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
2012
Open to Public Inspection
A For the 2012 calendar year, or tax year beginning 07-01-2012 , 2012, and ending 06-30-2013
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
Suite
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 $ 495,496,805
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
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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: AMNH is one of the world's largest and most diverse natural history museums, with a planetarium, a graduate school granting a PH.D., and offering a Master's degree in teaching. See Schedule O.
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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 53
5 Total number of individuals employed in calendar year 2011 (Part V, line 2a) ...... 5 1,553
6 Total number of volunteers (estimate if necessary) ............. 6 1,296
7a Total unrelated business revenue from Part VIII, column (C), line 12 ........ 7a 613,334
b Net unrelated business taxable income from Form 990-T, line 34 ......... 7b  
Revenues Prior Year Current Year
8 Contributions and grants (Part VIII, line 1h) ......... 127,793,960 142,407,616
9 Program service revenue (Part VIII, line 2g) ......... 29,661,149 25,698,871
10 Investment income (Part VIII, column (A), lines 3, 4, and 7d ) .... 5,304,755 16,363,553
11 Other revenue (Part VIII, column (A), lines 5, 6d, 8c, 9c, 10c, and 11e) 12,866,519 12,803,072
12 Total revenue—add lines 8 through 11 (must equal Part VIII, column (A), line 12)................... 175,626,383 197,273,112
Expenses; 13 Grants and similar amounts paid (Part IX, column (A), lines 1–3 )... 2,829,528 3,305,404
14 Benefits paid to or for members (Part IX, column (A), line 4)..... 0 0
15 Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits (Part IX, column (A), lines 5–10) 99,511,242 99,361,971
16a Professional fundraising fees (Part IX, column (A), line 11e)..... 477,456 500,417
b Total fundraising expenses (Part IX, column (D), line 25) MediumBullet5,861,935    
17 Other expenses (Part IX, column (A), lines 11a–11d, 11f–24e).... 85,269,727 86,126,488
18 Total expenses. Add lines 13–17 (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25) 188,087,953 189,294,280
19 Revenue less expenses. Subtract line 18 from line 12....... -12,461,570 7,978,832
Net Assets or Fund Balances; Beginning of Current Year End of Year
20 Total assets (Part X, line 16)............. 1,132,976,753 1,186,142,115
21 Total liabilities (Part X, line 26)............. 450,160,225 396,664,724
22 Net assets or fund balances. Subtract line 21 from line 20..... 682,816,528 789,477,391
Part II
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Cat. No. 11282Y
Form 990 (2012)
Form 990 (2012)
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."
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 organization’s program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses. Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations 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 $ 66,420,339 including grants of $ 1,397,583 ) (Revenue $ 604,056 )
SCIENCE-SINCE ITS FOUNDING, THE MUSEUM HAS PURSUED A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAM to ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, AND CULTURAL WORLD. THE MUSEUM'S CURATORS, FACULTY AND POST DOCS NUMBERS OVER 200 SCIENTISTS WHO DO RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, ASTROPHYSICS, PALEONTOLOGY, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, AND ANTHROPOLOGY AND PUBLISH IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. THROUGH OVER 100 FIELD EXPEDITION PROJECTS EACH YEAR, THE MUSEUM EXPANDS ITS ROBUST COLLECTIONS OF OVER 32 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS. THE MUSEUM CONTINUES ITS PH.D. GRANTING PROGRAMS AT THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL.
4b (Code:   ) (Expenses $ 48,283,317 including grants of $ 1,888,090 ) (Revenue $ 31,285,751 )
EDUCATION AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS-THE MUSEUM'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 4,000 TEACHERS EACH YEAR, WHILE THE MUSEUM'S SIGNATURE SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, URBAN ADVANTAGE, HAS GROWN TO REACH ONE-THIRD OF NEW YORK CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE MUSEUM'S MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING PROGRAM HELPS TO AMELIORATE THE CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED SCIENCE TEACHERS IN NEW YORK STATE, PLACING GRADUATES IN HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS. FIVE MILLION ON-SITE VISITORS WITH UP TO 500,000 SCHOOL AND CAMP GROUP EXPERIENCE THE MUSEUM EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ANNUALLY, INCLUDING ITS EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS THAT OFFERS HANDS-ON SCIENCE EXPLORATION.
4c (Code:   ) (Expenses $ 42,720,440 including grants of $   ) (Revenue $   )
EXHIBITION-THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 363 DAYS A YEAR WITH 45 PERMANENT EXHIBITION HALLS, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, AND PLANETARIUM SHOWS. THE MUSEUM RECENTLY COMPLETED EXTENSIVE RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ICONIC DIORAMAS IN ITS BERNARD FAMILY HALL OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS AS WELL AS FULL SCALE RESTORATION OF THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL HALL EXHIBITIONS. THE MUSEUM HAS A ROBUST SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND PLANETARIUM SHOWS IT DESIGNS AND PRODUCES, AND THAT, AFTER OPENING IN NEW YORK CITY, TRAVEL TO VENUES AROUND THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY, SUPPLEMENTED WITH EDUCATIONAL CONTENT VIA APPS AND OTHER WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR LEARNING.
4d Other program services (Describe in Schedule O.)
(Expenses $   including grants of $   ) (Revenue $   )
4e Total program service expensesMediumBullet157,424,096
Form 990 (2012)
Form 990 (2012)
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 (see instructions)? 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, or have a section 501(h) election in effect during the tax year? 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 IIIClick to see attachment............................
5
 
No
6
Did the organization maintain any donor advised funds or any similar funds or accounts for which 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 for escrow or custodial account liability; 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 temporarily restricted endowments, permanent endowments, 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, line 10?
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 VIIClick 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 VIIIClick 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 IXClick 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 XClick 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 XClick 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 and XII 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 and XII 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, investment, and program service activities outside the United States, or aggregate foreign investments valued at $100,000 or more? If “Yes,” complete Schedule F, Parts I and IV......... 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 United States? If “Yes,” complete Schedule F, Parts II and IVClick 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 United States? If “Yes,” complete Schedule F, Parts III and IV... 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 I (see instructions).... Click 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
20a
Did the organization operate one or more hospital facilities? If “Yes,” complete Schedule H....
20a
 
No
b
If “Yes” to line 20a, did the organization attach a copy of its audited financial statements to this return?
20b
 
 
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Form 990 (2012)
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Part IV
Checklist of Required Schedules (continued)
21
Did the organization report more than $5,000 of grants and other assistance to any government or organization 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, line 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 lines 24b through 24d and complete Schedule K. If “No,” go to line 25................ Click to see list of attachments
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, highest 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 employee thereof, a grant selection committee member, or to a 35% controlled entity or family member of any of these persons? 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 direct or indirect 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 M..Click 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...........................
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, Part II, III, or IV, and Part V, line 1........................ Click to see attachment
34
Yes
 
35a
Did the organization have a controlled entity within the meaning of section 512(b)(13)?
35a
Yes
 
b
If ‘Yes’ to line 35a, 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
35b
Yes
 
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 11b and 19? Note. All Form 990 filers are required to complete Schedule O. ............
38
Yes
 
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Form 990 (2012)
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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
460
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
1,553
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, securities account, or other financial 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 as charitable contributions?...
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. See the instructions for additional information the organization must report on Schedule O.
13a
 
 
b
Enter the 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 amount of reserves on hand ............
13c
 
14a
Did the organization receive any payments for indoor tanning services during the tax year?.....
14a
 
No
b
If "Yes," has it filed a Form 720 to report these payments? If “No,” provide an explanation in Schedule O..
14b
 
 
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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
If there are material differences in voting rights among members of the governing body, or if the governing body delegated broad authority to an executive committee or similar committee, explain in Schedule O.
b
Enter the number of voting members included in line 1a, above, who are independent ...................
1b
53
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
Did the organization have members or stockholders? ................
6
 
No
7a
Did the organization have members, stockholders, or other persons who had the power to elect or appoint one or more members of the governing body? ....................
7a
 
No
b
Are any governance decisions of the organization reserved to (or subject to approval by) members, stockholders, or persons other than the governing body? ...................
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
Did the organization have local chapters, branches, or affiliates? ............
10a
 
No
b
If “Yes,” did the organization have written policies and procedures governing the activities of such chapters, affiliates, and branches to ensure their operations are consistent with the organization's exempt purposes?
10b
 
 
11a
Has the organization provided a complete 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 this Form 990. .....
12a
Did the organization have a written conflict of interest policy? If “No,” go to line 13.......
12a
Yes
 
b
Were officers, directors, or trustees, and key employees required to disclose annually interests that could give rise to conflicts? ..........................
12b
Yes
 
c
Did the organization regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with the policy? If “Yes,” describe in Schedule O how this was done.......................
12c
Yes
 
13
Did the organization have a written whistleblower policy? ...............
13
Yes
 
14
Did 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 15a or 15b, 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,” did the organization follow a written policy or procedure requiring the organization to evaluate its participation in joint venture arrangements under applicable federal tax law, and take 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 , NC , OH , OK , OR , PA , RI , SC , TN , UT , VA , 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 made these available. Check all that apply.
19
Describe in Schedule O whether (and if so, how), the organization made its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public during the tax year.
20
State the name, physical address, and telephone number of the person who possesses the books and records of the organization:
MediumBulletROBERT HURLEYCENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREETNEW YORKNY10024 (212) 769-5753
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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. 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 organization compensated any current officer, director, or trustee.
(A)
Name and Title 		(B)
Average hours per week (list any hours for related organizations below dotted line) 		(C)
Position (do not check more than one box, unless person is both an officer and a director/trustee) 		(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            
(2) Stephanie Bell-Rose........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(3) Lewis W Bernard........................................................................
Chairman
 10.0
.......................   		X   X            
(4) Scott L Bok........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(5) Tom Brokaw........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(6) Archibald Cox Jr........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(7) Christopher C Davis........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(8) Stephen A Denning........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(9) Vivian H Donnelley........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(10) Fiona Druckenmiller........................................................................
Vice Chairman
 2.0
.......................   		X   X            
(11) Nancy B Fessenden........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(12) Tina Fey........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(13) Victor F Ganzi........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(14) Helene D Gayle........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(15) Louis V Gerstner Jr........................................................................
Vice Chairman
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(16) Richard Gilder........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(17) Joseph H Gleberman........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
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Section A. Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees (continued)
(A)
Name and Title 		(B)
Average hours per week (list any hours for related organizations below dotted line) 		(C)
Position (do not check more than one box, unless person is both an officer and a director/trustee) 		(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) Sibyl R Golden........................................................................
Secretary
 3.0
.......................   		X   X            
(19) David S Gottesman........................................................................
Vice Chairman
 2.0
.......................   		X   X            
(20) C Robert Henrikson........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(21) Marlene Hess........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(22) Richard E Jaffe........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(23) Helene L Kaplan........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(24) Katheryn P Kempner........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(25) Frederick A Klingenstein........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(26) David H Koch........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(27) Shelly B Lazarus........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(28) Ilene Sackler Lefcourt........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(29) Richard S LeFrak........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(30) Linda R Macaulay........................................................................
Vice Chairman
 3.0
.......................   		X   X            
(31) Theodore A Mathas........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(32) Lorne Michaels........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(33) Roberto A Mignone........................................................................
Vice Chairman
 3.0
.......................   		X   X            
(34) Irma Milstein........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(35) Edwin H Morgens........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(36) Charles H Mott........................................................................
Treasurer
 3.0
.......................   		X   X            
(37) Richard D Parsons........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(38) Valerie S Peltier........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(39) Charles E Phillips Jr........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(40) Virginia Hearst Randt........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(41) Alan Rappaport........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(42) Richard L Revesz........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(43) Richard Robinson........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(44) Theodore Roosevelt IV........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(45) Ralph Schlosstein........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(46) Walter V Shipley........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(47) Frank V Sica........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(48) Laura Baudo Sillerman........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(49) Mary C Solomon........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(50) Peter J Solomon........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(51) Christine A Varney........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(52) Kenneth L Wallach........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 3.0
.......................   		X                
(53) Judy H Weston........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(54) Tamsen Ann Ziff........................................................................
TRUSTEE
 2.0
.......................   		X                
(55) Hon Michael R Bloomberg........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(56) Hon Christine C Quinn........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(57) Hon John C Liu........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(58) Hon Scott Stringer........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(59) Hon Veronica White........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(60) Hon Kate D Levin........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(61) Hon Dennis M Walcott........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X                
(62) Hon Adrian Benepe........................................................................
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE
 1.0
.......................   		X           0 0 0
(63) ELLEN V FUTTER........................................................................
PRESIDENT
 55.0
.......................   		X   X       766,207 0 386,237
(64) MICHAEL NOVACEK........................................................................
SR VP AND PROVOST
 45.0
.......................   		    X       393,276 0 111,282
(65) LISA GUGENHEIM........................................................................
SR VP INST ADVA/STRAT PLAN/EDU
 45.0
.......................   		    X       359,131 0 105,384
(66) GERALD SINGER........................................................................
SR VP AND GENERAL COUNSEL
 45.0
.......................   		    X       345,416 0 96,781
(67) ELLEN GALLAGHER........................................................................
SR VP AND CFO
 45.0
.......................   		    X       293,365 0 70,342
(68) DAVID HARVEY........................................................................
SR VP EXHIBITION
 45.0
.......................   		    X       268,275 0 89,693
(69) ANNE CANTY........................................................................
SR VP COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETIN
 45.0
.......................   		    X       260,372 0 49,318
(70) ANN SIEGEL........................................................................
SR VP OPERATIONS & CAPITAL PRG
 45.0
.......................   		    X       258,390 0 82,549
(71) JACKIE HOFFMAN........................................................................
ASST. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
 45.0
.......................   		    X       163,471 0 37,975
(72) DANIEL STODDARD........................................................................
VP AND CHF INVEST OFFICER
 40.0
.......................   		        X   327,707 0 67,408
(73) DAVID H THOMAS........................................................................
CURATOR
 35.0
.......................   		        X   320,364 0 66,527
(74) JOHN FLYNN........................................................................
DEAN OF GRADUATE SCHOOL AND CU
 35.0
.......................   		        X   301,257 0 76,887
(75) MARK NORELL........................................................................
CURATOR
 35.0
.......................   		        X   295,882 0 71,578
(76) FRANCIS LEES........................................................................
CHF INFO OFFICER
 40.0
.......................   		        X   279,752 0 82,365
(77) LINDA PERRY-LUBE........................................................................
FORMER SR VP/CHF DIGITAL OFFIC
  
