Museum of American Finance
Museum of American Finance
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About this organization
Mission
The Museum of American Finance is dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. A Smithsonian Affiliate, the nation's only finance museum strives to increase the public's understanding of the power and value of finance. The Museum promotes financial education through original and inventive exhibits, a highly-regarded lecture/symposia series, innovative education programs for elementary through graduate level students, a world-class collection of financial documents and artifacts and its quarterly publication, Financial History. From investment basics to Bitcoin and beyond, the Museum educates the public about what drives the capital markets to bring perspective to the financial and economic challenges of tomorrow.
About
Collection and exhibition programs: In 2018, the museum vacated its former building at 48 Wall Street due to a flood in its space in January 2018. None of the collections were damaged, and the 10,000+ objects in its care were immediately moved to a climate-controlled art storage facility in Queens, New York. Since then, the museum has installed temporary displays and exhibits in a variety of public and private spaces in New York City and beyond. In 2018, the largest of these was 'Out of the Vault,' a traveling exhibition of more than 40 highlights from its permanent collection, which was on view at the Schwab Impact 2018 conference in Washington, DC. 'Out of the Vault' showcased some of the most unique, interesting and historical artifacts in the museum's collection, many of which had never before been on public display.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission is outlined in the filing as being “The mission of the museum of american finance is to create public benefit through the acquisition, preservation and display of financial objects and information, showcasing the breadth, importance and richness of american financial history and providing a deeper understanding of financial markets and the nation's economy.”.
When outlining its responsibilities, they were referred to as: “The museum has a combination of permanent and changing exhibits that focus on aspects of the world of finance. one major exhibit presents the financial markets- separate media towers on the stock market, the bond market and commodities. the exhibit on banking includes a section on the history of the central bank. the "money" gallery depicts the history of currency in north america over the past 400 years, from a beaver pelt and wampum to the $1,000 bill. we also have a gallery devoted to alexander hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury, who established the national debt to pay for the revolutionary war. in 2008 we opened a changing exhibit on the development of stock trading, entitled "trading on the street." it included the original buttonwood agreement from 1792 - the first agreement between traders that founded the nyse.”.
- The state in which the non-profit operates has been officially reported as NY.
- The filing reveals the non-profit's address in 2020 to be 25 BROADWAY 5TH FL, NEW YORK, NY, 10004.
- As per the non-profit's form for 2020, they have 13 employees on their payroll.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $742,230.
- The organization has 31 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1982.
- The organization pays $1,327,876 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $269,179 in fundraising expenses.
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