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Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Total Revenue
▼$304.1K
Total Contributions
$304.1K
Total Expenses
▼$208.9K
Total Assets
$16.6M
Total Liabilities
▼$188.5K
Net Assets
$16.4M
Officer Compensation
→$0
Other Salaries
$79.9K
Investment Income
▼$0
Fundraising
▼$0
Source: USAspending.gov · Searched by organization name
Total Federal Funding
$245.9K
Awards Found
5
| Awarding Agency | Description | Amount | Fiscal Year | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE WITHERS COLLECTION MUSEUM AND GALLERY WILL ENHANCE STEWARDSHIP OF ITS COLLECTION BY ARCHIVALLY STORING AND DIGITIZING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ITS COLLECTION TAKEN BY PHOTOJOURNALIST EARNEST C. WITHERS THAT DOCUMENT CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY AS WELL AS AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE. FOR THE PROJECT, MUSEUM STAFF WILL PURCHASE COLLECTIONS STORAGE AND UPDATE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL ARCHIVES. STAFF WILL WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR TO DIGITIZE APPROXIMATELY 4,000 IMAGES AND UPLOAD THEM TO AN ONLINE, PUBLIC PLATFORM. AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT, MUSEUM STAFF WILL MAKE THE PHOTOGRAPHS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BOTH INTERNAL USE AS WELL AS USE FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, EXHIBITIONS, AND RESEARCH. | $100K | FY2024 | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE WITHERS COLLECTION MUSEUM AND GALLERY WILL BUILD STAFF CAPACITY TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC THROUGH INCREASED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF ITS ARCHIVES. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST WITH RESPONSIBILITIES TO DEVELOP AN EXHIBIT ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DIGITAL IMAGES IN THE ARCHIVES, AND IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PHYSICAL ARCHIVES. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES TO INCREASE LOCAL VISITORS, HOSTING AN EDUCATOR EVENT THAT WILL K-12 VISITORS, AND DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM FOR THE EXHIBIT. BY PROVIDING VARIED LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD VOICE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE WITHERS MUSEUM BELIEVES THAT THE TARGET GROUPS WILL COME TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTION AND VIEW THEMSELVES AS STAKEHOLDERS AND STEWARDS. | $97K | FY2023 | Jul 2023 – Jun 2024 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE WITHERS COLLECTION MUSEUM AND GALLERY WILL EMBARK ON THE SECOND PHASE OF A DIGITIZATION EFFORT TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES OF ITS CIVIL RIGHTS COLLECTION. THE COLLECTION IS LARGELY THE WORK OF DR. ERNEST C. WITHERS, A RENOWNED PHOTOJOURNALIST WHO CAPTURED MANY OF THE MOST ICONIC IMAGES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND WAS THE PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR DR. KING FOR TWELVE YEARS. FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE DIGITIZATION, DUPLICATION, AND RE-HOUSING OF THE OLDEST SILVER GELATIN NEGATIVES, IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN AN INITIAL COLLECTIONS SURVEY. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF A CATALOGUE AND INVENTORY PROCESS, THE MUSEUM WILL DIGITIZE THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES, PREPARE DUPLICATE NEGATIVES, AND RE-HOUSE ORIGINALS FOR COLD STORAGE. A RESEARCH FINDING AID WILL BE PREPARED FOR EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS AND LOW-RESOLUTION IMAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CROSSROADS TO FREEDOM DIGITAL ARCHIVE AT RHODES COLLEGE AS WELL AS THE DIGITAL LIBRARY OF TENNESSEE. | $22.9K | FY2017 | Sep 2017 – Aug 2018 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE WITHERS COLLECTION WILL IDENTIFY AND DIGITIZE ITS COLLECTION OF SPORTS-RELATED IMAGES AS PART OF AN ONGOING PROJECT TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE IMAGE DATABASE AND FINDING AID TO FULFILL RESEARCH REQUESTS RECEIVED FROM WRITERS, FILM MAKERS, STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS. THE SPORTS COLLECTION COVERS SEVERAL SPORTS AND REPRESENTS SOME OF THE OLDEST WORK OF PHOTOJOURNALIST DR. ERNEST C. WITHERS, DATING BACK TO 1948, WHEN HE BEGAN CAPTURING IMAGES OF TEAMS IN THE NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE IMAGES OF JACKIE ROBINSON, SAMUEL "THE JET" JETHROE, AND LUKE EASTER. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE NEGRO LEAGUE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF BASEBALL RESEARCHERS ON IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS AND TEAMS REPRESENTED IN THE HISTORIC IMAGES. OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WILL BE CONSULTED, AS NEEDED, TO IDENTIFY PERSONS IN OTHER SPORTS IMAGES. | $20K | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Aug 2019 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | WITHERS COLLECTION ARCHIVE PRESERVATION PROJECT | $5,973 | FY2017 | Feb 2017 – Jul 2018 |
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$100K
THE WITHERS COLLECTION MUSEUM AND GALLERY WILL ENHANCE STEWARDSHIP OF ITS COLLECTION BY ARCHIVALLY STORING AND DIGITIZING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ITS COLLECTION TAKEN BY PHOTOJOURNALIST EARNEST C. WITHERS THAT DOCUMENT CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY AS WELL AS AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE. FOR THE PROJECT, MUSEUM STAFF WILL PURCHASE COLLECTIONS STORAGE AND UPDATE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL ARCHIVES. STAFF WILL WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR TO DIGITIZE APPROXIMATELY 4,000 IMAGES AND UPLOAD THEM TO AN ONLINE, PUBLIC PLATFORM. AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT, MUSEUM STAFF WILL MAKE THE PHOTOGRAPHS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BOTH INTERNAL USE AS WELL AS USE FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, EXHIBITIONS, AND RESEARCH.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$97K
THE WITHERS COLLECTION MUSEUM AND GALLERY WILL BUILD STAFF CAPACITY TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC THROUGH INCREASED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF ITS ARCHIVES. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST WITH RESPONSIBILITIES TO DEVELOP AN EXHIBIT ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DIGITAL IMAGES IN THE ARCHIVES, AND IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PHYSICAL ARCHIVES. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES TO INCREASE LOCAL VISITORS, HOSTING AN EDUCATOR EVENT THAT WILL K-12 VISITORS, AND DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM FOR THE EXHIBIT. BY PROVIDING VARIED LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD VOICE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE WITHERS MUSEUM BELIEVES THAT THE TARGET GROUPS WILL COME TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTION AND VIEW THEMSELVES AS STAKEHOLDERS AND STEWARDS.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$22.9K
THE WITHERS COLLECTION MUSEUM AND GALLERY WILL EMBARK ON THE SECOND PHASE OF A DIGITIZATION EFFORT TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES OF ITS CIVIL RIGHTS COLLECTION. THE COLLECTION IS LARGELY THE WORK OF DR. ERNEST C. WITHERS, A RENOWNED PHOTOJOURNALIST WHO CAPTURED MANY OF THE MOST ICONIC IMAGES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND WAS THE PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR DR. KING FOR TWELVE YEARS. FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE DIGITIZATION, DUPLICATION, AND RE-HOUSING OF THE OLDEST SILVER GELATIN NEGATIVES, IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN AN INITIAL COLLECTIONS SURVEY. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF A CATALOGUE AND INVENTORY PROCESS, THE MUSEUM WILL DIGITIZE THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES, PREPARE DUPLICATE NEGATIVES, AND RE-HOUSE ORIGINALS FOR COLD STORAGE. A RESEARCH FINDING AID WILL BE PREPARED FOR EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS AND LOW-RESOLUTION IMAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CROSSROADS TO FREEDOM DIGITAL ARCHIVE AT RHODES COLLEGE AS WELL AS THE DIGITAL LIBRARY OF TENNESSEE.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$20K
