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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.

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

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
Reported as President and Trustee of John Simon Guggenhein Memorial Foundation, based in New York, NY.
Received $761K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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 · Sandy Springs, GAFlorence May Canine Rescue Trust C/O Ed Hirsch
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Edward Hirsch 1 organization · Farmingtn Hls, MIBenevolent and Protective Order
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Edward Hirsch 1 organization · New York, NYAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters

Network

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