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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MONUMENT LAB.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,291,958
Total expenses
$4,037,373
Contributions and grants received
$2,690,677
Grants paid
$850,000
Program service revenue
$601,281
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,764,069
Total liabilities, end of year
$196,589
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,567,480
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,228,583
Management and general expenses
$538,507
Fundraising expenses
$270,283
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,228,583

Program services were 80.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,690,677

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $418,387 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $2,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $10,230 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SHOPIFY SALES

    total $5,150 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SHOPIFY SHIPPING

    total $106 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $165,408 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $850,000 · program services $850,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $302,001 · program services $235,594 · management and general $34,119 · fundraising $32,288

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,048,776 · program services $818,162 · management and general $118,487 · fundraising $112,127

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,238 · program services $89,021 · management and general $9,046 · fundraising $15,171

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $120,792 · program services $94,549 · management and general $14,005 · fundraising $12,238

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $44,153 · program services $35,322 · management and general $8,831 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,775 · program services $0 · management and general $62,775 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $342,366 · program services $262,440 · management and general $68,545 · fundraising $11,381

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $141,700 · program services $141,700 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,645 · program services $5,567 · management and general $13,642 · fundraising $1,436

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $52,836 · program services $6,580 · management and general $46,256 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $118,749 · program services $93,966 · management and general $24,783 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $238,340 · program services $182,672 · management and general $54,399 · fundraising $1,269

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,781 · program services $0 · management and general $1,781 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,336 · program services $17,069 · management and general $4,267 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC & CURATORIAL/COPYWRITING/DESIGN

    total $225,545 · program services $225,545 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $66,018 · program services $17,933 · management and general $9,149 · fundraising $38,936

  • 24c · Other expenses: COST OF GOODS SOLD

    total $12,875 · program services $12,875 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    total $34,010 · program services $950 · management and general $16,929 · fundraising $16,131

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $219,437 · program services $138,638 · management and general $51,493 · fundraising $29,306

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $871,574 · end of year $2,271,055

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,500,064 · end of year $250,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,700 · end of year $96,017

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $17,195 · end of year $14,750

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $15,696

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

    $106,865

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

    $1,781

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $105,084

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $89,108 · end of year $11,467

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,420 · end of year $81,233

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $20,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $154,326 · end of year $95,356

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,084,895 · end of year $2,332,418

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $228,000 · end of year $235,062

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MONUMENT LAB IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC ART AND HISTORY STUDIO BASED IN PHILADELPHIA. MONUMENT LAB CULTIVATES AND FACILITATES CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF MONUMENTS.

  • RE: GENERATION IS A NATIONWIDE PARTICIPATORY PUBLIC ART AND HISTORY PROJECT ORGANIZED BY MONUMENT LAB.

    Expenses $1,001,696 · Grants $850,000

  • DECLARATION HOUSE IS A TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART AND HISTORY EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY MONUMENT LAB IN PHILADELPHIA.

    Expenses $133,941

  • BEYOND GRANITE: PULLING TOGETHER IS A TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART AND HISTORY EXHIBITION CURATED BY MONUMEN LAB IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

    Expenses $137,552 · Revenue $108,750

  • MONUMENT LAB ARTIST RESIDENCY, YOURE WELCOME, ARCH: ART REMEDIATING CAMPUS HISTORIES PROJECT, SLOW MOTION, BULLETIN, FUTURE MEMORY PODCAST.

    Expenses $1,955,394 · Revenue $492,531

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • TIFFANY TAVAREZ

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MONICA O MONTGOMERY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LOLA BAKARE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHAN NICOLEAU

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLERY ROBERTS BIDDLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIRK SAVAGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMARI JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE ANGELA ORTIZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CM SAMALA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL M FARBER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,000
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KRISTEN GIANNANTONIO

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $116,900
    From this org
    $116,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349306995

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