.......................   		          X 103,142 0 944
1b Sub-Total................MediumBullet
c Total from continuation sheets to Part VII, Section A....MediumBullet
d Total (add lines 1b and 1c)............MediumBullet 4,736,007 0 1,395,270
2
Total number of individuals (including but not limited to those listed above) who received more than $100,000 of reportable compensation from the organizationMediumBullet140
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. Report compensation for the calendar year ending with or within the organization’s tax year.
(A)
Name and business address 		(B)
Description of services 		(C)
Compensation
LEND LEASE CONSTRUCTION LMB INC, 200 PARK AVENUENEW YORKNY10166 CONSTRUCTION MANAGER 11,806,242
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATES, 36 WEST 44TH STREETNEW YORKNY10036 RESTAURANT MGT 7,854,755
EVENT NETWORK INC, 9606 AERO DRIVE SUITE 1000SAN DIEGOCA92123 Management fee 2,260,633
ARTS AND CULTURE NETWORK INC, PO BOX 3534NEW YORKNY10163 ADVERTISING 1,601,645
STANDARD PARKING, 60 EAST 43RD STREETNEW YORKNY10165 PARKING MANAGER 1,071,990
2
Total number of independent contractors (including but not limited to those listed above) who received more than $100,000 of compensation from the organization MediumBullet49
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Part VIII
Statement of Revenue
Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part VIII ..............
(A)
Total revenue 		(B)
Related or
exempt
function
revenue 		(C)
Unrelated
business
revenue 		(D)
Revenue
excluded from
tax under sections
512, 513, or 514
Contributions, Gifts, Grants and Other Similar Amounts 1a Federated campaigns..1a  
b Membership dues....1b 6,622,379
c Fundraising events....1c 4,243,978
d Related organizations...1d  
e Government grants (contributions)1e 48,876,449
f All other contributions, gifts, grants, and
similar amounts not included above1f 		82,664,810
g Noncash contributions included in lines
1a-1f:$ 		1,722,598
h Total. Add lines 1a-1f.......MediumBullet 142,407,616
Program Service Revenue Business Code
2a SALE OF EDUC MAT 611600 5,001,863 5,001,863    
b SPECIAL EVENTS 900099 4,298,443 4,298,443    
c TICKET SALES 900099 12,082,574 12,082,574    
d SPONSORSHIPS 900099 270,000 270,000    
e TOURING 900099 3,952,563 3,952,563    
f All other program service revenue . 93,428 93,428    
g Total. Add lines 2a–2f........MediumBullet 25,698,871
Other Revenue 3 Investment income (including dividends, interest, and other similar amounts).......MediumBullet 3,145,744   157,102 2,988,642
4 Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds..MediumBullet 0      
5 Royalties...........MediumBullet 281,383     281,383
(i) Real (ii) Personal
6a Gross rents    
b Less: rental expenses    
c Rental income or (loss) 0 0
d Net rental income or (loss).......MediumBullet 0      
(i) Securities (ii) Other
7a Gross amount from sales of assets other than inventory 273,065,358 33,873,520
b Less: cost or other basis and sales expenses 265,597,377 28,123,692
c Gain or (loss) 7,467,981 5,749,828
d Net gain or (loss)..........MediumBullet 13,217,809     13,217,809
8a Gross income from fundraising events (not including
$ 4,243,978
of contributions reported on line 1c). See Part IV, line 18 ..
a 541,105
b Less: direct expenses ...b 869,054
c Net income or (loss) from fundraising events..MediumBullet -327,949   -327,949
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 10,280,738
b Less: cost of goods sold ..b 3,633,570
c Net income or (loss) from sales of inventory..MediumBullet 6,647,168 6,190,936 456,232  
Miscellaneous Revenue Business Code
11a FOOD SALES 900099 3,117,599     3,117,599
b PARKING 812930 2,419,740     2,419,740
c OTHER 900099 665,131     665,131
d All other revenue ....        
e Total. Add lines 11a–11d ...... MediumBullet 6,202,470
12 Total revenue. See Instructions......MediumBullet 197,273,112 31,889,807 613,334 22,362,355
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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).Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part IX ...............
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 United States. See Part IV, line 21 1,567,385 1,567,385
2 Grants and other assistance to individuals in the United States. See Part IV, line 22 1,607,819 1,607,819
3 Grants and other assistance to governments, organizations, and individuals outside the United States. See Part IV, lines 15 and 16 130,200 130,200
4 Benefits paid to or for members 0  
5 Compensation of current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees .... 4,137,464 1,017,365 2,965,261 154,838
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 69,707,083 57,072,075 9,569,519 3,065,489
8 Pension plan accruals and contributions (include section 401(k) and 403(b) employer contributions) .... 6,386,501 5,496,332 606,193 283,976
9 Other employee benefits ....... 13,632,469 10,991,151 2,039,681 601,637
10 Payroll taxes ........... 5,498,454 4,368,660 889,271 240,523
11 Fees for services (non-employees):        
a Management ...... 0      
b Legal ......... 377,543   377,543  
c Accounting ........... 345,594 21,996 323,598  
d Lobbying ........... 112,565   112,565  
e Professional fundraising services. See Part IV, line 17 500,417 500,417
f Investment management fees ...... 1,481,571   1,481,571  
g Other (If line 11g amount exceeds 10% of line 25, column (A) amount, list line 11g expenses on Schedule O) ........ 14,121,079 12,051,981 2,031,799 37,299
12 Advertising and promotion .... 1,866,839 159,781 1,656,384 50,674
13 Office expenses ....... 5,139,945 4,292,901 555,677 291,367
14 Information technology ...... 0      
15 Royalties .. 128,291 128,291    
16 Occupancy ........... 8,478,548 8,228,957 196,452 53,139
17 Travel ............ 1,863,887 1,762,887 96,484 4,516
18 Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials ...... 0      
19 Conferences, conventions, and meetings .... 275,539 223,331 29,705 22,503
20 Interest ........... 12,239,654 11,860,224 298,648 80,782
21 Payments to affiliates ....... 0      
22 Depreciation, depletion, and amortization ..... 26,758,139 25,928,636 652,899 176,604
23 Insurance .............. 1,016,549 26,400 990,149  
24 Other expenses. Itemize expenses not covered above (List miscellaneous expenses in line 24e. If line 24e amount exceeds 10% of line 25, column (A) amount, list line 24e expenses on Schedule O.)
a EVENTS & HOSPITALITY 1,139,087 826,134 163,806 149,147
b SUPPLIES 4,703,071 4,053,535 577,798 71,738
c OTHER EXPENSES 3,835,326 3,670,417 101,701 63,208
d EQUIP RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE 2,243,261 1,937,638 291,545 14,078
e All other expenses        
25 Total functional expenses. Add lines 1 through 24e 189,294,280 157,424,096 26,008,249 5,861,935
26 Joint costs. Complete this line only if the organization reported in column (B) joint costs from a combined educational campaign and fundraising solicitation. Check here MediumBullet if following SOP 98-2 (ASC 958-720).        
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Part X Balance Sheet Check if Schedule O contains a response to any question in this Part X ...............
(A)
Beginning of year 		(B)
End of year
Assets 1 Cash—non-interest-bearing ............. 5,234,863 1 12,176,756
2 Savings and temporary cash investments ......... 33,583,030 2 38,128,540
3 Pledges and grants receivable, net ........... 48,325,852 3 51,046,864
4 Accounts receivable, net ............. 3,950,547 4 4,282,058
5 Loans and other receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees. Complete Part II of
Schedule L ..................
0 5 0
6 Loans and other receivables from other disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)), persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B), and contributing employers and sponsoring organizations of section 501(c)(9) voluntary employees' beneficiary organizations (see instructions) Complete Part II of Schedule L
0 6 0
7 Notes and loans receivable, net ............. 0 7 0
8 Inventories for sale or use .............. 1,112,557 8 1,198,523
9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges .......... 21,973,174 9 20,316,323
10a Land, buildings, and equipment: cost or other basis. Complete Part VI of Schedule D 10a 820,428,816
b Less: accumulated depreciation ..... 10b 368,354,430 461,555,798 10c 452,074,386
11 Investments—publicly traded securities .......... 202,018,748 11 222,401,544
12 Investments—other securities. See Part IV, line 11 ..... 346,860,475 12 375,381,611
13 Investments—program-related. See Part IV, line 11 ..... 0 13 0
14 Intangible assets ............... 0 14 0
15 Other assets. See Part IV, line 11 ........... 8,361,709 15 9,135,510
16 Total assets. Add lines 1 through 15 (must equal line 34)...... 1,132,976,753 16 1,186,142,115
Liabilities 17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses ......... 36,463,089 17 34,574,027
18 Grants payable ................. 0 18 0
19 Deferred revenue ................ 5,491,622 19 5,091,237
20 Tax-exempt bond liabilities ............. 270,677,376 20 269,270,225
21 Escrow or custodial account liability. Complete Part IV of Schedule D.. 0 21 0
22 Loans and other payables to current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, highest compensated employees, and disqualified
persons. Complete Part II of Schedule L.......... 0 22 0
23 Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties .. 0 23 0
24 Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties .... 10,500,000 24 6,600,000
25 Other liabilities (including federal income tax, payables to related third parties, and other liabilities not included on lines 17-24). Complete Part X of Schedule D.................... 127,028,138 25 81,129,235
26 Total liabilities. Add lines 17 through 25......... 450,160,225 26 396,664,724
Net Assets or Fund Balance Organizations that follow SFAS 117 (ASC 958), check here MediumBullet and complete lines 27 through 29, and lines 33 and 34.
27 Unrestricted net assets .............. 273,144,986 27 335,812,802
28 Temporarily restricted net assets ........... 247,716,605 28 277,597,339
29 Permanently restricted net assets ........... 161,954,937 29 176,067,250
Organizations that do not follow SFAS 117 (ASC 958), 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 ........... 682,816,528 33 789,477,391
34 Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances ........ 1,132,976,753 34 1,186,142,115
Form 990 (2012)
Form 990 (2012)
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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
197,273,112
2
Total expenses (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25) ............
2
189,294,280
3
Revenue less expenses. Subtract line 2 from line 1 ..............
3
7,978,832
4
Net assets or fund balances at beginning of year (must equal Part X, line 33, column (A)) ..
4
682,816,528
5
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments ...............
5
51,248,208
6
Donated services and use of facilities .................
6
 
