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← GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,972,002
Total expenses
$2,679,199
Contributions and grants received
$5,098,586
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$847,187
Investment income
$19,155
Other revenue
$7,074
Total assets, end of year
$1,576,282
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,818
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,558,464
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,792,553
Management and general expenses
$537,168
Fundraising expenses
$349,478
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,792,553

Program services were 66.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $95,527

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $238,242

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,562,302

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $430,270

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $772,245

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLIC PROGRAMS

    total $561,200 · related or exempt $561,200

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLIC TOURS

    total $218,129 · related or exempt $218,129

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $39,847 · related or exempt $39,847

  • 2d · Program service revenue: GENEALOGY INCOME

    total $17,506 · related or exempt $17,506

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $10,505 · related or exempt $10,505

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,986 · excluded $12,986

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $144,401

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $144,401

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $144,401 · excluded $144,401

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,169

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $6,169

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,169 · excluded $6,169

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $46,025

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $238,242

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $176,972

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$130,947 · excluded -$130,947

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,801

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $12,181

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$6,380 · related or exempt -$6,380

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $44,671 · management and general $44,671

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,675 · management and general $29,675

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $64,438 · fundraising $64,438

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $64,541 · program services $43,661 · management and general $20,880

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $50,761 · program services $3,436 · management and general $45,901 · fundraising $1,424

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $85,952 · program services $25,230 · management and general $59,438 · fundraising $1,284

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $70,007 · program services $13,747 · management and general $34,587 · fundraising $21,673

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,132 · program services $38,132

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED SERVICES

    total $1,301,657 · program services $834,280 · management and general $237,182 · fundraising $230,195

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $581,737 · program services $580,056 · management and general $1,681

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSE

    total $206,431 · program services $206,431

  • 24d · Other expenses: TOUR GUIDES

    total $76,309 · program services $45,217 · management and general $628 · fundraising $30,464

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $64,888 · program services $2,363 · management and general $62,525

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $451,215 · end of year $500,471

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $40,783 · end of year $45,102

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,500 · end of year $17,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $250 · end of year $500

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

    $333,445

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

    $104,652

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $266,925 · end of year $228,793

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $562,694 · end of year $587,031

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $196,627 · end of year $196,885

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,971 · end of year $17,818

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,152,167 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,644,144 · end of year $1,558,464

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GREEN-WOOD IS A LIVING CEMETERY THAT BRINGS PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE WORLD AS IT IS AND WAS, BY MEMORIALIZING THE DEAD AND BRINGING TO LIFE THE ART, HISTORY, AND NATURAL BEAUTY OF NEW YORK CITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING; ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING; PRESERVING HISTORY; AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

  • PUBLIC EVENTS AND TOURS: TO SERVE BROOKLYNITES, NEW YORKERS, AND VISITORS FROM NEAR AND FAR, THE GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND PRODUCES OVER 350 PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND WALKING- AND TROLLEY TOURS, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. PROGRAM THEMES INCLUDE NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, NYC -, BROOKLYN-, AND US HISTORY, LGBTQ+ HISTORY, BLACK HISTORY, IMMIGRANT HISTORY, AND MORE. FURTHER, OUR ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS INCLUDE DANCE PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS IN THE CATACOMBS, AND AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM. WE ALSO HOST FOUR LARGE-SCALE, FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR: JUNETEENTH, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, THE MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, AND BATTLE OF BROOKLYN DAY: THE MEANING OF FREEDOM. LAST, OUR DEATH EDUCATION PROGRAMMING INCLUDES WORKSHOPS ON GRIEF, LECTURES BY EXPERTS IN THE DEATH-POSITIVE FIELD, PROGRAMS THAT EXAMINE DEATH THROUGH THE LENS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND DEATH CAFES (INFORMAL GUIDED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEATH).

    Expenses $1,196,872 · Revenue $772,949

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMS: GREEN-WOOD OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, INCLUDING CLASSES FOR 3-K AND PRE-K STUDENTS, ELEMENTARY-, MIDDLE-, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. FURTHER, WE OFFER THE "BRIDGE TO CRAFTS CAREERS" WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 18 TO 27. THE WORLD MONUMENTS FUND IS OUR PARTNER IN THIS PROGRAM. THE TRAINING IS IN THE FIELD OF MASONRY RESTORATION AND PREPARES TRAINEES FOR CAREERS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. ALL TOLD, WE SERVED 5,750 STUDENTS OF ALL AGES IN 2022. ADDITIONALLY, GREEN-WOOD HOSTED TWO TEAMS OF EARLY-CAREER ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS, WHO CONDUCTED ONSITE STUDIES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN/NATURE INTERACTIONS.

