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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by VAN ALEN INSTITUTE PROJECTS IN PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,701,670
Total expenses
$2,974,777
Contributions and grants received
$669,422
Grants paid
$767,776
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,017,637
Other revenue
$14,611
Total assets, end of year
$37,604,094
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,344,346
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$33,259,748
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,377,667
Management and general expenses
$295,060
Fundraising expenses
$302,050
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,377,667

Program services were 79.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $124,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $544,922

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,017,637 · excluded $1,017,637

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $14,611 · related or exempt $14,611

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,611

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $767,776 · program services $767,776

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $303,854 · program services $212,697 · management and general $9,116 · fundraising $82,041

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $790,052 · program services $607,324 · management and general $96,158 · fundraising $86,570

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $104,630 · program services $89,251 · management and general $2,776 · fundraising $12,603

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,981 · program services $66,117 · management and general $2,170 · fundraising $11,694

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $332,309 · program services $177,693 · management and general $98,741 · fundraising $55,875

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,769 · program services $7,540 · management and general $280 · fundraising $2,949

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,021 · program services $23,591 · management and general $1,779 · fundraising $6,651

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,324 · program services $29,059 · management and general $5,449 · fundraising $1,816

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,900 · program services $1,432 · management and general $2,056 · fundraising $10,412

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,159 · program services $875 · management and general $2,462 · fundraising $822

  • 20 · Interest

    total $149,247 · program services $119,398 · management and general $22,387 · fundraising $7,462

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $146,458 · program services $117,166 · management and general $21,969 · fundraising $7,323

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,460 · program services $20,627 · management and general $766 · fundraising $8,067

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $118,808 · program services $118,808

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTALS

    total $27,712 · program services $18,012 · management and general $8,574 · fundraising $1,126

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS

    total $14,196 · management and general $12,521 · fundraising $1,675

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE FEES

    total $5,712 · management and general $1,824 · fundraising $3,888

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,409 · program services $301 · management and general $6,032 · fundraising $1,076

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,385,357 · end of year $558,769

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $140,470 · end of year $146,300

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $138,405 · end of year $119,545

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

    $4,958,297

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

    $421,810

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,682,945 · end of year $4,536,487

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $38,143,637 · end of year $32,242,993

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $174,324 · end of year $140,424

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $4,203,922 · end of year $4,203,922

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $38,490,566 · end of year $32,583,756

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,622,002 · end of year $675,992

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

VAN ALEN INSTITUTE HELPS CREATE EQUITABLE CITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY-LED INCLUSIVE DESIGN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

VAN ALEN INSTITUTE HELPS CREATE EQUITABLE CITIES THROUGH INCLUSIVE DESIGN. IN AN EQUITABLE CITY, COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGED IN THE CONCEPTION AND CREATION OF THEIR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING BUILDS RESILIENCE, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ULTIMATELY, MORE JUST CITIES. FOR MORE THAN 129 YEARS, OUR PURPOSEFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CONVENING CAPACITY, AND GLOBAL NETWORK HAVE PRODUCED PROFOUND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE PUBLIC REALM OF NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND. WITH AN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DESIGN, THE VAN ALEN TEAM HAS BACKGROUNDS IN ARCHITECTURE, ARTS AND CULTURE, CIVIC ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PRESERVATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY.

  • THE VAN ALEN PROGRAM SOLVES FOR THE POWER IMBALANCE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM SHAPING THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES BY FORMING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND DESIGNERS, CO-CREATING WORKSHOPS AND BUILT PROJECTS THAT MEET NEIGHBORHOODS SPECIFIC NEEDS, AND EQUIPPING RESIDENTS WITH TOOLS AND SKILL TO LEAD MORE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN 2022, THE VAN ALEN PROGRAM INCLUDED INITIATIVES SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOODS NOW, LUCID PROJECT: ALBANY, AND GOWANUS ACTION.

    Expenses $2,120,812 · Grants $767,776

  • "PUBLIC REALM R&D" SURFACES THE WORK OF EMERGING DESIGNERS AND TESTS NEW STRATEGIES TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN PUBLIC SPACE. WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, AND SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTITIONERS IN DESIGN, WE CREATE SPACES THAT FOSTER TRUST AND SOCIAL COHESION IN LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. IN 2022, VAN ALEN LAUNCHED COMMON GROUND BY CHERYL WING-ZI WONG IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN PARTNERSHIP.

    Expenses $256,855

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carla Swickerath

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jared Della Valle

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jenn Gustetic

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Bednark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Bernstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Gardner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Casey Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Latoya Kamdang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hana Kassem

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mikyoung Kim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • R May Lee

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sandy Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nnenna Lynch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Maldonado

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mitch McEwen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carlos Menchaca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Raymond Quinn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carol Rosenthal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Swenson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hunter Tura

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kia Weatherspoon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Allison Freedman Weisberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Yu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deborah Marton

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $303,854
    From this org
    $282,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,765
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $282,089
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,103
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,662
    Filer's total
    $303,854

  • Kathleen Overbeck

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $153,497
    From this org
    $140,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,341
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,156
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,098
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,243
    Filer's total
    $153,497

  • Richard Reese

    MANAGING DIR

    Total calculated
    $131,014
    From this org
    $121,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,364
    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • 303 BB GOWANUS LLC

    REAL ESTAT · NY

    Directly controlled by VAN ALEN I

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349308056

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