Form990
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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax
Under section 501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (except black lung benefit trust or private foundation)

MediumBullet The organization may have to use a copy of this return to satisfy state reporting requirements.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Open to Public Inspection
A For the calendar year, or tax year beginning 07-01-2010 and ending 06-30-2011
BCheck if applicable:
CName of organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Doing Business As
 
 
Number and street (or P.O. box if mail is not delivered to street address)
Central Park West At 79th Street
 
Room/suite
City or town, state or country, and ZIP + 4
New York, NY10024
D Employer identification number

13-6162659
E Telephone number

G Gross receipts $ 700,012,827
F Name and address of principal officer:
Ellen V Futter
CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH ST
NEW YORK,NY10024
I
Tax-exempt status: (   ) LeftBullet (insert no.) or
J
Website:MediumBullet
www.amnh.org
H(a)
Is this a group return for
affiliates?
H(b)
Are all affiliates included?
If "No," attach a list. (see instructions)
H(c)
Group exemption number MediumBullet  
K Form of organization:
 
L Year of formation: 1869
M State of legal domicile: NY
Part I
Summary
Activities & Governance 1 Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities: See Attachment 1
2 Check this box MediumBullet
3 Number of voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1a) .... 3 54
4 Number of independent voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1b) .... 4 52
5 Total number of individuals employed in calendar year 2010 (Part V, line 2a) ... 5 1,608
6 Total number of volunteers (estimate if necessary) .... 6 1,322
7a Total unrelated business revenue from Part VIII, column (C), line 12 .. 7a 479,339
b Net unrelated business taxable income from Form 990-T, line 34 .. 7b 0
Revenues; Prior Year Current Year
8 Contributions and grants (Part VIII, line 1h) ......... 97,085,452 122,330,217
9 Program service revenue (Part VIII, line 2g) ......... 27,900,579 27,958,505
10 Investment income (Part VIII, column (A), lines 3, 4, and 7d ) .... 6,141,139 36,537,552
11 Other revenue (Part VIII, column (A), lines 5, 6d, 8c, 9c, 10c, and 11e) 16,647,224 15,508,050
12 Total revenue—add lines 8 through 11 (must equal Part VIII, column (A), line 12)................... 147,774,394 202,334,324
Expenses; 13 Grants and similar amounts paid (Part IX, column (A), lines 1–3 )... 2,074,019 2,482,649
14 Benefits paid to or for members (Part IX, column (A), line 4) ....   0
15 Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits (Part IX, column (A), lines 5–10) 93,837,280 96,090,760
16a Professional fundraising fees (Part IX, column (A), line 11e).... 436,959 312,480
b Total fundraising expenses (Part IX, column (D), line 25) MediumBullet5,147,490    
17 Other expenses (Part IX, column (A), lines 11a–11d, 11f–24f).... 86,774,151 85,965,646
18 Total expenses. Add lines 13–17 (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25) 183,122,409 184,851,535
19 Revenue less expenses. Subtract line 18 from line 12...... -35,348,015 17,482,789
Net Assets or Fund Balances; Beginning of Current Year End of Year
20 Total assets (Part X, line 16)............ 1,080,940,030 1,156,882,013
21 Total liabilities (Part X, line 26)............ 413,195,506 408,888,669
22 Net assets or fund balances. Subtract line 21 from line 20 ..... 667,744,524 747,993,344
Part II
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Cat. No. 11282Y
Form 990 (2010)
Form 990 (2010)
Page 2
Part III
Statement of Program Service Accomplishments
Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part III . . . . . . . . . .
1
Briefly describe the organization’s mission: The Museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe." The Museum was chartered in 1869 "for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a museum and library of natural history; of encouraging and developing the study of natural science; of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and to that end of furnishing popular instruction." In 2006, the museum's charter was amended to confer the degrees of doctor of philosophy (PH.D.), and master of philosophy (M. Phil.) to duly qualified graduates completing registered curricula at the graduate school of the American museum of natural history, and to award from the graduate school the honorary degrees of science (D.SC.), doctor of laws (LL.D.), doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) and master of Humane Letters (L.H.M.) To those selected by the board of trustees.
2
Did the organization undertake any significant program services during the year which were not listed on
the prior Form 990 or 990-EZ? ....................
If “Yes,” describe these new services on Schedule O.
3
Did the organization cease conducting, or make significant changes in how it conducts, any program services? ..........................
If “Yes,” describe these changes on Schedule O.
4
Describe the exempt purpose achievements for each of the organization’s three largest program services by expenses.
Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations and section 4947(a)(1) trusts are required to report the amount of grants and allocations to others, the total expenses, and revenue, if any, for each program service reported.
4a (Code:   ) (Expenses $ 64,203,209 including grants of $ 1,837,253 ) (Revenue $ 507,862 )
Science See Detailed Explanation on Schedule O
4b (Code:   ) (Expenses $ 49,438,546 including grants of $ 645,396 ) (Revenue $ 33,861,957 )
Education and Other Public Programs See Detailed Explanation on Schedule O
4c (Code:   ) (Expenses $ 38,954,981 including grants of $   ) (Revenue $   )
Exhibition See Detailed Explanation on Schedule O
4d Other program services. (Describe in Schedule O.)
(Expenses $   including grants of $   ) (Revenue $   )
4e Total program service expensesMediumBullet$ 152,596,736
Form 990 (2010)
Form 990 (2010)
Page 3
Part IV
Checklist of Required Schedules
Yes
No
1
Is the organization described in section 501(c)(3) or 4947(a)(1) (other than a private foundation)? If “Yes,” complete Schedule AClick to see attachment.....................
1
Yes
 
2
Is the organization required to complete Schedule B, Schedule of Contributors? Click to see attachment........
2
Yes
 
3
Did the organization engage in direct or indirect political campaign activities on behalf of or in opposition to candidates for public office? If “Yes,” complete Schedule C, Part IClick to see attachment..........
3
 
No
4
Section 501(c)(3) organizations. Did the organization engage in lobbying activities? If “Yes,” complete Schedule C,
Part IIClick to see attachment.........................
4
Yes
 
5
Is the organization a section 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 501(c)(6) organization that receives membership dues, assessments, or similar amounts as defined in Revenue Procedure 98-19? If “Yes,” complete Schedule C, Part III........................
5
 
 
6
Did the organization maintain any donor advised funds or any similar funds or accounts where donors have the right to provide advice on the distribution or investment of amounts in such funds or accounts? If “Yes,” complete
Schedule D, Part IClick to see attachment.......................
6
 
No
7
Did the organization receive or hold a conservation easement, including easements to preserve open space,
the environment, historic land areas or historic structures? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part IIClick to see attachment...
7
 
No
8
Did the organization maintain collections of works of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part III Click to see attachment....................
8
Yes
 
9
Did the organization report an amount in Part X, line 21; serve as a custodian for amounts not listed in Part X; or provide credit counseling, debt management, credit repair, or debt negotiation services? If “Yes,”
complete Schedule D, Part IVClick to see attachment...................
9
 
No
10
Did the organization, directly or through a related organization, hold assets in term, permanent,or quasi-endowments? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part VClick to see attachment
10
Yes
 
11
If the organization’s answer to any of the following questions is ‘Yes,’ then complete Schedule D, Parts VI, VII, VIII, IX, or X as applicable:
a
Did the organization report an amount for land, buildings, and equipment in Part X, line10? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part VI.Click to see attachment
11a
Yes
 
b
Did the organization report an amount for investments—other securities in Part X, line 12 that is 5% or more of its total assets reported in Part X, line 16? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part VII.Click to see attachment
11b
Yes
 
c
Did the organization report an amount for investments—program related in Part X, line 13 that is 5% or more of its total assets reported in Part X, line 16? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part VIII.Click to see attachment
11c
 
No
d
Did the organization report an amount for other assets in Part X, line 15 that is 5% or more of its total assets reported in Part X, line 16? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part IX.Click to see attachment
11d
 
No
e
Did the organization report an amount for other liabilities in Part X, line 25? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part X.Click to see attachment
11e
Yes
 
f
Did the organization’s separate or consolidated financial statements for the tax year include a footnote that addresses the organization’s liability for uncertain tax positions under FIN 48 (ASC 740)? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Part X.Click to see attachment
11f
Yes
 
12a
Did the organization obtain separate, independent audited financial statements for the tax year? If “Yes,” complete Schedule D, Parts XI, XII, and XIII Click to see attachment
12a
 
No
b
Was the organization included in consolidated, independent audited financial statements for the tax year? If “Yes,” and if the organization answered ‘No’ to line 12a, then completing Schedule D, Parts XI, XII, and XIII is optional Click to see attachment
12b
Yes
 
13
Is the organization a school described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)? If “Yes,” complete Schedule E
13
 
No
14a
Did the organization maintain an office, employees, or agents outside of the United States?....
14a
Yes
 
b
Did the organization have aggregate revenues or expenses of more than $10,000 from grantmaking, fundraising, business, and program service activities outside the United States? If “Yes,” complete Schedule F, Part I......... Click to see attachment
14b
Yes
 
15
Did the organization report on Part IX, column (A), line 3, more than $5,000 of grants or assistance to any organization or entity located outside the U.S.? If “Yes,” complete Schedule F, Part II.. Click to see attachment
15
Yes
 
16
Did the organization report on Part IX, column (A), line 3, more than $5,000 of aggregate grants or assistance to individuals located outside the U.S.? If “Yes,” complete Schedule F, Part III.. Click to see attachment
16
 
No
17
Did the organization report a total of more than $15,000, of expenses for professional fundraising services on Part IX, column (A), lines 6 and 11e? If “Yes,” complete Schedule G, Part IClick to see attachment
17
Yes
 
18
Did the organization report more than $15,000 total of fundraising event gross income and contributions on Part VIII, lines 1c and 8a? If “Yes,” complete Schedule G, Part II.......... Click to see attachment
18
Yes
 
19
Did the organization report more than $15,000 of gross income from gaming activities on Part VIII, line 9a? If “Yes,” complete Schedule G, Part III................... Click to see attachment
19
 
No
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Form 990 (2010)
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Part IV
Checklist of Required Schedules (continued)
20a
Did the organization operate one or more hospitals? If “Yes,” complete Schedule H.....
20a
 
No
b
Did the organization attach its audited financial statement to this return? Note: All Form 990 filers that operate one or more hospitals must attach audited financial statements. .....
20b
 
 
21
Did the organization report more than $5,000 of grants and other assistance to governments and organizations in the United States on Part IX, column (A), line 1? If “Yes,” complete Schedule I, Parts I and II.. Click to see attachment
21
Yes
 
22
Did the organization report more than $5,000 of grants and other assistance to individuals in the United States on Part IX, column (A), line 2? If “Yes,” complete Schedule I, Parts I and III..... Click to see attachment
22
Yes
 
23
Did the organization answer “Yes” to Part VII, Section A, questions 3, 4, or 5, about compensation of the organization’s current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees? If “Yes,” complete Schedule J................ Click to see attachment
23
Yes
 
24a
Did the organization have a tax-exempt bond issue with an outstanding principal amount of more than $100,000 as of the last day of the year, that was issued after December 31, 2002? If “Yes,” answer questions 24b–24d and complete Schedule K. If “No,” go to line 25................ Click to see attachment
24a
Yes
 
b
Did the organization invest any proceeds of tax-exempt bonds beyond a temporary period exception?...
24b
 
No
c
Did the organization maintain an escrow account other than a refunding escrow at any time during the year
to defease any tax-exempt bonds?......................
24c
 
No
d
Did the organization act as an “on behalf of” issuer for bonds outstanding at any time during the year?...
24d
 
No
25a
Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations. Did the organization engage in an excess benefit transaction with a disqualified person during the year? If “Yes,” complete Schedule L, Part I...... Click to see attachment
25a
 
No
b
Is the organization aware that it engaged in an excess benefit transaction with a disqualified person in a prior year, and that the transaction has not been reported on any of the organization’s prior Forms 990 or 990-EZ? If “Yes,” complete Schedule L, Part I................ Click to see attachment
25b
 
No
26
Was a loan to or by a current or former officer, director, trustee, key employee, highly compensated employee, or disqualified person outstanding as of the end of the organization’s tax year? If “Yes,” complete Schedule L,
Part II........................... Click to see attachment
26
 
No
27
Did the organization provide a grant or other assistance to an officer, director, trustee, key employee, substantial contributor, or a grant selection committee member, or to a person related to such an individual? If “Yes,” complete Schedule L, Part III............... Click to see attachment
27
 
No
28
Was the organization a party to a business transaction with one of the following parties? (see Schedule L, Part IV instructions for applicable filing thresholds, conditions, and exceptions):
a
A current or former officer, director, trustee, or key employee? If “Yes,” complete Schedule L, Part IV ......................... Click to see attachment
28a
 
No
b
A family member of a current or former officer, director, trustee, or key employee? If “Yes,”
complete Schedule L, Part IV................... Click to see attachment
28b
 
No
c
An entity of which a current or former officer, director, trustee, or key employee (or a family member thereof) was an officer, director, trustee, or owner? If “Yes,” complete Schedule L, Part IV.. Click to see attachment
28c
Yes
 
29
Did the organization receive more than $25,000 in non-cash contributions? If “Yes,” complete Schedule MClick to see attachment
29
Yes
 
30
Did the organization receive contributions of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets, or qualified conservation contributions? If “Yes,” complete Schedule M............ Click to see attachment
30
Yes
 
31
Did the organization liquidate, terminate, or dissolve and cease operations? If “Yes,” complete Schedule N,
Part I........................... Click to see attachment
31
 
No
32
Did the organization sell, exchange, dispose of, or transfer more than 25% of its net assets? If “Yes,” complete Schedule N, Part II.......................
32
 
No
33
Did the organization own 100% of an entity disregarded as separate from the organization under Regulations sections 301.7701-2 and 301.7701-3? If “Yes,” complete Schedule R, Part I........ Click to see attachment
33
 
No
34
Was the organization related to any tax-exempt or taxable entity? If “Yes,” complete Schedule R, Parts II, III, IV, and V, line 1..................... Click to see attachment
34
Yes
 
35
Is any related organization a controlled entity within the meaning of section 512(b)(13)? .....
35
 
No
a
Did the organization receive any payment from or engage in any transaction with a controlled entity within the meaning of section 512(b)(13)? If “Yes,” complete Schedule R, Part V, line 2... Click to see attachment
36
Section 501(c)(3) organizations. Did the organization make any transfers to an exempt non-charitable related organization? If “Yes,” complete Schedule R, Part V, line 2........... Click to see attachment
36
 
No
37
Did the organization conduct more than 5% of its activities through an entity that is not a related organization and that is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes? If “Yes,” complete Schedule R, Part VIClick to see attachment
37
 
No
38
Did the organization complete Schedule O and provide explanations in Schedule O for Part VI, lines 11 and 19? Note. All Form 990 filers are required to complete Schedule O. ............
38
Yes
 
Form 990 (2010)
Form 990 (2010)
Page 5
Part V
Statements Regarding Other IRS Filings and Tax Compliance
Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part V . . . . . . . . . .
Yes
No
1a
Enter the number reported in Box 3 of Form 1096. Enter -0- if not applicable. .......
1a
578
b
Enter the number of Forms W-2G included in line 1a. Enter -0- if not applicable.
1b
0
c
Did the organization comply with backup withholding rules for reportable payments to vendors and reportable gaming (gambling) winnings to prize winners? ..................
1c
Yes
 
2a
Enter the number of employees reported on Form W-3, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements filed for the calendar year ending with or within the year covered by this return .....................
2a
1,608
b
If at least one is reported on line 2a, did the organization file all required federal employment tax returns?

