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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WHITNEY INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,292,260
Total expenses
$2,193,974
Contributions and grants received
$479,516
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,516,870
Investment income
$4,307
Other revenue
$291,567
Total assets, end of year
$1,460,292
Total liabilities, end of year
$66,541
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,393,751
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,190,743
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$3,231
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,190,743

Program services were 99.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $479,516

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $1,516,870 · related or exempt $1,516,870

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,307 · excluded $4,307

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $7,564

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $7,564

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $7,564 · excluded $7,564

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $682,876

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $404,714

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $278,162 · related or exempt $278,162

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $5,841 · related or exempt $5,841

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,841

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $146,317 · program services $146,317

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $920,337 · program services $920,337

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,398 · program services $22,398

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $103,533 · program services $103,533

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $86,784 · program services $86,784

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,079 · program services $1,079

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,250 · program services $43,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $140,122 · program services $140,122

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $55,120 · program services $55,120

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $95,420 · program services $95,420

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,311 · program services $18,311

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $384,963 · program services $384,963

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,218 · program services $32,218

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,994 · program services $4,994

  • 20 · Interest

    total $536 · program services $536

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $34,085 · program services $34,085

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,538 · program services $5,538

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENTS/SHOW FEES

    total $27,825 · program services $27,825

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $24,881 · program services $24,881

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $20,274 · program services $20,274

  • 24d · Other expenses: SECURITY

    total $17,263 · program services $17,263

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,726 · program services $5,495 · fundraising $3,231

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,151,210 · end of year $584,849

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $2,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,975 · end of year $93,623

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $66,049 · end of year $49,078

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

    $239,723

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

    $122,927

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $88,808 · end of year $116,796

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $613,946

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $65,164 · end of year $66,541

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,279,878 · end of year $1,393,751

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE WHITNEY INSTITUTE EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND LEGACIES OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TOURS, EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS AT A MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITE.

  • THE OPERATION AND TOURS OF THE WHITNEY PLANTATION.

    Expenses $2,190,743 · Revenue $1,800,873

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Donna Cummings

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Carolyn Jefferson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Vance

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirk Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerri Hobdy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michele Breirre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheri Ausberry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Delpit

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cirecie Olatunji

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Haywood Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Rogers

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $146,317
    From this org
    $134,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,252
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

  • WHITNEY HERITAGE PLANTATION CORP

    C · MANAGEMENT OF WHITNEY PLANTATION · LA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510289349300641

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