7
Investment expenses .....................
7
 
8
Prior period adjustments .....................
8
 
9
Other changes in net assets or fund balances (explain in Schedule O) ........
9
47,433,823
10
Net assets or fund balances at end of year. Combine lines 3 through 9 (must equal Part X, line 33, column (B))
10
789,477,391
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
If ‘Yes,’ check a box below to indicate whether the financial statements for the year were compiled or reviewed on a separate basis, consolidated basis, or both:
b
Were the organization’s financial statements audited by an independent accountant?
2b
Yes
 
If ‘Yes,’ check a box below to indicate whether the financial statements for the year were audited on a separate basis, consolidated basis, or both:
c
If “Yes,” to line 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?
2c
Yes
 
If the organization changed either its oversight process or selection process during the tax year, explain in Schedule O.
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 (2012)
Form 990, Special Condition Description:
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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
2012
Open to Public
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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 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
Provide the following information about the supported organization(s).
(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 monetary support
Yes No Yes No Yes No
Total                  

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Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012
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Part II
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Sections 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) right arrow (a) 2008 (b) 2009 (c) 2010 (d) 2011 (e) 2012 (f) Total
1 Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... 91,458,947 89,771,910 94,787,044 113,792,146 122,106,101 511,916,148
2 Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.......           0
3 The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. 22,121,632 8,008,848 28,190,897 14,528,184 20,936,048 93,785,609
4 Total. Add lines 1 through 3 113,580,579 97,780,758 122,977,941 128,320,330 143,042,149 605,701,757
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)..           0
6 Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4.           605,701,757
Section B. Total Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) right arrow (a) 2008 (b) 2009 (c) 2010 (d) 2011 (e) 2012 (f) Total
7 Amounts from line 4.. 113,580,579 97,780,758 122,977,941 128,320,330 143,042,149 605,701,757
8 Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... 5,567,644 4,047,779 4,255,261 3,895,491 3,302,174 21,068,349
9 Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on..           0
10 Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.)..           0
11 Total support (Add lines 7 through 10).           626,770,106
12
12
236,737,809
13
First five years. If the Form 990 is for the organization's first, second, third, fourth, or fifth tax year as a 501(c)(3) organization, check this box and stop here........................................right arrow
Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage
14
14
96.639 %
15
15
95.910 %
16a
b
17a
b
18
Private foundation. If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, 16b, 17a, or 17b, check this box and see
instructions ..................................................... right arrow
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012
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Part III
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Section 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) right arrow (a) 2008 (b) 2009 (c) 2010 (d) 2011 (e) 2012 (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) right arrow (a) 2008 (b) 2009 (c) 2010 (d) 2011 (e) 2012 (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
0 %
16
16
 
Section D. Computation of Investment Income Percentage
17
17
 
18
18
 
19a
b
20
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012
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Part IV
Supplemental Information. Complete this part to provide the explanations required by Part II, line 10; Part II, line 17a or 17b; and Part III, line 12. Also complete this part for any additional information. (See instructions).
Facts And Circumstances Test
 
Explanation
 
 
 
 
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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
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Name of the 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 on line H of its
Form 990-EZ or on Part I, 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.
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Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2012)
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Name of organization
American Museum of Natural History
  		Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Contributors (see instructions). Use duplicate copies of Part I if additional space is needed.
     
(a)
No.		 (b)
Name, address, and ZIP + 4		 (c)
Total 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)
Total contributions		 (d)
Type of contribution
 
 
 

     
 
   

$  


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

     
 
   

$  


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

     
 
   

$  


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

     
 
   

$  


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

     
 
   

$  


(Complete Part II if there is a noncash contribution.)
Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2012)

Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2012)
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Name of organization
American Museum of Natural History
  		Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part II
Noncash Property (see instructions). Use duplicate copies of Part II if additional space is needed.
     
(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) (2012)

Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2012)
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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
that total 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 $1,000 or less for the year. (Enter this information once. See instructions.) Arrow Bullet$  
Use duplicate copies of Part III if additional space is needed.
(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
2012
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 35c (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 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 function 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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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 SchCMd Bulletexpenses, and share of excess lobbying expenditures).
B Check SchCMd Bullet
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) ....... 423,112  
c Total lobbying expenditures (add lines 1a and 1b) ................... 423,112  
d Other exempt purpose expenditures ........................ 188,871,168  
e Total exempt purpose expenditures (add lines 1c and 1d) ............... 189,294,280  
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) 2009 (b) 2010 (c) 2011 (d) 2012 (e) Total
             
2a Lobbying nontaxable 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 407,050 467,438 418,411 423,112 1,716,011
             
d Grassroots nontaxable 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) 2012


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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)).
For each “Yes” response to lines 1a through 1i below, provide in Part IV a detailed description of the lobbying activity.
(a)
No
Yes
(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? ..........................
 
 
 
j
Total. Add 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 carry over 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) and if either (a) BOTH Part III-A, lines 1 and 2, are answered “No” OR (b) Part III-A, line 3, is answered “Yes."
1
Dues, assessments and similar amounts from members .....................
1
 
2
Section 162(e) nondeductible 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; Part II-A (affiliated group list); Part II-A, line 2; and Part ll-B, line 1. Also, complete this part for any additional information.
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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, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 12a, or 12b
SchDMd Bullet Attach to Form 990. SchDMd Bullet See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
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 can 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 through 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, and not on a historic structure listed in the National Register .................... 2d  
3
Number of conservation easements modified, transferred, released, extinguished, or terminated by the organization during
the tax 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 section 170(h)(4)(B)(ii)? .......................................
9
In Part XIII, 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 (ASC 958), 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 XIII, the text of the footnote to its financial statements that describes these items.
b
If the organization elected, as permitted under SFAS 116 (ASC 958), 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 (ASC 958) 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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Part III
Organizations Maintaining Collections of Art, Historical Treasures, or Other Similar Assets (continued)
3
Using the organization’s acquisition, 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 XIII.
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 XIII 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 XIII. Check here if the explanation has been provided in Part XIII ........
Part V
Endowment Funds. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 10.
(a)Current year (b)Prior year b (c)Two years back (d)Three years back (e)Four years back
1a Beginning of year balance .... 546,019,744 575,407,836 507,265,128 468,192,359 603,752,316
b Contributions ........ 7,844,856 9,819,110 7,609,386 12,790,102 12,270,196
c Net investment earnings, gains, and losses 65,374,220 -8,556,400 91,411,956 57,099,806 -113,741,747
d Grants or scholarships .....         646,831
e Other expenditures for facilities
and programs ........ 		31,410,344 30,650,802 30,878,634 30,817,139 33,441,575
f Administrative expenses ....          
g End of year balance ...... 587,828,476 546,019,744 575,407,836 507,265,128 468,192,359
2
Provide the estimated percentage of the current year end balance (line 1g, column (a)) held as:
a
Board designated or quasi-endowment SchDMd Bullet35.000 %
b
Permanent endowment SchDMd Bullet26.000 %
c
Temporarily restricted endowment SchDMd Bullet39.000 %
The percentages in lines 2a, 2b, and 2c should equal 100%.
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 XIII the intended uses of the organization's endowment funds.
Part VI
Land, Buildings, and Equipment. See Form 990, Part X, line 10.
Description of property (a) Cost or other basis (investment) (b)Cost or other basis (other) (c) Accumulated depreciation (d) Book value
1a Land .................      
b Buildings ................   4,052,059 2,363,943 1,688,116
c Leasehold improvements ............   725,738,079 303,256,894 422,481,185
d Equipment ................   70,466,801 62,733,593 7,733,208
e Other .................   20,171,877   20,171,877
Total. Add lines 1a through 1e. (Column (d) must equal Form 990, Part X, column (B), line 10(c).).......SchDMdBullet 452,074,386
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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 		276,556,093 F

(B) NONMARKETABLE ALT. INVESTMENTS 		88,904,208 F

(C) OPERATING INVESTMENTS 		9,921,310 F






Total. (Column (b) must equal Form 990, Part X, col. (B) line 12.)Small Bullet 375,381,611
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) must 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) must 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) Book value
Federal income taxes 0
INTEREST RATE EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS 35,508,925
ACC. POSTRETIREMENT & OTHER BENEFITS 42,875,034
ACCRUED INTEREST PAYABLE 2,745,276






Total. (Column (b) must equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 25.)Small Bullet 81,129,235
2. Fin 48 (ASC 740) Footnote. In Part XIII, 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 (ASC 740). Check here if the text of the footnote has been provided in Part XIII .....................................................
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Part XI 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 XIII.) ............ 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 XIII.) ........... 4b  
c Add lines 4a and 4b....................... 4c  
5 Total revenue. Add lines 3 and 4c. (This must equal Form 990, Part I, line 12.) ...... 5  
Part XII 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 XIII.) ............ 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 XIII.) ............ 4b  
c Add lines 4a and 4b....................... 4c  
5 Total expenses. Add lines 3 and 4c. (This must equal Form 990, Part I, line 18.) ...... 5  
Part XIII
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, line 2; Part XI, lines 2d and 4b; and Part XII, 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 natural history collections in the world. New collection areas include the Museum's frozen tissue collection of DNA and tissue samples as well as large scientific databases of genomic and astrophysical data. The collections provide a resource for scientists around the world, and grow significantly each year. In conformity with accounting policies generally followed by museums, the value of the Museum's collections is not reflected in the consolidated statement of financial position. 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 from restricted funds, proceeds from the sale of those items are recorded as increases in temporarily restricted net assets in that fund until an acquisition is made.
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 of 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 that would have a materially adverse effect on its financial condition.
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 board's investment committee and used to support operating, capital and other activities pursuant to budgetary authorization by the board's 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
2012
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. (The following Part I, line 3 table can be duplicated if additional space is needed.)
(a) Region (b) Number of offices in the region (c) Number of employees, agents, and independent contractors in region (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 and investments
in region
Central America and the Caribbean     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 12,676
East Asia and the Pacific     Program Services EXHIBITION 95,167
East Asia and the Pacific     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 194,862
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Program Services EXHIBITION 608,274
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 303,377
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Program Services EDUCATION 269,783
Middle East and North Africa     Program Services EXHIBITION 92,657
Middle East and North Africa     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 7,409
North America     Program Services EXHIBITION 417,376
North America     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 77,807
North America     Program Services EDUCATION 95,107
Russia and the Newly Independent States     Program Services EXHIBITION 6,258
South America     Program Services EXHIBITION 33,140
South America     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 64,301
South America     Program Services EDUCATION 3,865
South Asia     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 9,630
Sub-Saharan Africa     Program Services SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 32,243
Central America and the Caribbean     Investments   98,855,394
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Investments   16,052,621
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)     Grantmaking SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 22,100
East Asia and the Pacific     Grantmaking SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 108,100
3a Sub-total .....     2,323,932
b Total from continuation sheets to Part I ...     115,038,215
c Totals (add lines 3a and 3b)     117,362,147
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.Cat. No. 50082W Schedule F (Form 990) 2012
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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. Part II can be duplicated 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)
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) RESEARCH 22,100 Wire      
East Asia and the Pacific RESEARCH 108,100 Wire      
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
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
2
3
Enter total number of other organizations or entities .......................MediumBullet
 