Note. If the sum of lines 1a and 2a is greater than 250, you may be required to e-file. (see instructions)
2b
Yes
 
3a
Did the organization have unrelated business gross income of $1,000 or more during the year?.............................
3a
Yes
 
b
If “Yes,” has it filed a Form 990-T for this year? If “No,” provide an explanation in Schedule O.....
3b
Yes
 
4a
At any time during the calendar year, did the organization have an interest in, or a signature or other authority over, a financial account in a foreign country (such as a bank account or securities account)?.......................
4a
 
No
b
If "Yes," enter the name of the foreign country: MediumBullet
See instructions for filing requirements for Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts.
5a
Was the organization a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction at any time during the tax year?..
5a
 
No
b
Did any taxable party notify the organization that it was or is a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction?
5b
 
No
c
If “Yes” to line 5a or 5b, did the organization file Form 8886-T? ........
5c
 
 
6a
Does the organization have annual gross receipts that are normally greater than $100,000, and did the organization solicit any contributions that were not tax deductible?..........
6a
 
No
b
If “Yes,” did the organization include with every solicitation an express statement that such contributions or gifts were not tax deductible?........................
6b
 
 
7
Organizations that may receive deductible contributions under section 170(c).
a
Did the organization receive a payment in excess of $75 made partly as a contribution and partly for goods and services provided to the payor?....................
7a
Yes
 
b
If “Yes,” did the organization notify the donor of the value of the goods or services provided?.....
7b
Yes
 
c
Did the organization sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of tangible personal property for which it was required to file Form 8282?...........................
7c
 
No
d
If “Yes,” indicate the number of Forms 8282 filed during the year ....
7d
 
e
Did the organization receive any funds, directly or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract?..........................
7e
 
No
f
Did the organization, during the year, pay premiums, directly or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract?..
7f
 
No
g
If the organization received a contribution of qualified intellectual property, did the organization file Form 8899 as required?...................
7g
 
 
h
If the organization received a contribution of cars, boats, airplanes, or other vehicles, did the organization file a Form 1098-C?...............
7h
 
 
8
Sponsoring organizations maintaining donor advised funds and section 509(a)(3) supporting organizations. Did the supporting organization, or a donor advised fund maintained by a sponsoring organization, have excess business holdings at any time during the year?................
8
 
 
9
Sponsoring organizations maintaining donor advised funds.
a
Did the organization make any taxable distributions under section 4966?.........
9a
 
 
b
Did the organization make a distribution to a donor, donor advisor, or related person?......
9b
 
 
10
Section 501(c)(7) organizations. Enter:
a
Initiation fees and capital contributions included on Part VIII, line 12 ...
10a
 
b
Gross receipts, included on Form 990, Part VIII, line 12, for public use of club facilities
10b
 
11
Section 501(c)(12) organizations. Enter:
a
Gross income from members or shareholders .........
11a
 
b
Gross income from other sources (Do not net amounts due or paid to other sources against amounts due or received from them.) ........
11b
 
12a
Section 4947(a)(1) non-exempt charitable trusts. Is the organization filing Form 990 in lieu of Form 1041?
12a
 
 
b
If “Yes,” enter the amount of tax-exempt interest received or accrued during the year.
12b
 
13
Section 501(c)(29) qualified nonprofit health insurance issuers.
a
Is the organization licensed to issue qualified health plans in more than one state?
Note. All 501(c)(29) organizations must list in Schedule O each state in which they are licensed to issue qualified health plans, the amount of reserves required by each state, and the amount of reserves the organization allocated to each state.
13a
 
 
b
Enter the aggregate amount of reserves the organization is required to maintain by the states in which the organization is licensed to issue qualified health plans.
13b
 
c
Enter the aggregate amount of reserves on hand.
13c
 
14a
Did the organization receive any payments for indoor tanning services during the tax year?.....
14a
 
 
b
If "Yes," has it filed a Form 720 to report these payments? If “No,” provide an explanation in Schedule O..
14b
 
 
Form 990 (2010)
Form 990 (2010)
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Part VI
Governance, Management, and Disclosure For each “Yes” response to lines 2 through 7b below, and for a “No” response to lines 8a, 8b, or 10b below, describe the circumstances, processes, or changes in Schedule O. See instructions.
Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part VI . . . . . . . . . .
Section A. Governing Body and Management
Yes
No
1a
Enter the number of voting members of the governing body at the end of the tax year ..............
1a
54
b
Enter the number of voting members included in line 1a, above, who are independent .................
1b
52
2
Did any officer, director, trustee, or key employee have a family relationship or a business relationship with any other officer, director, trustee, or key employee? .................
2
Yes
 
3
Did the organization delegate control over management duties customarily performed by or under the direct supervision of officers, directors or trustees, or key employees to a management company or other person? ..
3
 
No
4
Did the organization make any significant changes to its governing documents since the prior Form 990 was filed?
4
 
No
5
Did the organization become aware during the year of a significant diversion of the organization’s assets? .
5
 
No
6
Does the organization have members or stockholders? ................
6
 
No
7a
Does the organization have members, stockholders, or other persons who may elect one or more members of the governing body? .........................
7a
 
No
b
Are any decisions of the governing body subject to approval by members, stockholders, or other persons? ..
7b
 
No
8
Did the organization contemporaneously document the meetings held or written actions undertaken during the year by the following:
a
The governing body? .........................
8a
Yes
 
b
Each committee with authority to act on behalf of the governing body? ............
8b
Yes
 
9
Is there any officer, director, trustee, or key employee listed in Part VII, Section A, who cannot be reached at the organization’s mailing address? If “Yes,” provide the names and addresses in Schedule O .....
9
 
No
Section B. Policies (This Section B requests information about policies not required by the Internal
Revenue Code.)
Yes
No
10a
Does the organization have local chapters, branches, or affiliates? ............
10a
 
No
b
If “Yes,” does the organization have written policies and procedures governing the activities of such chapters, affiliates, and branches to ensure their operations are consistent with those of the organization? ....
10b
 
 
11a
Has the organization provided a copy of this Form 990 to all members of its governing body before filing the form?
11a
Yes
 
b
Describe in Schedule O the process, if any, used by the organization to review the Form 990. .....
12a
Does the organization have a written conflict of interest policy? If “No,” go to line 13.......
12a
Yes
 
b
Are officers, directors or trustees, and key employees required to disclose annually interests that could give rise to conflicts? ...........................
12b
Yes
 
c
Does the organization regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with the policy? If “Yes,” describe in Schedule O how this is done ....................
12c
Yes
 
13
Does the organization have a written whistleblower policy? ...............
13
Yes
 
14
Does the organization have a written document retention and destruction policy? .........
14
Yes
 
15
Did the process for determining compensation of the following persons include a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision?
a
The organization’s CEO, Executive Director, or top management official ...........
15a
Yes
 
b
Other officers or key employees of the organization ................
15b
Yes
 
If "Yes" to line a or b, describe the process in Schedule O. (See instructions.)
16a
Did the organization invest in, contribute assets to, or participate in a joint venture or similar arrangement with a taxable entity during the year? ......................
16a
 
No
b
If “Yes,” has the organization adopted a written policy or procedure requiring the organization to evaluate its participation in joint venture arrangements under applicable federal tax law, and taken steps to safeguard the organization’s exempt status with respect to such arrangements? ............
16b
 
 
Section C. Disclosure
17
List the States with which a copy of this Form 990 is required to be filedMediumBullet
AL , AZ , AR , CA , CT , IL , KS , KY , MD , MA , MI , MN , NH , NJ , OH , OK , OR , PA , RI , SC , TN , UT , VT , WA , WV , WI
18
Section 6104 requires an organization to make its Form 1023 (or 1024 if applicable), 990, and 990-T (501(c)(3)s only) available for public inspection. Indicate how you make these available. Check all that apply.
19
Describe in Schedule O whether (and if so, how), the organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public.
20
State the name, physical address, and telephone number of the person who possesses the books and records of the organization: MediumBullet
RICHARD A COLE
CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREET
New York,NY10024
(212) 769-5130
Form 990 (2010)
Form 990 (2010)
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Part VII
Compensation of Officers, Directors,Trustees, Key Employees, Highest Compensated Employees, and Independent Contractors
Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part VII . . . . . . . . . .
Section A. Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees
1a Complete this table for all persons required to be listed. Report compensation for the calendar year ending with or within the organization’s tax year.
RoundBullet List all of the organization’s current officers, directors, trustees (whether individuals or organizations), regardless of amount
of compensation, and current key employees. Enter -0- in columns (D), (E), and (F) if no compensation was paid.

RoundBullet List all of the organization’s current key employees, if any. See instructions for definition of "key employee."
RoundBullet List the organization’s five current highest compensated employees (other than an officer, director, trustee or key employee)
who received reportable compensation (Box 5 of Form W-2 and/or Box 7 of Form 1099-MISC) of more than $100,000 from the
organization and any related organizations.

RoundBullet List all of the organization’s former officers, key employees, or highest compensated employees who received more than $100,000
of reportable compensation from the organization and any related organizations.

RoundBullet List all of the organization’s former directors or trustees that received, in the capacity as a former director or trustee of the
organization, more than $10,000 of reportable compensation from the organization and any related organizations.

List persons in the following order: individual trustees or directors; institutional trustees; officers; key employees; highest
compensated employees; and former such persons.
Check this box if neither the organization nor any related organizations compensated any current or former officer, director, or trustee.
(A)
Name and Title 		(B)
Average hours per week (describe hours for related organizations in Schedule O) 		(C)
Position (check all that apply) 		(D)
Reportable compensation from the organization (W- 2/1099-MISC) 		(E)
Reportable compensation from related organizations (W- 2/1099-MISC) 		(F)
Estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations
Individual Trustee or Director; Institutional Trustee; Officer; Key Employee; Highest compensated employee; Former;
(1) Roger C Altman
Vice Chairman
 3.0 X   X       0 0 0
(2) Stephanie Bell-Rose
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(3) Lewis W Bernard
Chairman
 10.0 X   X       0 0 0
(4) Tom Brokaw
Trustee
 3.0 X           0 0 0
(5) Christopher C Davis
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(6) Steven A Denning
Vice Chairman
 3.0 X   X       0 0 0
(7) Vivian H Donnelley
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(8) Fiona Druckenmiller
Vice Chairman
 2.0 X   X       0 0 0
(9) Nancy B Fessenden
Trustee
 3.0 X           0 0 0
(10) Tom Freston
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(11) Victor F Ganzi
Trustee
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(12) Helene D Gayle
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(13) Louis V Gerstner Jr
Vice Chairman
 3.0 X   X       0 0 0
(14) Richard Gilder
Trustee
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(15) Sibyl R Golden
Secretary
 2.0 X   X       0 0 0
(16) David S Gottesman
Vice Chairman
 2.0 X   X       0 0 0
(17) C Robert Henrikson
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
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Form 990 (2010)
Page 8
Part VII
Section A. Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees (continued)
(A)
Name and Title 		(B)
Average hours per week (describe hours for related organizations in Schedule O) 		(C)
Position (check all that apply) 		(D)
Reportable compensation from the organization (W- 2/1099-MISC) 		(E)
Reportable compensation from related organizations (W- 2/1099-MISC) 		(F)
Estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations
Individual Trustee or Director; Institutional Trustee; Officer; Key Employee; Highest compensated employee; Former;
(18) Marlene Hess
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(19) Richard E Jaffe
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(20) Helene L Kaplan
Trustee
 3.0 X           0 0 0
(21) Katheryn P Kempner
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(22) Frederick A Klingenstein
Vice Chairman
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(23) David H Koch
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(24) Shelly B Lazarus
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(25) Ilene Sackler Lefcourt
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(26) Thomas E Lovejoy
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(27) Linda R Macaulay
Vice Chairman
 3.0 X   X       0 0 0
(28) Theodore A Mathas
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(29) Lorne Michaels
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(30) Roberto A Mignone
Vice Chairman
 3.0 X   X       0 0 0
(31) Irma Milstein
Trustee
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(32) Edwin H Morgens
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(33) Charles H Mott
Treasurer
 3.0 X   X       0 0 0
(34) Richard D Parsons
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(35) Valerie S Peltier
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(36) Charles E Phillips Jr
Trustee
 3.0 X           0 0 0
(37) Virginia Hearst Randt
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(38) Alan Rappaport
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(39) Richard L Revesz
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(40) Richard Robinson
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(41) Theodore Roosevelt IV
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(42) Jonathan FP Rose
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(43) Ralph L Schlosstein
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(44) Walter V Shipley
Trustee
 3.0 X           0 0 0
(45) Frank V Sica
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(46) Laura Baudo Sillerman
Trustee
 3.0 X           0 0 0
(47) Mary C Solomon
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(48) Kenneth L Wallach
Trustee
 3.0 X           0 0 0
(49) Rosalind P Walter
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(50) Judy H Weston
Trustee
 2.0 X           0 0 0
(51) Tamsen Ann Ziff
Trustee
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(52) Hon Michael R Bloomberg
Ex Officio Trustee
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(53) Hon Christen C Quinn
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(54) Hon John C Liu
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(55) Hon Scott Stringer
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(56) Hon Adrian Benepe
EX Officio Trustee
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(57) Hon Kate D Levin
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(58) Hon Dennis M Walcott
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0 X           0 0 0
(59) Ellen V Futter
President
 55.0 X   X       705,028 0 293,859
(60) Michael Novacek
SR VP AND PROVOST OF SCIENCE
 45.0     X       370,756 0 61,045
(61) John E Rorer
SR VP AND CFO
 45.0     X       470,734 0 38,738
(62) LISA GUGENHEIM
SR VP INST ADVA/STRAT PLAN/EDU
 45.0     X       334,099 0 73,249
(63) GERALD D SINGER
SR VP AND GENERAL COUNSEL
 45.0     X       322,614 0 54,851
(64) LINDA PERRY-LUBE
SR VP AND CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICE
 45.0     X       279,807 0 30,292
(65) DAVID HARVEY
SR VP EXHIBITION
 45.0     X       253,132 0 37,553
(66) ANN SIEGEL
SR VP OPERATIONS & CAPITAL PRG
 45.0     X       235,240 0 36,657
(67) ANN CANTY
VP COMMUNICATIONS
 45.0     X       197,426 0 23,645
(68) JACKIE HOFFMAN
ASST SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
 45.0     X       155,407 0 31,270
(69) DANIEL STODDARD
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
 40.0         X   303,644 0 29,904
(70) DAVID H THOMAS
CURATOR
 35.0         X   302,000 0 24,889
(71) ROBERT NILES ELDREDGE
CURATOR
 35.0         X   491,161 0 14,811
(72) IAN TATTERSALL
CURATOR
 35.0         X   289,726 0 5,474
(73) ROBERT CARNEIRO
CURATOR
 35.0         X   300,000 0 14,441
(74) BARBARA GUNN
SR VP OPS PLAN/GOVT RELATIONS
 45.0           X 149,128 0 14,787
1b Sub-Total................MediumBullet
c Total from continuation sheets to Part VII, Section A....MediumBullet
d Total (add lines 1b and 1c)............MediumBullet 5,159,902 0 785,465
2
Total number of individuals (including but not limited to those listed above) who received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from the organizationMediumBullet136
Yes
No
3
Did the organization list any former officer, director or trustee, key employee, or highest compensated employee on line 1a? If “Yes,” complete Schedule J for such individual .............
3
Yes
 
4
For any individual listed on line 1a, is the sum of reportable compensation and other compensation from the organization and related organizations greater than $150,000? If “Yes,” complete Schedule J for such individual...........................
4
Yes
 
5
Did any person listed on line 1a receive or accrue compensation from any unrelated organization or individual for services rendered to the organization? If “Yes,” complete Schedule J for such person .....
5
 
