American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is a public charity based in New York, New York. Founded in 1869, it conducts scientific research and education and operates exhibitions and public programs focused on human cultures, the natural world, and the universe.
American Museum of Natural History at a glance
In short: American Museum of Natural History gave $4.3M across 23 grants in 2025 (avg $188K), mostly in New York. 13% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $4,324,481
- +83.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 23
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $188,021
- +83.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $73,000
- Total assets
- $1,675,751,473
- +3.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 13% first-time grantees (3 of 23, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New York (78% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to American Museum of Natural History
- Contact
Mailing address: Central Park West At 79Th St, New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 769-5130
Website: https://amnh.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
12 open opportunities from American Museum of Natural History
AMNH Collection Study Grants
American Museum of Natural History
Amount
US $500 - US $1,500
Deadline
Deadline not published
AMNH: Maxwell/Hanrahan Travel Award Grant
American Museum of Natural History
Amount
Up to US $2,500
Deadline
Deadline not published
AMNH: Sydney Anderson Travel Award
American Museum of Natural History
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who American Museum of Natural History funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was American Museum of Natural History PA ($1.9M). Together the top 10 received $3.7M.
Grant Size Distribution
109 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 56 grants of 109 (51%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 grant dollars were concentrated in New York State, which received 78% of the total. Massachusetts received 5%, Utah 4%, New Jersey 3%, and California 2%. The Museum’s research grant descriptions also specify different geographic or subject scopes: Chapman support is for ornithological research anywhere in the world, while Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grants concern North American fauna.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 23 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is American Museum of Natural History open to new grantees?
13%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 3 of 23 grantees (13%) were first-time recipients. With only 23 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. First grants averaged $103K; repeat grants $201K. How we count
Medians: $100K first-time, $68K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.3M (2021) to $4.3M (2025). In 2025 it made 23 grants totaling $4.3M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Museum of Natural History PA New York, NY | Maintain Planetarium | $1,896,213 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo Bronx, NY | Urban Advantage | $440,673 |
| New York University New York, NY | Collab Research | $431,298 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | Collab Research | $189,909 |
| New York Hall of Science Corona, NY | Urban Advantage | $170,925 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | Collab Research | $154,676 |
| Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Collab Research | $143,893 |
| Friends of Roosevelt Park New York, NY | — | $99,965 |
| California Academy of Sciences San Fran, CA | Collab Research | $90,747 |
| Staten Island Zoo Staten Island, NY | Urban Advantage | $82,655 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The grant counts were 23 in 2025, 23 in 2024, and 22 in 2023. The Museum’s 2024 filing states that its endowment includes donor-restricted and board-designated funds, invested under board oversight and used to support operating, capital, and other activities.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,675,751,473 | $246,764,235 | $278,576,256 | $4,324,481 | 23 | $50,655,515 |
| 2024 | $1,617,532,604 | $237,074,999 | $258,168,058 | $2,356,368 | 23 | $56,144,845 |
| 2023 | $1,643,728,765 | $228,656,406 | $227,654,071 | $2,778,364 | 22 | $23,814,714 |
| 2022 | $1,619,084,148 | $228,285,796 | $201,740,478 | $1,734,463 | 22 | $70,921,525 |
| 2021 | $1,796,362,085 | $199,552,593 | $189,164,480 | $1,265,949 | 19 | $56,021,615 |
| 2020 | $1,531,677,996 | $198,055,556 | $210,518,219 | $1,540,518 | 19 | $40,308,337 |
| 2019 | $1,463,861,838 | $219,056,859 | $214,965,835 | $1,867,693 | 20 | $41,647,008 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Museum’s mission is “to discover, interpret, and disseminate—through scientific research and education—knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe.” Its own filing describes programs in science, education and public programs, and exhibitions.
The Museum’s website describes research awards in several areas. The Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund supports ornithological research worldwide, with priority for fundamental questions in evolutionary ornithological science, particularly specimen-based projects. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grants support research in wildlife conservation or related fields of North American fauna, while Lerner-Gray Fund grants support field-oriented research on marine animals, including systematics, evolution, ecology, and behavior.