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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.
Part III can be duplicated 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)
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
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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, Return by a U.S. Transferor of Property to a Foreign Corporation (see Instructions for Form 926)......................................
2 Did the organization have an interest in a foreign trust during the tax year? If “Yes,” the organizationmay be required to file Form 3520, Annual Return to Report Transactions with Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts, and/or Form 3520-A, Annual Information Return of Foreign Trust With a U.S. Owner (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)................................................
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Part V
Supplemental Information
Complete this part to provide the information required by Part I, line 2 (monitoring of funds); Part I, line 3, column (f) (accounting method; amounts of investments vs. expenditures per region); Part II, line 1 (accounting method); Part III (accounting method); and Part III, column (c) (estimated number of recipients), as applicable. Also complete this part to provide any additional information (see instructions).
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. Form 990-EZ filers are not required to complete this part. right arrowAttach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. right arrowSee separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
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.
(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
COMMUNITY COUNSELING SERV CO FUNDRAISING COUNSEL   No   345,000 -345,000
COMNET MARKETING GROUP INC PHONE SOLICITATIO   No 115,050 39,521 75,529
EDGE DIRECT DIRECT MAILING   No 233,996 108,996 125,000
NPO DIRECT MARKETING INC DIRECT MAILING   No 101,820 6,900 94,920
             
             
             
             
             
             
Total .................right arrow 450,866 500,417 -49,551
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, VA, WA, WV, WI
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 50083H
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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 of fundraising event contributions and gross income on Form 990-EZ, lines 1 and 6b. 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 . . . 2,264,350 1,223,625 1,297,108 4,785,083
2 Less: Contributions . . 2,131,350 1,183,375 929,253 4,243,978
3 Gross income (line 1
minus line 2) . . . 		133,000 40,250 367,855 541,105
VerticalDirectExpenses 4 Cash prizes . . .        
5 Noncash prizes . .        
6 Rent/facility costs . .        
7 Food and beverages .        
8 Entertainment . . .        
9 Other direct expenses . 243,707 82,890 542,457 869,054
10 Direct expense summary. Add lines 4 through 9 in column (d) ........... right arrow 869,054
11 Net income summary. Combine line 3, column (d), and line 10. .......... right arrow -327,949
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:
 
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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? ..........................
13
Indicate the percentage of gaming activity operated in:
a
The organization's facility ......................
13a
 
b
An outside facility ........................
13b
 
14
Enter 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 of the third party:
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
Supplemental Information. Complete this part to provide the explanations required by Part I, line 2b, columns (iii) and (v), and Part III, lines 9, 9b, 10b, 15b, 15c, 16, and 17b, as applicable. Also complete this part to provide any additional information (see instructions).
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part I, Column (V)   Amount paid to Community Counseling Service Co. ($345,000) is only for fees for professional fundraisiing consulting services per our agreement. Amount paid to Commnet ($39,521) includes both payment of fees for professional fundraising services and also fundraising expenses. Amount paid to Edge Direct ($108,996) includes both payment of fees for professional fundraising services and also payment of fundraising expenses. Amount paid NPO Direct Marketing, Inc ($6,900) is fees for professional fundraising services per our agreement. The amount of $113,100 representing fundraising expenses was also paid to NPO Direct Marketing.
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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
2012
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. Part II can be duplicated if additional space is needed.
(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) Assoc of Univ for Research in Astronomy Inc
1200 NY Avenue
WASHINGTON,DC20005 		89-0138043 501(c)3 51,800       Scientific Research Astronomy
(2) Bard College
PO Box 5000
Annandaleonhudson,NY12504 		14-1713034 501(c)3 9,754       Collaborative Research
(3) Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn,NY11225 		11-2417338 501(C)3 12,231       URBAN ADVANTAGE
(4) California Institute of Technology
1200 E CALIFORNIA BLVD
PASADENA,CA91125 		95-1643307 501(C)3 50,000       COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
(5) Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 FORBES AVENUE
PITTSBURGH,PA15213 		25-0965280 501(C)3 17,056       COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
(6) Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
BOX AB
MILLBROOK,NY12545 		22-3232968 501(c)3 18,674       URBAN ADVANTAGE
(7) Conservation International Foundation
2011 CRYSTAL DR NO 500
ARLINGTON,VA22202 		52-1497470 501(c)3 34,712       BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
(8) Cornell University
341 PINE TREE ROAD
ITHACA,NY14850 		15-0532082 501(c)3 60,205       BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
(9) DSF Consulting LLC
11468 Meath DR
Fairfax,VA22030 		27-5548844   50,000       MAT PROGRAM
(10) Education Development Center
43 Foundry Ave
Waltham,MA02453 		04-2241718 501(C)3 11,798       Research Mentoring
(11) Michigan State University
2727 alliance dr
Lansing,MI48910 		23-7326030 501(C)3 417,486       urban advantage
(12) Mississippi State University
mississippi state university
Mississippi State,MS39762 		64-6000819 501(C)3 11,078       collaborative research
(13) New York Botanical Garden
200TH ST SOUTHERN BOULEVARD
BRONX,NY10458 		13-1693134 501(c)3 11,669       URBAN ADVANTAGE
(14) New York Hall of Science
47-01 11TH STREET
CORONA,NY11368 		11-2104059 501(c)3 59,785       URBAN ADVANTAGE
(15) Ohio State University
1960 KENNY ROAD
COLUMBUS,OH43210 		31-6401599 501(c)3 18,348       PATHOGENICITY RESEARCH
(16) Research Foundation of CUNY
230 WEST 41ST STREET
NEW YORK,NY10036 		13-1988190 501(C)3 25,000       SCIENCE MENTORING
(17) Research Foundation of SUNY
PO BOX 9
ALBANY,NY12201 		14-1368361 501(C)3 42,740       CLIMATE CHANGE
(18) Staten Island Zoo
614 BROADWAY
STATEN ISLAND,NY10310 		13-5680691 501(C)3 30,954       URBAN ADVANTAGE
(19) The Polistes Foundation
133 WASHINGTON ST
BELMONT,MA02478 		02-0567125 501(c)3 59,900       COLLABORATIVE BEE RESEARCH
(20) United States Department of Agriculture
2150 Centre Ave
Fort Collins,CO80526 		72-0564834 USDA 74,748       Collaborative Bee Research
(21) University of Connecticut
438 Whitney Rd
Storrs,CT06269 		06-0772160 501(C)1 14,276       Collaborative Research
(22) University of Kansas
102 Anderson Hall
Manhattan,KS66506 		48-0771751 501(C)3 18,924       Collaborative Research
(23) University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 Univ City Blvd
Charlotte,NC28223 		56-0791228 501(c)3 60,281       Collaborative Research
(24) University of Southern Maine
16 Central St
Bangor,ME04401 		01-6000769 501(C)3 95,665       Education
(25) Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern BLVD
Bronx,NY10460 		13-1740011 501(c)3 161,942       Urban Advantage
(26) American Museum of Natural History PA
CPW at 79th Street
New York,NY10024 		13-1628143 501(C)3   133,447 Cost Maintenance Support MAINTAIN PLANETARIUM
2
Enter total number of section 501(c)(3) and government organizations listed in the line 1 table ................ Bullet Image
25
3
Enter total number of other organizations listed in the line 1 table ........................ . Bullet Image
1
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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.
Part III can be duplicated 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 194 553,586      
(2) Scholarship 41 1,044,671      










Part IV
Supplemental Information.
Complete this part to provide the information required in Part I, line 2, Part III, column (b), 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.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public Inspection
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 or provision of all of 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 filing organization used to establish the compensation of the
organization's CEO/Executive Director. Check all that apply. Do not check any boxes for methods
used by a related organization to establish compensation of the CEO/Executive Director, but explain in Part III.
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 Regulations 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
 
 
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Part II
Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees. Use duplicate copies if additional space is 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) for each listed individual must equal the total amount of Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, applicable column (D) and (E) amounts for that individual.
(A) Name and Title (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 as deferred
in prior Form 990
(i) Base compensation (ii) Bonus & incentive compensation (iii) Other reportable compensation
(1)ELLEN V FUTTERPRESIDENT (i)
(ii)		 762,798
0 		 
0 		3,409
0 		233,767
0 		152,470
0 		1,152,444
0 		0
0
(2)MICHAEL NOVACEKSR VP AND PROVOST (i)
(ii)		 393,276
0 		0
0 		0
0 		105,621
0 		5,661
0 		504,558
0 		0
0
(3)LISA GUGENHEIMSR VP INST ADVA/STRAT PLAN/EDU (i)
(ii)		 359,131
0 		0
0 		0
0 		90,732
0 		14,652
0 		464,515
0 		0
0
(4)GERALD SINGERSR VP AND GENERAL COUNSEL (i)
(ii)		 345,416
0 		0
0 		0
0 		82,129
0 		14,652
0 		442,197
0 		0
0
(5)ELLEN GALLAGHERSR VP AND CFO (i)
(ii)		 292,107
0 		 
0 		1,258
0 		69,667
0 		675
0 		363,707
0 		0
0
(6)DAVID HARVEYSR VP EXHIBITION (i)
(ii)		 268,275
0 		0
0 		0
0 		75,041
0 		14,652
0 		357,968
0 		0
0
(7)ANNE CANTYSR VP COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETIN (i)
(ii)		 258,894
0 		0
0 		1,478
0 		48,424
0 		894
0 		309,690
0 		0
0
(8)ANN SIEGELSR VP OPERATIONS & CAPITAL PRG (i)
(ii)		 258,390
0 		0
0 		0
0 		67,897
0 		14,652
0 		340,939
0 		0
0
(9)JACKIE HOFFMANASST. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD (i)
(ii)		 163,471
0 		0
0 		0
0 		23,427
0 		14,548
0 		201,446
0 		0
0
(10)LINDA PERRY-LUBEFORMER SR VP/CHF DIGITAL OFFIC (i)
(ii)		 40,353
0 		0
0 		62,789
0 		 
0 		944
0 		104,086
0 		0
0
(11)DANIEL STODDARDVP AND CHF INVEST OFFICER (i)
(ii)		 327,707
0 		0
0 		0
0 		61,747
0 		5,661
0 		395,115
0 		0
0
(12)DAVID H THOMASCURATOR (i)
(ii)		 268,371
0 		0
0 		51,993
0 		65,259
0 		1,268
0 		386,891
0 		0
0
(13)JOHN FLYNNDEAN OF GRADUATE SCHOOL AND CU (i)
(ii)		 301,257
0 		0
0 		0
0 		62,235
0 		14,652
0 		378,144
0 		0
0
(14)MARK NORELLCURATOR (i)
(ii)		 295,382
0 		0
0 		500
0 		56,926
0 		14,652
0 		367,460
0 		0
0
(15)FRANCIS LEESCHF INFO OFFICER (i)
(ii)		 279,752
0 		0
0 		0
0 		67,713
0 		14,652
0 		362,117
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, 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7, and 8, and for Part II.
Also complete this part for any additional information.
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part II Column (B) (III)   FOR E FUTTER THIS IS THE PAYMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS. FOR E GALLAGHER THIS IS THE PAYMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND PAYMENT FOR WAIVING MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE. FOR A CANTY THIS IS THE PAYMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND PAYMENT FOR WAIVING MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE. FOR L PERRY-LUBE THIS INCLUDES A PAYMENT PURSUANT TO A VOLUNTARY SEPARATION AGREEMENT OF $15,000 AND THE PAYMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED AND ACCUMULATED UNUSED VACATION TIME. FOR D THOMAS THIS IS THE PAYMENT OF SUMMER SALARY. FOR M NORELL THIS IS A PAYMENT FOR INSTRUCTING A COURSE
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, $159,000; FOR M NOVACEK, $35,356; FOR L GUGENHEIM, $46,416; FOR G SINGER, $18,727; FOR E GALLAGHER $24,603.)
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 1, 1A).
Part I, Question 1a   The Museum paid for several LONG-DISTANCE INTERNATIONAL trips ON First class FOR scientists and exhibition staff.
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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 Part VI.
SchKMediumBullet Attach to Form 990. SchKMediumBullet See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public
Inspection
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
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2009B1
  		91-1882413 649717NT8 06-24-2008 49,490,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2008B2
  		91-1882413 649717NU5 06-24-2008 25,225,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2008B3
  		91-1882413 649717NV3 06-24-2008 21,335,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2009A
  		91-1882413 649717QD0 07-10-2009 17,940,000 REFUND ISSUES 1993A   X   X   X
Part II
Proceeds
A B C D
1 Amount of bonds retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
2 Amount of bonds legally defeased . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
3 Total proceeds of issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,854,189 48,831,579 39,290,000 39,290,000
4 Gross proceeds in reserve funds . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
5 Capitalized interest from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
6 Proceeds in refunding escrows . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
7 Issuance costs from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 757,149 1,238,446 293,926 293,926
8 Credit enhancement from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
9 Working capital expenditures from proceeds . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
10 Capital expenditures from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
11 Other spent proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
12 Other unspent proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
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   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? . . . . . . . . .                
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Part III
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 of bond-financed property? . . . . . . . . . . . .                
b If "Yes" to line 3a, does the organization routinely engage bond counsel or other outside counsel to review any management or service contracts relating to the financed property? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
c Are there any research agreements that may result in private business use of bond-financed property? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
d If "Yes" to line 3c, does the organization routinely engage bond counsel or other outside counsel to review any 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 0% 0% 0% 0%
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 Does the bond issue meet the private security or payment test? . . . . .                
8a Has there been a sale or disposition of any of the bond financed property to a nongovernmental person other than a 501(c)(3) organization since the bonds were issued?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
b If “Yes” to line 8a, enter the percentage of bond-financed property sold or disposed of.   %   %   %   %
c If “Yes” to line 8a, was any remedial action taken pursuant to Regulations sections 1.141-12 and 1.145-2? . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
9 Has the organization established written procedures to ensure that all nonqualified bonds of the issue are remediated in accordance with the requirements under
Regulations sections 1.141-12 and 1.145-2?
               