No
Section B. Independent Contractors
1
Complete this table for your five highest compensated independent contractors that received more than $100,000 of compensation from the organization.
(A)
Name and business address 		(B)
Description of services 		(C)
Compensation
Lend Lease Construction LMB INC
200 Park Avenue
NEW YORK,NY10166 		construction manager 17,305,477
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATES
36 West 44th Street
NEW YORK,NY10036 		restaurant mgt 7,346,546
ARTS AND CULTURE NETWORK INC
PO BOX 3534 GCS
NEW YORK,NY10163 		ADVERTISING 2,048,038
33DELIVERED
721 Broadway Suite 230
KINGSTON,NY12401 		Media Design 1,201,242
STANDARD PARKING
60 East 42nd street
NEW YORK,NY10165 		Parking Manager 1,038,081
2
Total number of independent contractors (including but not limited to those listed above) who received more than $100,000 in compensation from the organization MediumBullet60
Form 990 (2010)
Form 990 (2010)
Page 9
Part VIII
Statement of Revenue
(A)
Total revenue 		(B)
Related or
exempt
function
revenue 		(C)
Unrelated
business
revenue 		(D)
Revenue
excluded from
tax under sections
512, 513, or 514
Contributions, gifts, grants and other similar amounts 1a Federated campaigns..1a  
b Membership dues....1b 5,390,839
c Fundraising events....1c 5,205,081
d Related organizations...1d  
e Government grants (contributions)1e 50,539,188
f All other contributions, gifts, grants, and
similar amounts not included above1f 		61,195,109
g Noncash contributions included in lines 1a-1f:$ 1,767,457
h Total. Add lines 1a-1f.......MediumBullet 122,330,217
Program Service Revenue Business Code
2a SALE OF EDUC MAT 611,600 4,880,077 4,880,077    
b SPECIAL EVENTS 900,099 3,166,094 3,166,094    
c TICKET SALES 900,099 12,030,892 12,030,892    
d SPONSORSHIPS 900,099 1,000,000 1,000,000    
e TOURING 900,099 6,768,417 6,768,417    
f All other program service revenue . 113,025 113,025    
g Total. Add lines 2a–2f........MediumBullet 27,958,505
Other Revenue 3 Investment income (including dividends, interest
and other similar amounts).....MediumBullet 4,124,700   65,517 4,059,183
4 Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds..MediumBullet 0      
5 Royalties............MediumBullet 358,155     358,155
(i) Real (ii) Personal
6a Gross Rents    
b Less: rental expenses    
c Rental income or (loss)    
d Net rental income or (loss).......MediumBullet        
(i) Securities (ii) Other
7a Gross amount from sales of assets other than inventory 525,590,440  
b Less: cost or other basis and sales expenses 493,177,588  
c Gain or (loss) 32,412,852  
d Net gain or (loss)..........MediumBullet 32,412,852     32,412,852
8a Gross income from fundraising events (not including
$ 5,205,081
of contributions reported on line 1c). See Part IV, line 18 ...
a 534,695
b Less: direct expenses ...b 884,714
c Net income or (loss) from fundraising events..MediumBullet -350,019   -350,019
9a Gross income from gaming activities.
See Part IV, line 19 ...
a  
b Less: direct expenses ...b  
c Net income or (loss) from gaming activities...MediumBullet 0      
10a Gross sales of inventory, less
returns and allowances .
a 10,441,337
b Less: cost of goods sold ..b 3,616,201
c Net income or (loss) from sales of inventory..MediumBullet 6,825,136 6,411,314 413,822  
Miscellaneous Revenue Business Code
11a FOOD SALES 722,210 5,877,828     5,877,828
b PARKING 812,930 2,290,030     2,290,030
c OTHER 900,099 506,920     506,920
d All other revenue ....        
e Total. Add lines 11a–11d ......MediumBullet 8,674,778
12 Total revenue. See Instructions....MediumBullet 202,334,324 34,369,819 479,339 45,154,949
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Page 10
Part IX
Statement of Functional Expenses
Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations must complete all columns. All other organizations must complete column (A) but are not required to complete columns (B), (C), and (D).
Do not include amounts reported on lines 6b,
7b, 8b, 9b, and 10b of Part VIII. 		(A)
Total expenses 		(B)
Program service expenses 		(C)
Management and general expenses 		(D)
Fundraising expenses
1 Grants and other assistance to governments and organizations in the U.S. See Part IV, line 21 1,372,200 1,372,200
2 Grants and other assistance to individuals in the U.S. See Part IV, line 22 973,635 973,635
3 Grants and other assistance to governments, organizations, and individuals outside the U.S. See Part IV, lines 15 and 16 136,814 136,814
4 Benefits paid to or for members 0  
5 Compensation of current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees .... 4,005,402 858,270 3,011,351 135,781
6 Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B) .... 0      
7 Other salaries and wages 66,157,892 53,937,418 9,365,310 2,855,164
8 Pension plan contributions (include section 401(k) and section 403(b) employer contributions) .... 6,431,042 5,318,763 837,766 274,513
9 Other employee benefits ....... 14,408,561 11,492,909 2,295,643 620,009
10 Payroll taxes ........... 5,087,863 4,003,639 866,972 217,252
11 Fees for services (non-employees):        
a Management ...... 0      
b Legal ......... 644,555 250,000 394,555  
c Accounting ........... 422,619 21,996 400,623  
d Lobbying ........... 207,000   207,000  
e Professional fundraising. See Part IV, line 17.. 312,480 312,480
f Investment management fees ...... 1,740,332   1,740,332  
g Other .......... 14,134,431 11,922,307 2,212,124  
12 Advertising and promotion .... 2,230,532 130,305 2,098,067 2,160
13 Office expenses ....... 4,202,374 3,501,175 594,829 106,370
14 Information technology ...... 0      
15 Royalties .. 0      
16 Occupancy ........... 7,229,020 7,142,844 38,484 47,692
17 Travel ............ 1,945,256 1,865,206 78,937 1,113
18 Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials ...... 0      
19 Conferences, conventions, and meetings .... 150,644 104,380 15,616 30,648
20 Interest ........... 12,563,488 12,174,020 306,549 82,919
21 Payments to affiliates ....... 0      
22 Depreciation, depletion, and amortization ..... 23,290,343 22,568,343 568,284 153,716
23 Insurance .............. 973,413 38,182 935,231  
24 Other expenses. Itemize expenses not covered above. (Expenses grouped together and labeled miscellaneous may not exceed 5% of total expenses shown on line 25 below.)
a EVENTS & HOSPITALITY 3,534,372 3,281,228 153,548 99,596
b SUPPLIES 4,729,921 4,180,031 470,796 79,094
c OTHER EXPENSES 5,759,791 5,484,279 216,531 58,981
d EQUIP RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE 2,207,555 1,838,792 298,761 70,002
e
f All other expenses        
25 Total functional expenses. Add lines 1 through 24f 184,851,535 152,596,736 27,107,309 5,147,490
26 Joint costs. Check here MediumBullet if following
SOP 98-2 (ASC 958-720). Complete this line only if the organization reported in column (B) joint costs from a combined educational campaign and fundraising solicitation 		       
Form 990 (2010)
Form 990 (2010)
Page 11
Part X Balance Sheet
(A)
Beginning of year 		(B)
End of year
Assets 1 Cash—non-interest-bearing .......... 5,927,981 1 2,488,759
2 Savings and temporary cash investments ....... 29,082,973 2 34,998,718
3 Pledges and grants receivable, net ......... 37,893,009 3 36,439,467
4 Accounts receivable, net ......... 6,011,633 4 5,233,944
5 Receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees. Complete Part II of
Schedule L ..........   5  
6 Receivables from other disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B). Complete Part II of
Schedule L ..........   6  
7 Notes and loans receivable, net .............   7  
8 Inventories for sale or use .............. 438,967 8 1,138,537
9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges ............ 24,758,834 9 22,812,521
10a Land, buildings, and equipment: cost or other basis. Complete Part VI of Schedule D 10a 777,787,578
b Less: accumulated depreciation. ..... 10b 315,787,344 455,180,804 10c 462,000,234
11 Investments—publicly traded securities .......... 214,593,674 11 235,861,053
12 Investments—other securities. See Part IV, line 11 ...... 299,766,604 12 347,462,192
13 Investments—program-related. See Part IV, line 11 ..   13  
14 Intangible assets .........   14  
15 Other assets. See Part IV, line 11 ........... 7,285,551 15 8,446,588
16 Total assets. Add lines 1 through 15 (must equal line 34)... 1,080,940,030 16 1,156,882,013
Liabilities 17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses . 24,228,619 17 22,889,350
18 Grants payable ..........   18  
19 Deferred revenue .......... 6,432,126 19 6,603,057
20 Tax-exempt bond liabilities .......... 273,426,679 20 272,064,527
21 Escrow or custodial account liability. Complete Part IV of Schedule D..   21  
22 Payables to current and former officers, directors, trustees, key
employees, highest compensated employees, and disqualified
persons. Complete Part II of Schedule L..........   22  
23 Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties ..   23  
24 Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties ....   24  
25 Other liabilities. Complete Part X of Schedule D..... 109,108,082 25 107,331,735
26 Total liabilities. Add lines 17 through 25..... 413,195,506 26 408,888,669
Net Assets or Fund Balance Organizations that follow SFAS 117, check here MediumBullet and complete lines 27 through 29, and lines 33 and 34.
27 Unrestricted net assets ..... 377,909,101 27 323,436,210
28 Temporarily restricted net assets ..... 143,209,197 28 266,756,331
29 Permanently restricted net assets ..... 146,626,226 29 157,800,803
Organizations that do not follow SFAS 117, check here MediumBullet and complete lines 30 through 34.
30 Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds .....   30  
31 Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund .....   31  
32 Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds   32  
33 Total net assets or fund balances ..... 667,744,524 33 747,993,344
34 Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances ..... 1,080,940,030 34 1,156,882,013
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Form 990 (2010)
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Part XI
Reconcilliation of Net Assets
Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part XI . . . . . . . . . .
1
Total revenue (must equal Part VIII, column (A), line 12) . . .
1
202,334,324
2
Total expenses (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25) . . . . .
2
184,851,535
3
Revenue less expenses. Subtract line 2 from line 1 . . . .
3
17,482,789
4
Net assets or fund balances at beginning of year (must equal Part X, line 33, column (A)) . .
4
667,744,524
5
Other changes in net assets or fund balances (explain in Schedule O) . . . .
5
62,766,031
6
Net assets or fund balances at end of year. Combine lines 3, 4, and 5 (must equal Part X, line 33, column (B)) . . . . . .
6
747,993,344
Part XII
Financial Statements and Reporting
Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part XII . . . . . . . . . .
Yes
No
1
Accounting method used to prepare the Form 990:  
If the organization changed its method of accounting from a prior year or checked "Other," explain in
Schedule O.
2a
Were the organization’s financial statements compiled or reviewed by an independent accountant?..
2a
 
No
b
Were the organization’s financial statements audited by an independent accountant?........
2b
Yes
 
c
If “Yes,” to 2a or 2b, does the organization have a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit, review, or compilation of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant?
If the organization changed either its oversight process or selection process during the tax year, explain in Schedule O............................
2c
Yes
 
d
If “Yes” to line 2a or 2b, check a box below to indicate whether the financial statements for the year were issued on a separate basis, consolidated basis, or both:
3a
As a result of a federal award, was the organization required to undergo an audit or audits as set forth in the Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133? ................
3a
Yes
 
b
If “Yes,” did the organization undergo the required audit or audits? If the organization did not undergo the required audit or audits, explain why in Schedule O and describe any steps taken to undergo such audits. ..
3b
Yes
 
Form 990 (2010)
Additional Data


Software ID:  
Software Version:  
Form 990, Special Condition Description:
Special Condition Description
SCHEDULE A
(Form 990 or 990EZ)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Public Charity Status and Public Support

Complete if the organization is a section 501(c)(3) organization or a section
4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trust.
right arrow Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. right arrow See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Reason for Public Charity Status (All organizations must complete this part.) See instructions
The organization is not a private foundation because it is: (For lines 1 through 11, check only one box.)
1
2
3
4
5
section 170(b)(1)(A)(iv). (Complete Part II.)
6
7
8
9
receipts from activities related to its exempt functions—subject to certain exceptions, and (2) no more than 331/3% of
its support from gross investment income and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 tax) from businesses
acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975. See section 509(a)(2). (Complete Part III.)
10
11
e
f
g
(i) a person who directly or indirectly controls, either alone or together with persons described in (ii)
Yes
No
and (iii) below, the governing body of the the supported organization? ................
11g(i)
 
 
(ii) a family member of a person described in (i) above? ......................
11g(ii)
 
 
(iii) a 35% controlled entity of a person described in (i) or (ii) above? ................
11g(iii)
 
 
h
(i)
Name of supported organization 		(ii)
EIN 		(iii)
Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) 		(iv)
Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? 		(v)
Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? 		(vi)
Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? 		(vii)
Amount of support?
Yes No Yes No Yes No
Total                  

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.
Cat. No. 11285F
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Page 2
Part II
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in IRC 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
(Complete only if you checked the box on line 5, 7, or 8 of Part I or if the organization failed to qualify under Part III. If the organization fails to qualify under the tests listed below, please complete Part III.)
Section A. Public Support
Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) (a) 2006 (b) 2007 (c) 2008 (d) 2009 (e) 2010 (f) Total
1 Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... 126,533,310 117,589,383 91,458,947 89,771,910 94,787,044 520,140,594
2 Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.......            
3 The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. 18,086,405 41,282,505 22,121,632 8,008,848 28,190,897 117,690,287
4 Total. Add lines 1 through 3.. 144,619,715 158,871,888 113,580,579 97,780,758 122,977,941 637,830,881
5 The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f)..           20,580,540
6 Public Support. Subtract line 5 from line 4.           617,250,341
Section B. Total Support
Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) (a) 2006 (b) 2007 (c) 2008 (d) 2009 (e) 2010 (f) Total
7 Amounts from line 4.. 144,619,715 158,871,888 113,580,579 97,780,758 122,977,941 637,830,881
8 Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. 7,658,169 8,738,780 5,567,644 4,047,779 4,255,261 30,267,633
9 Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on..            
10 Other income. (Explain in Part IV.) Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets..            
11 Total support (Add lines 7 through 10).           668,098,514
12
12
249,742,049
13
Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage
14
14
92.389 %
15
15
92.060 %
16a
b
17a
b
18
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Page 3
Part III
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in IRC 509(a)(2)
(Complete only if you checked the box on line 9 of Part I or if the organization failed to qualify under Part II. If the organization fails to qualify under the tests listed below, please complete Part II.)
Section A. Public Support
Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) (a) 2006 (b) 2007 (c) 2008 (d) 2009 (e) 2010 (f) Total
1 Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .            
2 Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose......            
3 Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513..            
4 Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf...            
5 The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge..            
6 Total. Add lines 1 through 5.            
7a Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons...            
b Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year.            
c Add lines 7a and 7b..            
8 Public Support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.)            
Section B. Total Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) (a) 2006 (b) 2007 (c) 2008 (d) 2009 (e) 2010 (f) Total
9 Amounts from line 6...            
10a Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources..            
b Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975.            
c Add lines 10a and 10b.            
11 Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.            
12 Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.)            
13 Total support (Add lines 9, 10c, 11 and 12.).            
14
Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage
15
15
 
16
16
 
Section D. Computation of Investment Income Percentage
17
17
 
18
18
 
19a
b
20
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Page 4
Part IV
Supplemental Information. Supplemental Information. Complete this part to provide the explanation required by Part II, line 10; Part II, line 17a or 17b; or Part III, line 12. Also complete this part for any additional information. (See instructions).
Facts And Circumstances Test
 
Explanation
 
 
 
 
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010

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Schedule B
(Form 990, 990-EZ,
or 990-PF)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Schedule of Contributors
Arrow Bullet Attach to Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Name of organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Organization type (check one):
Filers of:
Section:
Form 990 or 990-EZ





Form 990-PF




Check if your organization is covered by the General Rule or a Special Rule.  
Note. Only a section 501(c)(7), (8), or (10) organization can check boxes for both the General Rule and a Special Rule. See instructions.
General Rule—
Special Rules
......................... Arrow Bullet   $    
Caution. An Organization that is not covered by the General Rule and/or the Special Rules does not file Schedule B (Form 990,
990-EZ, or 990-PF), but it must answer “No” on Part IV, line 2 of its Form 990, or check the box in the heading of its
Form 990-EZ, or on line 2 of its Form 990-PF, to certify that it does not meet the filing requirements of Schedule B (Form 990,
990-EZ, or 990-PF).
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions
for Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF.
Cat. No. 30613XSchedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2010)

Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2010)
Page 1 of 1 of Part I
Name of organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
  		Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Contributors (see Instructions)
     
(a)
No.		 (b)
Name, address, and ZIP + 4		 (c)
Aggregate contributions		 (d)
Type of contribution
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
 

     
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED  
RESTRICTED, RESTRICTED   RESTRICTED

$RESTRICTED




(Complete Part II if there is
a noncash contribution.)
(a)
No.		 (b)
Name, address, and ZIP + 4		 (c)
Aggregate contributions		 (d)
Type of contribution
 
 
 

     
 
   

$  




(Complete Part II if there is
a noncash contribution.)
(a)
No.		 (b)
Name, address, and ZIP + 4		 (c)
Aggregate contributions		 (d)
Type of contribution
 
 
 

     
 
   

$  




(Complete Part II if there is
a noncash contribution.)
(a)
No.		 (b)
Name, address, and ZIP + 4		 (c)
Aggregate contributions		 (d)
Type of contribution
 
 
 

     
 
   

$  




(Complete Part II if there is
a noncash contribution.)
(a)
No.		 (b)
Name, address, and ZIP + 4		 (c)
Aggregate contributions		 (d)
Type of contribution
 
 
 

     
 
   

$  




(Complete Part II if there is
a noncash contribution.)
(a)
No.		 (b)
Name, address, and ZIP + 4		 (c)
Aggregate contributions		 (d)
Type of contribution
 
 
 

     
 
   

$  




(Complete Part II if there is
a noncash contribution.)
Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2010)

Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2010)
Page 1 of 1 of Part II
Name of organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
  		Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part II
Noncash Property (see Instructions)
     
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Description of noncash property given		 (c)
FMV (or estimate)
(see instructions) 		(d)
Date received
 
$    
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Description of noncash property given		 (c)
FMV (or estimate)
(see instructions) 		(d)
Date received
 
$    
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Description of noncash property given		 (c)
FMV (or estimate)
(see instructions) 		(d)
Date received
 
$    
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Description of noncash property given		 (c)
FMV (or estimate)
(see instructions) 		(d)
Date received
 
$    
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Description of noncash property given		 (c)
FMV (or estimate)
(see instructions) 		(d)
Date received
 
$    
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Description of noncash property given		 (c)
FMV (or estimate)
(see instructions) 		(d)
Date received
 
$    
Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2010)

Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2010)
Page 1 of 1 of Part III
Name of organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
  		Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part III
Exclusively religious, charitable, etc., individual contributions to section 501(c)(7), (8), or (10) organizations
aggregating more than $1,000 for the year. (Complete columns (a) through (e) and the following line entry.)
For organizations completing Part III, enter the total of exclusively religious, charitable, etc.,
contributions of $1,000 or less for the year. (Enter this information once. See instructions.) Arrow Bullet $  
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Purpose of gift		 (c)
Use of gift		 (d)
Description of how gift is held
 
(e)
Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4 Relationship of transferor to transferee
 
 
       
 
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Purpose of gift		 (c)
Use of gift		 (d)
Description of how gift is held
 
(e)
Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4 Relationship of transferor to transferee
 
 
       
 
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Purpose of gift		 (c)
Use of gift		 (d)
Description of how gift is held
 
(e)
Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4 Relationship of transferor to transferee
 
 
       
 
(a) No.
from
Part I		 (b)
Purpose of gift		 (c)
Use of gift		 (d)
Description of how gift is held
 
(e)
Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4 Relationship of transferor to transferee
 
 
       
 
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SCHEDULE C
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Political Campaign and Lobbying Activities

For Organizations Exempt From Income Tax Under section 501(c) and section 527
SchCMd Bullet Complete if the organization is described below.
SchCMd Bullet Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. SchCMd Bullet See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Open to Public
Inspection
If the organization answered “Yes,” to Form 990, Part IV, Line 3, or Form 990-EZ, Part V, line 46 (Political Campaign Activities), then
Round Bullet Section 501(c)(3) organizations: Complete Parts I-A and B. Do not complete Part I-C.
Round Bullet Section 501(c) (other than section 501(c)(3)) organizations: Complete Parts I-A and C below. Do not complete Part I-B.
Round Bullet Section 527 organizations: Complete Part I-A only.
If the organization answered “Yes,” to Form 990, Part IV, Line 4, or Form 990-EZ, Part VI, line 47 (Lobbying Activities), then
Round Bullet Section 501(c)(3) organizations that have filed Form 5768 (election under section 501(h)) Complete Part II-A. Do not complete Part II-B.
Round Bullet Section 501(c)(3) organizations that have NOT filed Form 5768 (election under section 501(h)): Complete Part II-B. Do not complete Part II-A.
If the organization answered “Yes,” to Form 990, Part IV, Line 5 (Proxy Tax) or Form 990-EZ, Part V, line 35a (Proxy Tax), then
Round Bullet Section 501(c)(4), (5), or (6) organizations: Complete Part III.
Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I-A
Complete if the organization is exempt under section 501(c) or is a section 527 organization.

1
Provide a description of the organization's direct and indirect political campaign activities on behalf of or in opposition to candidates for public office in Part IV.
2
Political expenditures ....................................SchCMd Bullet
$  
3
Volunteer hours ........................................
 

Part I-B
Complete if the organization is exempt under section 501(c)(3).
1
Enter the amount of any excise tax incurred by the organization under section 4955 .........SchCMd Bullet
$  
2
Enter the amount of any excise tax incurred by organization managers under section 4955 ......SchCMd Bullet
$  
3
If the organization incurred a section 4955 tax, did it file Form 4720 for this year? ..............
4a
Was a correction made? .........................................
b
If "Yes," describe in Part IV.
Part I-C
Complete if the organization is exempt under section 501(c) except section 501(c)(3).
1
Enter the amount directly expended by the filing organization for section 527 exempt function activities SchCMd Bullet
$  
2
Enter the amount of the filing organization's funds contributed to other organizations for section 527 exempt funtion activities ....................................SchCMd Bullet

$  
3
Total exempt function expenditures. Add lines 1 and 2. Enter here and on Form 1120-POL, line 17b..SchCMd Bullet

$  
4
Did the filing organization file Form 1120-POL for this year? ..........................
5
Enter the names, addresses and employer identification number (EIN) of all section 527 political organizations to which the filing
organization made payments. For each organization listed, enter the amount paid from the filing organization’s funds. Also enter the amount of political contributions received that were promptly and directly delivered to a separate political organization, such as a separate segregated fund or a political action committee (PAC). If additional space is needed, provide information in Part IV.
(a) Name (b) Address (c) EIN (d) Amount paid from filing organization's funds. If none, enter -0-. (e) Amount of political contributions received and promptly and directly delivered to a separate political organization. If none, enter -0-.










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Cat. No. 50084S
Schedule C (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010

Schedule C (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Page 2
Part II-A
Complete if the organization is exempt under section 501(c)(3) and filed Form 5768 (election under section 501(h)).
A Check
B Check
Limits on Lobbying Expenditures
(The term "expenditures" means amounts paid or incurred.) 		(a) Filing
Organization's
Totals 		(b) Affiliated Group
Totals
1a Total lobbying expenditures to influence public opinion (grass roots lobbying) ......    
b Total lobbying expenditures to influence a legislative body (direct lobbying) ....... 467,438  
c Total lobbying expenditures (add lines 1a and 1b) ................... 467,438  
d Other exempt purpose expenditures ........................ 184,384,097  
e Total exempt purpose expenditures (add lines 1c and 1d) ............... 184,851,535  
f Lobbying nontaxable amount. Enter the amount from the following table in both
columns.		 1,000,000  
  If the amount on line 1e, column (a) or (b) is:The lobbying nontaxable amount is:    
  Not over $500,00020% of the amount on line 1e.    
  Over $500,000 but not over $1,000,000$100,000 plus 15% of the excess over $500,000.    
  Over $1,000,000 but not over $1,500,000$175,000 plus 10% of the excess over $1,000,000.    
  Over $1,500,000 but not over $17,000,000$225,000 plus 5% of the excess over $1,500,000.    
  Over $17,000,000$1,000,000.    
       
g Grassroots nontaxable amount (enter 25% of line 1f) ................. 250,000  
h Subtract line 1g from line 1a. If zero or less, enter -0-. ................    
i Subtract line 1f from line 1c. If zero or less, enter -0-. ................    
j If there is an amount other than zero on either line 1h or line 1i, did the organization file Form 4720 reporting
section 4911 tax for this year? ......................................

4-Year Averaging Period Under Section 501(h)
(Some organizations that made a section 501(h) election do not have to complete all of the five
columns below. See the instructions for lines 2a through 2f on page 4.)
Lobbying Expenditures During 4-Year Averaging Period
  Calendar year (or fiscal year
beginning in) 		(a) 2007 (b) 2008 (c) 2009 (d) 2010 (e) Total
             
2a Lobbying non-taxable amount 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000
             
b Lobbying ceiling amount
(150% of line 2a, column(e)) 		        6,000,000
             
c Total lobbying expenditures 436,922 474,465 407,050 467,438 1,785,875
             
d Grassroots non-taxable amount 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 1,000,000
             
e Grassroots ceiling amount
(150% of line 2d, column (e))		         1,500,000
             
f Grassroots lobbying expenditures          
Schedule C (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010


Schedule C (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
Page 3
Part II-B
Complete if the organization is exempt under section 501(c)(3) and has NOT filed Form 5768 (election under section 501(h)).
(a)
Yes
No
(b)
Amount
1
During the year, did the filing organization attempt to influence foreign, national, state or local legislation, including any attempt to influence public opinion on a legislative matter or referendum, through the use of:
a
Volunteers? .........................................
 
 
b
Paid staff or management (include compensation in expenses reported on lines 1c through 1i)? ....
 
 
c
Media advertisements? ....................................
 
 
 
d
Mailings to members, legislators, or the public? .........................
 
 
 
e
Publications, or published or broadcast statements? .......................
 
 
 
f
Grants to other organizations for lobbying purposes? .......................
 
 
 
g
Direct contact with legislators, their staffs, government officials, or a legislative body? ........
 
 
 
h
Rallies, demonstrations, seminars, conventions, speeches, lectures, or any similar means? ......
 
 
 
i
Other activities? If "Yes," describe in Part IV ..........................
 
 
 
j
Total. lines 1c through 1i ...................................
 
2a
Did the activities in line 1 cause the organization to be not described in section 501(c)(3)? .....
 
 
b
If "Yes," enter the amount of any tax incurred under section 4912 .................
 
c
If "Yes," enter the amount of any tax incurred by organization managers under section 4912 .....
 
d
If the filing organization incurred a section 4912 tax, did it file Form 4720 for this year? .......
 
 
Part III-A
Complete if the organization is exempt under section 501(c)(4), section 501(c)(5), or section 501(c)(6).
Yes
No
1
Were substantially all (90% or more) dues received nondeductible by members? ................
1
 
 
2
Did the organization make only in-house lobbying expenditures of $2,000 or less? ................
2
 
 
3
Did the organization agree to carryover lobbying and political expenditures from the prior year? ..........
3
 
 
Part III-B
Complete if the organization is exempt under section 501(c)(4), section 501(c)(5), or section 501(c)(6) if BOTH Part III-A, lines 1 and 2 are answered “No” OR if Part III-A, line 3 is answered “Yes”.
1
Dues, assessments and similar amounts from members .....................
1
 
2
Section 162(e) non-deductible lobbying and political expenditures (do not include amounts of political
expenses for which the section 527(f) tax was paid).
a
Current year .........................................
2a
 
b
Carryover from last year ....................................
2b
 
c
Total ...........................................
2c
 
3
Aggregate amount reported in section 6033(e)(1)(A) notices of nondeductible section 162(e) dues .
3
 
4
If notices were sent and the amount on line 2c exceeds the amount on line 3, what portion of the excess does the organization agree to carryover to the reasonable estimate of nondeductible lobbying and political expenditure next year? ................................
4
 
5
Taxable amount of lobbying and political expenditures (see instructions) ..............
5
 
Part IV
Supplemental Information
Complete this part to provide the descriptions required for Part l-A, line 1; Part l-B, line 4; Part l-C, line 5; and Part ll-B, line 1i.
Also, complete this part for any additional information.
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SCHEDULE D
(Form 990)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Supplemental Financial Statements
SchDMd Bullet Complete if the organization answered "Yes," to Form 990,
Part IV, line 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12.
SchDMd Bullet Attach to Form 990. SchDMd Bullet See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Organizations Maintaining Donor Advised Funds or Other Similar Funds or Accounts. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 6.
(a) Donor advised funds (b) Funds and other accounts
1 Total number at end of year .......    
2 Aggregate contributions to (during year) ...    
3 Aggregate grants from (during year) ...    
4 Aggregate value at end of year .......    
5
Did the organization inform all donors and donor advisors in writing that the assets held in donor advised
funds are the organization's property, subject to the organization's exclusive legal control? ............
6
Did the organization inform all grantees, donors, and donor advisors in writing that grant funds may be
used only for charitable purposes and not for the benefit of the donor or donor advisor, or for any other purpose conferring impermissible private benefit. ...................................
Part II
Conservation Easements. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 7.
1
Purpose(s) of conservation easements held by the organization (check all that apply).
2
Complete lines 2a–2d if the organization held a qualified conservation contribution in the form of a conservation easement on the last day of the tax year.
Held at the End of the Year
a Total number of conservation easements ....................... 2a  
b Total acreage restricted by conservation easements .................. 2b  
c Number of conservation easements on a certified historic structure included in (a) ..... 2c  
d Number of conservation easements included in (c) acquired after 8/17/06 ........ 2d  
3
Number of conservation easements modified, transferred, released, extinguished, or terminated by the organization during
the taxable year SchDMd Bullet  
4
Number of states where property subject to conservation easement is located SchDMd Bullet  
5
Does the organization have a written policy regarding the periodic monitoring, inspection, handling of violations, and
enforcement of the conservation easements it holds? .............................
6
Staff and volunteer hours devoted to monitoring, inspecting and enforcing conservation easements during the year SchDMd Bullet  
7
Amount of expenses incurred in monitoring, inspecting, and enforcing conservation easements during the year SchDMd Bullet $  
8
Does each conservation easement reported on line 2(d) above satisfy the requirements of section
170(h)(4)(B)(i) and 170(h)(4)(B)(ii)? ....................................
9
In Part XIV, describe how the organization reports conservation easements in its revenue and expense statement, and
balance sheet, and include, if applicable, the text of the footnote to the organization’s financial statements that describes
the organization’s accounting for conservation easements.
Part III
Organizations Maintaining Collections of Art, Historical Treasures, or Other Similar Assets.
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 8.
1a
If the organization elected, as permitted under SFAS 116, not to report in its revenue statement and balance sheet works of
art, historical treasures, or other similar assets held for public exhibition, education or research in furtherance of public service,
provide, in Part XIV, the text of the footnote to its financial statements that describes these items.
b
If the organization elected, as permitted under SFAS 116, to report in its revenue statement and balance sheet works of art,
historical treasures, or other similar assets held for public exhibition, education, or research in furtherance of public service,
provide the following amounts relating to these items:
(i)
Revenues included in Form 990, Part VIII, line 1 ........................SchDMd Bullet $  
(ii)
Assets included in Form 990, Part X ..............................SchDMd Bullet $  
2
If the organization received or held works of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets for financial gain, provide the
following amounts required to be reported under SFAS 116 relating to these items:
a
Revenues included in Form 990, Part VIII, line 1 ..........................SchDMd Bullet $  
b
Assets included in Form 990, Part X ...............................SchDMd Bullet $  
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Schedule D (Form 990) 2010
Page 2
Part III
Organizations Maintaining Collections of Art, Historical Treasures, or Other Similar Assets (continued)
3
Using the organization’s accession and other records, check any of the following that are a significant use of its collection
items (check all that apply):
a
d
b
e
 
c
4
Provide a description of the organization’s collections and explain how they further the organization’s exempt purpose in
Part XIV.
5
During the year, did the organization solicit or receive donations of art, historical treasures or other similar
assets to be sold to raise funds rather than to be maintained as part of the organization’s collection?........
Part IV
Escrow and Custodial Arrangements. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990,
Part IV, line 9, or reported an amount on Form 990, Part X, line 21.
1a
Is the organization an agent, trustee, custodian or other intermediary for contributions or other assets not
included on Form 990, Part X? ....................................
b
If "Yes," explain the arrangement in Part XIV and complete the following table:
Amount
c Beginning balance ................................. 1c  
d Additions during the year .............................. 1d  
e Distributions during the year ............................. 1e  
f Ending balance ................................... 1f  
2a
Did the organization include an amount on Form 990, Part X, line 21? .....................
b
If “Yes,” explain the arrangement in Part XIV.
Part V
Endowment Funds. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 10.
(a)Current Year (b)Prior Year (c)Two Years Back (d)Three Years Back (e)Four Years Back
1a Beginning of year balance .... 507,265,128 468,192,359 603,752,316
b Contributions ........ 7,609,386 12,790,102 12,270,196
c Investment earnings or losses ... 91,411,956 57,099,806 -113,741,747
d Grants or scholarships .....     646,831
e Other expenditures for facilities
and programs ........ 		30,878,634 30,817,139 33,441,575
f Administrative expenses ....      
g End of year balance ...... 575,407,836 507,265,128 468,192,359
2
Provide the estimated percentage of the year end balance held as:
a
Board designated or quasi-endowment: SchDMd Bullet35.000 %
b
Permanent endowment: SchDMd Bullet26.000 %
c
Term endowment: SchDMd Bullet39.000 %
3a
Are there endowment funds not in the possession of the organization that are held and administered for the
organization by:

