Brown University

Financial Trends

Organization Details

Brown University, founded in 1764, is a large national nonprofit in the Community Improvement sector that reported $1.6B in total revenue in fiscal year 2022. Revenue decreased 11% compared to the prior year. Net assets of $7.7B represent 58 months of operating reserves.

Mission

THE UNIVERSITY'S COLLECTIONS INCLUDE WORKS OF ART, HISTORICAL TREASURES, AND ARTIFACTS THAT ARE MAINTAINED IN THE UNIVERSITY'S LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. THESE COLLECTIONS ARE PROTECTED AND PRESERVED FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PURPOSES. THE COLLECTIONS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AS ASSETS IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. SCHEDULE D, PART III, LINE 4 THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY CONTAINS AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED, CONSTANTLY GROWING COLLECTION OF PRIMARY HISTORICAL SOURCES PERTAINING TO THE AMERICAS, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH, BEFORE CA. 1825. THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY COLLECTION OF 50,000 RARE BOOKS (PRINTED BEFORE CA. 1825), MANUSCRIPTS, AND 16,000 REFERENCE BOOKS AND SECONDARY SOURCES (PRINTED AFTER CA. 1825) IS DISTINGUISHED IN MANY SUBJECT AREAS. MOST WELL-KNOWN, PERHAPS, ARE THE LIBRARY'S EXTENSIVE HOLDINGS IN THE LITERATURE OF EUROPEAN EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, FROM THE FIRST LATIN EDITION OF THE COLUMBUS LETTER OF 1493, THROUGH NEARLY ALL OF THE CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES OF SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, FRENCH, DUTCH, AND ENGLISH DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, AND SETTLEMENT. THE HOLDINGS OF THE LIBRARY ARE AVAILABLE TO SCHOLARS ENGAGED IN PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH FOR WHOM ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR WORK. THE BROWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, IN SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY'S EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH MISSION, IS THE LOCAL REPOSITORY FOR AND THE PRINCIPAL GATEWAY TO CURRENT INFORMATION AND THE SCHOLARLY RECORD. THE BROWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IS COMPRISED OF THE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. LIBRARY; THE SCIENCES LIBRARY; THE ORWIG MUSIC LIBRARY; THE JOHN HAY LIBRARY; AND THE ANNMARY BROWN MEMORIAL. THE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. LIBRARY IS THE PRIMARY TEACHING AND RESEARCH LIBRARY FOR THE HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND FINE ARTS. THE SCIENCES LIBRARY HOLDS MATERIALS THAT SUPPORT STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, NEURAL SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY, PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, AND PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES TO THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND FACULTY. THE ORWIG MUSIC LIBRARY HOUSES THE GENERAL MUSIC COLLECTION ON CAMPUS: MUSIC BOOKS, SCORES, PERIODICALS, SOUND RECORDINGS, VIDEO RECORDINGS, AND MICROFORMS. THE COLLECTION SUPPORTS THE CURRICULUM OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDES MATERIAL FOR GENERAL USE BY THE BROWN COMMUNITY. THE JOHN HAY LIBRARY HOUSES DIVERSE COLLECTIONS SPANNING MANY SUBJECTS AND TIME PERIODS, WITH PARTICULARLY STRONG COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND HISTORY, POPULAR CULTURE, MILITARY HISTORY AND ICONOGRAPHY, HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THE ART AND HISTORY OF THE BOOK. THE ANNMARY BROWN MEMORIAL HOUSES EXHIBITS OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PAINTINGS FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURIES, THE CYRIL AND HARRIET MAZANSKY BRITISH SWORD COLLECTION, AS WELL AS PERSONAL MEMENTOS OF ITS FOUNDER, GENERAL RUSH C. HAWKINS, AND THE BROWN FAMILY. THE MEMORIAL IS UTILIZED AS A RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS STUDYING EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART BETWEEN THE 17TH AND 20TH CENTURY. THE UNIVERSITY'S ART SLIDE LIBRARY HOUSES SLIDES AND PHOTOGRAPHS REPRESENTING ART AND ART-RELATED SUBJECTS, INCLUDING ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY. STUDENTS WHO ARE WRITING PAPERS OR CREATING PROJECTS ON ART-RELATED TOPICS CAN MAKE RESEARCH CONSULTATIONS BY APPOINTMENT. THE ART SLIDE LIBRARY ALSO PROVIDES SCANNING SERVICES FOR FACULTY WHO NEED DIGITAL IMAGES OF VISUAL CULTURE FOR TEACHING. THE HAFFENREFFER MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY IS A UNIVERSITY TEACHING MUSEUM WITH COLLECTIONS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS AND ACTIVE PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. A CENTRAL FEATURE OF THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO INSTRUCT STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS IN COURSES AS WELL AS THROUGH ACTIVITIES ENHANCING THE VALUE OF ITS COLLECTIONS BY RESPONSIBLE, CAREFUL FIELD-DOCUMENTED COLLECTING. SCHEDULE D, PART IV, LINE 2B THE UNIVERSITY ACTS AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR FUNDS RELATED TO UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT OWN THE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROGRAMS. SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4 THE UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENT INCOME HELPS FINANCE VITAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, PROFESSORSHIPS, LECTURESHIPS, GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS, THE DIVISION OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, ATHLETICS, AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE. SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 THE UNIVERSITY IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, AND IS GENERALLY EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES. THE UNIVERSITY ASSESSES UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AND DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO SUCH POSITIONS THAT HAVE A MATERIAL EFFECT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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