American Alliance of Museums
American Alliance of Museums
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About this organization
Mission
The American Alliance of Museums' mission is to champion museums and nurture excellence in partnership with our members and allies. The Alliance strengthens museums through leadership, advocacy, collaboration and service. The Alliance has been bringing museums together since 1906, helping to develop standards and best practices, gathering and sharing knowledge, and providing advocacy on issues of concern to the entire museum community. The Alliance is dedicated to ensuring that museums remain a vital part of the American landscape, connecting people with the greatest achievements of the human experience – past, present and future.
About
Meetings and professional education: The Alliance's annual meeting & museum expo brings together 5,000 museum professionals from around the world and is the museum field's premier professional development opportunity. The event showcases the best thinking from practitioners and visionaries on the major issues confronting us and the communities we serve. While showcasing the latest museum products and services through numerous professional development programs, the Alliance provides a robust calendar of face-to-face and online opportunities designed to help museum colleagues build professional skills, manage their careers, foster communities of practice, share expertise and contribute to common standards and best practices.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is stated in the filing as “The american alliance of museums (the alliance) is dedicated to promoting excellence within the museum community. the alliance supports museum staff, boards and volunteers across the country in better serving the public. the alliance will support opportunities for sound professional preparation, provide outlets for professional research and publication as well as foster the continued improvement of the museum profession through the development and observance of high standards of ethics. in promoting it's purposes, the alliance uses meetings, reports, papers, discussions, publications, and other media of publicity and communication so as to increase and diffuse knowledge of all matters pertaining to museums and encourage cooperation among museums, museum professionals, museum users, and the general public.”.
Their activities were defined as: “To enhance the value of museums to their communities through leadership, advocacy, and service.”.
- As per legal requirements, the non-profit's state of operation is reported as DC.
- The non-profit's address in 2020 as per the filing is 2451 CRYSTAL DRIVE NO 1005, ARLINGTON, VA, 22202.
- The form of the non-profit organization shows 45 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$537,688.
- The organization has 21 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1906.
- The organization pays $4,129,473 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $745,264 in fundraising expenses.