Part IV
Arbitrage
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
1 Has the issuer filed Form 8038-T? . . . . . X   X   X   X  
2 If "No" to line 1, did the following apply? . . . .
a Rebate not due yet? . . . . . . . .                
b Exception to rebate? . . . . . . . .                
c No rebate due? . . . . . . . . . .
               
If you checked "No rebate due" in line 2c, provide in Part VI the date the rebate computation was performed
3 Is the bond issue a variable rate issue? . . . .   X   X X   X  
4a Has the organization or the governmental issuer entered into a qualified hedge with respect to the bond issue?   X   X X   X  
b Name of provider . . . . . . . . . 0
  		0
  		Bank of America
  		 
 
c Term of hedge . . . . . . . . . . 13.75 31. 13.75 13.75
d Was the hedge superintegrated? . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
e Was a hedge terminated? . . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
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Part IV
Arbitrage (Continued)
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
5a Were gross proceeds invested in a guaranteed investment contract (GIC)? . . . . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
b Name of provider . . . . . . . . . 0
  		0
  		0
  		0
 
c Term of GIC . . . . . . . . . .        
d Was the regulatory safe harbor for establishing the fair market value of the GIC satisfied? . . . . .                
6 Were any gross proceeds invested beyond an available temporary period? . . . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
7 Has the organization established written procedures to monitor the requirements of section 148? . . .                
Part V
Procedures To Undertake Corrective Action
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
1 Has the organization established written procedures to ensure that violations of federal tax requirements are timely identified and corrected through the voluntary closing agreement program if self-remediation is not available under applicable regulations? X   X   X   X  
Part VI
Supplemental Information. Complete this part to provide additional information for responses to questions on Schedule K (see instructions).
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
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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 Part VI.
SchKMediumBullet Attach to Form 990. SchKMediumBullet See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public
Inspection
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
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2009B1
  		91-1882413 649717NT8 06-24-2008 49,490,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2008B2
  		91-1882413 649717NU5 06-24-2008 25,225,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2008B3
  		91-1882413 649717NV3 06-24-2008 21,335,000 REFUND ISSUES 2004B, 2004C & 2007A   X   X   X
TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES SERIES 2009A
  		91-1882413 649717QD0 07-10-2009 17,940,000 REFUND ISSUES 1993A   X   X   X
Part II
Proceeds
A B C D
1 Amount of bonds retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
2 Amount of bonds legally defeased . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
3 Total proceeds of issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,854,189 48,831,579 39,290,000 39,290,000
4 Gross proceeds in reserve funds . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
5 Capitalized interest from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
6 Proceeds in refunding escrows . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
7 Issuance costs from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 757,149 1,238,446 293,926 293,926
8 Credit enhancement from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
9 Working capital expenditures from proceeds . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
10 Capital expenditures from proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
11 Other spent proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
12 Other unspent proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0
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   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 Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.
Cat. No. 50193E
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Part III
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 of bond-financed property? . . . . . . . . . . . .                
b If "Yes" to line 3a, does the organization routinely engage bond counsel or other outside counsel to review any management or service contracts relating to the financed property? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
c Are there any research agreements that may result in private business use of bond-financed property? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
d If "Yes" to line 3c, does the organization routinely engage bond counsel or other outside counsel to review any 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 0% 0% 0% 0%
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 Does the bond issue meet the private security or payment test? . . . . .                
8a Has there been a sale or disposition of any of the bond financed property to a nongovernmental person other than a 501(c)(3) organization since the bonds were issued?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
b If “Yes” to line 8a, enter the percentage of bond-financed property sold or disposed of.   %   %   %   %
c If “Yes” to line 8a, was any remedial action taken pursuant to Regulations sections 1.141-12 and 1.145-2? . . . . . . . . . . . . .                
9 Has the organization established written procedures to ensure that all nonqualified bonds of the issue are remediated in accordance with the requirements under
Regulations sections 1.141-12 and 1.145-2?
               
Part IV
Arbitrage
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
1 Has the issuer filed Form 8038-T? . . . . . X   X   X   X  
2 If "No" to line 1, did the following apply? . . . .
a Rebate not due yet? . . . . . . . .                
b Exception to rebate? . . . . . . . .                
c No rebate due? . . . . . . . . . .
               
If you checked "No rebate due" in line 2c, provide in Part VI the date the rebate computation was performed
3 Is the bond issue a variable rate issue? . . . .   X   X X   X  
4a Has the organization or the governmental issuer entered into a qualified hedge with respect to the bond issue?   X   X X   X  
b Name of provider . . . . . . . . . 0
  		0
  		Bank of America
  		 
 
c Term of hedge . . . . . . . . . . 13.75 31. 13.75 13.75
d Was the hedge superintegrated? . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
e Was a hedge terminated? . . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
Schedule K (Form 990) 2012
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Part IV
Arbitrage (Continued)
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
5a Were gross proceeds invested in a guaranteed investment contract (GIC)? . . . . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
b Name of provider . . . . . . . . . 0
  		0
  		0
  		0
 
c Term of GIC . . . . . . . . . .        
d Was the regulatory safe harbor for establishing the fair market value of the GIC satisfied? . . . . .                
6 Were any gross proceeds invested beyond an available temporary period? . . . . . . . .   X   X   X   X
7 Has the organization established written procedures to monitor the requirements of section 148? . . .                
Part V
Procedures To Undertake Corrective Action
A B C D
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
1 Has the organization established written procedures to ensure that violations of federal tax requirements are timely identified and corrected through the voluntary closing agreement program if self-remediation is not available under applicable regulations? X   X   X   X  
Part VI
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Schedule L
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
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, line 38a or 40b.
MediumBullet Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. MediumBullet See separate instructions.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public Inspection
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) Relationship between disqualified person and organization (c) Description of transaction (d) Corrected?
Yes No





2
Enter the amount of tax incurred by 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-EZ, Part V, line 38a, or Form 990, Part IV, line 26; or if the organization reported an amount on Form 990, Part X, line 5, 6, or 22
(a) Name of interested person (b) Relationship with organization (c) Purpose of loan (d) Loan to or from the organization? (e)Original principal amount (f)Balance due (g) In default? (h) Approved by board or committee? (i)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 assistance (d) Type of assistance (e) Purpose of assistance
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 50056A
Schedule L (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012
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Part IV
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 651,162 MANAGEMENT FEE Yes  
(2) JP MORGAN CHASE SEE SUPPLEMENTAL INFO 474,116 CUSTODIAL AND REMARKETING 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, Katheryn Kempner. Ellen V. Futter was a director of JP Morgan during FY 2013.
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SCHEDULE M
(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Noncash Contributions
Right pointing arrow large imageComplete if the organizations answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, lines 29 or 30.
Right pointing arrow large image Attach to Form 990.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
American Museum of Natural History
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Types of Property
(a)
Check if applicable 		(b)
Number of contributions or items contributed 		(c)
Noncash contribution amounts reported on
Form 990, Part VIII, line 1g 		(d)
Method of determining
noncash 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 30 1,772,598 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 236    
24 Archeological artifacts ... X 13    
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
 
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 noncash
contributions? ..........................
32a
 
