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WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC

NEW YORK, NYEIN: 13-2571900Website

Data sourced from IRS 990 public filings

WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC WMF IS THE LEADING INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO SAFEGUARDING THE WORLD'S MOST TREASURED PLACES TO ENRICH PEOPLE'S LIVES AND BUILD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ACROSS CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION IS HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK CITY WITH OFFICES AND AFFILIATES IN CAMBODIA, FRANCE, INDIA, PERU, PORTUGAL, SPAIN AND THE UK. SINCE 1965, OUR GLOBAL TEAM OF EXPERTS HAS PRESERVED THE WORLD'S DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE USING THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AT MORE THAN 700 SITES IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES. PARTNERING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, FUNDERS, AND GOVERNMENTS, WMF DRAWS ON HERITAGE TO ADDRESS SOME OF TODAY'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES: CLIMATE CHANGE, UNDERREPRESENTATION, IMBALANCED TOURISM, AND POST-CRISIS RECOVERY. WITH A COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE WHO BRING PLACES TO LIFE, WMF EMBRACES THE POTENTIAL OF THE PAST TO CREATE A MORE RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.

Arts/Culture/Creativity-Centered
General Population
International
Museums & Cultural Institutions
Arts & Culture
Environment
Direct Service Delivery
Education & Awareness

Annual Revenue

$26,132,881

Known Funders

125

Grants Received

248

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2023$26,132,881$17,670,746$79,907,342
2022$20,280,363$15,407,105$69,824,954
2021$20,259,179$14,338,632$56,711,356
2020$11,447,980$10,166,892$55,746,854
2019$13,916,474$11,777,309$49,248,775
2018$15,306,864$12,784,723$46,757,283
2009$14,919,330$19,574,289$53,477,804

Top Funders

$4,919,558 (2024)
$2,000,000 (2023)
$2,000,000 (2024)
$1,875,000 (2021)
$1,755,194 (2023)
$1,007,000 (2021)
$985,000 (2023)
MANITOU FUND

WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN

$600,000 (2023)
HICKORY FOUNDATION

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ

$500,000 (2021)

Showing top 10 of 125 funders.

Key Personnel

From 2023 IRS 990 filing

J

JOHN J KERR JR ESQ

VICE CHAIR

Officer
F

FERNANDA M KELLOGG

SECRETARY

Officer
P

PETER KIMMELMAN

TREASURER

Officer
P

PRINCE AMYN AGA KHAN

TRUSTEE

A

ANTHONY V THOMPSON

TRUSTEE

B

BERNARD SELZ

TRUSTEE

M

MELISSA STEWART

TRUSTEE

S

SHAIKHA MAI BINT MOHAMMED AL KHALIF

TRUSTEE

K

KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH

TRUSTEE

B

BROOK BERLIND

TRUSTEE

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