| FORM 990, PART I, ITEM K, OTHER ORGANIZATION TYPE: |
INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT |
| FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION: |
CHARTERED BY A UNANIMOUS ACT OF CONGRESS, THE MUSEUM IS AMERICA'S NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE DOCUMENTATION, STUDY, INTERPRETATION, AND EDUCATION OF HOLOCAUST HISTORY AND SERVES AS OUR COUNTRY'S MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST. WITH UNIQUE POWER AND AUTHENTICITY, THE MUSEUM REACHES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR INSPIRING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING THAT THE UNTHINKABLE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE AND THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE MORE POWER THAN THEY REALIZE. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT: |
DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION: Chartered by a unanimous act of Congress, the Museum is America's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of Holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims-six million were murdered. The Nazis also targeted Roma, people with disabilities, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, gay men, Jehovah's Witnesses, and others for racial or political reasons. The Museum strives to help people from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds understand not only what happened in the Holocaust, but how and why it happened. We hope to stimulate self-reflection on Holocaust history and critical thinking about one's own roles and responsibilities in society today. Holocaust history provides powerful lessons in the fragility of democracy, the nature of hate, and the consequences of inaction. With the rise of antisemitism, racism, and Holocaust denial and distortion- all exacerbated by conspiracy theories- these lessons are particularly relevant to our times. Since opening in 1993, the Museum has welcomed over 47 million visitors, including more than 100 heads of state and millions of schoolchildren. As part of our multiple digital engagement efforts to raise public awareness about the Holocaust, our online Holocaust Encyclopedia, one of the world's leading online authorities on the Holocaust, is available in 19 languages and was visited by 25 million people worldwide in 2022. The Museum's William Levine Family Institute for Holocaust Education aims to be a world leader advancing the relevance of the Holocaust to new generations through: onsite, traveling, and online exhibitions; the creation of multimedia educational resources for teachers and students; and a variety of in-person and virtual programs for students, educators, and the general public. The Museum also works closely with key segments of society who are responsible for safeguarding democracy, such as law enforcement, the military, and the judiciary. By studying the role of their own profession before and during the Holocaust, these professionals gain insight into their own responsibilities today. Our David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation holds the world's most comprehensive collection of Holocaust-related material in our newly constructed David and Fela Shapell Family Collections, Conservation and Research Center. Building, preserving and making the collection fully accessible online is essential for our goal of advancing academic research, education, and public awareness. At a time when the truth of the Holocaust is under assault, the collection is the authentic evidence of the crime and one of our most powerful educational tools. Almost 80 years after the end of the Holocaust, the Museum is still acquiring new collections in the US from World War II liberators of the camps and survivors (and their families) as well as in Europe. Securing the continued vitality of Holocaust scholarship is the purpose of our Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. The Mandel Center hosts visiting fellows from all over the world to do original research in our collections and produces a range of publications and programs for faculty and students as well as emerging and experienced scholars in various disciplines in order to help generate new knowledge about the Holocaust and strengthen the field of Holocaust scholarship. The Simon-Skojdt Center for the Prevention of Genocide strives to do for victims of genocide today what was not done for the Jews of Europe. It works to make the prevention of genocide and related crimes against humanity a national and international priority through research, education, and outreach to the public and policy makers. The Simon-Skjodt Center, which serves as a trusted, nonpartisan resource and partner to a range of government officials in both the executive and legislative branches, has focused in recent years on: the Syrian regime's crimes against its citizens; the Burmese military's genocide and continuing crimes against the Rohingya minority; and the Chinese government's crimes against humanity and possible genocide of its Uighur minority. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A: |
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICES: A FEDERALLY CHARTERED, NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM SERVES AS AMERICA'S NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THE PERMANENCE OF HOLOCAUST MEMORY, UNDERSTANDING AND RELEVANCE. THROUGH THE POWER OF HOLOCAUST HISTORY, THE MUSEUM CHALLENGES LEADERS AND INDIVIDUALS TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN SOCIETY AND TO CONFRONT ANTISEMITISM AND OTHER FORMS OF HATE, PREVENT GENOCIDE, AND PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2: |
ALLAN HOLT AND DAVID MARCHICK HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B: |
THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE MUSEUM'S INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, BDO USA, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MUSEUM'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE DRAFT 990 IS REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY THE MUSEUM'S INTERNAL AUDITOR, ITS GENERAL COUNSEL, ITS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR. A HARD COPY OF THE DRAFT FORM 990 IS THEN MAILED TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WITH A COVER LETTER STATING THE DATE THE FORM WILL BE FILED WITH THE IRS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: |
Each Council Member is given a copy of the conflicts of interest and ethics policy and they are required to sign an annual compliance statement that confirms they have read the policy and agree to comply with its provisions. The Council's General Counsel ascertains that each Council Member has signed and submitted an annual compliance statement and reports to the Executive Committee whether any actual or potential conflicts of interest are disclosed therein. Key staff members, office heads, contracting officials, and other staff members who have fiduciary responsibility and are selected by the Museum's General Counsel are required to annually complete and submit a confidential financial disclosure report. The reports are reviewed by the Museum's General Counsel for any actual or potential conflicts of interest and, where found, corrective measures will be required. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A & 15B: |
LINE 15A: The Director of the Museum is the Chief Executive Officer of the Museum. The Director is appointed by the Chairperson of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, subject to confirmation of the Council. In 2007, an outside consulting firm was retained to assist the Council in determining the appropriate compensation level of the Director. On the basis of the report issued by the consulting firm, effective on January 1, 2007, the Council entered into a seven-year employment agreement with the Director. The Director's compensation was set at a level equal to approximately the 75th percentile of the compensation for chief executive officers of comparable organizations. Upon expiration of that employment agreement, effective on January 1, 2014, the Museum entered into a new employment agreement with a seven-year term, with an option given to the Museum to extend the term for an additional two years. The annualized base compensation in the new employment agreement was set at a level that represented a 5.55% increase over the annualized base compensation of the Director for the first year of the prior employment agreement, which had been set in 2007 on the basis of information provided by an independent outside consultant. The new employment agreement provides that the Director's annualized base compensation does not increase during the term of the new employment agreement. The agreement was, however, amended in 2019 to allow for applicable COLA increases. Any increases in compensation to the Director are solely at the discretion of the Council. The new employment agreement also provides for an increase in the cap on payments to the Director pursuant to the one of two non-qualified deferred compensation plans that had been established under the prior employment agreement. The new employment agreement was negotiated at arms-length between the Director and a select group of Council members, assisted by the Council's General Counsel. The new employment agreement was approved by the Councils' Executive Committee. LINE 15B: The process for determining officers' compensation: To establish the Chief Development Officer's compensation, the Museum retained the services of a consulting firm to review the competitiveness in the private fundraising industry for the development staff compensation structure. The consultant collected and analyzed data from other comparable organizations. They concluded that the Chief Development Officer's compensation was below the average compensation of the comparable organizations. Based on the conclusion, a conference call was held with the co-chairs of the Development Committee, Chair of the Council, and the Director. The decision was made to set the compensation at the average compensation level. The Chief Development Officer's current written employment contract effective for the reporting period has increases applicable to Museum-wide cost of living adjustments and ends April 30, 2023. To establish the Chief Financial Officer's as well as the Chief Marketing Officer's compensation the Museum used market research, external and internal benchmarking and other resources. The compensation of both the Chief Financial officer as well as the Chief Marketing Officer was approved by the Director as well as the Museum's Council. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: |
THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND UPON REQUEST. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: |
CHANGE IN VALUE OF INTEREST RATE SWAP $ 647,928 |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: |
THE PROCESS FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. |
| FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G |
DESCRIPTION:OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES TOTAL FEES:17561658 |
| FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G |
DESCRIPTION:OTHER SERVICE CONTRACT TOTAL FEES:15144792 |
| FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G |
DESCRIPTION:SECURITY TOTAL FEES:9222570 |
| FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G |
DESCRIPTION:JANITORIAL SERVICES TOTAL FEES:2469762 |
| FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G |
DESCRIPTION:OTHER TOTAL FEES:1333302 |
| FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G |
DESCRIPTION:STIPENDS TOTAL FEES:620563 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.