Some 2025 grantees’ stated missions illustrate the kinds of organizations receiving support. The Wildlife Conservation Society says it works to save wildlife and wild places through science, conservation action, and education. New York Hall of Science says it nurtures learners and critical thinkers through research-rooted STEM learning experiences. MIT describes its mission as advancing knowledge and educating students in science and other areas of scholarship. These are the grantees’ own descriptions, not statements of the Museum’s mission.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Museum reported 23 grants totaling $4,324,481. The grants ranged from $11,811 to $1,896,213, with a median of $73,000. The largest listed grants included $1,896,213 to American Museum of Natural History PA for maintaining the planetarium; $440,673 to Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo for Urban Advantage; and $431,298 to New York University for collaborative research. Other listed recipients included the University of Utah ($189,909), New York Hall of Science ($170,925 for Urban Advantage), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($154,676 for collaborative research).
The Museum’s website describes research awards for advanced students, postdoctoral trainees, and early-career researchers. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and Lerner-Gray grants generally provide $1,000–$3,500 in seed funding for eligible fieldwork costs; their guidance generally excludes salary, overhead, and permanent research equipment. Chapman Research Grants typically range from $1,000–$3,500 and support graduate students’ research expenses; salaries and stipends are not funded. The Chapman page lists a November 30, 2026 submission deadline, with awards to be announced by April 2, 2027. Collection Study Grants have two annual deadlines, January 15 and July 15.
The Maxwell/Hanrahan Travel Award is described as supporting travel costs for Richard Gilder Graduate School Comparative Biology Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers, with awards up to $2,500. The Sydney Anderson Travel Award is described as supporting two RGGS Comparative Biology Ph.D. students annually, with awards up to $2,500; the supplied program information says applications are currently closed. These awards are for the Museum’s own students and researchers, rather than outside applicants.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Sean M. Decatur as president and ex officio trustee. Other listed officers and directors include Lisa Gugenheim, director of the Museum (listed with an end date of June 30, 2024); Michael Novacek, curator and former senior vice president and provost; Ward C. Wheeler, curator; Anne Canty, senior vice president of communications and marketing; Cheryl Hayashi, senior vice president and provost; Daniel Stoddard, acting senior vice president, CFO and CIO; John Flynn, dean of the Graduate School and curator; Juan Montes, chief information officer; and Richard A. Madonna, senior vice president and CFO (listed with an end date of March 3, 2025).
American Museum of Natural History is led by Sean M. Decatur, President & Executive Officio Trustee since 2025 (on filings since 2023); 19 of 70 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sean M. Decatur
President & Executive Officio Trustee
President-Start → President, 2024
President → President & Executive Officio Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2023
55 hrs/week
$719K (2024) → $1.2M (2025)
Scott L Bok
Chairman
Trustee → Chairman-Start, 2022
Chairman-Start → Chairman, 2023
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Gugenheim
Director of the Mus.
Senior Vice President Inst Adva, Strat Plan & Edu → Director of the Museum, 2022
Director of the Museum → Director of the Mus., 2025
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$519K (2019) → $1.7M (2025)
Alexandra Mondre
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl C Effron
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christine A Varney
Secretary Trustee
Secretary → Secretary Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Kellen
Trustee
Trustee - Start → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edwin H Morgens
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John T Lykouretzos
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph H Gleberman
Trustee
Trustee- → Trustee-Start, 2022
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katheryn P Kempner
Trustee
Trustee - Start → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Keith Meister
Trustee
Trustee - Start → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth L Wallach
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura B Whitman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lorne Michaels
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marlene Hess
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter J Solomon
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard E Jaffe
Trustee
Trustee - Start → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Roger Juan Maldonado
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Theodore Roosevelt IV
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tina Fey
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Simkowitz
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amabel B James
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ann Tisch
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Judy Francis Zankel
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lois Chiles
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adrienne E Adams
Executive Officio Trustee
Executive Officer Trustee-Start → Executive Officio Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brad Lander
Executive Officio Trustee