Yes
No
(i) unrelated organizations ........................
3a(i)
 
No
(ii) related organizations ........................
3a(ii)
 
No
b
If "Yes" to 3a(ii), are the related organizations listed as required on Schedule R? .........
3b
 
 
4
Describe in Part XIV the intended uses of the organization's endowment funds.
Part VI
Investments—Land, Buildings, and Equipment. See Form 990, Part X, line 10.
Description of investment (a) Cost or other basis (investment) (b)Cost or other basis (other) (c) Accumulated depreciation (d) Book value
1a Land .................      
b Buildings ................        
c Leasehold improvements ............   665,380,722 259,356,923 406,023,799
d Equipment ................   64,680,021 56,430,421 8,249,600
e Other .................   47,726,835   47,726,835
Total. Add lines 1a-1e. (Column (d) should equal Form 990, Part X, column (B), line 10(c).)........SchDMdBullet 462,000,234
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Part VII
Investments—Other Securities. See Form 990, Part X, line 12.
(a) Description of security or category
(including name of security)		 (b)Book value (c) Method of valuation:
Cost or end-of-year market value
(1)Financial derivatives    
(2)Closely-held equity interests    
(3)Other
(A) MARKETABLE ALT. INVESTMENTS 		254,839,484 F

(B) NONMARKETABLE ALT. INVESTMENTS 		84,390,087 F

(C) OPERATING INVESTMENTS 		8,232,621 F






Total. (Column (b) should equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 12.)Small Bullet 347,462,192
Part VIII
Investments—Program Related. See Form 990, Part X, line 13.
(a) Description of investment type (b) Book value (c) Method of valuation:
Cost or end-of-year market value








Total. (Column (b) should equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 13.)Small Bullet  
Part IX
Other Assets. See Form 990, Part X, line 15.
(a) Description (b) Book value








Total. (Column (b) should equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 15.)...........Small Bullet  
Part X
Other Liabilities. See Form 990, Part X, line 25.
1.(a) Description of Liability (b) Amount
Federal Income Taxes 0
INTEREST RATE SWAPS 27,029,510
ACC. POSTRETIREMENT & OTHER BE 64,555,853
ACCRUED INTEREST PAYABLE 2,746,372
BANK BORROWINGS 13,000,000





Total. (Column (b) should equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 25.)Small Bullet 107,331,735
2. Fin 48 (ASC 740) Footnote. In Part XIV, provide the text of the footnote to the organization's financial statements that reports the organization's liability for uncertain tax positions under FIN 48 (ASC740).
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Part XI Reconciliation of Change in Net Assets from Form 990 to Financial Statements
1 Total revenue (Form 990, Part VIII, column (A), line 12) .................... 1  
2 Total expenses (Form 990, Part IX, column (A), line 25) ..................... 2  
3 Excess or (deficit) for the year. Subtract line 2 from line 1 ............. 3  
4 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments .......................... 4  
5 Donated services and use of facilities ............................. 5  
6 Investment expenses ................................... 6  
7 Prior period adjustments .................................. 7  
8 Other (Describe in Part XIV) ................................. 8  
9 Total adjustments (net). Add lines 4 - 8 ............................. 9  
10 Excess or (deficit) for the year per financial statements. Combine lines 3 and 9 ......... 10  
Part XII Reconciliation of Revenue per Audited Financial Statements With Revenue per Return
1 Total revenue, gains, and other support per audited financial statements ....... 1  
2 Amounts included on line 1 but not on Form 990, Part VIII, line 12:
a Net unrealized gains on investments .......... 2a  
b Donated services and use of facilities ......... 2b  
c Recoveries of prior year grants ........... 2c  
d Other (Describe in Part XIV): ............ 2d  
e Add lines 2a through 2d ..................... 2e  
3 Subtract line 2e from line 1..................... 3  
4 Amounts included on Form 990, Part VIII, line 12, but not on line 1:
a Investment expenses not included on Form 990, Part VIII, line 7b . 4a  
b Other (Describe in Part XIV): ........... 4b  
c Add lines 4a and 4b....................... 4c  
5 Total Revenue. Add lines 3 and 4c. (This should equal Form 990, Part I, line 12.) ...... 5  
Part XIII Reconciliation of Expenses per Audited Financial Statements With Expenses per Return
1 Total expenses and losses per audited financial statements ............. 1  
2 Amounts included on line 1 but not on Form 990, Part IX, line 25:
a Donated services and use of facilities .......... 2a  
b Prior year adjustments .............. 2b  
c Other losses ................ 2c  
d Other (Describe in Part XIV): ............ 2d  
e Add lines 2a through 2d...................... 2e  
3 Subtract line 2e from line 1..................... 3  
4 Amounts included on Form 990, Part IX, line 25, but not on line 1:
a Investment expenses not included on Form 990, Part VIII, line 7b .. 4a  
b Other (Describe in Part XIV): ............ 4b  
c Add lines 4a and 4b....................... 4c  
5 Total expenses. Add lines 3 and 4c. (This should equal Form 990, Part I, line 18.) ...... 5  
Part XIV
Supplemental Information
Complete this part to provide the descriptions required for Part II, lines 3, 5, and 9; Part III, lines 1a and 4; Part lV, lines 1b and 2b;
Part V, line 4; Part X; Part XI, line 8; Part XII, lines 2d and 4b; and Part XIII, lines 2d and 4b. Also complete this part to provide any additional information.
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part III, Line 1A, Part III Line 4   The Museum has extensive collections of specimens and artifacts that constitute a record of life on Earth. These valuable, and sometimes irreplaceable, collections have been acquired through field expeditions, contributions and purchases since the Museum's inception and represent one of the largest and most important natural history collections in the world. New collection areas include the Museum's frozen tissue collection of DNA and tissue samples as well as access to large scientific databases of genomic and astrophysical data. The collections provide a resource for scientists around the world. The collections grow significantly each year. The collections are the property of the Museum and are not recognized as assets in the consolidated statement of financial position. They are held under the care of the curatorial and scientific staff for scientific research, educational and public exhibition purposes in furtherance of the Museum's mission. The Museum's collections policy requires that the proceeds from the sale of collection items be used for acquisitions to the collections. If the assets used to purchase the collection items are restricted by donors, proceeds from the sale of those items are recorded as increases in temporarily restricted net assets. The cost of collections purchased is recorded as a decrease in net assets in the year purchased. The value of donated collection items is not recorded.
Part X, FIN 48 (ASC 740)   U.S. GAAP requires that a tax position be recognized or derecognized based on a "more likely than not" threshold. This applies to positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The museum does not believe its consolidated financial statements include any uncertain tax positions for the open tax years or 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Part V, Line 4   THE MUSEUM'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS INCLUDE BOTH DONOR-RESTRICTED AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES' DESIGNATED FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE INVESTED UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND USED TO SUPPORT OPERATING, capital AND other ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO BUDGETARY APPROPRIATIONS BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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SCHEDULE F
(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Statement of Activities Outside the United States
Right pointing arrow large image Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990,
Part IV, line 14b, 15, or 16.
Right pointing arrow large image Attach to Form 990. Right pointing arrow large image See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
General Information on Activities Outside the United States. Complete if the organization answered
“Yes” to Form 990, Part IV, line 14b.
1
For grantmakers. Does the organization maintain records to substantiate the amount of the grants or
assistance, the grantees' eligibility for the grants or assistance, and the selection criteria used to award
the grants or assistance? ...................................
2
For grantmakers. Describe in Part V the organization’s procedures for monitoring the use of grant funds outside the
United States.
3
Activites per Region. (Use Part V if additional space is needed.)
(a) Region (b) Number of offices in the region (c) Number of employees or agents in region or independent contractors (d) Activities conducted in region (by type) (e.g., fundraising, program services, investments, grants to recipients located in the region) (e) If activity listed in (d) is a program service, describe specific type of
service(s) in region		 (f) Total
expenditures for region/investments
in region
Central America and the Caribbean     Program Services Exhibition 917
Central America and the Caribbean     Program Services Scientific Research 26,998
East Asia and the Pacific     Program Services Exhibition 293,628
East Asia and the Pacific     Program Services Scientific Research 214,510
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Program Services Exhibition 63,847
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Program Services Scientific Research 187,950
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Program Services Education 12,149
Middle East and North Africa     Program Services Exhibition 660
Middle East and North Africa     Program Services Scientific Research 5,200
North America     Program Services Exhibition 88,662
North America     Program Services Scientific Research 82,042
North America     Program Services Education 13,855
South America     Program Services Exhibition 6,741
South America   1 Program Services Scientific Research 177,118
South America     Program Services Education 5,439
South Asia     Program Services Exhibition 24,432
South Asia     Program Services Scientific Research 2,903
Sub-Saharan Africa     Program Services Scientific Research 76,086
Central America and the Caribbean     Investments   88,400,618
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Investments   3,849,711
East Asia and the Pacific     Investments   7,500,000
3a Sub-total .....   1 1,207,051
b Total from continuation sheets to Part I ...     99,826,415
c Totals (add lines 3a and 3b)   1 101,033,466
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Part II
Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations or Entities Outside the United States. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990,
Part IV, line 15, for any recipient who received more than $5,000. Check this box if no one recipient received more than $5,000 ........ MediumBullet
Use Part V if additional space is needed.
1 (a) Name of organization (b) IRS code section
and EIN (if applicable)		 (c) Region (d) Purpose of
grant 		(e) Amount of
cash grant 		(f) Manner of
cash
disbursement 		(g) Amount of
of non-cash
assistance 		(h) Description
of non-cash
assistance 		(i) Method of
valuation
(book, FMV,
appraisal, other)
South America Research 24,229        
East Asia/Pacific Research 71,585        
Europe/Iceland/Greenland Research 41,000        
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
2
Enter total number of recipient organizations listed above that are recognized as charities by the foreign country, recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS, or for which the grantee or counsel has provided a section 501(c)(3) equivalency letter .....MediumBullet
3
3
Enter total number of other organizations or entities ........................MediumBullet
0
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Part III
Grants and Other Assistance to Individuals Outside the United States. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 16.
Use Part V if additional space is needed.
(a) Type of grant or assistance (b) Region (c) Number of recipients (d) Amount of
cash grant 		(e) Manner of cash
disbursement 		(f) Amount of
non-cash
assistance 		(g) Description
of non-cash
assistance 		(h) Method of
valuation
(book, FMV,
appraisal, other)
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
Schedule F (Form 990) 2010
Schedule F (Form 990) 2010
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Part IV
Foreign Forms
1 Was the organization a U.S. transferor of property to a foreign corporation during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 926 (see instructions for Form 926).................
2 Did the organization have an interest in a foreign trust during the tax year? If " Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 3520 and/or Form 3520-A. (see instructions for Forms 3520 and 3520-A)..........
3 Did the organization have an ownership interest in a foreign corporation during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 5471, Information Return of U.S. Persons with respect to Certain Foreign Corporations. (see instructions for Form 5471)..............................
4 Was the organization a direct or indirect shareholder of a passive foreign investment company or a qualified electing fund during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 8621, Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund. (see instructions for Form 8621)
5 Did the organization have an ownership interest in a foreign partnership during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 8865, Return of U.S. Persons with respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships. (see instructions for Form 8865)....................................
6 Did the organization have any operations in or related to any boycotting countries during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 5713, International Boycott Report (see instructions for Form 5713)................................................
Schedule F (Form 990) 2010
Schedule F (Form 990) 2010
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Part V
Supplemental Information
Complete this part to provide the information (see instructions) required in Part I, line 2, and any additional information.
Identifier ReturnReference Explanation
Part I, Line 2   The use of grant funds outside the United States is monitored in accordance with the amnh sub-award administration and monitoring policy, the amnh grants manual and federal omb a-133 requirements. The museum performs an assessment of the grantee's ability to perform the work required prior to granting an award. Post-award risk based monitoring is accomplished through periodic reporting from grantees regarding the use of grant funds, field investigations and site visits conducted by AMNH staff, and regular contact with the grantee. Because foreign grantees are not subject to federal omb A-133 audit, in accordance with omb A-133 amnh utilizes additional methods of monitoring in the form of more frequent and extensive reporting and review by amnh.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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SCHEDULE G
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Supplemental Information Regarding
Fundraising or Gaming Activities
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, lines 17, 18, or 19,
or if the organization entered more than $15,000 on Form 990-EZ, line 6a.
right arrow Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. right arrow See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Fundraising Activities. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 17.
1
Indicate whether the organization raised funds through any of the following activities. Check all that apply.
a e
b f
c g
d
2a
Did the organization have a written or oral agreement with any individual (including officers, directors, trustees
or key employees listed in Form 990, Part VII) or entity in connection with professional fundraising services?
b
If “Yes,” list the ten highest paid individuals or entities (fundraisers) pursuant to agreements under which the fundraiser is
to be compensated at least $5,000 by the organization. Form 990-EZ filers are not required to complete this table.
(i) Name and address of individual
or entity (fundraiser) 		(ii) Activity (iii) Did fundraiser have custody or control of contributions? (iv) Gross receipts
from activity 		(v) Amount paid to
(or retained by)
fundraiser listed in
col. (i) 		(vi) Amount paid to
(or retained by)
organization
Yes No
Comnet Marketing Group Inc
1214 Stowe Avenue
 
Medford, OR97501 		Phone Solicit   No 84,892 38,831 46,061
Edge Direct
1405 Parker Road
 
Baltimore, MD21227 		Direct Mailing   No 392,949 267,949 125,000
NPO Direct Marketing Inc
14150 Park East Circle Suite 280
 
Chantily, VA20151 		Direct Mailing   No 101,217 5,700 95,517
Total .................right arrow 579,058 312,480 266,578
3
List all states in which the organization is registered or licensed to solicit funds or has been notified it is exempt from registration or licensing.
AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, IL, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI
For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.
Cat. No. 50083H
Schedule G (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2010
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Part II
Fundraising Events. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 18, or reported more than $15,000 on Form 990-EZ, line 6a. List events with gross receipts greater than $5,000.
(a) Event #1

Museum Gala
(event type) 		(b) Event #2

Dinner
(event type) 		(c) Other Events

4
(total number) 		(d) Total Events
(Add col. (a) through col. (c))
VerticalRevenue 1 Gross receipts . . . 2,848,729 1,365,650 1,525,397 5,739,776
2 Less: Charitable
contributions . . . 		2,714,129 1,324,875 1,166,077 5,205,081
3 Gross income (line 1
minus line 2) . . . 		134,600 40,775 359,320 534,695
VerticalDirectExpenses 4 Cash prizes . . .        
5 Non-cash prizes . .        
6 Rent/facility costs . .        
7 Food and beverages . .        
8 Entertainment . . .        
9 Other direct expenses . 307,979 82,144 494,591 884,714
10 Direct expense summary. Add lines 4 through 9 in column (d) ........... right arrow 884,714
11 Net income summary. Combine lines 3 and 10 in column (d)............ right arrow -350,019
Part III
Gaming. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 19, or reported more than $15,000 on Form 990-EZ, line 6a.
VerticalRevenue (a) Bingo (b) Pull tabs/Instant
bingo/progressive bingo 		(c) Other gaming (d) Total gaming (Add col. (a) through col. (c))
1 Gross revenue . . . .        
VerticalDirectExpenses 2 Cash prizes . . . .        
3 Non-cash prizes . . .        
4 Rent/facility costs . . .        
5 Other direct expenses . .        
6 Volunteer labor . . .
 
