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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LYNDEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,074,008
Total expenses
$1,188,514
Contributions and grants received
$1,941,226
Grants paid
$200,000
Program service revenue
$119,036
Investment income
$3,563
Other revenue
$10,183
Total assets, end of year
$1,560,495
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,601
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,515,894
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,051,299
Management and general expenses
$82,896
Fundraising expenses
$54,319
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,051,299

Program services were 88.5% 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

    $41,984

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $71,165

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,828,077

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $95,255 · related or exempt $95,255

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP

    total $16,320 · related or exempt $16,320

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GALLERY AND MERCHANDIS

    total $3,675 · related or exempt $3,675

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TOURS

    total $1,898 · related or exempt $1,898

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $1,888 · related or exempt $1,888

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,563 · excluded $3,563

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,183

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

    $41,984

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,183 · excluded $10,183

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $180,000 · program services $180,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $105,370 · program services $73,759 · management and general $24,235 · fundraising $7,376

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $299,998 · program services $247,219 · management and general $24,716 · fundraising $28,063

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,477 · program services $6,926 · management and general $715 · fundraising $836

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $101,124 · program services $92,439 · management and general $6,237 · fundraising $2,448

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,813 · program services $22,464 · management and general $3,653 · fundraising $2,696

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,019 · management and general $19,019

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $216,830 · program services $216,830

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60,518 · program services $58,268 · fundraising $2,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,648 · program services $33,890 · management and general $758

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,852 · program services $37,962 · management and general $240 · fundraising $10,650

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,559 · program services $6,671 · management and general $888

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $27,027 · program services $27,027

  • 24b · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP EXPE

    total $15,504 · program services $15,504

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $11,852 · program services $10,231 · management and general $1,621

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $1,200 · program services $950 · management and general $250

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,723 · program services $1,159 · management and general $564

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $469,175 · end of year $423,787

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $190,552 · end of year $1,127,649

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,480 · end of year $2,797

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,436 · end of year $6,262

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,874 · end of year $40,183

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,369 · end of year $4,418

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $205,118 · end of year $270,388

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $425,282 · end of year $1,245,506

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMMING, ADVANCE THE ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LOCAL ARTISTS, AND INITIATE AND PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR THE SUPPORT OF ARTISTS AND PUBLIC ART AND SCULPTURE.

  • LYNDEN INC. PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL TOURS, WORKSHOPS, ART EXHIBITIONS, AN ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM, PERFORMANCES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN AND ITS COLLECTIONS; ADMINISTERED THE NOHL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND SUITCASE EXPORT FUND TRAVELING PROGRAM; DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED A SUITE OF TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN K-12 MPS TEACHERS WHO WANT TO TEACH THROUGH THE ARTS; DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SERIES OF PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, RESIDENCIES, AND PUBLIC EVENTS FOCUSED ON THE RADICAL BLACK IMAGINATION. AS PART OF ITS HOME PROGRAM, LYNDEN PROVIDED PROGRAMMING SUPPORTING REFUGEE AND DISPLACED COMMUNITIES IN MILWAUKEE.

    Expenses $1,051,299 · Grants $200,000 · Revenue $119,036

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SARAH ZIMMERMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID CHARLES RAVEL

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET T LUND

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NIRMAL RAJA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINALD WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,500
    From this org
    $4,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THEKLA BRUMDER ROSS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA CREE MYLES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • POLLY MORRIS

    EXECUTIVE DIR.

    Total calculated
    $105,370
    From this org
    $102,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,069
    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
5 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612179349301111

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