Public Charity

LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM

LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $17.8M revenue, $11.8M expenses, $51.2M total assets. 86 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 133475390 NEW YORK, NY History Museums NTEE: A54 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$17.8M
Total Expenses$11.8M
Total Assets$51.2M
Grant Records86
Funding Total$5.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE TENEMENT MUSEUM WELCOMES YOU INTO THE HOMES OF IMMIGRANTS, MIGRANTS, AND REFUGEES, AND SHARES THEIR STORIES TO INSPIRE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT, AND TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EXPANSIVE AMERICAN SOCIETY.

Officers & Directors

BOARD CO-CHAIR Alice F Yurke
VP OF EDUCATION OPS Alisa Martin
TRUSTEE Amy Starck
TRUSTEE Andrew S Berkman
VP OF HR Anne Brenner
PRESIDENT Annie Polland

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$2,092,926 9 grants
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$624,867 8 grants
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
$267,330 3 grants
General support
$244,460 2 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$192,587 10 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $17.8M $11.8M $51.2M
2024 $13.8M $11.7M $45.4M
2023 $10.5M $9.7M $43.3M
2022 $14.7M $8.9M $41.2M
2021 $8.7M $7.0M $36.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $8.7M to $17.8M (+105%), with total assets most recently reported at $51.2M.

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