NonprofitsField Museum Of Natural History

Arts & Culture

Field Museum Of Natural History

CHICAGO, IL

Total revenue

$114.8M

Total expenses

$95.3M

Net assets

$759.0M

Grants received

$56.5M

342 grants

EIN

362167011

Tax year

2024

Mission

The museum is an independent center of learning that engages in research and public education.

Programs

3 programs

Public programs: the museum brings science to life with more than 400,000 square feet of space devoted to exhibitions and other public programs. In 2024, the museum welcomed more than 1,220,000 visitors.

Expenses: $22.5M

Museum services: the museum has approximately 1,300,000 square feet for which museum services provides engineering, maintenance, and security, as well as directly supports the science and education and public programs.

Expenses: $16.3M

Museum outreach and business enterprises.

Expenses: $8.3M

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$44.8M
Program service revenue$30.4M
Investment income$40.0M
Other revenue
Total revenue$114.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$497K
Salaries & benefits$42.9M
Fundraising$6.7M
Other expenses$51.7M
Total expenses$95.3M
Total assets$932.9M
Net assets$759.0M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JULIAN F SIGGERS

PRESIDENT + CEO

Board

$840K

35 hrs/wk

ISAAC KWON

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO

Board

$377K

35 hrs/wk

LE MONTE G BOOKER SR

CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER - PART YEAR

Board

$283K

35 hrs/wk

DAVID D HILLER

VICE CHAIR, INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH

Board

3 hrs/wk

JAMEE C FIELD KANE

VICE CHAIR, DEVELOPMENT

Board

3 hrs/wk

JEFFREY B KELLER

VICE CHAIR, SCIENCE ACTION

Board

3 hrs/wk

JORGE M LEON

VICE CHAIR, RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS

Board

3 hrs/wk

MARGARET B MACLEAN

VICE CHAIR, COLLECTIONS

Board

3 hrs/wk

BOBBY MEHTA

BOARD CHAIR

Board

3 hrs/wk

MICHAEL O'GRADY

SECRETARY

Board

3 hrs/wk

JESSICA P SAROWITZ

VICE CHAIR, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ACCESS & INCLUSION

Board

3 hrs/wk

JAI SHEKHAWAT

VICE CHAIR, DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT

Board

3 hrs/wk

MATTHEW K SIMON

EXECUTIVE MEMBER AT LARGE

Board

3 hrs/wk

DAWN L SOLOMON

VICE CHAIR, EXHIBITIONS

Board

3 hrs/wk

JASON M WORTENDYKE

VICE CHAIR, FINANCE

Board

3 hrs/wk

ARJUN AGGARWAL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SUSAN M BENTON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HOWARD B BERNICK

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRISTOPHER T BERTSCHY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

AMY E BEST

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KATHLEEN M BOEGE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH BRADY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

EULER BROPLEH

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TRACY CAHILLANE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GREGORY C CASE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANDREW CLARKE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID COTTON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARK J COZZI

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SIR PETER CRANE FRS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

WENDELL DALLAS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

OSCAR A DAVID

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SANDY DEROMEDI

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LAUREN JIGGETTS-DONOVAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARGERY KAMIN FEITLER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARSHALL FIELD V

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL E FLANNERY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

NATASHA GALAVOTTI

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

F NEAL GRAM III

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JACK M GREENBERG

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JUDY GREFFIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LEWIS S GRUBER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN J HAMILL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CARYN HARRIS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHARLES KATZENMEYER

