NonprofitsGilder Lehrman Institute Of American History

Education

Gilder Lehrman Institute Of American History

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$15.8M

Total expenses

$11.1M

Net assets

$72.5M

Grants received

$20.6M

147 grants

EIN

133795391

Tax year

2023

Mission

Promote knowledge/understanding of american history through educational programs/resources.

Programs

3 programs

Student programs in american history.see schedule o.

Expenses: $1.6MGrants: $841K

Museum collections through exhibitions and educational resourcesthe gilder lehrman collection includes over 87,000 primary source documents relating to american history. The digital collection allows online access to our documents. Traveling exhibition panels on major topics in american history are in circulation and visited 125 venues across the country. Gilder lehrman collection's primary sources are also on display in physical exhibition spaces at boston athenaeum, george washington's mount vernon, gettysburg national military park, museum of modern art, museum of the american revolution, and the morgan library & museum. The online program inside the vault: highlights from the gilder lehrman collection, has been viewed by nearly 50,000 teachers, students, scholars, and history enthusiasts.

Expenses: $911K

Other programs. National history teacher of the year award program, national book prizes, conferences outreach, scholarly & college fellowship program and book breaks weekly online program.

Expenses: $2.8MGrants: $281K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$6.1M
Program service revenue$2.6M
Investment income$6.9M
Other revenue$162K
Total revenue$15.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$1.1M
Salaries & benefits$5.3M
Fundraising$591K
Other expenses$4.6M
Total expenses$11.1M
Total assets$73.8M
Net assets$72.5M

People

48 listed

NameRoleCompensation

BASKER JAMES

PRESIDENT & CEO

Board

$260K

40 hrs/wk

MOTT KATHRINE

COO

Board

$224K

40 hrs/wk

CHENAULT KENNETH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAUM BOB

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DE LUCA DIXIE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DUFF PATRICK

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GANNON REGINA

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GATES HENRY LOUIS JR

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GORDON-REED ANNETTE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GORDON BRUCE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DURHAM GRADY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GUELZO ALLEN C

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

HERBST-BRADY ELIZABETH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

HIRSCHFELD THOMAS P

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JACKSON PHILIP A

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JONES ALAN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JONES GLADSTONE N III

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LEHRMAN THOMAS D

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MCCORMICK MICHAEL

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

NAU JOHN L III

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

NIEHAUS ROBERT H

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

PACE LINDA

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

POORVU WILLIAM J

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

RIZAVI SHAIZA

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LEHRMAN LEWIS E

CHAIRMAN

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROSS MARY CASLIN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHAFIR MARK

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

SIMPKINS NANCY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

STAPLETON DOROTHY DEBBIE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MANDEL JR STEPHEN F

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

TOWNS-MIRANDA LUZ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

WEBSTER RICHARD

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

VICTORIA PHILLIPS

FORMER TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

CURT VIEBRANZ

FORMER TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROCKEFELLER VALERIE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DIMENNA JOSEPH

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

PENNOYER RUSSELL P

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

AYERS EDWARD L

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

BANKS S ANDREW

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

BATMANGHELIDJ NAZEE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRITTON JOHN D

