Public Charity

The Richard H Driehaus Museum

The Richard H Driehaus Museum is a Public Charity headquartered in Chicago, IL. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $5.9M revenue, $7.8M expenses, $123.4M total assets. 12 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $17.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 364339951 Chicago, IL Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$5.9M
Total Expenses$7.8M
Total Assets$123.4M
Grant Records12
Funding Total$17.2M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE DRIEHAUS MUSEUM ENGAGES AND INSPIRES THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY THROUGH EXPLORATION AND ONGOING CONVERSATIONS IN ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN OF THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS ARE PRESENTED IN AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE RESTORED NICKERSON MANSION, COMPLETED IN 1883, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GILDED AGE, AND THE 1926 MURPHY AUDITORIUM. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION REFLECTS AND IS INSPIRED BY THE COLLECTING INTERESTS, VISION, AND FOCUS OF ITS FOUNDER, THE LATE RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS.

Officers & Directors

MEMBER Driehaus Trust Company
DIRECTOR Gary Metzner
DIRECTOR Greg Cameron
TREASURER Joseph Gromacki
Director of Marketing Julie Treumann
Director Laura Mandel

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Top Grant Purposes

Support of the organizations purchase of John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium at 50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
$8,290,760 2 grants
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,105,500 2 grants
General Operating support, support for the historic preservation and renovation of the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium (?The Murphy?) at 50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611, support for historical preservation and renovation of the Museum's Nickerson Mansion, support for historical preservation and renovation of the Museum's Murphy Auditorium, support for the historic preservation and renovation of the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium at 50 E. Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611
$2,906,326 1 grant
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
$600,500 1 grant
ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
$190,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $5.9M $7.8M $123.4M
2023 $5.0M $6.2M $118.4M
2022 $4.3M $4.3M $112.0M
2021 $74.8M $3.1M $116.5M
2020 $2.2M $3.5M $49.9M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.2M to $5.9M (+167%), with total assets most recently reported at $123.4M.

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