VP, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Staff

$329K

35 hrs/wk

THORSTEN LUMBSCH

VP, SCIENCE & EDUCATION

Staff

$253K

35 hrs/wk

PHILLIP HECK

CURATOR & DIRECTOR, INTG. RESEARCH CENTER

Staff

$249K

35 hrs/wk

COLETTE HANDS

VP, PEOPLE & CULTURE

Staff

$228K

35 hrs/wk

STEVEN STROHMEIER

SR. DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

Staff

$191K

35 hrs/wk

JAAP HOOGSTRATEN

HEAD OF EXHIBITIONS

Staff

$191K

35 hrs/wk

GARY FEINMAN

CURATOR

Staff

$184K

35 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

ARAMARK MANAGEMENT SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES

$1.6M

ARS ADVERTISING LLC

ADVERTISING

$1.5M

GRACE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC

CONSTRUCTION

$1.4M

MONTERREY SECURITY CONSULTANTS INC

SECURITY SERVICES

$1.2M

INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

$1.0M

Grants received

Showing 200 of 342

FromAmountPurposeYear
$500K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$257K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$229K
Magnifying Conservation Impact and Biodiversity Understanding in the Guiana Shield
2024
$185K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$125K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$100K
Documenting Diversity Amidst a Mass Extinction: Generating a Conservation Framework for the Flora of Hispaniola
2024
$100K
CHARITABLE
2024
$100K
Understanding Chicagoland's Changing Conservation Landscape: Resurveys for Reptiles and Amphibians of Will County, IL
2024
$100K
Small Mammal and Pathogen Diversity in South Side Parks in Chicago: Implications for Human Health and Wellbeing
2024
$93K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2024
$83K
LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS AND PDTA
2024
$55K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$35K
TO SUPPORT THE FIELD MUSEUM'S ONGOING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE
2024
$30K
general operating support
2024
$25K
GENERAL DONATION
2024
$25K
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE
2024
$15K
STEM DIGITAL LEARNING INTERNSHIP
2024
$11K
RESEARCH/PUBLICEDUCATION
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
ARTS, CULTURE
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$3K
CHARITABLE
2024
$2K
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$550
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$250
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$140
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$90
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$728K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$600K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT/ANNUAL GIFT
2023
$500K
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR ONGOING COMMUNITY EXCHANGE AND COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION WITH INDIGENOUS PARTNERS, AND TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE GUIDELINES FOR RESPECTFULLY WORKING WITH NATIVE COMMUNITIES TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTERS
2023
$384K
Magnifying Conservation Impact and Biodiversity Understanding in the guiana shield
2023
$351K
DNA Barcoding for Conservation: Science, Training, and innovation to preserve the tree of life
2023
$284K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$250K
ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
2023
$192K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$167K
Keller Science CtrYouth ConservationAction Programs
2023
$147K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$130K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$130K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$100K
Understanding Chicagoland's Changing Conservation landscape: resurveys for reptiles
2023
$100K
Documenting Diversity Amidst a Mass Extinction: Generating a conservation framework for the flora of hispaniola
2023
$100K
Small Mammal and Pathogen Diversity in South Side parks in Chicago: implications for human health and wellbeing
2023
$98K
SUBAWARD
2023
$83K
LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS AND PDTA
2023
$67K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$52K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2023
$50K
TO INSPIRE CURIOSITY ABOUT LIFE ON EARTH WHILE EXPLORING HOW THE WORLD CAME TO BE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT A BETER PLACE
2023
$50K
IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION PROGRAM
2023
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
FORD RESOURCES AND ENGAGEMENT CENTERS
2023
$30K
general operating support
2023
$26K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$25K
OPERATING FUNDS
2023
$25K
GENERAL DONATION
2023
$15K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$15K
IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ENDOCYTOBIOLOGY MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE FIELD MUSEUM IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, IN FALL 2023.
2023
$15K
GENERAL, OPERATING, ENDOWMENT OR CAPITAL.
2023
$15K
OPERATING - FUNDING FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$15K
HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL LEARNING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2023
$10K
Unrestricted
2023
$6K
ARTS, CULTURE
2023
$5K
SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
general donation
2023
$5K
2023 Field Level Corporate - First Eagle Investments fund
2023
$5K
Large fossil gar
2023
$4K
Founders Council
2023
$4K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$3K
CHARITABLE
2023
$2K
Large fossil gar
2023
$2K
Large fossil gar
2023
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$500
Discovery Circle Donor's Program
2023
$500
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$250
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$250
Matching Gifts
2023
$200
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$181
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$135
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$2.0M
