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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,883,280
Total expenses
$1,667,487
Contributions and grants received
$1,776,997
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$96,095
Investment income
$40,426
Other revenue
-$30,238
Total assets, end of year
$5,767,042
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,624
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,730,418
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$891,783
Management and general expenses
$556,332
Fundraising expenses
$219,372
Program service expenses (Part III)
$891,783

Program services were 53.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $225,585

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $600,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $951,412

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DEVELOPMENT FEE INCOME

    total $96,095 · related or exempt $96,095

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,426 · excluded $40,426

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $24,972

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

    $225,585

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $55,210

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$30,238 · excluded -$30,238

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $255,769 · program services $70,147 · management and general $133,993 · fundraising $51,629

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,273 · program services $3,311 · management and general $4,962

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,400 · program services $4,962 · management and general $7,438

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $67,500 · program services $32,111 · management and general $25,699 · fundraising $9,690

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $75,087 · fundraising $75,087

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $93,395 · program services $93,395

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $944 · program services $944

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,801 · program services $1,678 · management and general $7,809 · fundraising $6,314

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $407 · management and general $407

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,209 · program services $3,074 · management and general $5,872 · fundraising $2,263

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,567 · management and general $8,567

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $553,807 · program services $166,137 · management and general $317,347 · fundraising $70,323

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $527,139 · program services $510,537 · management and general $16,602

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $21,000 · management and general $21,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $6,322 · program services $1,030 · management and general $1,270 · fundraising $4,022

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,867 · program services $4,457 · management and general $5,366 · fundraising $44

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,746,640 · end of year $3,266,543

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $602,822 · end of year $222,167

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,964,100 · end of year $2,278,332

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $59,219 · end of year $36,624

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $646,173 · end of year $915,411

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,608,170 · end of year $4,815,007

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO RAISE FUNDS TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PROMOTES ITS HISTORICAL,SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RAISE FUNDS TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

  • IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION CLOSED OUT OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR AND SUPPORTED INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IN CELEBRATING THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY. DURING THAT YEAR, THE TRUST ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES: 1.) FUNDRAISING: COMPLETED A MULTI-YEAR DESIGN PHASE FOR EXHIBITS AT THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES THAT WILL INTERPRET THE FIVE PILLARS OF THE EARLY ECONOMY OF OUR NATION FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE CITIZENS. THE EXHIBITS ARE NOW READY TO GO TO FABRICATION ONCE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED. THIS YEAR, THE TRUST BROKE GROUND ON TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THE REHABILITATION OF THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE BICENTENNIAL BELL AT THE BENJAMIN RUSH GARDEN. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATION IN 2026. 2.) COMMUNITY OUTREACH: WITH A GOAL TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE PROGRAMS REACHED OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WERE OFFERED TO ALL AGE GROUPS AND EVEN SOME DOGS. OVER THE SUMMER OF 2023, THE TRUST, ALONG WITH INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK WELCOMED 40 DOGS INTO THE COUNTRY-WIDE BARK RANGER PROGRAM WHICH HELPS DOG OWNERS, AND THEIR PETS CONNECT TO THEIR NATIONAL PARK. 3.) EDUCATION: SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S MISSION TO EDUCATE, THE TRUST SUPPORTED MULTIPLE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN 2023. 60 SCHOOLS WITH OVER 4,000 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE A DAY CALLED HISTORYFEST WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER MULTIPLE PARTNERS IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES FIELD AND LOCAL STUDENTS FOR A DAY OF LEARNING AND FUN IN THE NATIONAL PARK. 4.) TWILIGHT TOURS: THE TRUST OFFERED FREE, EVENING WALKING TOURS ON THE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PARK. OVER 1,500 ATTENDANTS FROM 43 DIFFERENT STATES AND 33 FOREIGN COUNTRIES ATTENDED THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $891,783 · Revenue $96,095

  • LOBBYING EXPENDITURES

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Caramanico

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • William Marrazzo

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lee James Woolley

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Karen Kaufman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Thomas G Spencer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Flora L Becker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Edward D'Alba

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Thomas G Morr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jon C Sirlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alan Mandeloff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Adrian Mantini

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Oliver St Clair Franklin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rosalind Remer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bernard T Shields

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2023
Filed
21 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202442349349300819

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