HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Financials

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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

613 W 155TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10032-7501

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

GUILLAUME KIENTZ, 613 WEST 155TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10032

Signed the 990

GUILLAUME KIENTZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

Phone

(212) 926-2234

Website

WWW.HISPANICSOCIETY.ORG

Return prepared by

PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLC

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA IS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, STUDY, EXHIBIT, STIMULATE APPRECIATION FOR, AND ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF, WORKS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ARTS, LITERATURE, AND HISTORY OF THE COUNTRIES WHEREIN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ARE OR HAVE BEEN PREDOMINANT SPOKEN LANGUAGES, ALL IN THE SERVICE OF THE PUBLIC AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.

Program accomplishments

• BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM GENERATED BY THE REOPENING OF ITS MAIN GALLERIES AND THE RETURN OF ITS MOST CELEBRATED TREASURES, FY25 MARKED A YEAR OF GROWTH, INNOVATION, AND DEEPER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE HISPANIC SOCIETY MUSEUM & LIBRARY. THROUGH A DYNAMIC EXHIBITION PROGRAM, THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO SHOWCASE THE BREADTH OF ITS COLLECTIONS WHILE AMPLIFYING CONTEMPORARY VOICES AND FOSTERING NEW DIALOGUES BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED ADRIANA VAREJO: DON'T FORGET, WE COME FROM THE TROPICS, A POWERFUL EXPLORATION OF ECOLOGY, HISTORY AND THE AMAZON, AS WELL AS SPANISH STYLE: FASHION ILLUMINATED, WHICH EXAMINED THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF HISPANIC ART AND CULTURE ON FASHION AND DESIGN. THE MUSEUM ALSO EXPANDED ITS PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES, WELCOMING DIVERSE AUDIENCES THROUGH LECTURES, PERFORMANCES, FAMILY PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. AS A FREE CULTURAL INSTITUTION SERVING WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND BEYOND, THE HISPANIC SOCIETY STRENGTHENED ITS ROLE AS A VIBRANT CENTER FOR THE STUDY, PRESERVATION, AND CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS, CULTURES, AND HISTORIES OF THE HISPANIC WORLD.MODERN LIBRARYFY25 WAS A YEAR OF ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, AND DIGITAL PLANNING FOR THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. STAFF ADVANCED EXPERTISE, STRENGTHENED INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR HSM&L'S FUTURE DIGITAL LIBRARY. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE PROGRESS ON THE MODERN LIBRARY ASSESSMENT PROJECT, THE CREATION OF THE DIGITIZATION TASK FORCE, PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, COMPLETION OF DIGITAL LIBRARY COURSES, LAUNCH OF THE BLOOMBERG TECH FELLOWSHIP AND DIGITAL LIBRARY GRANT PROPOSAL, SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH BOOK DONATIONS AND A BOOK SALE, AND CONTINUED CATALOGING, ACQUISITIONS, AND READER SERVICES FOR A GLOBAL AUDIENCE.DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE BOOKSTHE STAFF COMPRISED DR. JOHN O'NEILL, CURATOR OF MANUSCRIPTS & RARE BOOKS, AND MS. VANESSA PINTADO, ASSISTANT CURATOR. MICHELLE NANNI, BOOK CONSERVATOR, UNDERTOOK WORK FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE HISPANIC SOCIETY. MS. NANNI CONSTRUCTED A TOTAL 149 BOXES, IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING PAPER OR BINDING REPAIRS ON OTHER ITEMS. MR. MATTHEW PALMER, FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE PINE TREE FOUNDATION, CONTINUED HIS WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. IN SEPTEMBER 2025, MS. BEATRICE SAMPEDRO LEE BEGAN WORK AS AN INTERN IN THE DEPARTMENT. DR. O'NEILL CONTINUED HIS CATALOGUING OF THE 1701-1830 PRINT MATERIAL, ADDING ANOTHER 845 ITEMS TO THE SHORT-TITLE (OFF-LINE) CATALOGUE, AND BEGAN WORK ON THE CATALOGUING