Executive Officer Trustee-Start → Executive Officio Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David C Banks
Executive Officer Trustee
Executive Officer Trustee-Start → Executive Officio Trustee, 2023
Executive Officio Trustee → Executive Officer Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Adams
Executive Officio Trustee
Executive Officer Trustee-Start → Executive Officio Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Georgina Bloomberg
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laurie A Cumbo
Executive Officio Trustee
Executive Officer Trustee-Start → Executive Officio Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Levine
Executive Officio Trustee
Executive Officer Trustee-Start → Executive Officio Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nanar Yoseloff
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peggy Hamburg
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Donoghue
Executive Officio Trustee
Executive Officer Trustee-Start → Executive Officio Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dana Springer
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William R Hearst III
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ben Gottesman
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shawn Levy
Trustee
Trustee-Start → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alondra Nelson
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Crawford
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hallie Nath
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa
Executive Officio Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Liz Perlman
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Aviles-Ramos
Executive Officer Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Canty
Senior Vice President Communications & Marketing
Senior Vice President Communications & Marketin → Senior Vice President Communications & Marketing, 2020
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$370K (2019) → $461K (2025)
Daniel Stoddard
Acting Senior Vice President CFO & CIO
Acting Senior Vice President & Cfo- → Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, 2024
Vice President & Chief Investment Officer → Acting Senior Vice President CFO & CIO, 2025
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$401K (2019) → $480K (2025)
Jacqueline Powers
Assistant Secretary
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$204K (2019) → $156K (2025)
John Flynn
Dean of Grad School & Curator
Dean of Graduate School → Dean of Grad School & Curator, 2020
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$370K (2019) → $456K (2025)
Juan Montes
Chief Information Officer
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$354K (2019) → $438K (2025)
Michael Novacek
Curator
Senior Vice President & Provost → Senior Adv to the President & Curator, 2022
Senior Adv to the President & Curator → Curator, 2025
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$549K (2019) → $789K (2025)
Cheryl Hayashi
Senior Vice President & Provost
On filings since 2022
45 hrs/week
$299K (2022) → $478K (2025)
Ward C. Wheeler
Curator
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$355K (2022) → $536K (2025)
Rhea Gordon
Senior Vice President General Counsel & Secretary
Senior Vice President & General Couns-St → Senior Vice President & General Counsel, 2024
Senior Vice President & General Counsel → Senior Vice President General Counsel & Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
45 hrs/week
$292K (2023) → $418K (2025)
Richard A. Madonna
Senior Vice President & Cfo-
Senior Vice President & Cfo- Start → Senior Vice President & CFO, 2024
Senior Vice President & CFO → Senior Vice President & Cfo-, 2025
On filings since 2023
45 hrs/week
$252K (2023) → $485K (2025)
Kala Harinarayanan
Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$419K (2024) → $365K (2025)
Lauri Halderman
Senior Vice President for Exhib
Senior Vice President for Exhibiiton → Senior Vice President for Exhib, 2025
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$316K (2024) → $341K (2025)
Amy Sonnenborn
Senior Vice President Chief Adv Officer
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$413K (2025)
Carol Tang
Senior Vice President Learning
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$140K (2025)
Daniel Slippen
Senior Vice President Gov Rel & Committee Engt
New on the 2025 filing
37 hrs/week
$382K (2025)
Jennifer OBUS
Assistant Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$224K (2025)
Mariet Morgan
Vice President Education
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$375K (2025)
Christopher C. Davis
Vice Chairman
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John King Jr.
Vice Chairman
Trustee - Start → Trustee, 2020
Trustee → Vice Chairman, 2021
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Linda R Macaulay
Vice Chariman
Vice Chairman → Vice Chariman, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raymond J McGuire
Treasurer
Trustee- → Treasurer-Start, 2022
Treasurer-Start → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roberto A Mignone
Vice Chairman
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Theodore A Mathas
Vice Chairman
Treasurer → Vice Chairman-Start, 2022
Vice Chairman-Start → Vice Chairman, 2023
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Valerie S Peltier
Vice Chairman
Trustee → Vice Chairman-Start, 2022
Vice Chairman-Start → Vice Chairman, 2023
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (47)
- Former: Ann Siegel (2019–2024) — Senior Vice President Ops & Cap-
- Former: Ellen V. Futter (2019–2024) — President-
- Former: Jackie Bezos (2019–2024) — Co-Chairman-
- Former: Michael Shara (2019–2024) — Curator
- Former: Nancy B Fessenden (2019–2024) — Trustee-
- Former: Sheree Carter-Galvan (2019–2024) — Senior Vice President & General Counsel-
- Former: Victor Marrero (2019–2024) — Trustee-
