Public Charity

THE ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA

THE ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA is a Public Charity headquartered in PHILADELPHIA, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2.7M revenue, $2.2M expenses, $32.7M total assets. 19 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $238K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 231352027 PHILADELPHIA, PA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.7M
Total Expenses$2.2M
Total Assets$32.7M
Grant Records19
Funding Total$238K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA NURTURES CURIOSITY IN MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY THROUGH LEARNING, DISCOURSE AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT. THE ATHENAEUM IS A HISTORIC AND VIBRANT PHILADELPHIA-CENTERED AND MEMBER-SUPPORTED CIRCULATING LIBRARY, RESEARCH ARCHIVE AND CULTURAL FORUM DEDICATED TO HARNESSING OUR RESOURCES - OUR EXPERT STAFF, OUR COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS, ART AND ARCHITECTURE TREASURES AND OUR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING - TO STRENGTHEN OUR GROWING COMMUNITY THROUGH IDEAS, CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT AND FELLOWSHIP.

Officers & Directors

VICE-PRESIDENT Adele Gorrilla
DIRECTOR Alison Lazerwitz
DIRECTOR Bernard Resnick
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Beth Hessel
DIRECTOR David Rowland
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Cohen

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

OPERATIONS
$70,410 4 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$50,010 4 grants
ASSIST MISSION
$50,000 4 grants
For recipient's exempt purpose
$23,000 1 grant
Operations
$17,270 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.7M $2.2M $32.7M
2024 $2.3M $1.9M $30.5M
2023 $2.8M $1.6M $27.8M
2022 $4.5M $1.4M $26.7M
2021 $2.7M $1.4M $27.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $2.7M, with total assets most recently reported at $32.7M.

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