OF THE CARMENA Y MILLN BULLFIGHTING COLLECTION, WITH 1,292 ITEMS DESCRIBED SO FAR. HE ALSO CONTINUED TO MANAGE THE LIBRARY'S COPYING AND REPRODUCTION SERVICE, SCANNING APPROXIMATELY 3,000 IMAGES WHICH BROUGHT IN A NET TOTAL OF $4,447. IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING TO READERS' REQUESTS, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIA E- MAIL, DR. O'NEILL GAVE A TOTAL OF 21 PRESENTATIONS TO GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS, BIBLIOPHILIC ENTITIES (E.G. TEFAF, ASSOCIACI DE BIBLIFILS [BARCELONA], GROLIER CLUB), OR COLLEGE GROUPS (E.G. BARNARD COLLEGE, QUEEN'S COLLEGE, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY). DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE LIBRARY ACQUIRED 533 BOOKS AND PERIODICALS VALUED AT $14,402.09. 50 BOOKS AND 58 PERIODICALS, WERE PURCHASED, TOTALING $5,673.29. THE LIBRARY WAS ALSO GIFTED 357 BOOKS AND 68 PERIODICALS, VALUED AT $8,728.80. ONLINE CATALOG ADDITIONS COMPRISED OF 367 NEW HOLDINGS, INCLUDING 363 MODERN LIBRARY ITEMS AND 4 MANUSCRIPTS & RARE BOOKS ENTRIES. THE LIBRARY CONTINUED WELCOMING READERS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, FROM 12:00 TO 3:30 P.M. FROM OCTOBER 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2025 (EXCLUDING THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHEN THE READING ROOM IS CLOSED), THE READING ROOM RECEIVED 260 READERS. MATERIALS CONSULTED INCLUDED 848 MANUSCRIPTS, 383 PRE-1830 BOOKS, 74 MODERN BOOKS, AND 8 REFERENCE VOLUMES. OF THE READERS FOR WHOM PLACE OF RESIDENCE IS KNOWN, 79 READERS CAME FROM NEW YORK AND 22 OTHER U.S. STATES, 55 FROM EUROPE, 10 FROM LATIN AMERICA AND 4 FROM OTHER REGIONS.CONSERVATION DEPARTMENTTHE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT IS COMPOSED OF CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER HELENE FONTOIRA MARZIN AND ASSISTANT OBJECTS CONSERVATOR MIRIAM-HELENE RUDD. THE DEPARTMENT IS FURTHER SUPPORTED BY IMLS FELLOW JORDAIN WILLIAMS, MUSEUM FELLOW ALEJANDRA PASQUEL, AND PART-TIME INTERN ALENA MIKHAILOVA, AS WELL AS FREELANCE OBJECTS CONSERVATORS URSULA KUGLER AND TERESA JIMNEZ MILLAS; FREELANCE TEXTILE CONSERVATORS GIULIA CHIOSTINI AND MARTINA FERRARI; AND CONSERVATOR EMERITA MONICA KATZ. THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT DEDICATED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ITS TIME TO THE PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION OF EXHIBITIONS BOTH WITHIN HSM&L AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER MUSEUMS AND INSTITUTIONS. MS. FONTOIRA TRAVELED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AS A MUSEUM COURIER AND FOR INSTALLATION AND DEINSTALLATION PROJECTS. SHE REMAINS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE AND HAS INITIATED DONOR CULTIVATION EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT, SECURING A DONATION OF $64,000. SHE CONTINUES TO LEAD MONTHLY CONSERVATION TOURS FOR MUSEUM STAFF AND SUPPORTERS, SHARING INSIGHTS INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S ONGOING TREATMENTS AND PROJECTS. MS. FONTOIRA PERFORMED AN INITIAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF 90 PAINTINGS FOR THE UPCOMING TRAVEL EXHIBITION AND 20 WORKS BY SOROLLA BEFORE TRAVELING TO SPAIN. THE CONSERVATION TEAM ALSO DEDICATED TIME TO TEACHING AND TRAINING NEW INTERNS AND FELLOWS AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PROGRAM AND VISITED OTHER INSTITUTIONS, FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FELLOW CONSERVATORS. AS PART OF A THREE-YEAR IMLS GRANT, MS. FONTOIRA CONTINUED TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT TO REHOUSE ALL TEXTILES IN THE MUSEUM'S STORAGE FACILITY. DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, JORDAIN WILLIAMS AND ALENA MIKHAILOVA PERFORMED 514 CONDITION REPORTS ON THE TEXTILE CATALOG, WHICH WERE REVISED AND REORGANIZED, AND 340 TEXTILE CONDITION REPORTS WERE COMPLETED AS PART OF THE ONGOING EFFORT TO CONSERVE OVER THREE THOUSAND TEXTILES, OPTIMIZE STORAGE SPACE, AND ENSURE THEIR LONG-TERM PRESERVATION.DEPARTMENT OF MUSEUM EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMSTHE DEPARTMENT OF MUSEUM