    Expenses $339,099 · Revenue $39,847

  • INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES AND THE HISTORIC COLLECTION: GREEN-WOOD'S SEEKS TO SHARE THESE UNIQUE RESOURCES WITH SCHOLARS, RESEARCHERS, AND THE PUBLIC TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CEMETERY, THOSE INTERRED HERE, AND 19TH- AND 20TH CENTURY HISTORY. GREEN-WOOD'S INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES COMPRISE 3,200 CUBIC FEET OF METICULOUSLY PRESERVED RECORDS, RELATING TO THIS HISTORY OF THE CEMETERY ITSELF AND THE BURIAL RECORDS OF OVER HALF A MILLION INDIVIDUALS (570,000 IN TOTAL) INTERRED AT GREEN-WOOD. AN EXTENSIVE PROJECT TO TRANSCRIBE 60 BURIAL LEDGERS (184O TO 1937) AND MAKE THEM SEARCHABLE ONLINE WAS BEGUN IN 2022 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. GREEN-WOOD'S DIVERSE HISTORIC COLLECTION IS COMPOSED OF ITEMS RANGING FROM CABINET CARDS TO STEREO VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS TO OIL PAINTINGS TO 19TH-CENTURY BASEBALL PROGRAMS.EVERY ITEM IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TO GREEN-WOOD, RELATING EITHER TO A GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY "PERMANENT RESIDENT OR TO THE HISTORY OF THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, FOUNDED IN 1838.

    Expenses $210,324

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE GENEALOGY AND RESTORATION & PRESERVATION.

    Expenses $46,258 · Revenue $28,011

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter Davidson

    CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Adrian Benepe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Alexnadra Sweeney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Bevin Cline

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Carla P Shen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Earl D Weiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Jim Rossman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kathy Keriman-Leicht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Krystyna Houser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lark-Marie Anton Menchini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lauren B Cramer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Michael Haddad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Payson Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Regina Myer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Ronald G Russo Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Rudy Wynter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Sam Sifton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Samuel G White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Michael Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Richard J Moylan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $215,669
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $395,977
    Other
    -$180,308
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $310,008 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $18,250 related
    Other
    $0 + $67,719 related
    Deferred
    $0 + -$197,105 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,797 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $215,669 related
  • Arlene Bascom

    VP & COMPTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $264,702
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $232,853
    Other
    $31,849
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $203,338 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,750 related
    Other
    $0 + $23,765 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,372 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,477 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $264,702 related
  • Arthur Presson

    VP OF DESIGN & LANDSCAPE

    Total calculated
    $140,086
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,461
    Other
    -$19,375
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Lisa Alpert

    VP. DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $213,617
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $150,355
    Other
    $63,262
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $139,315 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,750 related
    Other
    $0 + $5,290 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,597 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $52,665 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $213,617 related
  • Eric Barna

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $185,176
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,964
    Other
    $25,212
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $143,331 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $8,250 related
    Other
    $0 + $8,383 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,735 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,477 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $185,176 related
  • Sara Durkacs

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $145,131
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $137,178
    Other
    $7,953
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Sonia Bennett

    CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

    Total calculated
    $45,336
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $153,536
    Other
    -$108,200
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Frank Morelli

    PLANT & FACILITIES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $41,158
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,836
    Other
    -$81,678
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Jeffrey Richman

    HISTORIAN

    Total calculated
    -$213,038
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,488
    Other
    -$332,526
    Hours/week
    25 + 5 related
  • Harry Weil

    DIR. PUBLIC PROGRAMS & SPEC EVENT

    Total calculated
    $140,855
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $127,230
    Other
    $13,625
    Hours/week
    40

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)

PART I, LINE 3
OFFICERS OF THE HISTORIC FUND ARE COMPENSATED BY A RELATED PARTY, THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY. THE FOLLOWING IS THEIR COMPENSATION POLICY. TOP MANAGEMENT AND KEY EMPLOYEE SALARIES ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO DETERMINE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE. THEY USE THE FORM 990 OF OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND A COMPENSATION SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION. THIS PROCESS IS DOCUMENTED IN THE BOARD MINUTES AND WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN IN DEC 2022.
FORM 990, PART VII, COLUMN (F) AND SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C):
THESE TWO COLUMNS SHOW THE ACTUARIAL INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022.

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
2022
Filed
12 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202301329349309220

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