- Former: Stephanie D Wilson (2020–2024) — Trustee-
- Former: Milton Yuen (2024) — Controller-
- Former: Anna Deavere Smith (2019–2023) — Trustee-
- Former: David S Gottesman (2019–2023) — Vice Chair-
- Former: Ellen Gallagher (2019–2023) — Special Advisor-
- Former: Kathryn Harrison (2019–2023) — Trustee-
- Former: Richard S LeFrak (2019–2023) — Vice Chairman-
- Former: Shaiza Rizavi (2019–2023) — Trustee-
- Former: Tom Brokaw (2019–2023) — Trustee-
- Former: Virginia Hearst Randt (2019–2023) — Trustee-
- Former: Mary Schmidt Campbell (2022–2023) — Trustee-
- Former: Robert Desalle (2023) — Curator
- Former: Bill de Blasio (2019–2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Charles H Mott (2019–2022) — Trustee-
- Former: Christopher Redlich (2019–2022) — Trustee-
- Former: Corey Johnson (2019–2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Gale A Brewer (2019–2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Lewis W Bernard (2019–2022) — Chairman-
- Former: Scott M Stringer (2019–2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Gonzalo Casals (2020–2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Mark A. Norell (2020–2022) — Curator
- Former: Meisha Porter (2021–2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Gabrielle Fialkoff (2022) — Executive Officer Trust.-
- Former: Liam Kavanaugh (2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Margaret Nelson (2022) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Tracey Bessellieu (2022) — Special Advisor for Dei
- Former: David Thomas (2019–2021) — Curator
- Former: Louis V Gerstner Jr. (2019–2021) — Vice Chairman-
- Former: Margaret Hamburg (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Mitchell J Silver (2019–2021) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Richard A. Carranza (2019–2021) — Executive Officio Trustee-
- Former: Daniel Scheiner (2021) — Vice President Human Resources
- Former: Ross Macphee (2021) — Curator
- Former: Lonnie G Bunch III (2019–2020) — Trustee-
- Former: Rebekah Mercer (2019–2020) — Trustee -
- Former: Richard Gilder (2019–2020) — Trustee-
- Former: Tamsen Ann Ziff (2019–2020) — Trustee-
- Former: Tom Finkelpearl (2019–2020) — Executive Officer Trustee-
- Former: Gerald Singer (2019) — Senior Vice President & General Counsel · Filing note: Ended 123117
- Former: Helene L. Kaplan (2019) — Trustee -
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.7M, to Lisa Gugenheim (DIR. of the Mus. (End 6/30/24)). 19 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about American Museum of Natural History
How much does American Museum of Natural History give each year?
American Museum of Natural History gave $4.3M across 23 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.4M across 23 grants.
What is American Museum of Natural History's typical grant size?
American Museum of Natural History's median grant in 2025 was $73,000, and its average grant was $188,021, across 23 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from American Museum of Natural History that year got $103K on average.
Where does American Museum of Natural History give grants?
American Museum of Natural History gives mostly in New York: 78% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Massachusetts (5%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (3 grants) and Bronx, NY (2 grants).
Does American Museum of Natural History give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 21 grants with a stated purpose on American Museum of Natural History's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Collab Research" (14 grants) and "Urban Advantage" (6 grants).
Who are American Museum of Natural History's largest grantees?
American Museum of Natural History's largest 2025 grantees include American Museum of Natural History PA ($1,896,213), Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo ($440,673) and New York University ($431,298), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 64% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is American Museum of Natural History?
American Museum of Natural History reported $1.7B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $246.8M.
What does American Museum of Natural History fund?
The Museum’s mission is “to discover, interpret, and disseminate—through scientific research and education—knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe.” Its own filing describes programs in science, education and public programs, and exhibitions. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from American Museum of Natural History?
American Museum of Natural History has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check amnh.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is American Museum of Natural History's EIN?
American Museum of Natural History's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-6162659. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 1, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 27, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
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Trustees of Boston University
Boston, MA
The Trustees of Boston University funds university research and related academic, health, and campus programs, including work in neuroscience, clean energy, sustainability, health care delivery, and global health. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,092 to $5.34 million, with a median of $125,223; funding was concentrated in Massachusetts and California. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.
Assets
$9.3B
Grants
268
Total Given
$109.8M
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Grantable. (2026). American Museum of Natural History funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/american-museum-of-natural-history-morg_064689e12c6f4c99b4ad7fab15b699f9
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