No
b
If "Yes," describe in Part II.
33
If the organization did not report an amount in column (c) for a type of property for which column (a) is checked,
describe in Part II.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.
Cat. No. 51227J
Schedule M (Form 990) (2012)
Schedule M (Form 990) (2012)
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Part II
Supplemental Information. Complete this part to provide the information required by Part I, lines 30b,
32b, and 33, and whether the organization is reporting in Part I, column (b), the number of contributions, the number of items received, or a combination of both. 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 236 CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, CONSISTING OF 140,839 ITEMS.
PART I LINE 24   THE MUSEUM RECEIVED 13 CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS, CONSISTING OF 150 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, CONTRIBUTIONS AND PURCHASES SINCE THE MUSEUM'S INCEPTION AND REPRESENT ONE OF THE LARGEST NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD. NEW COLLECTION AREAS INCLUDE THE MUSEUM'S FROZEN TISSUE COLLECTION OF DNA AND TISSUE SAMPLES AS WELL AS LARGE SCIENTIFIC DATABASES OF GENOMIC AND ASTROPHYSICAL DATA. THE COLLECTIONS PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD, AND GROW SIGNIFICANTLY EACH YEAR. IN CONFORMITY WITH ACCOUNTING POLICIES GENERALLY FOLLOWED BY MUSEUMS, THE VALUE OF THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. 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 FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS, PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THOSE ITEMS ARE RECORDED AS INCREASES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS IN THAT FUND UNTIL AN ACQUISITION IS MADE.
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Complete to provide information for responses to specific questions on
Form 990 or to provide any additional information.
MediumBullet Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
American Museum of Natural History
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
Part I, Question 1   THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD. ITS 18 ACRE CAMPUS BORDERING CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK IS A COMPLEX OF 27 BUILDINGS THAT HOUSE A MUSEUM WITH ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS OF MORE THAN 32 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS; A PLANETARIUM; A GRADUATE SCHOOL (THE ONLY MUSEUM-BASED PH.D. GRANTING PROGRAM IN THE U.S.); A SPECIALIZED NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARY; AN INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND A CENTER FOR CONSERVATION; AND EDUCATION FACILITIES WITH OFFERINGS THAT INCLUDE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN TEACHING (THE ONLY INDEPENDENT MUSEUM-BASED PROGRAM IN THE US). AMNH HAS A STAFF OF OVER 200 CURATORS, FACULTY AND POST-DOCS WHO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN CUTTING EDGE FACILTIES ON-SITE FROM OVER 100 FIELD EXPEDITIONS A YEAR AND PUBLISH THEIR RESEARCH IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. THE RESEARCH IS SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AMONG OTHERS. AMNH EDUCATION PROGRAMS DELIVER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO OVER 4,000 K-12 SCIENCE TEACHERS EACH YEAR AND ITS NEW MASSIVE OPEN ON-LINE COURSES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION HAVE ENROLLED OVER 54,000 US AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. AFTER-HOURS PUBLIC PROGRAMS PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO SCIENTISTS FROM RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND UNIVERSITIES LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD WHO PRESENT THEIR CURRENT WORK AND DISCUSS NEW DISCOVERIES AND EMERGING ISSUES IN THEIR FIELDS. EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED TO FAMILIES AND PROVIDE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES IN SCIENCE EXPLORATION. AMNH ALSO PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR USE IN CLASSROOMS, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NEW YORK CITY AND STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY VIA DIGITAL MEDIA. AMNH HAS 45 PERMANENT EXHIBITION HALLS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 363 DAYS A YEAR WITH ATTENDANCE OF ABOUT 5 MILLION ANNUALLY, INCLUDING UP TO 500,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. MANY MILLIONS MORE VISIT ON-LINE. AMNH MAINTAINS A ROBUST SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND PLANETARIUM SHOWS THAT OPEN IN NEW YORK AND THEN TRAVEL TO OTHER US AND INTERNATIONAL VENUES. VENUES.
Part I, Question 1   OVERVIEW AND 2013 HIGHLIGHTS SCIENCE The Museum's science and research endeavors remain at the core of the Museum's work, and Museum scientific staff continued to make important new discoveries in FY 2013 in fields such as anthropology, vertebrate zoology, invertebrate zoology, paleontology, physical sciences (including Earth and planetary sciences and astrophysics), genomics, and conservation biology. Scientific Research and Scholarship Since its founding, the Museum has pursued a comprehensive scientific research program to explore and advance understanding of the biological, physical, and cultural world. This scientific enterprise also provides a foundation for the Museum's work in education and exhibitions. Together, these efforts help ensure that the Museum remains a world premier institution for 21st century discovery. The Museum's scientific staff numbers over 200 scientists-including tenured and tenure-track curators-who conduct research in genomics, astrophysics, zoology, paleontology, earth and planetary sciences, and anthropology; publish their work in peer-reviewed journals; and obtain funding from various federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the National Institutes of Health. The Museum's scientific work spans the globe, with researchers engaging in over 100 interdisciplinary expeditions for research and specimen/artifact collection in a variety of countries. In FY13, the Museum conducted breakthrough research, providing the first definitive proof of microscopic algae capable of photosynthesis (the process by which plants and algae convert solar energy to fuel metabolism and produce nutrients, as well as ingesting bacteria). Captured with electron microscope images, this is an important confirmation of the theory that certain microbial organisms achieved photosynthetic capability by taking on photosynthetic bacteria and converting them to cellular subunits. This event is thought to be a critical first step in the evolution of photosynthetic algae and land plants, which helped raise oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere and paved the way for the rise of animals. In February 2013, Museum scientists along with an international team of 22 investigators published pioneering findings in the journal Science regarding the evolutionary relationships of the major groups of mammals using both genomic and morphological features. The paper also provided extraordinary anatomical detail for the 65 million-year-old ancestor of modern (placental) mammals. The paper is further supported by a massive database consisting of more than 350,000 entries that describe and illustrate particular traits of the dentition, skull, sensory systems, brain, tissues, and other systems of different species. The database is provided on the open access online site MorphoBank, which allows researchers to review, revise, and add character information and species. These databases and results provide a new platform for interactive research that move the Museum to a new level in its capacity to analyze complex biological systems.
Part I, Question 1   Members of the Museum's astrophysics department similarly published novel findings in FY 2013. In a May 2013 issue of The Astrophysical Journal, a team led by the Museum's astrophysics curator and supported by the National Science Foundation and NASA published a detailed description of four red exoplanets in a distant solar system some 128 light years away from Earth. The astronomers conducted their remote spectroscopy reconnaissance by sifting through the blinding light of stars using a new telescope imaging system, high-tech instrumentation, and software called Project 1640. On-site, the Museum continues to develop large-scale databases housing detailed information on scientific collections and studies. These databases and the results contained therein provide new platforms for interactive research and support the Museum's ongoing efforts to further enhance its capacity to analyze complex biological systems. These discoveries and other Museum research continued to be conducted in on-site, state-of-the-art laboratories. The Museum maintains three molecular biological laboratories that provide workbenches and facilities for more than 40 scientists and students conducting genomic research. For example, its Microscopy and Imaging Facility (MIF) provides research staff with time and training on advanced imaging technology, including a computed tomography scanner, two scanning electron microscopes, a laser scanning confocal microscope, specimen preparation instrumentation, and a digital image processing suite. Moreover, the Museum's cross-disciplinary research centers include the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics (SICG), which employs molecular technology to extend the Museum's longstanding leadership in comparative biology to the genomic arena, and the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC), which uses applied science to help address the loss of biodiversity worldwide. As a major step forward in furthering leading-edge collaborative research, the Museum joined the New York Genome Center in FY 2013. The Center is a major metropolitan resource for the most advanced research in next-generation gene sequencing and will serve the Museum as well as the city's most prominent universities and biomedical centers. In collaboration with other Genome Center institutions, the Museum launched an effort to do whole-genome sequencing of some key species of so-called living fossils, such as the cockroach, the bedbug, and the Dodo bird, that show very conservative evolutionary change through time. The scientific staff also continues to publish its work in peer-reviewed journals, with approximately 250 articles published in FY 2013. The Museum continued to expand its research staff in FY 2013 as well, initiating searches for four tenure-track curators in Invertebrate Paleontology, Physical Anthropology, Ornithology, and Comparative Biology. Collections The Museum's collections number over 32 million specimens and artifacts and are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The collections typically increase by between fifty to one hundred thousand specimens and artifacts each year and are maintained to facilitate study and deep understanding of 4.5 billion years of change in Earth's geology, climate, and life forms. Collections and facilities include the Museum's frozen tissue collection that serves as a repository for research at AMNH and other institutions, often including specimens of endangered species such as those deposited by researchers under permit from the National
Part I, Question 1   Park Service. Other new collections include large scientific digital databases of genomic and astrophysical data. The collections and research assets are enriched by continued exploration of areas such as Mongolia, Peru, Madagascar, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico, Republic of Congo, Thailand, India, the Arctic of Canada and Russia, China, New Guinea, and Australia. In FY 2013, the Ichthyology Department collected more than 7,500 marine shore, reef, and freshwater fishes, while the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation sampled 348 marine turtles from Palmyra Atoll in the south Pacific. Earth Sciences added more than 2,000 gems and minerals from around the world to the collections, and Paleontology made important new collections of dinosaurs and fossil mammals from Mongolia, Romania, and Tajikistan. The Museum's Invertebrate Zoology scientists and researchers also travelled globally-to Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, and Central America-to study and collect scorpions, myriapods, bees, and wasps (among other groups) that together added nearly 40,000 specimens to the collections. AMNH provides research material for other institutions, typically with loans of hundreds of thousands of specimens outstanding at any given time, and its collections are also made available for study on site to hundreds of research scientists and students annually. Preserving the Museum's collections for study by future generations with expanding technological capacity has never been more important. The Museum therefore makes its collections broadly accessible for research on site and through an extensive loan program enabling scientists at institutions around the world to study hundreds of thousands of the Museum's specimens. Over 1,100 researchers visited the collections in FY 2013, and many more individuals accessed the Museum's diverse and expansive array of specimens, artifacts, and related data online and through the Museum's research loan program. The Museum also provides online access to its collections, with an estimated 95% of the collections, other than entomology, data-based and accessible via the internet. Research Library The Museum's on-site Research Library is one of the largest natural history libraries in the Western Hemisphere. It serves and supports the work of the Museum's scientific staff, natural history scholars, and the public. The Library's holdings comprise a research collection, special collections, a rare book collection, and digital collections. Its catalogs are part of an international online library catalog database available at public libraries and university libraries and through the Museum's website. In FY 2013, the Museum's Research Library continued its ongoing efforts to digitize, catalog, and preserve its natural history library collections. Much of this work was supported by grant awards for a variety of projects. For example, the Library's Conservation Lab received its 26th annual grant award from the New York State Department of Education. This year's grant-funded project focused on the conservation of a collection of rare illustrated ornithological folios. The Council on Library and Information Resources' Cataloging Hidden Collections program also gave the Library a three-year award, the Library's second grant from this program in three years. The award funds Expeditionary Field Work at the American Museum of Natural History, which builds on a previous project's identification and description of archival collections to create detailed finding aids for these materials. This new endeavor will also
Part I, Question 1   establish name authorities for Museum expeditions, exhibitions, and associated individuals, all to make it easier for researchers to find materials related to Museum expeditions, including objects and specimens in the collections, alongside supporting archival documentation. In FY 2013, the Darwin Manuscripts Project also began work on a two-year collaborative grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create high-resolution, full-color images of 30,000 of Charles Darwin's scientific holograph manuscripts held at project partner Cambridge University's Library. Work to transcribe and edit extant, digitized Darwin manuscripts also continued: close to 20,000 pages had been transcribed and annotated by the end of FY 2013. The Library also continues to support and provide content to the Biodiversity Heritage Library-a consortium of major natural history museums, libraries, botanical gardens, and research institutions formed to digitize, preserve, and make freely available the legacy literature of biodiversity. The Museum's Library is a founding member of this international effort. Rose Center for Earth and Space/Astrophysics The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space (Rose Center) first opened its doors to the public in 2000. The award-winning Rose Center is a 333,500 square feet facility including permanent exhibition halls, educational facilities, and the Hayden Planetarium, which houses a powerful virtual reality simulator used to develop, produce, and display educational space shows for the public. These space shows incorporate the latest in astronomical discoveries and research with dynamic audio-visual components and are shown not only in the Hayden Planetarium, but also at other venues across the United States and internationally. The Museum's Rose Center and its acclaimed space shows reached new audiences in FY 2013. In all, five different Museum space shows-Cosmic Collisions, Journey to the Stars, Passport to the Universe, Sonicvision, and The Search for Life: Are We alone-were shown in 59 different venues across 17 different countries, reaching millions of viewers worldwide. The Rose Center is supported by the scientists in the Museum's astrophysics department, who provide 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 NASA and employ partnerships with land- and space-based telescopes throughout the United States and the world to further their work. Richard Gilder Graduate School In fiscal year 2007, AMNH established the Richard Gilder Graduate School (RGGS or the Graduate School) to confer the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.), the first and only museum in the United States to do so. The Graduate School is accredited by the Board of Regents of the State of New York and has admitted six classes into its Ph.D. Program in Comparative Biology. To further advance training of the next
Part I, Question 1   generation of scientists, RGGS also conducts a doctoral training program in collaboration with four universities-Cornell, Columbia, New York University, and the City University of New York-and maintains an active post-doctoral program. To support the Museum's doctoral education efforts, RGGS has been awarded U.S. Federal Training grants and fellowships totaling $2.4 million to date. The Graduate School also offers an undergraduate training program, which provides a select group of undergraduate students with intensive research experience in such subjects as evolutionary biology, earth and planetary sciences, and astrophysics. RGGS students publish numerous papers during or based on work from their time at the Graduate School. Of special note, many RGGS Comparative Biology students have won awards or recognition in the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Although fewer than 10 percent of all GRFP applicants nationally receive awards through GRFP, 73% of RGGS student have received such awards through 2013, with two additional honorable mentions. RGGS students also have garnered substantial support for thesis research, with several students being awarded highly competitive NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDIG) in FY 2013, 87% of those who applied. In FY 2013, RGGS saw its first cohort of students in the Ph.D. Program in Comparative Biology successfully defend their doctoral dissertations and move on to prestigious postdoctoral positions or teaching and research jobs at Harvard University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, NYU/AMNH (now at the U.S. Geological Survey), and Columbia University. During FY 2013, students enrolled in the Program also conducted fieldwork in diverse locations such as Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Indonesia, Jamaica, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Solomon Islands, and the United States (including in California, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). The Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics The Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics (SICG) comprises a number of science facilities including several microbial genomics laboratories; the Monell Collection for Molecular and Microbial Research (a frozen tissue repository of DNA and tissue specimens); and a parallel computing facility. It also includes the Museum's Comparative Genomics Research Program. The SICG's research programs are further complemented by education and outreach activities and facilities, including the Sackler Educational Laboratory, that convey critical scientific concepts to diverse audiences. The SICG remained at the forefront of genomic, molecular, and microbial research in FY 2013, supporting approximately 40 graduate students and 12 postdoctoral fellows, while its research programs were complemented by education and outreach activities and facilities, including the Sackler Educational Laboratory, that convey critical scientific concepts to diverse audiences. Working with colleagues at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the New York Botanical Garden, and New York University, SICG scientists have also created the largest genome-based tree of life for seed plants. Their findings plot the evolutionary relationships of 150 different species of plants based on advanced genome-wide analysis of gene structure and function. This approach, called functional phylogenomics, allows scientists to reconstruct the pattern of events that led