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

BUTLER ALYSHA

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

CANNER BRYN

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Staff

$171K

40 hrs/wk

BAILEY TIM

DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTION

Staff

$149K

40 hrs/wk

SMITH KATE

CFO

Staff

$131K

40 hrs/wk

GLISERMAN NICHOLAS

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, AND DIGITAL E

Staff

$123K

40 hrs/wk

TRENHOLM SANDY

CURATOR AND DIRECTOR, GILDER LEHRMAN COLLECTION

Staff

$121K

40 hrs/wk

ANDERSEN LISA

DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC STRATEGY

Staff

$114K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

KANOPI STUDIOS

COMPUTER SUPPORT

$313K

Grants received

Showing 147 of 147

FromAmountPurposeYear
$160K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$75K
2024-2025 Kansas Education Programs
2024
$55K
2024 GRANT AWARDS - GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$25K
CHARITABLE
2024
$12K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$517K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$205K
CULTURE & ARTS
2023
$200K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION - TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.
2023
$200K
CHARITABLE
2023
$195K
DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$123K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$65K
2023 - 2024 KS Education Programs
2023
$45K
SUPPORT OF 2023-2024 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORRIS COUNTY EDUCATORS
2023
$30K
CULTURE & ARTS
2023
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$20K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$17K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$15K
IRC SEC. 170(c) ORGANIZATIONS - PUBLIC CHARITIES
2023
$15K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$13K
HAMILTON EDUCATION PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND OUTREACH EXPENSES FOR AZ SCHOOLS IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM.
2023
$13K
DONOR-ADVISED FUND
2023
$10K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
Sponsorship
2023
$10K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL PURPOSE FUND
2023
$8K
IN SUPPORT OF RF DONATIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$2K
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2023
$1K
GENERAL CHARITABLE USE
2023
$500K
ANNUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN SYMPOSIUM FOR TEACHERS IN GRADES K THROUGH 12 AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIBRARY IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
2022
$365K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$270K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION - TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.
2022
$260K
CHARITABLE
2022
$75K
TEACHER SEMINAR AND SYMPOSIUM
2022
$75K
2023 LINCOLN SYMPOSIUM
2022
$55K
22-23 Kansas Education Programs
2022
$45K
FOR: SUPPORT OF 2022-2023 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORRIS COUNTY EDUCATORS
2022
$35K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$30K
Frederick Douglass Traveling Exhibition and exhibits to library systems
2022
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$25K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
2022
$25K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2022
$20K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$15K
TO ENABLE THE DONEES TO CARRY-OUT THEIR TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES.
2022
$10K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$10K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2022
$10K
SPONSORSHIP OF A 2022 TEACHER SEMINAR AT THE HINGHAM HERITAGE MUSEUM.
2022
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2022
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$2K
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2022
$1K
GENERAL CHARITABLE USE
2022
$3.8M
HISTORY
2021
$2M
HISTORY
2021
$484K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$484K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$400K
CHARITABLE
2021
$135K
CULTURE & ARTS
2021
$106K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2021
$75K
TEACHER SYMPOSIUM
2021
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$43K
FOR: TEACHING LITERACY THROUGH HISTORY PROGRAM IN THE DOVER, MADISON, AND MORRISTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICTS DURING THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR
2021
$35K
GENERAL FUND
2021
$35K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$24K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$20K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
2021
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$10K
HAMILTON EDUCATION PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND OUTREACH EXPENSES FOR AZ SCHOOLS IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM
2021
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$582K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$202K
for general operations
2020
$200K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION - TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.
2020
$175K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$125K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2020
$75K
CULTURE & ARTS
2020
$75K
TEACHING CIVICS THROUGH HISTORY
2020
$50K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2020
$50K
Hamilton Education Program Online
2020
$46K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$40K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$35K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
2020
$25K
FOUNDED IN 1994 BY RICHARD GILDER AND LEWIS E. LEHRMAN, THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF HISTORY EDUCATION. THE INSTITUTE HAS DEVELOPED AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS THAT NOW OPERATE IN ALL FIFTY STATES, INCLUDING A WEBSITE THAT FEATURES MORE THAN 70,000 UNIQUE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN THE GILDER LEHRMAN COLLECTION. THE INSTITUTE'S PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY AWARDS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS.
2020
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
TO ENABLE THE DONEES TO CARRY-OUT THEIR TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES.
2020
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$4K
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
2020
$4K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$2K
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2020
$103
Matching Gifts
2020
$430K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2019
$405K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$107K
CULTURE & ARTS
2019
$104K
CCS - Arts & Culture
2019
$100K
Teacher Seminars
2019
$50K
General Support
2019
$50K
Teacher Seminars
2019
$45K
General support
2019
$25K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2019
$455K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2018
$195K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$150K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2018
$98K
This grant is in support of the Hamilton Education Program in Houston.
2018
$46K
MULTIPLE GRANTS AWARDED
2018
$35K
Lincoln Speaks
2018
$25K
BOSTON HAMILTON PROGRAM
2018
$20K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2018
$15K
DISCRETIONARY GRANT
2018
$15K
General Operations
2018
$1.1M
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$1M
Chicago Hamilton Education
2017
$1M
Hamilton Education Program
2017
$54K
Private Campaign-Arts & Culture
2017
$50K
2018 Teacher Seminars
2017
$35K
For Chicago public schools in the Hamilton Education Program
2017
$16K
HUMAN SERVICES
2017
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2017

Funded by

$20.6M from 68 funders · 147 grants · 2017–2024

Gilder Foundation Inc

$5.8M · 2 grants · 2021

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$4.2M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Fulk Family Foundation Inc

$3.0M · 11 grants · 2017–2022

Seven Turns Fund Inc

$1.3M · 6 grants · 2018–2023

Hickory Foundation

$885K · 4 grants · 2021–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$699K · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$692K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Robert And Kate Niehaus Foundation

$670K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN133795391
NTEE codeB82
Subsection03
Ruling date1995-04
Formed1994
Employees116
Volunteers38
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