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 Libraries NTEE: B70 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.

Where $100 goes at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

How The Athenaeum of Philadelphia divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$73 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $73 for programs

$73
Museum/library building
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 800,000 books; 150,000 people; 170 programs
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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-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

General Support
$226,179 17 grants
Education
$11,500 1 grant

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.

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

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