Part I, Question 1   to the vast number of plant species we see today and could help identify genes used to improve seed quality for agriculture. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's (CBC) mission is to mitigate critical threats to global biological and cultural diversity by advancing scientific research in diverse ecosystems, strengthening the application of science to conservation practice and public policy, developing professional, institutional, and community capacity for conservation programs, and furthering the Museum's efforts to heighten public understanding and stewardship of biodiversity. In FY 2013, the CBC continued its broad range of programs, from identifying needs for action on the ground to adapting and broadcasting lessons learned around the world-and that serve as models for other organizations. The CBC's projects in the Bahamas, the Solomon Islands, Madagascar, Argentina, Bolivia, Vietnam, Canada, Ukraine, and the Galapagos Islands, as well as on Palmyra Atoll integrate multidisciplinary research and the Museum's collections and technology for collaborative problem solving. Based on the CBC's expertise in developing local projects and programs, it began increasing its impact on a global stage in FY 2013 through various international initiatives. The Center is working with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to develop tools to support the professionalization of the global protected area workforce and with the International Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) on incorporating indigenous and local knowledge into biodiversity assessments. In FY 2013, the CBC also hosted its fourth successful Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York, which welcomed hundreds of graduate students, recent post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals from 28 countries and 25 U.S. states. The conference provided a unique opportunity for researchers at the outset of their careers to present their work before established leaders in the scientific community and in science policy and management. The CBC also hosted the Milstein Science Symposium, Understanding Ecological and Social Resilience in Island Systems: Informing Policy and Sharing Lessons for Management. The Symposium convened over 120 island leaders and managers, policy makers, scientists and researchers, government and NGO representatives, and other conservation practitioners to present and analyze real-world case studies. Expeditions The Museum's research staff continued to sustain and enhance the Museum's reputation as a world-class scientific institution in FY 2013 also through large-scale interdisciplinary expeditions around the world. With field projects in over 30 countries and regions-including Rwanda, Madagascar, Sir Lanka, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Solomon Islands, Canada, Vietnam, Palmyra Island, Bahamas, Cuba, Columbia, South Africa, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, Thailand, Congo Republic, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Nicaragua, Crete, Papua New Guinea, China, Mongolia, Brazil, India, and Indonesia-as well as Antarctica and multiple locations in the United States, Museum researchers enriched the research assets of the Museum and made new discoveries in a wide variety of scientific fields. Southwestern Research Station The Southwestern Research Station, established in 1955, is the Museum's year-round biological field station located in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. Its mission is to provide scientists and educators - from the Museum and other institutions across the country and around the world - the opportunity to participate in research, workshops, and classes in one of the most biologically rich environments in the United States. The Station's facilities include the Osborn Memorial Laboratory complex, which houses a library, insect collection, herbarium, vertebrate collections, and photography lab, as well as a Technical Equipment Laboratory that provides scientists and researchers with on-site tools in support of their work, including microscopic facilities, constant temperature chambers, a chemical hood, precision balances, and centrifuges. Outdoor animal pens and an Animal Behavior Observatory further afford outstanding facilities for behavioral ecology studies. In FY 2013, the Station offered three newly developed workshops for students, science teachers, and lay persons-Ants of the Southwest, Field Herpetology of the Southwest, and The Weevil Course-expanding its total programmatic efforts to 10 science workshops offered annually. Additional educational groups hosted by the Station in FY 2013 included EarthWatch, Kerwin's Ecology from Colorado, AZ Native Plant Society, and Wuster's Herpetology from England. In the spring of 2013, the Station hosted several university and high school classes, including a field ecology class from South Dakota, Fryeburg Academy from Maine, and Amphi Middle School and Tucson High from Tucson, AZ. The Station also continued to increase its involvement in local science conservation by expanding collaborations with federal and state agencies and NGOs. Working closely with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Station initiated an indoor, head-starting program for the threatened Chiricahua Leopard Frogs, a species not recorded in the eastern Chiricahua Mountains in over 10 years. Since the program's inception, over 2,000 tadpoles that hatched from eight egg masses have been released into a pond on station grounds.
Part I, Question 1   EDUCATION Professional Development/Mentoring/Resource Offerings In addition to its MAT program, AMNH has extensive professional development programs that annually train over 4,000 K-12 science teachers, both online and on-site. Many of these programs offer teachers the opportunity to earn certificates of continuing professional education and credits toward advanced degrees in science education through the City University of New York and other universities. In 2013, the Museum offered teachers three massive open online courses (known as MOOCs)-Genetics & Society, The Dynamic Earth, and Evolution, co-authored and co-taught by Ph.D.-level Museum scientists and educators. The Museum is continuing the MOOCs in 2014. Total enrollment to date in the United States and internationally is 54,000 registered students. In FY 2013, the Museum together with the Pinkerton Foundation, an independent grant-making organization, announced the launch of a consortium of five local institutions to expand the Museum's innovative and successful Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP). The SRMP was pioneered by the Museum in 2009 with support from the National Science Foundation and NASA, as an out-of-school approach to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) preparation for high-potential, underserved high school students, to offer opportunities for participation in authentic research alongside a working scientist. In FY 2013, SRMP students' research included studying invertebrates caught off Long Island's North Shore; using computer models to analyze whether long-lived vortices in accretion discs around newborn stars may function as incubators of forming planets; and classifying amphibians and reptiles collected in Vietnam. The 12th-graders among the SRMP program's 2012 and 2013 graduates were accepted into undergraduate programs at institutions such as Barnard College, Brown University, City University of New York, and Columbia University, among others. The Museum also produces a range of educational resource materials, school programs, and curricular materials freely accessible to schools, libraries, and community organizations that foster science literacy in New York City and in other communities throughout the United States. Each year as well, the Urban Advantage program hosts a Science Expo, which allows hundreds of middle school students from all five boroughs of New York City to present their findings from exploration of diverse scientific topics. MAT Program In fiscal year 2011, the New York State Board of Regents selected AMNH to pilot a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program for K-12 science teachers with conferral of the degree by the Board of Regents, the first such program for science teachers to be offered outside a college or university. The MAT program brings the Museum's scientific resources, educational expertise, and exhibitions to bear on the critical need to improve science teaching. In addition to spending a full year gaining real-world classroom experience at partner schools, MAT students learn how to practice science from Museum geologists, astrophysicists, and paleontologists through fieldwork, laboratory investigations, and training in secondary research methods. Graduates of the program who commit to teaching at high-needs public schools in New York State for four years, are also offered two years of formal, early-career professional development and support-a crucial element in helping to retain new teachers. In September 2013, the MAT program graduated its first cohort of 20 new science teachers, all of whom are now teaching in high-needs schools in the New York area. The program is now recruiting its third cohort of new science teachers. Urban Advantage One of the Museum's signature education programs, Urban Advantage, is now in its 10th year. Urban Advantage is a middle-school science-enrichment program developed by the Museum with the NYC Department of Education and operated by the Museum and seven science institutions of New York City. The program has grown to reach 177 schools, 525 teachers, and over 52,000 students throughout all five boroughs of New York City. The program is now being piloted in other urban areas in the United States as well.
Other Educational Programs   The Museum supports childhood education through its Discovery Room, a free, interactive gateway to the Museum for children and their families that offers hands-on science exploration. The Discovery Room provides a variety of labs and sections that represent every major scientific field found in the Museum, from anthropology to paleontology, and provides children up to age 12 with the opportunity to engage with these fields through an array of artifacts and specimens, puzzles, scientific challenges, and guided activities. The Museum's Research Library, in fulfillment of its educational mission, also hosted numerous events and tours for graduate students and professional groups in FY 2013, including the New York Archivists Roundtable and master's-level students from New York University's Palmer School and St. John's University, among many others. In the fall of 2012, the Museum's Library Director published a book, Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library. The illustrated collection of 40 essays by Museum scientists and librarians focused on 40 rare books in the Library's collections. Public Programs and Symposia AMNH further extends the reach of its exhibitions and educational programs through its auxiliary activities. The Museum's after-hours public programs provide the community with access to scientists from research institutes and universities located in the United States and around the world who present their current work and discuss new discoveries and emerging issues in their fields. The Milstein Science Series (which provides afternoon weekend programming on science topics), Museum-hosted popular nature walks in and around Central Park in New York City, and Museum lectures for the public all provide unique and exciting ways for visitors to interact directly with the Museum's staff and learn more about a wide array of scientific and cultural topics. The popular Museum's SciCafe series features informal talks on current topics in science, stories from the field, and conversation. The series draws on the unique expertise of the Museum's staff of over 200 active scientists and their vast network of colleagues across the globe. Past SciCafe topics have included hunting for viruses, using snake venom to combat cancer, and deep sea exploration. 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 on major issues. The Museum's annual Margaret Mead Film Festival-the preeminent showcase for contemporary cultural storytelling - features films, live performances, and participatory conversations to celebrate the diversity of peoples and cultures from around the world and offers intimate forums for discussion with filmmakers, film subjects, and world-renowned scholars. EXHIBITION The updating of its permanent exhibition halls also remains a priority for the Museum. In FY 2013 it completed its extensive restoration and conservation of the historic dioramas in the Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals as well as full scale restoration of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall exhibitions. The Museum also continued to produce, enhance, and travel its award-winning exhibitions in FY 2013. Newly introduced in FY 2013, the exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture explored the complex and intricate food system that brings what we eat from farm to fork and illuminates the myriad ways in which food is produced and consumed throughout the world. Our Global Kitchen went on to win several awards including recognition in Justified, the American Institute of Graphic Arts' annual design
Other Educational Programs   competition; a HOW Design Magazine InHOWse Design Award of Merit; and an American Inhouse Design Award for Exhibition Design as well as an American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA. Whales: Giants of the Deep, an exhibition on loan from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and enhanced by the Museum's Exhibition Department , also opened in FY13, exploring the latest in international research on whales, dolphins, and porpoises; examining the history of whaling in New Zealand; and showcasing selected fossils and cultural objects from AMNH collections. Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence continued its run at the Museum in FY13, taking visitors to such fascinating places as the far depths of the ocean, explaining why and how certain animals create living light, and helping us all better understand the vast and glorious ecosystem of which we are just a part. It garnered a Webby Award nomination from the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences; an American Web Design Award from Graphic Design USA for its accompanying Nature's Bioluminescence iPad Application; and an Honorable Mention MUSE Award - Mobile Applications from the American Alliance of Museums. It also was a finalist for the International Design Excellence Award, Museum Environment given by the Industrial Designers Society of America. And Spiders Alive! offered visitors the opportunity to see numerous live specimens of arachnids and features an area staffed with explainers where visitors can interact with live spiders. Spiders Alive! also received a HOW Design Magazine InHOWse Design Award of Merit as well as an American Inhouse Design Award for Exhibition Design and an American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA. In addition to those listed above, exhibitions on display at the Museum or travelling to other venues include the following: -Lizards & Snakes Alive! introduces audiences to squamates-legged and legless lizards, including snakes-using live animals, real and cast fossils, extensive multimedia, hands-on interactives, and an activity area designed specifically for young visitors. -Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration transports visitors to the moon, asteroids, Mars, and beyond through fully immersive environments, models, and engaging interactives. It allows visitors to find out what experts think the future will hold for us beyond planet Earth. -Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence takes visitors to such fascinating places as the far depths of the ocean, explains why and how certain animals create living light, and helps us all better understand the vast and glorious ecosystem of which we are just a part. -World's Largest Dinosaurs reveals 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 provides visitors with the latest information in neuroscience, highlighting the brain's surprising ability to rewire itself in response to experience, disability, or trauma. It also showcases 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 focuses on the unique challenges that confronted two competing explorers-Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Captain Robert Falcon Scott of the British Royal Navy-as they undertook their 1,800-mile journeys from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf to the South Pole and back in 1911-1912. The exhibition also examines the legacy of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration by linking these expeditions with past and present research on this unique continent. -Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World brings to life the most celebrated trade route in human history through evocative sights, sounds, and artifacts. Visitors embark on an unparalleled
Other Educational Programs   journey exploring commerce, communication, and cultural exchange in cities and empires of Central and West Asia from AD 600 to 1200. -The Butterfly Conservatory: Butterflies Alive in Winter is a live animal exhibit that 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 and contributed to major changes in warfare, trade, transportation, agriculture, sports, and many other facets of human life. -Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future describes the scientific evidence for climate change and its possible impact and various options for using alternative sources of energy. -Water: H2O=Life illuminates the challenges of humanity's sustainable management and use of a life-giving, but finite, resource: water. -Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids traces the cultural and natural history roots of the world's most captivating mythological creatures. -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. -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. -Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas is an adapted, small-scale (1,500 sq. ft.) version of the Museum's full-scale exhibition Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries, and suitable for travel to venues with smaller exhibition galleries and budgets. -Einstein profiles this extraordinary scientific genius through 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. -Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time explores the surprising and extraordinary world of extinct and living mammals, ranging from huge to tiny, from speedy to sloth-like, and displays animals with oversized claws, fangs, snouts, and horns. In all, the Museum's exhibitions-both permanent and temporary-engage a global audience through the latest technology and design approaches, showcase the Museum's unparalleled collections, and stimulate visitors' curiosity and understanding of the world around them. DIGITAL MEDIA The Museum maintains a dynamic, leading-edge digital media presence, employing technology and computation in its scientific research, educational offerings, and exhibitions. At the core of the Museum's public-facing digital media efforts is its website, which offers online ticketing and Museum information services, membership materials, extensive coverage of and companion material for the Museum's permanent and temporary exhibitions, detailed information concerning the Museum's diverse research efforts and educational resources such as online professional development courses for teachers, student activities and lessons, and much more. The backbone of the Museum's digital presence is its first-ever, enterprise-wide content management system, developed in FY 2013. The CMS organizes the Museum's vast and rich content, facilitates content editing and publication, and increases the capacity for content creation across the Museum. The CMS also provides a foundation for future digital initiatives including web, mobile, and tablet applications as well as onsite digital signage. The Museum further expanded the audience for its exhibitions, research, and educational endeavors via new and dynamic digital media platforms. In FY 2013, the Museum built upon its growing library of mobile content by introducing a companion app to celebrate the re-opening of the restored Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals. The app features interactive animations, stunning images of
Other Educational Programs   the hall's celebrated dioramas, archival photos, behind-the-scenes videos, and current-science commentary from the curator. The Museum also expanded interactive pieces of special exhibits to other digital platforms, including web- and mobile-based platforms as well as on-site digital media offerings. For example, the Museum launched an online, interactive version of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall timeline that is currently on display in-gallery, broadening access and interest in Theodore Roosevelt's life and legacy via the Museum's website, www.amnh.org. The Museum also continued to leverage its social media platforms to engage the public with science, including exhibition-based social media events, access to curators and experts via online chats and live presentations, and ongoing dissemination of Museum research. In FY 2013, the Museum streamed a variety of live video content on its website, and paired that content with parallel Twitter feeds to encourage audience engagement with Museum programming, exhibitions, and research. Live-streamed content covered a wide range of programs, including the 14th annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. The debate, titled The Existence of Nothing, touched upon topics including quantum mechanics, calculus, and cosmology. To further improve the quality and quantity of the Museum's digital media offerings, the Museum re-designed its website in FY 2013. The website features a modern visual look as well as improved navigation and content access. The Museum also undertook the important task of selecting and implementing its first-ever enterprise-wide content management system (CMS) to organize the Museum's vast and rich digital content, facilitate editing and publication of content, and increase the capacity for content creation across the Museum. The CMS provides the foundation for future digital initiatives including additional web, mobile, and tablet applications, as well as on-site digital signage at the Museum. CONCLUSION In FY 2013, the Museum sustained momentum and growth in all of its program areas of science, education, and exhibition while maintaining and enhancing its physical facilities and improving its financial foundation in an uncertain external environment. Through a broad institutional strategic planning effort, which included its Board of Trustees and staff, the Museum continued to advance the reach and impact of its mission in the 21st century, a period of great and rapid transformation in science, education, and technology.
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 VI, Section B, Question 11A THE RETURN IS INITIATED BY THE MUSEUM'S OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER AND REVIEWED BY RELEVANT OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM, INCLUDING ITS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND its LEGAL COUNSEL, AND then PREPARED AND FILED BY THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM OF GRANT THORNTON. THE RETURN IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. THE IRS.
PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 12C   THE MUSEUM ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTES TO ITS TRUSTEES THE MUSEUM'S CODE OF ETHICAL PRACTICES AS WELL AS THE MUSEUM'S 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 MUSEUM'S 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 MUSEUM'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE, LOCATED AT WWW.AMNH.ORG/ABOUT. Part XI, Question 9 CHANGE IN VALUE OF INTEREST RATE EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS OF $19,240,783, AND OTHER PENSION RELATED ACTIVITIES OF $28,193,040 EQUALS $47,433,823.
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SCHEDULE R
(Form 990)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Related Organizations and Unrelated Partnerships
MediumBulletComplete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 33, 34, 35, 36, or 37.
MediumBulletAttach to Form 990. MediumBullet See separate instructions.

OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
American Museum of Natural History
 
Employer identification number

13-6162659
Part I
Identification of Disregarded Entities (Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 33.)
(a)
Name, address, and EIN (if applicable) of disregarded entity


(b)
Primary activity


 		(c)
Legal domicile (state
or foreign country)

 		(d)
Total income


 		(e)
End-of-year assets


 		(f)
Direct controlling
entity










Part II
Identification of Related Tax-Exempt Organizations (Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 34 because it had one or more related tax-exempt organizations during the tax year.)
(a)
Name, address, and EIN of related organization


(b)
Primary activity


 		(c)
Legal domicile (state
or foreign country)

 		(d)
Exempt Code section


 		(e)
Public charity status
(if section 501(c)(3))

 		(f)
Direct controlling
entity

 		(g)
Section 512(b)(13) controlled entity?
Yes No
(1) Amer Mus Natl Hist Planetarium Authority

Central Park West at 79th Street

New York,NY10024
13-1628143 		See Part VII NY 501(C)3 9 NA
 
Yes
 












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Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
Page 2
Part III
Identification of Related Organizations Taxable as a Partnership (Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 34 because it had one or more related organizations treated as a partnership during the tax year.)
(a)
Name, address, and EIN of
related organization



 		(b)
Primary activity




 		(c)
Legal
domicile
(state or foreign
country)


 		(d)
Direct controlling
entity



 		(e)
Predominant income(related, unrelated, excluded from tax under sections 512-514)

(f)
Share of total income




 		(g)
Share of end-of-year
assets



 		(h)
Disproprtionate allocations?




 		(i)
Code V—UBI
amount in box 20 of
Schedule K-1
(Form 1065)
 		(j)
General or
managing
partner?



 		(k)
Percentage
ownership
Yes No Yes No












Part IV
Identification of Related Organizations Taxable as a Corporation or Trust (Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 34 because it had one or more related organizations treated as a corporation or trust during the tax year.)
(a)
Name, address, and EIN of
related organization
 		(b)
Primary activity
 		(c)
Legal
domicile
(state or foreign
country)
 		(d)
Direct controlling
entity
 		(e)
Type of entity
(C corp, S corp,
or trust) 		(f)
Share of total income
 		(g)
Share of end-of-year
assets
 		(h)
Percentage
ownership
 		(i)
Section 512(b)(13) controlled entity?
Yes No












Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
Page 3
Part V
Transactions With Related Organizations (Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 34, 35b, or 36.)
Note. Complete line 1 if any entity is listed in Parts II, III, or IV of this schedule.
Yes
No
1 During the tax year, did the orgranization engage in any of the following transactions with one or more related organizations listed in Parts II-IV?
a Receipt of (i) interest (ii) annuities (iii) royalties or (iv) rent from a controlled entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1a
 
No
b Gift, grant, or capital contribution to related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1b
Yes
 
c Gift, grant, or capital contribution from related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1c
 
No
d Loans or loan guarantees to or for related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1d
 
No
e Loans or loan guarantees by related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1e
 
No
f Dividends from related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1f
 
No
g Sale of assets to related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1g
 
No
h Purchase of assets from related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1h
 
No
i Exchange of assets with related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1i
 
No
j Lease of facilities, equipment, or other assets to related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1j
 
No
k Lease of facilities, equipment, or other assets from related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1k
Yes
 
l Performance of services or membership or fundraising solicitations for related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1l
Yes
 
m Performance of services or membership or fundraising solicitations by related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1m
 
No
n Sharing of facilities, equipment, mailing lists, or other assets with related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1n
 
No
o Sharing of paid employees with related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1o
 
No
p Reimbursement paid to related organization(s) for expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1p
 
No
q Reimbursement paid by related organization(s) for expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1q
 
No
r Other transfer of cash or property to related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1r
 
No
s Other transfer of cash or property from related organization(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1s
 
No
2
If the answer to any of the above is "Yes," see the instructions for information on who must complete this line, including covered relationships and transaction thresholds.
(a)
Name of other organization 		(b)
Transaction
type (a-s) 		(c)
Amount involved 		(d)
Method of determining amount involved
(1) AMER MUS NATL HIST PLANETARIUM AUTHORITY

 B, K, 1,457,065 Cost





Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
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Part VI
Unrelated Organizations Taxable as a Partnership (Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 37.)
Provide the following information for each entity taxed as a partnership through which the organization conducted more than five percent of its activities (measured by total assets or gross revenue) that was not a related organization. See instructions regarding exclusion for certain investment partnerships.
(a)
Name, address, and EIN of entity 		(b)
Primary activity 		(c)
Legal domicile
(state or foreign
country) 		(d)
Predominant income (related, unrelated, excluded from tax under section 512-514)

(e)
Are all partners
section
501(c)(3)
organizations? 		(f)
Share of total income




 		(g)
Share of
end-of-year
assets 		(h)
Disproprtionate allocations? 		(i)
Code V—UBI
amount in box 20
of Schedule K-1
(Form 1065) 		(j)
General or
managing
partner? 		(k)
Percentage
ownership
Yes No Yes No Yes No






























Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
Schedule R (Form 990) 2012
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Part VII
Supplemental Information
Complete this part to provide additional information for responses to questions on Schedule R (see instructions).
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
SCH R, Part II   AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PLANETARIUM AUTHORITY'S PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE STUDY OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE AND TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF KINDRED SUBJECTS.

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