Organizations Filed Purposes:
FOUNDED IN 1747 ON THE ENLIGHTENMENT IDEALS OF INTELLECTUAL PURSUIT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THE REDWOOD LIBRARY AND ATHENAEUM GENERATES KNOWLEDGE IN THE HUMANITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE WITH NOTHING IN VIEW BUT THE GOOD OF MANKIND".
MUSEUM OPERATIONS: THE ATHENAEUM EMPHASIZES PROGRAMS AND COLLECTIONS IMPORTANT TO THE STUDY OF NEWPORT AND ITS HISTORY, AS WELL AS 18TH CENTURY AMERICA AND ITS SOURCES. IT SPONSORS ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE ADULT AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, DISPLAYS EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXHIBITS DRAWN PRIMARILY FROM THE REDWOOD'S COLLECTIONS, PUBLISHES EDUCATIONAL CATALOGS, NEWSLETTERS, AND FINDING AIDS, AND PROVIDES SPECIAL TOURS FOCUSING ON RHODE ISLAND'S COLONIAL COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN EACH YEAR.
CIRCULATION LIBRARY: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 7 DAYS A WEEK. PATRONS, RESEARCHERS, SCHOLARS AND VISITORS CAN ENJOY THE MORE THAN 200,000 VOLUMES, MORE THAN 200 CURRENT PERIODICALS, HUNDREDS OF CD'S,BOOKS-ON-TAPE, AND E-BOOKS AVAILABLE TO BE CHECKED OUT BY MEMBERS ON-SITE AND THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN.
RESEARCH LIBRARY: PERSONAL ATTENTION IS PROVIDED TO RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS TO ASSIST THEM WITH INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. IT SHOWCASES A PERMANENT EXHIBITION OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY ART, INCLUDING PORTRAITS BY JOHN SMIBERT, GILBERT STUART, ROBERT FEKE, REMBRANDT PEALE, AND CHARLES BIRD KING; TOWNSEND AND GODDARD FURNITURE; COLONIAL SILVER, CERAMICS, PAPER-BASED ART, AND MORE; AND A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING, THE FIRST PUBLIC CLASSICAL BUILDING IN THE COLONIES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Benedict Leca | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $127,500 |
| Jeff Siegal | DIRECTOR AS OF DECEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Earl A Powell | DIRECTOR AS OF SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| M Holt Massey | TREASURER AS OF SEPTERMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Josiah Bunting | DIRECTOR AS OF SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| John Brooks | DIRECTOR AS OF MAY 2020 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Edwin G Fischer Md | HONORARY DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Leatherman | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Allison Walk | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Daniel Benson | SECRETARY AS OF SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Grenville Craig | DIRECTOR THROUGH MAY 2020 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dodie Kazanjian | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Earl Mcmillen Iii | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Janet Pell | DIRECTOR AS OF SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| John R Grace | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Marvin Abney | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jacalyn Egan | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael Gewirz | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Washington Irving Iii | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Victoria Mele | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ronald Lee Fleming | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Vincent Buonanno | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Brodsky | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Miles Bidwell | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Holly Bannister Md | DIRECTOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 0.5 | $0 |
| Zia Eftekhar | TREASURER THROUGH SEPTERMBER 2019 | 1 | $0 |
| Virginia Decker | SECRETARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2019 | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Ray | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| R Daniel Prentiss Esq | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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