THE WITHERS COLLECTION WILL IDENTIFY AND DIGITIZE ITS COLLECTION OF SPORTS-RELATED IMAGES AS PART OF AN ONGOING PROJECT TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE IMAGE DATABASE AND FINDING AID TO FULFILL RESEARCH REQUESTS RECEIVED FROM WRITERS, FILM MAKERS, STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS. THE SPORTS COLLECTION COVERS SEVERAL SPORTS AND REPRESENTS SOME OF THE OLDEST WORK OF PHOTOJOURNALIST DR. ERNEST C. WITHERS, DATING BACK TO 1948, WHEN HE BEGAN CAPTURING IMAGES OF TEAMS IN THE NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE IMAGES OF JACKIE ROBINSON, SAMUEL "THE JET" JETHROE, AND LUKE EASTER. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE NEGRO LEAGUE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF BASEBALL RESEARCHERS ON IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS AND TEAMS REPRESENTED IN THE HISTORIC IMAGES. OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WILL BE CONSULTED, AS NEEDED, TO IDENTIFY PERSONS IN OTHER SPORTS IMAGES.
National Endowment for the Humanities
$5,973
WITHERS COLLECTION ARCHIVE PRESERVATION PROJECT
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (fac.gov)
No federal single audit records found for this organization.
Single audits are required for entities expending $750,000+ in federal awards annually.
Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990
No officer or director compensation data available for this organization.
This data is sourced from IRS Form 990, Part VII. It may not be available if the organization files Form 990-N (e-Postcard) or has not yet been enriched.
Source: IRS Publication 78, Auto-Revocation List & e-Postcard Data
Tax-deductible contributions: Yes
Deductibility code: PC
WarningTax-exempt status was revoked on May 15, 2015
Reinstated on May 15, 2015
Exemption type: 03
990-N (e-Postcard) Filing History
This organization files simplified Form 990-N (annual gross receipts ≤ $50,000).
Sources: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (XML) & ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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| Year | Revenue | Contributions | Expenses | Assets | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $304.1K | $304.1K | $208.9K | $16.6M | $16.4M |
| 2022 | $501.4K | $501.4K | $379.3K | $16.7M | $16.5M |
| 2021 | $304.5K | $304.5K | $292.4K | $16.7M | $16.3M |
| 2020 | $70.5K | $70.5K | $252K | $16.6M |
Sources: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer & IRS e-File Index
| Tax Year | Form Type | Source | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 990 | DataIRS e-File | PDF not yet published by IRSView Filing → |
| 2022 | 990 | DataIRS e-File | |
| 2021 | 990 | Data |
Financial data: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (Tax Year 2023)
Federal grants: USAspending.gov (live)
Organization info: IRS Business Master File · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Tax-deductibility: IRS Publication 78
Revocation status: IRS Auto-Revocation List
| $16.6M |
| 2019 | $306.8K | $306.8K | $355K | $14.2K | $14.2K |
| 2018 | $562K | $562K | $551.4K | $562K | $10.7K |
| 2017 | $525.3K | $326.2K | $543.2K | $13.9K | $13.9K |
| 2016 | $284.5K | $284.5K | $252.6K | $35.3K | $31.8K |
| 2015 | $196.4K | — | $200.9K | $40.2K | — |
| 2013 | $142.5K | — | $134.5K | $31.6K | — |
| 2012 | $88.7K | — | $81.9K | $11.3K | — |
| 2020 | 990 | Data |
| 2019 | 990 | Data | PDF not yet published by IRS |
| 2018 | 990 | Data |
| 2017 | 990 | Data |
| 2016 | 990 | Data |
| 2015 | 990-EZ | Data |
| 2013 | 990-EZ | Data | PDF not yet published by IRS |
| 2012 | 990-EZ | Data | PDF not yet published by IRS |