 | $4,006,431 | $3,876,829 | $18,217,354 | $168,216 | $18,049,138 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $5,627,236 | $3,843,485 | $1,783,751 | $16,301,121 | $139,914 | $16,161,207 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,219,933
- of which government grants
- $976,701
- Program service revenue
- $2,765
- Investment income
- $3,701,675
- Royalties
- $199
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $2,981,858
- Other revenue
- -$41,113
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $83,951
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $266,151
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,510,165
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,059,882
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $9,128
- Accounting fees
- $79,561
- Occupancy
- $408,945
- Travel
- $46,026
- Depreciation
- $13,367
- Program services (functional)
- $2,941,410
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,052,338
- Fundraising (functional)
- $12,683
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $16,301,121
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,217,354
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $168,216
- Net assets, end of year
- $18,049,138
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $57,471
- Publicly traded securities
- $14,874,947
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,034,310
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $14,014,828
- Gross receipts
- $33,924,934
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1955
- State of legal domicile
- NY
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARKUS KRAH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 35 | $228,185 | $37,966 |
| FRANK MECKLENBURG | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Highest-paid employee | 35 | $145,267 | $13,748 |
| SALLY CARROLL | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Highest-paid employee | 35 | $108,456 | $12,990 |
| RENATE EVERS | DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS Highest-paid employee | 35 | $106,393 | $10,370 |
| DAVID BROWN | DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HISTORY Highest-paid employee | 35 | $100,143 | $15,844 |
| DAVID G MARWELL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID W DETJEN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN C LESSING | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL A BAMBERGER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY HOUSTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS BAUM | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ABRAHAM F LOWENTHAL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AJ STRASSER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALAN WINTERS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES E SCHEIDT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
18 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES HESDORFFER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIELLE SPERA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID SORKIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMARY ARONSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIKA DREIFUS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES N DREYFUS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSEF JOFFE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUDITH KENDE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARSHA ROZENBLIT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL A MEYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL G JESSELSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL NEMITZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAYMOND VJ SCHRAG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT S RIFKIND | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN ZEHDEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM UHLMAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WERNER GUNDERSHEIMER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HUBERTA VON VOSS-WITTIG | TRUSTEE (THRU 3/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 28 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARKUS KRAH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 35 | $218,725 |
| FRANK MECKLENBURG | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Highest-paid employee | 35 | $136,654 |
| RENATE EVERS | DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS Highest-paid employee | 35 | $100,167 |
| ABRAHAM F LOWENTHAL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY HOUSTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BERNARD BLUM THRU 42023 | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES E SCHEIDT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES HESDORFFER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIELLE SPERA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID G MARWELL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID SORKIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID W DETJEN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DENNIS BAUM | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| EMARY ARONSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HUBERTA VON VOSS-WITTIG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES N DREYFUS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOAN C LESSING | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSEF JOFFE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUDITH KENDE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARSHA ROZENBLIT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL A BAMBERGER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL A MEYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL G JESSELSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL NEMITZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAYMOND VJ SCHRAG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT S RIFKIND | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN ZEHDEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WERNER GUNDERSHEIMER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 15 W 16TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10011-6301
- In care of
- % WILLIAM WEITZER EXEC DIR
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MARKUS KRAH, 15 W 16TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10011
- Signed the 990
- MARKUS KRAH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (212) 744-6400
- Website
- WWW.LBI.ORG
- Return prepared by
- EISNER ADVISORY GROUP LLC
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE (THE "INSTITUTE") IS TO STUDY AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY.
Program accomplishments
- LIBRARY - THE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE REPOSITORY FOR BOOKS DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY. OVER 80,000 VOLUMES AND 900 PERIODICAL TITLES PROVIDE IMPORTANT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MATERIAL. RICH IN RARITIES RANGING FROM EARLY 16TH CENTURY WRITINGS, TO MOSES MENDELSSOHN AND HEINRICH HEINE, AND FIRST EDITIONS AND DEDICATION COPIES OF WORKS BY MORE RECENT PROMINENT WRITERS, MANY OF ITS VOLUMES WERE SALVAGED FROM FAMOUS JEWISH LIBRARIES THAT WERE CONFISCATED AND DISPERSED BY THE NAZIS. MOST OF THE COLLECTION DEALS WITH CENTRAL EUROPEAN JEWRY DURING THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).IT ALSO INCLUDES MATERIAL DATING BACK AS FAR AS THE 16TH CENTURY AND IS AS CURRENT AS THE JEWISH POPULATION IN GERMANY TODAY. THE FOCUS OF THE COLLECTION IS ON THE DIVERSE CULTURE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY, ESPECIALLY IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND RELIGION.Expenses $504,017 · revenue $956
- ARCHIVES - THE INSTITUTE ARCHIVES IS THE OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF ITS KIND. INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DEPOSITED THEIR DOCUMENTS AT THE LBI. FAMILY PAPERS, COMMUNITY HISTORIES, AND BUSINESS AND PUBLIC RECORDS DATE BACK CENTURIES AND TOUCH UPON VIRTUALLY EVERY PHASE OF GERMAN-JEWISH LIFE. A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF OVER 2,000 MEMOIRS OFFERS RARE INSIGHTS INTO THE LIVES OF GERMAN JEWS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE FROM 1790 TO THE POST-WAR ERA.Expenses $932,422 · revenue $1,809
- ARTS AND EXHIBITS - IN ADDITION TO THE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS AND BOOKS HELD BY THE INSTITUTE, THE COLLECTIONS INCLUDE OVER 6,000 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS. OVER ONE-HALF OF THE ART AND OBJECT COLLECTIONS ARE WORKS CREATED BY GERMAN-JEWISH ARTISTS AND/OR BROUGHT OUT OF GERMANY BY REFUGEES. THE BALANCE OF THE MATERIALS ARE OBJECTS THAT THE FAMILIES FOUND IMPORTANT TO TAKE OUT OF GERMANY, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS ITEMS, MILITARY MEDALS, PHOTO ALBUMS, AND MUCH MORE. THE INSTITUTE USES THESE OBJECTS IN EXHIBITIONS WHEN TELLING THE STORY OF GERMAN-SPEAKING JEWRY.Expenses $122,255
- Expenses $1,382,716 · grants $83,951
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-5659965
- 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
- 1959
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $18,217,354
- Income (IRS master file)
- $33,924,934
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $7,883,260 | $4,006,431 | $18,217,354 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $5,627,236 | $3,843,485 | $16,301,121 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $8,024,613 | $3,554,583 | $13,695,078 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 13-5659965).
Questions about LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC
- What is the EIN of LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC is 13-5659965.
- Is LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1959.
- Are donations to LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LEO BAECK INSTITUTE 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 LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MARKUS KRAH.
- Who are the officers and directors of LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 33 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $228,185 (MARKUS KRAH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $7,883,260, expenses of $4,006,431 and total assets of $18,217,354 at year end.
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