EDUCATION CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT AT THE HISPANIC SOCIETY MUSEUM & LIBRARY, DEVELOPING AND MANAGING ALL GALLERY-BASED EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, MEDIATING EXHIBITIONS TO VISITORS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF OUR COLLECTION AND MUSEUM PRACTICE. THE MUSEUM EDUCATION TEAM CAN REPORT NOTABLE INCREASES IN ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PAST YEAR. ATTENDANCE AT OUR PUBLIC ARTS ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IS UP 42.9% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ALSO WORTH NOTING IS THAT ALMOST 20% OF OUR GROUP VISITS WERE REPEAT VISITORS FROM 2024, AND NEARLY 10% OF VISITING GROUPS FOR FY25 HAD TWO VISITS IN THE SAME YEAR. TWO THIRDS OF OUR K-12 GROUP VISITS ARE FROM NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM ALL FIVE BOROUGHS. AS AN EXPANDED EDUCATION TEAM DIVERSIFIES LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE, SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR MUSEUM A REGULAR PART OF THEIR PROGRAMMING. MUSEUM EDUCATORS OVERSAW THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF ARTE EN EL ALTO MANHATTAN, THE THIRD ITERATION OF ART ON AUDUBON TERRACE, THE THIRD SEASON OF OUTDOOR FILM PROGRAMMING WITH INWOOD ART WORKS, NOW REBRANDED AS CINE AL FRESCO AND EXPANDED TO FOUR FILMS PER YEAR. WE CLOSED THE FISCAL YEAR AS ALWAYS WITH OUR ROBUST HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PROGRAMS. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH BROADWAY MALLS, COMMUNITY LEAGUE OF THE HEIGHTS, NYC KIDSFEST, NYC OPEN STREETS, AND THE NORTHERN MANHATTAN ARTS ALLIANCE FOR VARIOUS OFF-SITE INTERGENERATIONAL ARTMAKING PROGRAMS INCLUDING ORNAMENT MAKING FOR TWO MAJOR COMMUNITY HOLIDAY TREE-LIGHTING CELEBRATIONS, RAISING OUR VISIBILITY IN OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF INWOOD, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, AND HARLEM. OUR TEAM ALSO PARTICIPATES ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO FORM THE BROADWAY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE JURY FOR THE INAUGURAL YEAR OF THE UPTOWN HALL OF FAME, AND THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S FAMILY AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (FACE), AMONG OTHER COMMITTEES AND FOCUS GROUPS, SOLIDIFYING OUR INSTITUTION AS VALUED INTERLOCUTORS AMONG KEY LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. IN 2025, WE HOSTED LA VECINDAD, OUR FIRST TERRACE PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS.
  Expenses $4,924,064 · revenue $131,215

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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

13-5661025

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

1956

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A23Z)

Assets (IRS master file)

$109,352,742

Income (IRS master file)

$18,460,811

Filing history

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 13-5661025).

Questions about HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

What is the EIN of HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA?

The employer identification number (EIN) of HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA is 13-5661025.

Is HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1956.

Are donations to HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA 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 HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA last file with the IRS?

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

Who is the principal officer of HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names GUILLAUME KIENTZ.

Who are the officers and directors of HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 29 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $303,353 (GUILLAUME KIENTZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO).

How much revenue does HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,971,673, expenses of $7,769,904 and total assets of $109,352,742 at year end.

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