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← THE THURBER HOUSE INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE THURBER HOUSE INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$531,507
Total expenses
$799,027
Contributions and grants received
$366,615
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$143,056
Investment income
$10,588
Other revenue
$11,248
Total assets, end of year
$608,631
Total liabilities, end of year
$103,941
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$504,690
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$499,965
Management and general expenses
$235,157
Fundraising expenses
$63,905
Program service expenses (Part III)
$499,965

Program services were 62.6% 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)

    $149,789

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $216,826

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,524

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $78,279 · related or exempt $78,279

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSION & TICKET SALES

    total $64,777 · related or exempt $64,777

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,588 · related or exempt $10,588

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $6,561

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $16,848

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$10,287

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$10,287 · unrelated business -$10,287

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $18,543

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,108

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $13,435 · unrelated business $13,435

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $7,575 · related or exempt $7,575

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $525 · related or exempt $525

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $470,564 · program services $281,848 · management and general $144,955 · fundraising $43,761

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,810 · program services $19,286 · management and general $17,133 · fundraising $3,391

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,191 · program services $8,191

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,215 · program services $22,853 · management and general $11,612 · fundraising $3,750

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $56,091 · program services $35,719 · management and general $16,119 · fundraising $4,253

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,279 · program services $5,146 · management and general $2,886 · fundraising $247

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,383 · program services $15 · management and general $1,368

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,118 · management and general $8,118

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,299 · program services $5,858 · management and general $3,411 · fundraising $1,030

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC & EDUCATIONAL FE

    total $74,002 · program services $74,002

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $20,726 · program services $1,025 · management and general $13,838 · fundraising $5,863

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM PRODUCITON

    total $20,489 · program services $20,489

  • 24d · Other expenses: CATERING HOSPITALITY MEAL

    total $15,511 · program services $13,150 · management and general $2,048 · fundraising $313

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $27,349 · program services $12,383 · management and general $13,669 · fundraising $1,297

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $467,276 · end of year $241,942

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $140,152 · end of year $118,058

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,789 · end of year $11,664

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,381 · end of year $17,281

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

    $221,585

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

    $169,425

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,003 · end of year $52,160

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $151,324 · end of year $167,526

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,742 · end of year $31,058

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $49,973 · end of year $61,688

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $11,195

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $460,908 · end of year $231,653

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $311,302 · end of year $273,037

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

IT IS TO CELEBRATE THE WRITTEN WORD FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE BROADEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE AND TO CONTINUE THURBER'S LEGACY OF HUMOR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CELEBRATE THE WRITTEN WORD FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE BROADEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE AND TO CONTINUE THURBER'S LEGACY OF HUMOR.

  • THE THURBER HOUSE, INC ("THE THURBER HOUSE") IS A NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1985 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERVING AS A LITERARY CENTER, CELEBRATING HUMOR AND THE WRITTEN WORD AS AN ONGOING LEGACY OF COLUMBUS NATIVE SON JAMES THURBER. WITH THIS MISSION IN MIND, THE THURBER HOUSE OFFERS A CHILDREN'S WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM; SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO BRING NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORS TO THE THURBER HOUSE FOR READINGS; MANY EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND ADULTS; AND A MUSEUM AND SHOP DEVOTED TO JAMES THURBER AND HIS WORKS.

    Expenses $499,965 · Revenue $143,056

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Bowman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paula Cole

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victor Dandridge

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Eschelman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Fant

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aman Garcha

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julian Halliday

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Howard

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Steven Katz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Kirk

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Lucas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara McCain

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Mirman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbie Tootle

    SECRETARY

    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
2022
Filed
13 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400519349300315

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