$10,000: support for the Keller Science Action Center; $15,000: support for 2023 Women In Science Luncheon (no tickets or tangible benefits), General Operating Support, Trustee Annual Fund, Annual Contribution, Annual Fund, support for Women's Board Annual Appeal - Founders Council (no tickets or tangible benefits), $100,000: support of the Women's Board's Gala (no tickets or tangible benefits); $100,000: support of the Trustees' Annual Fund, $50,000: support for 2022 Benefit Celebration (no tickets or tangible benefits)$100,000: trustee contribution for general operating support, Annual Support, $500,000: endowment Croft building fund; $25,000: trustee annual fund, support for 2023 Women's Board Women in Science Luncheon (no tickets or tangible benefits), general operating support for the Keller Science Action Center, support for Women's Board Youth Engagement Endowment, support for annual gala (waive tangible benefits), Trustee's Annual Fund, 2023 Trustees' Annual Fund, 2022 Annual
2022
$1.6M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$500K
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR ONGOING COMMUNITY EXCHANGE AND COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION WITH INDIGENOUS PARTNERS, AND TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE GUIDELINES FOR RESPECTFULLY WORKING WITH NATIVE COMMUNITIES TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTERS
2022
$382K
Magnifying Conservation Impact and Biodiversity Understanding in the Guiana Shield
2022
$349K
DNA Barcoding for Conservation: Science, Training, and Innovation to Preserve the Tree of Life
2022
$338K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$222K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2022
$191K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$167K
Keller Science CtrYouth ConservationAction Programs
2022
$142K
CULTURE & ARTS
2022
$100K
General Support
2022
$100K
Small Mammal and Pathogen Diversity in South Side Parks in Chicago: Implications for Human Health and Wellbeing
2022
$100K
in support of general operations
2022
$100K
Understanding Chicagoland's Changing Conservation Landscape: Resurveys for Reptiles and Amphibians of Will County, IL
2022
$83K
LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS AND PDTA
2022
$74K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$55K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2022
$50K
FOR FINAL PAYMENT ON A PLEDGE OF $150,000.00 PAYABLE OVER 3 YEARS FOR THE FIELD FORWARD CHALLENGE $2 FOR $1 MATCH BY FIELD TRUSTEES.
2022
$50K
Gidwitz Hall of Birds Endowment
2022
$50K
IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION PROGRAM
2022
$44K
Subaward
2022
$43K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$40K
BETTER WORLD
2022
$40K
COMMUNITY SERVICES
2022
$40K
COMMUNITY-CENTERED EDUCATION
2022
$30K
general operating support
2022
$25K
OPERATING FUNDS
2022
$25K
GENERAL, OPERATING, ENDOWMENT OR CAPITAL.
2022
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$21K
ARTS, CULTURE
2022
$20K
CONSERVATION
2022
$15K
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$15K
TO SUPPORT STEM INTERNSHIPS FOR CPS STUDENTS.
2022
$15K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2022
$10K
SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$10K
Unrestricted
2022
$10K
ANNUAL GIFT - MIKE FLANNERY
2022
$10K
To support graduate students in a field-based internship for urban monarch and pollinator conservation
2022
$5K
general & unrestricted
2022
$5K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$3K
Arts, Media & Culture
2022
$3K
CHARITABLE
2022
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$2K
GENERAL
2022
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$765
In support of general operations
2022
$500
Discovery Circle of the Donor's Program
2022
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$500
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
$243
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$20.2M
CULTURE & ARTS
2021
$1.1M
General operating support, annual contribution. Support for the Endowment Fund for MFV Collections. Annual trustee contribution. Building Centennial Fund. The Trustee's Annual Fund. $500K support to Croft endowment fund for building upkeep.
2021
$1.1M
General operating support, annual contribution. Support for the Endowment Fund for MFV Collections. Annual trustee contribution. Building Centennial Fund. The Trustee's Annual Fund. $500K support to Croft endowment fund for building upkeep.
2021
$400K
RELIGION & CULTURAL INST INITIATIVE
2021
$233K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$233K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$208K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$179K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$100K
in renewed support of general operations.
2021
$100K
in support of general operations.
2021
$50K
Gidwitz Hall of Birds Endowment
2021
$50K
FOR SECOND PAYMENT ON A PLEDGE OF $150,000.00 PAYABLE OVER 3 YEARS FOR THE FIELD FORWARD CHALLENGE $2 FOR $1 MATCH BY FIELD TRUSTEES.
2021
$50K
Education
2021
$25K
GENERAL, OPERATING, ENDOWMENT OR CAPITAL.
2021
$25K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2021
$23K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$15K
THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
2021
$15K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2021
$10K
ANNUAL GIFT FOUNDERS COUNCIL
2021
$5K
GENERAL DONATION
2021
$5K
CULTURAL
2021
$3K
Because earth campaign
2021
$2K
GENERAL
2021

Funded by

$56.5M from 124 funders · 342 grants · 2017–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$21.3M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

The Chicago Community Trust

$12.8M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Walder Foundation

$2.6M · 14 grants · 2020–2024

Lilly Endowment Inc

$2.5M · 2 grants · 2020–2021

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$1.9M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Walter Family Foundation Inc

$1.7M · 4 grants · 2019–2023

Hamill Family Foundation

$1.5M · 7 grants · 2020–2023

Frank E Payne And Seba B Payne

$1.1M · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Details

EIN362167011
NTEE codeA560
Subsection03
Ruling date1945-11
Formed1893
Employees717
Volunteers425