American Museum Of Natural History: $228.7M Revenue, $227.7M Expenses

American Museum Of Natural History pulls a D on the efficiency rubric. The composite of 49/100 reflects below-median performance on the bundle of factors — typically driven by thin operating reserves, volatile revenue, or outsized officer compensation relative to organizational size.

American Museum Of Natural History is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $228.7M in 2023 revenue against $227.7M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. Reserves are the limiting factor: American Museum Of Natural History carries relatively few months of operating expenses on its balance sheet, which can leave an organization exposed if a major funding source pauses.

Five-year revenue is essentially flat — American Museum Of Natural History's funding base appears stable but not growing. For mature organizations this is often the steady state; for younger ones it can signal a funding plateau worth diagnosing. Compensation for current officers and key employees runs $7.2M against $228.7M in revenue — within the band third-party charity raters typically consider reasonable for an organization of this size and complexity. This is an aggregate across all listed officers, not a single executive's salary. American Museum Of Natural History sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.