 
 
7 Direct expense summary. Add lines 2 through 5 in column (d) ........... right arrow  
8 Net gaming income summary. Combine lines 1 and 7 in column (d) .......... right arrow  
9
Enter the state(s) in which the organization operates gaming activities:
a
Is the organization licensed to operate gaming activities in each of these states? ............
b
If "No," Explain:
 
10a
Were any of the organization's gaming licenses revoked, suspended or terminated during the tax year? .....
b
If "Yes," Explain:
 
11
Does the organization operate gaming activities with nonmembers? .................
12
Is the organization a grantor, beneficiary or trustee of a trust or a member of a partnership or other entity
formed to administer charitable gaming? ...........................
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13
Indicate the percentage of gaming activity operated in:
a
The organization's facility ......................
13a
 
b
An outside facility ........................
13b
 
14
Provide the name and address of the person who prepares the organization's gaming/special events books and records:
Name right arrow
Address right arrow
15a
Does the organization have a contract with a third party from whom the organization receives gaming
revenue? ......................................
b
If "Yes," enter the amount of gaming revenue received by the organization right arrow $   and the
amount of gaming revenue retained by the third party right arrow $   .
c
If "Yes," enter name and address:
Name right arrow
Address right arrow
 
 
16
Gaming manager information:
Name right arrow
Gaming manager compensation right arrow $  
Description of services provided right arrow
 
17
Mandatory distributions:
a
Is the organization required under state law to make charitable distributions from the gaming proceeds to
retain the state gaming license? ............................
b
Enter the amount of distributions required under state law distributed to other exempt organizations or spent
in the organization's own exempt activities during the tax year right arrow$  
Part IV
Complete this part to provide additional information for responses to quuestion on Schedule G (see instructions.)
Identifier ReturnReference Explanation
Part I, Column (v)   Amount paid to commnet ($84,892) includes both payment of fees for professional fundraising services and also payment of fundraising expenses. Amount paid to Edge Direct ($325,706) includes both payment of fees for professional fundraising services and also payment of fundraising expenses. Amount paid to NPO Direct Marketing, Inc ($5,700) is only for fees for professional fundraising services per our agreement. $155,199 representing fundraising expenses was also paid to NPO Direct Marketing, Inc
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Schedule I
(Form 990)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations,
Governments and Individuals in the United States
Complete if the organization answered "Yes," to Form 990, Part IV, line 21 or 22.
lBullet Attach to Form 990
OMB No. 1545-0047
2010
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number
13-6162659
Part I
General Information on Grants and Assistance
1
Does the organization maintain records to substantiate the amount of the grants or assistance, the grantees' eligibility for the grants or assistance, and
the selection criteria used to award the grants or assistance? ....................................
2
Describe in Part IV the organization's procedures for monitoring the use of grant funds in the United States.
Part II
Grants and Other Assistance to Governments and Organizations in the United States. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to
Form 990, Part IV, line 21 for any recipient that received more than $5,000. Check this box if no one recipient received more than $5,000. Use
Part IV and Schedule I-1 (Form 990) if additional space is needed ......................... lBullet
(a) Name and address of organization
or government		 (b) EIN (c) IRC Code section
if applicable		 (d) Amount of cash grant (e) Amount of non-cash
assistance		 (f) Method of valuation
(book, FMV, appraisal,
other)		 (g) Description of
non-cash assistance		 (h) Purpose of grant
or assistance
(1) American Museum of Natural HistoryCPW at 79th Street
New York,NY10024 		13-6162659 501(c)3 114,189       Urban Advantage
(2) Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn,NY11225 		11-2417338 501(c)3 80,739       Urban Advantage
(3) Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies2801 Sharon Turnpike
Millbrook,NY12545 		22-3232568 501(c)3 11,032       Urban Advantage
(4) Cornell University373 Pine Tree Road
Ithaca,NY14850 		15-0532082 501(c)3 17,488       Biodiversity Conservation
(5) Education Development Center55 Chapel Street
Newton,MA02458 		04-2241718 501(c)3 35,951       Research Mentoring
(6) Maryland Science Center601 Light Street
Baltimore,MD21230 		52-0668166 501(c)3 58,395       OCEAN RESEARCH
(7) Michigan State University301 Admin Bldg
East Lansing,MI48824 		23-7326030 501(c)3 203,331       Urban Advantage
(8) Missouri Botanical GardenP O Box 299
Saint Louis,MO63166 		43-0666759 501(c)3 31,200       Collaborative Research
(9) New York Botanical Garden200th Street Kazimiroff Blvd
New York,NY10458 		13-1693134 501(c)3 12,019       Urban Advantage
(10) New York Hall of Science47-01 111th Street
Queens,NY11368 		11-2104059 501(c)3 81,703       Urban Advantage
(11) Ohio State University1960 Kenny Road
Columbus,OH43210 		31-6401599 501(c)3 249,218       Pathogenicity research
(12) Queens Botanical Gardens43-50 Main St
New York,NY11355 		11-1635083 501(c)3 5,280       Urban Advantage
(13) Research Foundation of CUNY230 West 41st
New York,NY10036 		13-1988190 501(c)3 6,386       Science Mentoring(NASA)
(14) Research Foundation of SUNYPO Box 9
Albany,NY122010009 		14-1368361 501(c)3 111,643       Climate Change
(15) Staten Island Zoo614 Broadway
Staten Island,NY10310 		13-5680691 501(c)3 29,673       Urban Advantage
(16) The Polistes Foundation133 Washington Street
Belmont,MA02478 		02-0567215 501(c)3 49,875       Collaborative Bee Research
(17) University of FloridaPO Box 113001
Gainsville,FL32611 		59-2729133 501(c)3 5,610       St Catherines Island
(18) Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo2300 Southern Boulevard
Bronx,NY10460 		13-1740011 501(c)3 228,019       Urban Advantage
(19) Conservation International Foundation2011 Crystal Dr No 500
Arlington,VA22002 		52-1497470 501(C)3 33,660       Biodiversity Conservation
2
Enter total number of section 501(c)(3) and government organizations ......................... Bullet Image
19
3
Enter total number of other organizations ................................ . Bullet Image
0
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Part III
Grants and Other Assistance to Individuals in the United States. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 22.
Use Schedule I-1 (Form 990) if additional space is needed.
(a)Type of grant or assistance (b)Number of
recipients		 (c)Amount of
cash grant		 (d)Amount of
non-cash assistance		 (e)Method of valuation (book,
FMV, appraisal, other)		 (f)Description of non-cash assistance
(1) Research 211 718,345      
(2) Scholarship 20 255,290      











Part IV
Supplemental Information. Complete this part to provide the information required in Part I, line 2, and any other additional information.
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part I, Line 2   The use of grant funds in the united states is monitored in accordance with the amnh sub-award administration and monitoring policy, the AMNH grants manual, and federal OMB A-133 requirements. The museum performs an assessment on the candidate's ability to perform the work required prior to granting an award. Post-award risk based monitoring is accomplished through periodic reporting from grantees regarding the use of grant funds, field investigations and site visits conducted by AMNH staff, and regular contact with the grantee.
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Schedule J
(Form 990)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Compensation Information
For certain Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest
Compensated Employees
SchJMediumBullet Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990,
Part IV, question 23.
SchJMediumBullet Attach to Form 990. SchJMediumBullet See separate instructions.
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Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Questions Regarding Compensation
Yes
No
1a
Check the appropiate box(es) if the organization provided any of the following to or for a person listed in Form
990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a. Complete Part III to provide any relevant information regarding these items.
b
If any of the boxes in line 1a are checked, did the organization follow a written policy regarding payment or reimbursement orprovision of all the expenses described above? If "No," complete Part III to explain....
1b
Yes
 
2
Did the organization require substantiation prior to reimbursing or allowing expenses incurred by all
officers, directors, trustees, and the CEO/Executive Director, regarding the items checked in line 1a? ....
2
Yes
 
3
Indicate which, if any, of the following the organization uses to establish the compensation of the
organization's CEO/Executive Director. Check all that apply.
4
During the year, did any person listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a with respect to the filing organization or a related organization:
a
Receive a severance payment or change-of-control payment? ...............
4a
Yes
 
b
Participate in, or receive payment from, a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan? ........
4b
Yes
 
c
Participate in, or receive payment from, an equity-based compensation arrangement? ........
4c
 
No
If "Yes" to any of lines 4a-c, list the persons and provide the applicable amounts for each item in Part III.
Only 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations only must complete lines 5-9.
5
For persons listed in form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, did the organization pay or accrue any
compensation contingent on the revenues of:
a
The organization? ...........................
5a
 
No
b
Any related organization? .........................
5b
 
No
If "Yes," to line 5a or 5b, describe in Part III.
6
For persons listed in form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, did the organization pay or accrue any
compensation contingent on the net earnings of:
a
The organization? ...........................
6a
 
No
b
Any related organization? .........................
6b
 
No
If "Yes," to line 6a or 6b, describe in Part III.
7
For persons listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, did the organization provide any non-fixed
payments not described in lines 5 and 6? If "Yes," describe in Part III ............
7
 
No
8
Were any amounts reported in Form 990, Part VII, paid or accured pursuant to a contract that was
subject to the initial contract exception described in Regs. section 53.4958-4(a)(3)? If "Yes," describe
in Part III .............................
8
 
No
9
If "Yes" to line 8, did the organization also follow the rebuttable presumption procedure described in Regulations section 53.4958-6(c)? .........................
9
 
 
For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Intructions for Form 990
Cat. No. 50053T
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Part II
Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees. Use Schedule J-1 if additional space needed.
For each individual whose compensation must be reported in Schedule J, report compensation from the organization on row (i) and from related organizations, described in the
instructions on row (ii). Do not list any individuals that are not listed on Form 990, Part VII.

Note. The sum of columns (B)(i)-(iii) must equal the applicable column (D) or column (E) amounts on Form 990, Part VII, line 1a.
(A) Name (B) Breakdown of W-2 and/or 1099-MISC compensation (C) Retirement and other deferred compensation (D) Nontaxable
benefits		 (E) Total of columns
(B)(i)-(D) 		(F) Compensation
reported in prior
Form 990 or
Form 990-EZ
(i) Base compensation (ii) Bonus & incentive compensation (iii) Other reportable compensation
(1) Ellen V Futter (i)
(ii)		 705,028
0 		0
0 		0
0 		168,015
0 		125,844
0 		998,887
0 		0
0
(2) Michael Novacek (i)
(ii)		 370,756
0 		0
0 		0
0 		55,201
0 		5,844
0 		431,801
0 		0
0
(3) John E Rorer (i)
(ii)		 349,324
0 		0
0 		121,410
0 		23,582
0 		15,156
0 		509,472
0 		105,661
0
(4) LISA GUGENHEIM (i)
(ii)		 334,099
0 		0
0 		0
0 		58,094
0 		15,155
0 		407,348
0 		0
0
(5) GERALD D SINGER (i)
(ii)		 322,614
0 		0
0 		0
0 		39,694
0 		15,157
0 		377,465
0 		0
0
(6) LINDA PERRY-LUBE (i)
(ii)		 279,807
0 		0
0 		0
0 		23,812
0 		6,480
0 		310,099
0 		0
0
(7) DAVID HARVEY (i)
(ii)		 253,132
0 		0
0 		0
0 		22,396
0 		15,157
0 		290,685
0 		0
0
(8) ANN SIEGEL (i)
(ii)		 235,240
0 		0
0 		0
0 		21,500
0 		15,157
0 		271,897
0 		0
0
(9) ANN CANTY (i)
(ii)		 197,426
0 		0
0 		0
0 		22,798
0 		847
0 		221,071
0 		0
0
(10) JACKIE HOFFMAN (i)
(ii)		 155,407
0 		0
0 		0
0 		16,221
0 		15,049
0 		186,677
0 		0
0
(11) BARBARA GUNN (i)
(ii)		 70,731
0 		0
0 		78,397
0 		0
0 		14,787
0 		163,915
0 		0
0
(12) DANIEL STODDARD (i)
(ii)		 303,644
0 		0
0 		0
0 		24,060
0 		5,844
0 		333,548
0 		0
0
(13) DAVID H THOMAS (i)
(ii)		 252,991
0 		0
0 		49,009
0 		23,948
0 		941
0 		326,889
0 		0
0
(14) ROBERT NILES ELDREDGE (i)
(ii)		 133,816
0 		0
0 		357,345
0 		0
0 		14,811
0 		505,972
0 		0
0
(15) IAN TATTERSALL (i)
(ii)		 104,687
0 		0
0 		185,039
0 		0
0 		5,474
0 		295,200
0 		0
0
(16) ROBERT CARNEIRO (i)
(ii)		 92,482
0 		 
0 		207,518
0 		0
0 		14,441
0 		314,441
0 		0
0
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Part III
Supplemental Information
Complete this part to provide the information, explanation, or descriptions required for Part I, lines 1a, 1b, 4c, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7, and 8. Also complete this part for any additional information.
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part II Column (B)(III)   FOR J RORER THIS IS THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF A MULTI-YEAR ACCUMULATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION, WHICH BECAME PAYABLE UPON MEETING SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS (SEE PART I, 4B). Column F shows the amounts disclosed in prior years. FOR B GUNN THIS IS THE PAYMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED AND ACCUMULATED UNUSED VACATION AND SICK TIME. FOR D THOMAS THIS IS THE PAYMENT OF SUMMER SALARY. In connection with their retirements and pursuant to a voluntary separation plan, the following amounts were paid: to Eldredge, Tattersall and Carneiro $178,649, $49,302, and $85,661 respectively (see part i 4b). The balance in column B(iii) represented payment of many years of accrued and unused vacation and sick time pursuant to a now amended policy.
Part II, Column C   THIS IS THE SUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT PLANS. It also includes CURRENT YEAR ACCRUALS FOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION WHICH IS CONTINGENT UPON MEETING SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS, AND could BE PAYABLE IN THE FUTURE (SEE PART I, 4B. FOR E FUTTER, $144,000; FOR M NOVACEK, $32,370; FOR G SINGER, $16,383; FOR L GUGENHEIM, $37,952).
Part II, Column D   ALL AMOUNTS ARE FOR either individual or family MEDICAL benefits AND OTHER INSURANCE BENEFITS. FOR E FUTTER IT also INCLUDES THE VALUE OF MUSEUM -OWNED HOUSING WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO RESIDE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE MUSEUM (SEE PART I, 1A).
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Schedule K
(Form 990)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Supplemental Information on Tax Exempt Bonds
SchKMediumBullet Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 24a. Provide descriptions,
explanations, and any additional information in Schedule O (Form 990).
SchKMediumBullet Attach to Form 990. SchKMediumBullet See separate instructions.
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Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number
13-6162659
Part I
Bond Issues
(a) Issuer Name (b) Issuer EIN (c) CUSIP # (d) Date Issued (e) Issue Price (f) Description of Purpose (g) Defeased (h) On
Behalf of
Issuer 		(i) Pool
financing
Yes No Yes No Yes No
A TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2004A
  		91-1882413 649717MZ5 01-01-2004 30,110,000 REFUND ISSUES 1999A   X   X   X
B TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2004A
  		91-1882413 649717NA9 01-01-2004 49,250,000 REFUND ISSUES 1999A   X   X   X
C TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2008A1
  		91-1882413 649717NR2 06-24-2008 39,290,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
D TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2008A2
  		91-1882413 649717NS0 06-24-2008 39,290,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
Part II
Proceeds
A B C D
1 Amount of bonds retired. . . . .        
2 Amount of bonds defeased . . . .        
3 Total proceeds of issue . . . . 29,854,189 48,831,579 39,290,000 39,290,000
4 Gross proceeds in reserve funds . .        
5 Capitalized interest from proceeds.        
6 Proceeds in refunding escrow. . . . .        
7 Issuance costs from proceeds . . . 757,149 1,238,446 293,926 293,926
8 Credit enhancement from proceeds.        
9 Working capital expenditures from proceeds . .        
10 Capital expenditures from proceeds . .        
11 Other spent proceeds . .        
12 Other unspent proceeds. . .        
13 Year of substantial completion . . .
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
14 Were the bonds issued as part of a current refunding issue?   X   X   X    
15 Were the bonds issued as part of an advance refunding issue? X   X     X   X
16 Has the final allocation of proceeds been made? . . X   X   X   X  
17 Does the organization maintain adequate books and records to support the final allocation of proceeds? . X   X   X   X  
Part III
Private Business Use
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
1 Was the organization a partner in a partnership, or a member of an LLC, which owned property financed by tax-exempt bonds? . . .                
2 Are there any lease arrangements that may result in private business use of bond-financed property? . . . . .                
For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.
Cat. No. 50193E
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Private Business Use (Continued)
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
3a Are there any management or service contracts that may result in private business use?                
b Are there any research agreements that may result in private business use of bond-financed property? . .                
c Does the organization routinely engage bond counsel or other outside counsel to review any management or service contracts or research agreements relating to the financed property? .                
4 Enter the percentage of financed property used in a private business use by entities other than a section 501(c)(3) organization or a state or local government . . . . . . . . . . . . . SchKMediumBullet        
5 Enter the percentage of financed property used in a private business use as a result of unrelated trade or business activity carried on by your organization, another section 501(c)(3) organization, or a state or local government . SchKMediumBullet        
6 Total of lines 4 and 5 . . .. . . . . .        
7 Has the organization adopted management practices and procedures to ensure the post-issuance compliance of its tax-exempt bond liabilities?                
Part IV
Arbitrage
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
1 Has a Form 8038-T, Arbitrage Rebate, Yield Reduction and Penalty in Lieu of Arbitrage Rebate, been filed with respect to the bond issue? . . . X   X   X   X  
2 Is the bond issue a variable rate issue?   X   X X   X  
3a Has the organization or the governmental issuer entered into a hedge with respect to the bond issue?   X   X X   X  
b Name of provider . Banc Of America
  		 
