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← RICHARDSON ARCHITECTURE CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RICHARDSON ARCHITECTURE CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$594,824
Total expenses
$254,005
Contributions and grants received
$519,279
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$31,187
Investment income
$11,371
Other revenue
$32,987
Total assets, end of year
$4,325,529
Total liabilities, end of year
$51,012
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,274,517
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$190,377
Management and general expenses
$45,001
Fundraising expenses
$18,627
Program service expenses (Part III)
$190,377

Program services were 75.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $500,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,279

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOURS

    total $31,187 · related or exempt $31,187

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,371 · excluded $11,371

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $32,987 · related or exempt $32,987

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $32,987

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $89,616 · program services $76,174 · management and general $8,962 · fundraising $4,480

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $34,139 · program services $31,173 · management and general $2,966

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,339 · program services $17,405 · management and general $1,934

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,124 · program services $8,212 · management and general $912

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $30,503 · program services $30,503

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,238 · management and general $27,238

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,934 · program services $2,641 · management and general $293

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,866 · program services $2,866

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,515 · program services $12,515

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,839 · management and general $1,839

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,892 · program services $8,888 · management and general $857 · fundraising $14,147

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $179,536 · end of year $343,928

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,043,825 · end of year $1,261,100

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $915,477 · end of year $50,750

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,181

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,687,342

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $18,772

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $784,890 · end of year $2,668,570

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,243 · end of year $38,449

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $41,754 · end of year $12,563

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,346,983 · end of year $3,716,234

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $530,748 · end of year $558,283

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE LIPSEY ARCHITECTURE CENTER BUFFALO (THE CENTER) EXPLORES EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE AND CITY PLANNING AS DEMONSTRATED BY BUFFALO'S OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. LOCATED IN THE RICHARDSON OLMSTEAD COMPLEX, THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE ORIENTATION, PROMPT INSPIRATION, AND SERVE AS A GATHERING PLACE TO LAUNCH NEW IDEAS RELATED TO ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, AND DESIGN. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, TOURS, PROGRAMS, AND OUTREACH, THE CENTER ENGAGES THE PUBLIC IN BUFFALO'S ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, AND URBAN PLANNING, AND ITS ROLE IN CULTURE AND DESIGN LITERACY. THE CENTER FOSTERS COLLABORATION WITH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE SIMILAR GOAL OF ACTIVATING BUFFALO'S ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND LANDSCAPE. BY PROVIDING A CENTER TO HOST EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS, THE CENTER ACTIVELY COLLABORATES WITH ALIGNED GROUPS IN DIALOGUE AND SHARED PROGRAMMING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SHOWCASE AND REINFORCE BUFFALO'S RICH ARCHITECTURE HISTORY.

  • THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, TOURS, PROGRAMS, AND OUTREACH, THE CENTER ENGAGES THE PUBLIC IN BUFFALO'S ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, AND URBAN PLANNING, AND ITS ROLE IN CULTURE AND DESIGN LITERACY.

    Expenses $190,377 · Revenue $64,174

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Judith C Lipsey

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Hojnacki

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher T Greene

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Wiktor Cic Crm

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael S Anthony

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Bannon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dottie Gallagher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Healy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony B Martino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paris Roselli

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $200,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $179,231
    Other
    $21,019
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $179,231 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,769 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $200,250 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3
THE PRESIDENT OF RCC ALSO SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER. COMPENSATION IS PAID TO THE PRESIDENT BY RCC AND THE CENTER REIMBURSES RCC AT AN AGREED-UPON AMOUNT BASED ON TIME AND EFFORT.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532179349300933

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