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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,331,596
Total expenses
$732,032
Contributions and grants received
$2,737,707
Grants paid
$210,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$70,785
Other revenue
-$1,476,896
Total assets, end of year
$3,194,605
Total liabilities, end of year
$65,269
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,129,336
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$469,940
Management and general expenses
$177,634
Fundraising expenses
$84,458
Program service expenses (Part III)
$469,940

Program services were 64.2% 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

    $2,500

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,067,924

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $667,283

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $70,785 · excluded $70,785

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $2,067,924

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,476,896

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,476,896 · excluded -$1,476,896

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $210,000 · program services $210,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $322,523 · program services $204,850 · management and general $86,096 · fundraising $31,577

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $40,338 · program services $25,621 · management and general $10,768 · fundraising $3,949

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,312 · program services $15,442 · management and general $6,490 · fundraising $2,380

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,259 · program services $3,226 · management and general $22,581 · fundraising $6,452

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,106 · program services $1,035 · management and general $1,035 · fundraising $1,036

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,666 · program services $183 · management and general $2,750 · fundraising $733

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $95,828 · program services $9,583 · management and general $47,914 · fundraising $38,331

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $232,577 · end of year $1,016,172

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,527,210 · end of year $1,785,194

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $692,717 · end of year $316,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $27,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $87,877 · end of year $77,239

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

    $124,229

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

    $124,229

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,609 · end of year $65,269

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $87,055 · end of year $3,129,336

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,442,717 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVE DIVERSITY & FOSTER TOLERANCE, RESPECT & UNDERSTANDING AMONG RELIGIOUS & ETHNIC GROUPS

  • THE SOCIETY SPONSORS THE ELLIS ISLAND MEDALS OF HONOR WHICH ARE PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES WITHIN THEIR OWN ETHNIC GROUPS WHILE EXEMPLIFYING THE VALUES OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE. PAST MEDALISTS INCLUDE SIX U.S. PRESIDENT, ONE FOREIGN PRESIDENT, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND LEADERS OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, THE ARTS, SPORTS AND GOVERNMENT, ALONG WITH EVERYDAY AMERICANS WHO HAVE MADE FREEDOM, LIBERTY AND COMPASSION A PART OF THEIR LIFE'S WORK.

    Expenses $469,940 · Grants $210,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Nasser Kazeminy

    CHAIRMAN & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Eduardo Del Riego

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Louis Freeh

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Mehmet Oz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Pope

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Dan Burton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Scarpa

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Eugene Sullivan

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amb Nancy Brinker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Fischer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ltg Gwen Bingham Usa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ye-Sai-Kan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martha MacMillan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karol Mason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Roth-Douquet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Charles Rangel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Sculley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Howard Shecter Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr James Weinstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Haas

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $194,002
    From this org
    $163,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,541
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,461
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,541
    Filer's total
    $194,002

  • Michael Coca

    DIR. OF MEDIA COMMS.

    Total calculated
    $131,042
    From this org
    $113,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,965
    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 · 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349316575

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