Nonprofit · EIN 26-0887197
NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC
Tax-exempt · BOSTON, MA 02116
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,826,938 | $1,341,755 | $485,183 | $5,389,479 | $242,855 | $5,146,624 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,427,936 | $1,019,941 | $407,995 | $4,668,962 | $188,455 | $4,480,507 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,562,712 | $1,082,889 | $479,823 | $3,945,706 | $72,730 | $3,872,976 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,657,261
- of which government grants
- $898,601
- Program service revenue
- $12,700
- Investment income
- $154,485
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $22,085
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $2,492
- Other revenue
- $2,492
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $195,375
- Other salaries and wages
- $557,184
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $894,068
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $68,881
- Travel
- $14,986
- Depreciation
- $6,484
- Program services (functional)
- $957,636
- Management and general (functional)
- $354,682
- Fundraising (functional)
- $29,437
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,668,962
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,389,479
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $242,855
- Net assets, end of year
- $5,146,624
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,348
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,958,290
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,843,570
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $303,054
- Gross receipts
- $1,829,956
- Employees
- 26
- Volunteers
- 24
- Year formed
- 2007
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Nelson | President Officer | 40 | $187,345 | $8,030 |
| John D Childs | Board Member (start 10/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Diana Fernandez-Bibeau | Board Member (start 10/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Khurram Jamil | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Kiefer Esq | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Theodore Landsmark | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Leonard | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexander Leventhal | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Raymond Liu | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jack Lynch | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dava Newman | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Pegg | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barry Ruderman | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Oscar Santos | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William J Schnoor Esq | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
10 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natacha Scott | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Allison D Webster Esq | Board Member (start 10/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Christian J Westra Esq | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Charles L Cooney PhD | Board Member, Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Alex Krieger | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Janet P Atkins | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Contompasis | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Ronald P O'Hanley | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Michelle Knight | Board Member, Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Erin Claywell | Board Member, Clerk Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Nelson | President Officer | 40 | $168,911 | $7,874 |
| Priscilla Douglas | Board Member (end 5/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Khurram Jamil | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Kiefer | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Theodore Landsmark | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Leonard | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexander Leventhal | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Raymond Liu | Board Member (start 6/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jack Lynch | Board Member (start 11/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dava Newman | Board Member (start 6/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Pegg | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barry Ruderman | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Oscar Santos | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Natacha Scott | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William J Schnoor Esq | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Christian J Westra Esq | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Charles L Cooney PhD | Board Member, Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alex Krieger | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Janet P Atkins | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Contompasis | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ronald P O'Hanley | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michelle Knight | Board Member, Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Erin Claywell | Board Member, Clerk Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Nelson | President Officer | 40 | $167,548 | $7,887 |
| Priscilla Douglas | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Khurram Jamil | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Kiefer | Board Member (start Oct 2022) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Theodore Landsmark | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Leonard | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexander Leventhal | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Pegg | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barry Ruderman | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Oscar Santos | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Natacha Scott | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William J Schnoor Esq | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Christian J Westra Esq | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Charles L Cooney PhD | Board Member, Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alex Krieger | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Janet P Atkins | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Contompasis | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ronald P O'Hanley | Board Member, Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michelle Knight | Board Member, Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Erin Claywell | Board Member, Clerk Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 700 BOYLSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02116-2813
- In care of
- % BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Garrett Dash Nelson, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
- Signed the 990
- Garrett Dash Nelson, President
- Phone
- (617) 859-2506
- Website
- www.leventhalmap.org
- Return prepared by
- Baker Newman & Noyes
Mission
The Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library shall inspire curiosity and learning, and foster geographic perspectives on the relationships between people and places, through free and accessible collections and resources, critical interpretation and research, and K-12 public education.
Program accomplishments
- Collections: The Center stewards the cartographic collections of the Boston Public Library, encompassing a quarter million maps and other objects, ensuring the preservation, cataloging, organization and digitization of the collection. Areas of particular strength are our four "Collections of Distinction": Boston & New England, the American Revolutionary era, urban maps and maritime maps. Public access is a major part of our mission and we offer reference services for the collection including assistance in geographic information services (GIS) and support fellowships to carry out research in the collection to develop new scholarship.The Center also has an extensive digital resources available on our website for public and educational use, increasing access to our collections and educational materials. Our digital collection includes 12,000 digitized maps including our American Revolutionary War era cross-institutional collection of more than 2,000 digitized maps from partner institutions such as the British Library and Library of Congress. Many digitized maps have been georeferenced, enabling overlays of modern maps, and some are also mosaicked and tiled to enhance digital access. This includes maps from our urban atlas collection, which can be explored as overlays of different maps over time using our mobile app/web tool Atlascope. In addition, all past and current exhibitions are available in digital form on our website. Digitized material from our collections has been used in numerous web and print publications and digital humanities projects.Expenses $317,159 · revenue $12,700
- Exhibitions and Public Outreach: The Center has presented 26 exhibitions since 2004. Exhibitions have traveled to New York, Washington DC, and Williamsburg as well as to other locations within the city of Boston. Showcasing items from the collection, exhibitions have highlighted such important subjects as the Revolutionary War and Civil War periods, 19th and 20th century immigration, voting patterns and rights, women's role in cartography, mapping of climate patterns, urban green spaces and U.S. westward expansion in the 19th century. Audiences upwards of 60,000 attend each gallery exhibition, including area residents, library patrons, tourists, researchers, students and teachers.All exhibitions are accompanied by a series of lectures and panel discussions with scholars and authors that explore themes related to the exhibition, with emphasis on relevance to contemporary issues. In addition, local micro-history and geography are explored in community events that use our Atlascope tool. Community partnerships add breadth and depth to both public and educational program offerings, including partnerships with faculty from area universities, and staff of municipal and non-profit organizations.Expenses $470,848
- Education Outreach: The Center is recognized as a national leader in innovative education programs that use cartographic materials and methods. Our K-12 programs are based in best practices for primary sources and inquiry-based teaching and fulfill local and national standards. These programs harness the power of maps and mapping to make a broad range of topics come alive in the K-12 classroom and onsite. The center offers professional development for educators via institutes, workshops and fellowships. We develop map sets and curriculum materials, often in collaboration with teacher advisors and fellows. Our online resources include a wide variety of maps sets, lesson plans and tools to help teacher use maps effectively in their classrooms. (Continued on Schedule O)Half of our educational service is to the Boston public schools, and to these and to other schools in need, education programs are offered free of charge.Expenses $169,629 · revenue $2,492
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
- 26-0887197
- 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
- 2008
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B70)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,389,479
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,829,956
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,826,938 | $1,341,755 | $5,389,479 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,427,936 | $1,019,941 | $4,668,962 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,562,712 | $1,082,889 | $3,945,706 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,994,581 | $1,269,685 | $3,287,206 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | 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 26-0887197).
Questions about NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC
- What is the EIN of NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC is 26-0887197.
- Is NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2008.
- Are donations to NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER 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 NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER 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 NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER 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 NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Garrett Dash Nelson.
- Who are the officers and directors of NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 25 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $187,345 (Garrett Nelson, President).
- How much revenue does NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,826,938, expenses of $1,341,755 and total assets of $5,389,479 at year end.
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