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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HART SQUARE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$938,436
Total expenses
$1,071,137
Contributions and grants received
$449,096
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$327,130
Investment income
$122,094
Other revenue
$40,116
Total assets, end of year
$6,291,391
Total liabilities, end of year
$895,521
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,395,870
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$840,300
Management and general expenses
$185,270
Fundraising expenses
$45,567
Program service expenses (Part III)
$840,300

Program services were 78.4% 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)

    $18,384

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $430,712

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $53,438

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY EVENTS

    total $161,920 · related or exempt $161,920

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $122,972 · related or exempt $122,972

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM

    total $42,238 · related or exempt $42,238

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48,726 · excluded $48,726

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $53,332

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $26,658

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $26,674

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $26,674 · unrelated business $26,674

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,163,446 · other assets $2,880

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

    securities $1,092,958 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $70,488 · other assets $2,880

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $73,368 · excluded $73,368

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $11,872

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,665

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $10,207 · related or exempt $10,207

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,235 · related or exempt $3,235

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,235

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $364,275 · program services $291,420 · management and general $36,428 · fundraising $36,427

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,200 · program services $6,560 · management and general $820 · fundraising $820

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,929 · program services $27,943 · management and general $3,493 · fundraising $3,493

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,978 · program services $23,982 · management and general $2,998 · fundraising $2,998

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,099 · management and general $19,099

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,547 · management and general $21,547

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,056 · management and general $9,056

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,635 · program services $1,635

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,397 · management and general $18,397

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,701 · management and general $29,701

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,442 · program services $21,098 · management and general $2,344

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,720 · program services $25,848 · management and general $2,872

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,137 · management and general $5,137

  • 20 · Interest

    total $36,474 · program services $32,827 · management and general $3,647

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $138,610 · program services $124,749 · management and general $13,861

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $51,366 · program services $46,229 · management and general $5,137

  • 24a · Other expenses: HISTORIC PRESERVATION

    total $113,488 · program services $112,460 · management and general $1,028

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY EVENTS

    total $83,080 · program services $83,080

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

    total $42,469 · program services $42,469

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $5,374 · management and general $5,374

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,160 · management and general $4,331 · fundraising $1,829

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $242,224 · end of year $130,709

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $171,816 · end of year $48,820

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,150 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,239 · end of year $11,293

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

    $4,777,053

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

    $570,118

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,323,636 · end of year $4,206,935

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,632,083 · end of year $1,893,634

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,029 · end of year $16,863

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $916,763 · end of year $878,658

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,455,356 · end of year $5,395,870

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

HART SQUARE FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND SHARES HART SQUARE VILLAGE, THE NATION'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF HISTORIC LOG STRUCTURES. IN ADDITION TO PRESERVING THE 200 TO 300-YEAR-OLD STRUCTURES ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE, THE FOUNDATION SHARES AND TEACHES THE CRAFT, TRADES AND PRACTICES OF THE REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE HART SQUARE VILLAGE AND SHARE TRADITIONAL ARTS AND TRADES

  • COMMUNITY EVENTS: HART SQUARE VILLAGE IS SHARED AT EVENTS THAT PRESERVE CULTURAL HERITAGE BY SHOWCASING TRADITIONAL ARTS, TRADES AND PRACTICES OF NORTH CAROLINA. FOLKLIFE CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE FEATURED THROUGH A WIDE SLATE OF ANNUAL OFFERINGS INCLUDING TRADITIONAL DANCE, MUSIC, CULTURAL FOODWAYS, IMMERSIVE FOLKLIFE DEMONSTRATIONS AND A FOKLIFE FILM SERIES.

    Expenses $239,881 · Revenue $161,920

  • HART SQUARE FOUNDATION CREATES LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALLOW PARTICIPANTS TO ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON HISTORY THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, TRADITIONAL CRAFT AND TRADE CLASSES, AND HISTORIC GROUP TOURS. PROGRAMMING CENTERS AROUND TRADITIONAL ARTS AND TRADES, SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE, AND HISTORY IMMERSION. STUDENTS OBSERVE ARTISTS AND TRADESPEOPLE AT WORK, ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON LEARNING, AND EXPERIENCE CREATING SOMETHING TOGETHER. OUR PROGRAMS ENGAGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN UP TO RETIREES.

    Expenses $190,899 · Revenue $122,972

  • HISTORIC PRESERVATION: HART SQUARE FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND RESTORES THE 103 HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT COMPRISE THE HART SQUARE VILLAGE OPEN-AIR MUSEUM. PRIORITY RESTORATION PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED AND COMPLETED ANNUALLY. PROJECTS INCLUDE RE-ROOFING, FOUNDATION STABILIZATION, ROTTEN LOG REPLACEMENT, CHINKING, DAUBING, WATER DAMAGE REMEDIATION, AND MORE. OUR TEAM WORKS WITH EXPERTS IN THE PRESERVATION FIELD AS WELL AS THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE TO MAINTAIN BEST PRACTICES.

    Expenses $409,520

  • Revenue $55,680

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Robert Eric Hart

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Pritchard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Hart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian Bumgarner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Boyles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jaimie Beatty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Gladden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brett Sturm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Yoder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202600549349300015

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