  		Banc Of America
  		 
 
c Term of hedge . . 15.75   15.75 15.75
d Was the hedge superintegrated? .   X   X   X   X
e Was a hedge terminated? .   X       X   X
4a Were gross proceeds invested in a GIC? .   X   X   X   X
b Name of provider .  
  		 
  		 
  		 
 
c Term of GIC . .        
d Was the regulatory safe harbor for establishing the fair market value of the GIC satisfied? .                
5 Were any gross proceeds invested beyond an available temporary period? .   X   X   X   X
6 Did the bond issue qualify for an exception to rebate? . . .   X   X   X   X
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Schedule L
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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Transactions with Interested Persons
MediumBullet Complete if the organization answered
"Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, lines 25a, 25b, 26, 27, 28a, 28b, or 28c,
or Form 990-EZ, Part V lines 38a or 40b.
MediumBullet Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. MediumBulletSee separate instructions.
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Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Excess Benefit Transactions (section 501(c)(3) and section 501 (c)(4) organizations only).
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, line 25a or 25b, or Form 990-EZ, Part V, line 40b.
1(a) Name of disqualified person (b) Description of transaction (c) Corrected?
Yes No





2
Enter the amount of tax imposed on the organization managers or disqualified persons during the year under section 4958. ......................... Bullet Image$
 
3
Enter the amount of tax, if any, on line 2, above, reimbursed by the organization ....... Bullet Image$
 

Part II
Loans to and/or From Interested Persons.
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, line 26, or Form 990-EZ, Part V, line 38a.
(a) Name of interested person and purpose (b) Loan to or from the organization? (c)Original principal amount (d)Balance due (e) In default? (f) Approved by board or committee? (g)Written agreement?
To From Yes No Yes No Yes No
Total ...............Small Bullet $  
Part III
Grants or Assistance Benefitting Interested Persons.
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, line 27.
(a) Name of interested person (b)Relationship between interested person and the organization (c)Amount of grant or type of assistance
For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the
Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 50056A
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Business Transactions Involving Interested Persons.
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, line 28a, 28b, or 28c.
(a) Name of interested person (b) Relationship between interested person and the organization (c) Amount of transaction (d) Description of transaction (e) Sharing of organization's revenues?
Yes No
(1) Davidson Kempner See Supplemental Info 766,716 Management Fee Yes  
(2) JP Morgan Chase See Supplemental Info 137,712 Custodial Fee   No
Part V
Supplemental Information
Complete this part to provide additional information for responses to questions on Schedule L (see instructions).
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part IV   Thomas Kempner is the executive managing member and co-founder of Davidson Kempner. Thomas Kempner is married to a current Trustee, Katherine Kempner. Ellen V Futter is a director of JP Morgan Chase.
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SCHEDULE M
(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
NonCash Contributions
Right pointing arrow large imageComplete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, lines 29 or 30.
Right pointing arrow large image Attach to Form 990.
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Part I
Types of Property
(a)
Check if applicable 		(b)
Number of Contributions or items contributed 		(c)
Contribution amounts reported on
Form 990, Part VIII, line 1g 		(d)
Method of determining
contribution amounts
1 Art—Works of art ....        
2 Art—Historical treasures .        
3 Art—Fractional interests ..        
4 Books and publications ..      
5 Clothing and household
goods ....... 		     
6 Cars and other vehicles ..        
7 Boats and planes ....        
8 Intellectual property ...        
9 Securities—Publicly traded . X 29 1,767,457 See Supplemental Inf
10 Securities—Closely held stock .        
11 Securities—Partnership, LLC,
or trust interests .... 		       
12 Securities—Miscellaneous ..        
13 Qualified conservation
contribution—Historic
structures ..... 		       
14 Qualified conservation
contribution—Other ... 		       
15 Real estate—Residential .        
16 Real estate—Commercial ..        
17 Real estate—Other ...        
18 Collectibles .....        
19 Food inventory ...        
20 Drugs and medical supplies .        
21 Taxidermy ......        
22 Historical artifacts ....        
23 Scientific specimens .. X 259    
24 Archeological artifacts ... X 18    
25 Other Right pointing arrow large image ( )
26 Other Right pointing arrow large image( )
27 Other Right pointing arrow large image( )
28 Other Right pointing arrow large image ( )
29
Number of Forms 8283 received by the organization during the tax year for contributions
for which the organization completed Form 8283, Part IV, Donee Acknowledgement ...
29
0
Yes
No
30a
During the year, did the organization receive by contribution any property reported in Part I, lines 1-28 that it
must hold for at least three years from the date of the initial contribution, and which is not required to be used
for exempt purposes for the entire holding period? ..................
30a
 
No
b
If "Yes," describe the arrangement in Part II.
31
Does the organization have a gift acceptance policy that requires the review of any non-standard contributions?
31
Yes
 
32a
Does the organization hire or use third parties or related organizations to solicit, process, or sell non-cash
contributions? ............................
32a
 
