Public Charity

New York Historical Society

New York Historical Society is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in NEW YORK, NY. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $43.1M, expenses of $43.2M, total assets of $280.0M. Imperigo tracks 122 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $40.0M.

EIN: 131624124 NEW YORK, NY Historical Organizations NTEE: A80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$43.1M
Total Expenses$43.2M
Total Assets$280.0M
Grant Records122
Funding Total$40.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE FOUNDING MISSION OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ("THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL "TNYH") IS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND INTERPRET, FOR THE BROADEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC, MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL AND OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN PARTICULAR.

Where $100 goes at New York Historical Society

How New York Historical Society divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$84 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $84 for programs

$41
Educational programming
49% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12 students; 5,000 students; 10,000 students
$33
Care and conservation of collections
39% of program spending
$10
Other programmatic activities
12% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Vice Chair Andrew H Tisch
Trustee Anita Volz Wien
Controller (End 5/2025) Arlene Barnard
Director of IT Armando Lopez
Trustee (As of 10/2024) Arnold Chavkin
Trustee Barbara Knowles Debs

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$22,576,661 66 grants
Arts & Culture
$12,168,072 32 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$2,035,500 1 grant
Education
$281,000 8 grants
Economic Development
$202,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $43.1M $43.2M $280.0M
2024 $62.3M $44.9M $243.9M
2023 $54.0M $43.6M $222.2M
2022 $53.8M $41.9M $198.4M
2021 $56.4M $34.9M $208.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $56.4M to $43.1M (-23%), with total assets most recently reported at $280.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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