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Edward Hirsch

President and Trustee · John Simon Guggenhein Memorial Foundation

President and Trustee at John Simon Guggenhein Memorial Foundation. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 3 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$761K
Others who share this name
3

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as President and Trustee of John Simon Guggenhein Memorial Foundation, based in New York, NY.
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Received $761K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as President of Fund for the Guggenheim Fellowships, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Edward Hirsch is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York City, appointed September 3, 2002. An acclaimed poet and critic, he won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985 and a MacArthur Fellowship in 1997 before leading the foundation.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
President since 2002
Education
  • likely graduate education in literature/poetry

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

John Simon Guggenhein Memorial Foundation President and Trustee · $23.5M revenue · New York, NYpay $584K → $761KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$761Kreported comp
Fund for the Guggenheim Fellowships President · $180K revenue · New York, NYTO SEEK AND ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO USE SUCH GIFTS TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, A PRIVATE…Filed FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Edward Hirsch

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Edward Hirsch 1 organization · Farmingtn Hls, MIBenevolent and Protective Order
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Edward Hirsch 1 organization · Sandy Springs, GAFlorence May Canine Rescue Trust
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Edward Hirsch 1 organization · New York, NYAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Chief Advancement Officer · FY2024
$265K
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V.p. and Secretary · FY2024
$255K
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C.f.o. and Treasurer · FY2021
$251K
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C.f.o. and Treasurer · FY2024
$250K
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Vice President and Secretary · FY2024
$50K
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Trustee · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org