No
b
If "Yes," describe in Part II.
33
If the organization did not report revenues in column (c) for a type of property for which column (a) is checked,
describe in Part II.
For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.
Cat. No. 51227J
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32b, and 33. Also complete this part for any additional information.
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part I Line 9   THE REVENUE IS VALUED BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF THE MARKET SALE PRICES ON THE DATE OF THE CONTRIBUTION.
Part I Line 23   The museum received 259 contributions of scientific specimens, consisting of 66,489 items.
Part I Line 24   The museum received 18 contributions of scientific specimens, consisting of 543 items.
Part I, Line 33   THE MUSEUM HAS EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS THAT CONSTITUTE A RECORD OF LIFE ON EARTH. THESE VALUABLE, AND SOMETIMES IRREPLACEABLE, COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED THROUGH FIELD EXPEDITIONS, CONTRIBUTION AND PURCHASES SINCE THE MUSEUM'S INCEPTION AND REPRESENT ONE OF THE LARGEST and most important NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD. NEW COLLECTION AREAS INCLUDE THE MUSEUM'S FROZEN TISSUE COLLECTION OF DNA AND TISSUE SAMPLES AND ACCESS TO LARGE SCIENTIFIC DATABASES OF GENOMIC AND ASTROPHYSICAL DATA. THE COLLECTIONS PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE COLLECTIONS GROW SIGNIFICANTLY EACH YEAR. THE COLLECTIONS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM AND ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AS ASSETS IN THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION. THEY ARE HELD UNDER THE CARE OF THE CURATORIAL and SCIENTIFIC STAFF FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC EXHIBITION PURPOSES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE MUSEUM'S MISSION. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS POLICY REQUIRES THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF COLLECTION ITEMS BE USED FOR ACQUISITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS. IF THE ASSETS USED TO PURCHASE THE COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RESTRICTED BY DONORS, PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THOSE ITEMS ARE RECORDED AS INCREASES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS. THE COST OF COLLECTIONS PURCHASED IS RECORDED AS A DECREASE IN NET ASSETS IN THE YEAR PURCHASED. THE VALUE OF DONATED COLLECTION ITEMS IS NOT RECORDED.
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Form 990 or to provide any additional information.
MediumBullet Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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Name of the organization
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
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Part III, Question 4   Overview The American Museum of Natural History is a highly complex organization with broad international scope and impact. It is one of the world's pre-eminent natural history museums and scientific, educational and cultural institutions. The Museum plays a central and growing role in training the next generation of scientists and scientifically literate citizens. It has evolved into a multifaceted institution that reaches across scientific research, educational, cultural areas to enhance the knowledge about and the public understanding of and the engagement with science and human cultures. Highlights 2011 The Museum stayed steady and strong during the sluggish economic recovery that persisted throughout fiscal year 2011, while achieving a number of important institutional milestones. Most notably, the New York State Board of Regents selected the Museum to launch the country's first museum-based Master's degree program for K-12 science teachers. The new Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Earth science program will bring the Museum's resources- including its scientists and collections, its educational expertise, and its exhibitions-to bear on the critical need to improve science teaching. Competitive federal grant funding continued for both research and educational activities. It included $2.8 million in federal Race-to-the-Top program funds for the Museum's new MAT program, an important external validation of the relevance and impact of the Museum's work. The Museum has seen a steady increase in attendance over the past few years and this year welcomed the highest attendance in its history, surpassing the record-breaking attendance numbers of 2010. The Museum continues to be a tangible center of inspiration from which its resources now radiate widely, including on-line. Almost 50% were international, and the Museum remains the most popular family attraction in New York City and the third most popular family destination in the United States by the Zagat Survey U.S. Family Travel Guide. The Museum adds millions more to its attendance through an active program of touring exhibitions and collaborative relationships with institutions around the world. This year the Museum's special exhibitions, planetarium shows, Digital Universe atlas and Science Bulletins were seen in 90 venues in over 20 countries worldwide. The Museum also took advantage of the popular social-media platform Twitter to host its first Tweetup on January 4, showcasing the exhibition "Brain: The Inside Story" and encouraging participants to tweet about experiences that included behind-the-scenes tours. A second Tweetup was then offered on March 3, providing a preview of the exhibition "The World's Largest Dinosaurs," with tours of the Museum's world class paleontology collections. The Museum also continued to expand its digital presence in fiscal year 2011. The Museum launched an expanded version of its popular Dinosaurs app specifically for the iPad; its groundbreaking Explorer app - an internal GPS personal navigation system for visitors to find their way around the Museum, the opportunity to customize tour options and details about artifacts and specimens located throughout the Museum - was unveiled; and the Cosmic Discoveries app was introduced, providing visitors with a collection of over 1,000 astronomical images in celebration of the Rose Center's 10th anniversary. Scientific Research, Scholarship, and Teaching The Museum's scientific work underpins what the Museum does in exhibition and education. Its scientific staff numbers more than 200 scientists - including tenured and tenure-track curators - who conduct research in genomics, astrophysics, zoology, paleontology, earth and planetary sciences, and anthropology. The scientific staff publishes its work in major peer-reviewed journals, with approximately 300 articles published in FY11. Their work is partially funded by 11 federal agencies including the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
Part III, Question 4 (Continued)   The Microscopy and Imaging Facility (MIF) continued to provide research staff with time and training on advanced imaging technology. Research staff, students, and visiting scientists use the facility's resources. Among the MIF's major scientific projects during this fiscal year were three-dimensional imaging of extant primates and small mammals, fossils from the Vertebrate and Invertebrate Zoology collections, and comet samples returned to Earth in 2006 from the Comet Wild2 Stars mission. Collections The Museum's scientific collections total over 32 million specimens and cultural artifacts. Within the Museum's collections are many spectacular individual collections, from butterflies and spiders to dinosaurs and fossil mammals; from fishes and primates to crocodilians and birds. They include meteorites, gems and minerals and cultural artifacts. They include a repository of frozen tissue specimens and massive astrophysical data The collections are accessible for research on site, on-line, and through loans to scientists around the world, continually adding to both the Museum's and the broader scientific community's knowledge and understanding. The Museum's extensive research loan program typically has loans of hundreds of thousands of specimens to other institutions at any given time. The Museum further provides online access to its collections, with an estimated 95% of the collections, other than entomology, data-based and accessible online at this time. The Museum's extremely active program of international field expeditions is responsible for an annual growth in collections of between 50,000 and 100,000 specimens. Many expeditions and field projects in 2011 served to enrich the collections and research assets of the Museum. Major projects are underway in Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Antarctica, Belize, Indonesia, Mongolia, Peru, Madagascar, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico, Republic of Congo, Thailand, India, the Artic of Canada, Russia, New Guinea, and Australia. As part of its collaborative efforts in regard to collections, the Museum's Anthropology division hosted a delegation of five Zuni representatives from New Mexico, who visited the Museum to begin a joint project that will add the Museum's substantial ethnographic collection of more than 1,700 Zuni artifacts to an innovative digital catalog by and for the Zuni people. The Museum also is advancing new kinds of collections, including the Monell Frozen Tissue Collection which has been developed in response to emerging research needs in genomics. Museum biologists and astrophysicists take advantage of the newest technologies such as CT data and other digital imaging procedures. In fiscal year 2011, the frozen tissue collections increased by 24 percent to more than 71,000 tissue samples. Preserving the Museum's collections for study by future generations with new technological capacity has never been more important, and the Museum continues to dedicate significant time to the training of conservation interns. Research Library The Museum's on-site Research Library is one of the largest natural history libraries in the Western Hemisphere. Its primary function is to serve and support the work of the Museum's scientific staff, while also serving natural history scholars from around the world, as well as members of the general public. The Library's holdings comprise a research collection, special collections (including a rare book collection), and digital collections. Its catalogues are part of an international online library catalogue database that is available at public libraries and university libraries as well as through the Museum's website.
Part III, Question 4 (Continued)   In FY11, the Library received a number of grants that supported its ongoing efforts to digitize, catalog, and preserve its collections. The Library is a founding member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) -- a consortium of 12 major natural history museums libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions to digitize and preserve the legacy literature of biodiversity. The Library received its third award to fund the digitization of an additional 350,000 pages of published biodiversity literature. In partnership with the Museum's Conservator for Collections, the Library received support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to conduct a risk assessment of its collections. The Council on Library and Information Resources provided funding to enable the Library to catalog previously undocumented collections, and the New York State Department of Education awarded the Library its 24th conservation grant for the conservation of a collection of rare insect books. Richard Gilder Graduate School The Richard Gilder Graduate School is the first museum-based program authorized to grant the Ph.D. in the Western Hemisphere. In September 2010, the third class of students matriculated to the graduate school's Ph.D. program in comparative biology and in December 2010 the Graduate School began its fourth admissions and recruiting cycle. During the 2010-2011 academic year, most of the students enrolled in the program conducted fieldwork in locations from Mongolia to the Caribbean islands and on shipboard expeditions in the Atlantic and Pacific. The Richard Gilder Graduate School students and partner university students produced several scientific research publications in fiscal year 2011 and received a number of honors and awards, Graduate Research Fellowships and Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants. Students also participated in public education and outreach, which included an innovative publication in "The American Biology Teacher" that grew out of student and faculty participation in one of the field courses. Rose Center for Earth and Space / Astrophysics The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space which first opened its doors to the public in 2000 brings the latest astrophysics research to more than 30 million visitors. The award-winning Rose Center comprises 333,500 square feet including the permanent exhibition halls, educational facilities, and the Hayden Planetarium. The Hayden Planetarium houses a powerful virtual reality simulator, which is used to develop, produce and display for the public educational space shows that are informative and authentic. In fiscal 2011 the Museum continued to show its latest Space Show, "Journey to the Stars," while its prior Space Show offerings ("Cosmic Collisions, " "Passport to the Universe," " The Search for Life: Are We Alone?," " Field Trip to the Moon," and" Sonic Vision") continued to show in 40 planetariums around the United States and internationally. The Rose Center is supported by the Museum's astrophysics department of 23 PhD scientists that provides curatorial leadership for the exhibitions, planetarium shows, and educational programs about space. Conducting research in observational, theoretical, and computational astrophysics, Museum astrophysicists study the origin and evolution of planets, stars, stellar clusters, and galaxies using ground- and space-based telescopes, supercomputers, and theoretical studies. Researchers receive funding from and collaborate with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and employ partnerships with land- and space-based telescopes to further their work. Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics The Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics' (SICG) is comprised of a number of science facilities--the Sackler Educational Laboratory; several microbial genomics laboratories; the Monell Frozen Tissue Repository of non-human species; and a parallel computing facility. It also includes the Museum's Comparative Genomics Research Program. The institute currently supports 40 graduate students and 12 postdoctoral fellows. The Sackler Institute's research programs are complemented by education and outreach activities and facilities that convey critical scientific concepts to diverse audiences.
Part III, Question 4 (Continued)   In 2011 the Museum obtained funding to add to the Sackler Institute's first next-generation sequencing platform. A Roche 454 GS Junior was installed, allowing Museum scientists and students to carry out genome-level DNA sequencing on site and significantly expanding the Museum's capacity to conduct genomics research. Curators from several scientific divisions participated in Sackler Institute research projects, while nearly 75 scientists, as well as students and support staff, apply leading-edge techniques from molecular evolution and genomics to elucidate the patterns and processes of the diversity of life on the planet, assemble a Tree of Life, and identify and ameliorate genetic threats to endangered species. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation ("CBC") conducts conservation-related field projects to preserve global biological diversity. The Center conducts international training programs for scientists, organizes scientific symposia, presents public programs, and produces publications geared toward scientists, policy makers, and the general public. The CBC also continued its efforts to diminish critical threats to global biological and cultural diversity in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Its projects are in the Bahamas, the Solomon Islands, Mongolia, Peru, Madagascar, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico, Republic of Congo, Thailand, India, the Arctic area of Canada and Russia, New Guinea, and Australia. In November 2010, the CBC hosted the Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York (SCCS-NY). It welcomed hundreds of graduate students, recent post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals from 34 countries and 27 states within the United States. The conference provided a unique opportunity for researchers at the outset of their careers to present their work before established leaders in scientific research and in science policy, and management. Education Late in fiscal year 2011, the Museum was selected by the New York State Department of Education to launch a pilot Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program as part of a specialized initiative to help ameliorate the critical shortage of qualified science teachers in New York State, particularly in high-needs schools. The Museum's MAT program-the first such program for science teachers to be offered outside a college or university-speaks to the Museum's growing role in K-12 education and, specifically, in helping to address the national crisis in student achievement in science. Also in fiscal year 2011, Resources for Learning (RFL), an innovative online catalog of educational content for teachers and students developed by the Museum, received the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE), the first time a natural history museum has won this coveted honor. The RFL catalog-a collection of activities, articles, evidence, and analysis for educators, families, students, and other interested learners-includes content developed specifically for the Museum's permanent halls and temporary exhibitions, as well as content from two of the Museum's flagship online programs, Science Bulletins and OLogy. The Museum's Adventures in Science series introduced a one-week Virtual Worlds camp, in which students used high-fidelity virtual world software platform, Blue Mars, to simulate animated ancient sea animals and plant life from the Cretaceous period, while learning about taxonomy, field work, extinction events, and the meaning and application of fossil evidence. The curriculum for Virtual Worlds was developed to match the global education shift toward using competition, challenges, and simulations to help young people understand and explore the skills they will need for future work while meeting rigorous educational goals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The success of the Virtual World camp led to the development of a two-week Virtual Worlds Institute, which was held in early fiscal year 2012.
Part III, Question 4 (Continued)   The Museum's signature science education program, Urban Advantage, a consortium of eight science-based cultural institutions together with the New York City Department of Education, grew in fiscal year 2011 to include more than 150 schools, 370 teachers, and 37,800 students in all five boroughs-fully a third of all New York City middle schools. This innovative program model also went national in 2011, when Urban Advantage Denver launched with a three-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation- - the first of a growing national network of cities undertaking middle school science education improvement by implementing the Urban Advantage program. Other significant events from fiscal year 2011 included the following: - The Museum welcomed a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery for a week-long residency that included a series of programs and classes on Tibetan arts, science, and culture in conjunction with the major exhibition Brain: The Inside Story. - The Museum inaugurated the Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award, a juried recognition awarded to one premiere film of the Mead Festival that embodied the spirit, energy, and innovation that is the legacy of anthropologist Margaret Mead. - The Museum established its first Science Generation alumni association in 2010-2011, inviting young people who have participated in the Lang Science Program, afterschool courses, Adventures in Science camps, and science research internships such as the Science Research Mentorship Program (SRMP) and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program to gather and share how their experiences at the Museum have supported their academic and career growth. - The Museum launched a new adult education series with three courses led by Museum scientists and developed in conjunction with the major exhibition Brain: The Inside Story. Exhibitions For 363 days each year the 45 permanent exhibition halls are open to the public on a pay-as-you-wish basis. The exhibitions provide a field guide to the history of life on Earth, the cultures of humanity, and the latest discoveries in astrophysics. In 2011 the Museum began the restoration and conservation of the historic dioramas in the Hall of North American Mammals as well as restoration of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall exhibitions. The permanent exhibitions are supplemented throughout the year with a robust program of award-winning temporary exhibitions that are created, designed and built by the Museum's staff. In 2011 the Museum once again engaged a broad audience through exhibitions that drew on the latest technology and design approaches to showcase the Museum's unparalleled collections and unlock the visitors' imagination. Focusing on the biology of long-necked, long-tailed herbivores-some of which grew to be 150 feet or longer, the length of four standard city buses-"The World's Largest Dinosaurs" exhibit drew on cutting-edge paleo-biological research to examine how this diverse group of giants was able to survive for approximately 140 million years. Brain: The Inside Story combined imaginative art, high-tech images, video projections, and dynamic interactive exhibits, to offer visitors a new perspective and keen insight into their own brains.
Part III, Question 4 (Continued)   Examples of exhibitions on display at the Museum or travelling to other venues d are: - "World's Largest Dinosaurs"--revealed how a uniquely super-sized group of dinosaurs - the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods - lived, breathed, ate, moved and survived, by illuminating how size and scale related to basic biological functions. - "Brain: The Inside Story" --brought visitors up to date on the latest in neuroscience, highlighting the brain's surprising ability to rewire itself in response to experience, disability, or trauma, and showcased new technologies that researchers use to study the brain and treat conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. - "Race to the End of the Earth"-- focused on the challenges that two competing explorers-Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Captain Robert Falcon Scott of the British Royal Navy-faced as they undertook their 1,800-mile journeys from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Pole and back in 1911-1912. The exhibition also examined the legacy of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration by linking these expeditions with past and present research on this unique continent. - "Travelling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World"--- brought to life the most celebrated trade route in human history through evocative sights, sounds, and artifacts. - "Frogs: A Chorus of Colors"--- celebrates the remarkable diversity that exists among the frog species inhabiting the globe.g species inhabiting the globe. - "The Butterfly Conservatory: Butterflies Alive in Winter"---provides an up close view of 3 of the 5 families of butterflies, all of which are wonderfully diverse in size, shape and color. - "The Horse"--- explains how horses have, over time, influenced civilization including major changes in warfare, trade, transportation, agriculture, sports, and many other facets of human life. - "Climate Change: The Threat to Life and our Energy Future"--- describes the scientific evidence for climate change and its possible impact as well as various options for using alternative sources of energy. - "Water: H2O=Life"--- illuminates the challenges of humanity's sustainable management and use of the life-giving, but finite, resource-water. - "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids"--- traces the cultural and natural history roots of some of the world's most enduring mythological creatures. - "GOLD"---explores the geological and cultural history of this enduring icon of wealth, beauty and power. - "Darwin"---presents an extensive and in-depth array of material related to Charles Darwin's life and contributions to science, including a copy of his seminal work, Origin of Species. - "Lizards and Snakes: Alive!"---showcases live lizards and snakes while exploring concepts of conservation, evolution and extinction as they relate to these two fascinating species. - "Dinosaurs! Ancient Fossils; New Discoveries"--- explores how the latest technology and discoveries made during the last decade are shedding new light on dinosaur traits and behavior. - "Einstein"-- profiles this extraordinary scientific genius through a series of comprehensive exhibits that include letters and personal effects; documents related to Einstein's scientific work including several rare manuscripts; and lucid, accessible explanations of Einstein's theories. - "The Genomic Revolution"---through a range of exhibits that includes hands-on models, interactive stations, videos, films, polling stations, and artwork, this exhibition brings this subject to life by immersing visitors in the many aspects of genomic research from a scientific, technological viewpoint and from social and ethical perspectives. - "The Nature of Diamonds"---showcases the geological and cultural story of the worlds most versatile and fascinating gem.
Part III, Question 4 (Continued)   Public Programs and Symposia The Museum's public programs provide the community with access to scientists from the Museum and from research institutes and universities from around the US and abroad who present their current work, and discuss new discoveries and emerging issues in their fields. The Museum also convenes conferences on science and education, providing a forum for scientists, educators and public policy leaders to present ideas, proposals and work in progress on major issues. One program of particular note in 2011 brought renowned paleoanthropologists Donald Johanson and Richard Leakey to the Museum for the historic discussion 'Human Evolution and Why It Matters'. Digital Outreach In 2011 the Museum greatly expanded its innovative mobile applications to connect the public to its extensive resources in science, education, and exhibition. The Museum's mobile applications significantly expand the reach of its extensive scientific resources, collections, educational materials and exhibitions to a growing global and digital audience. In 2011 the Museum's apps were downloaded nearly 900,000 times. The Museum's app, "Dinosaurs: American Museum of Natural History Collections," which was released in 2010 for iPhone and iPod touch, was followed up in 2011 with a version exclusively for the iPad. The new version included nearly 1,000 images from the Museum's archive, formatted to fit the iPad's larger screen. The Museum also introduced the next generation of indoor wayfinding with the launch of AMNH Explorer, a free mobile app designed as an enhanced navigation tool for indoor use. The app was the first to offer real-time location awareness indoors and used the Museum's new public wireless network to pinpoint a user's location and offer turn-by-turn directions through more than 500,000 square feet of public space encompassing permanent exhibition halls, theaters, restrooms, restaurants, and retail shops. In addition to serving as a navigation tool, AMNH Explorer provides visitors with information about more than 140 specimens and artifacts on display at the Museum. The app also features customized tours, including tours developed specifically for special exhibitions, as well as a fossil treasure hunt and social media links that allow visitors to post on Facebook and Twitter. As part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Rose Center for Earth and Space, the Museum released "Cosmic Discoveries," a new app for iPhone and iPod touch. It is the first to collect nearly 1,000 astronomical images and included images culled from the Museum's archives and Space Bulletins, as well as from dozens of space agencies and observatories around the world and information about famous discoveries, the history of human study of space, and current advances in astrophysics. In addition a scientific visualization entitled "The Known Universe" was produced by the Museum and subsequently received 10,000,000 views on the internet. The Museum's audience increasingly can experience the Museum's exhibitions and Space Shows in their homes and communities. By downloading the Museum's richly detailed digital apps, they can dive more deeply into exhibits or scientific research on the Museum's website, and they can keep in touch with the Museum on the Museum's YouTube channel or through social media outlets.
Part VI, Section B, Question 11A   The return is prepared by the museum's office of the controller and reviewed by relevant officers of the museum, including its chief financial officer, outside counsel, simpson thacher & bartlett, and by the museum's independent accounting firm, grant thornton, who signs the return for their final approval. The return is made available to all members of the board of trustees prior to filing with the irs.
Part VI, Section B, Question 12C   The Museum annually distributes to its Trustees the Museums Code of Ethical Practices as well as the Museums conflict of interest policy, which is located in its Governance Policy. The Museum has specific conflicts policies in its Investment Policy, as well as its Purchasing Manual and notifies all suppliers of the conflict of interest policies in its supplier authorization submittal and in standard supplier agreements. The Museums Employee Handbook and Code of Ethical Practices include the conflicts policy for employees and appoints an Ethics Officer to advise and consult with employees who have any related ethics questions. On an annual basis, the Museum requires its Trustees, officers and key employees to disclose any interests that could give rise to a conflict of interest. These individuals are advised to bring any and all duality of interests to the attention of the General Counsel or the Assistant Secretary to the Board, who in turn bring them to the attention of the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees, if necessary.
Part VI, Section B, Question 15   The Museum's process for determining compensation of the president and officers of the museum includes 1) guidance by independent outside legal counsel, 2) presentation of comparability data by an independent outside compensation consultant, updated every other year, and 3) consideration and approval by the independent executive compensation committee and the independent officers committee of the board of trustees.
Part VI, Section C, Question 19   The Museum makes its Governance Policy, which includes a Conflict of Interest Policy, as well as the Museums audited financial statements available to the public on the Museums website, located at www.amnh.org/about.
Part VI, Section A, Question 2   Trustee Roger C Altman and trustee Ralph L Schlosstein - Business Relationship Trustee Lewis W Bernard and Trustee Steven A Denning - Business Relationship
Part XI, Question 5   Change in value of interest rate swaps of $4,813,905, plus unrealized gain on investments of $57,970,905, less other pension related activities of $18,779 equals $62,766,031.
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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 
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Schedule R (Form 990) 2010
Schedule R (Form 990) 2010
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Part VII
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