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← RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,123,682
Total expenses
$4,340,356
Contributions and grants received
$10,360,286
Grants paid
$107,419
Program service revenue
$504,816
Investment income
$57,680
Other revenue
$200,900
Total assets, end of year
$20,200,585
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,593,473
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,607,112
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,809,398
Management and general expenses
$1,147,501
Fundraising expenses
$383,457
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,809,398

Program services were 64.7% 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)

    $2,312,240

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,048,046

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOUR GUIDE FEES

    total $301,847 · related or exempt $301,847

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAMMING EVENTS

    total $202,969 · related or exempt $202,969

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $57,680 · excluded $57,680

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $57,741

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $54,700

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,041 · excluded $3,041

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $197,859 · related or exempt $197,859

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $197,859

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $107,419 · program services $107,419

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $397,815 · program services $178,865 · management and general $144,512 · fundraising $74,438

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,594,214 · program services $1,117,765 · management and general $351,531 · fundraising $124,918

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,625 · program services $11,772 · management and general $3,536 · fundraising $1,317

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $311,839 · program services $216,222 · management and general $66,192 · fundraising $29,425

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $159,833 · program services $107,482 · management and general $36,130 · fundraising $16,221

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $135,377 · program services $9,425 · management and general $125,952

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,600 · management and general $29,600

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $24,685 · management and general $24,685

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $55,578 · program services $21,970 · management and general $33,608

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $109,567 · program services $24,887 · management and general $34,751 · fundraising $49,929

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $281,593 · program services $193,381 · management and general $70,171 · fundraising $18,041

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,915 · program services $24,407 · management and general $9,449 · fundraising $59

  • 20 · Interest

    total $25,046 · management and general $25,046

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $273,456 · program services $206,406 · management and general $67,050

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $191,229 · program services $164,950 · management and general $26,279

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING

    total $164,016 · program services $114,721 · management and general $49,295

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL/LEASES

    total $157,481 · program services $123,162 · management and general $34,319

  • 24c · Other expenses: TOURS

    total $75,832 · program services $75,832

  • 24d · Other expenses: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

    total $72,592 · program services $72,592

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $122,644 · program services $38,140 · management and general $15,395 · fundraising $69,109

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $320 · end of year $320

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,757,082 · end of year $8,085,856

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $602,244 · end of year $1,378,456

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $18,694 · end of year $16,144

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $11,435

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

    $12,356,158

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

    $2,457,347

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,008,139 · end of year $9,898,811

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $141,541 · end of year $159,563

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $650,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $274,079 · end of year $366,051

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $168,109 · end of year $1,227,422

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $262,046

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,535,258 · end of year $10,262,051

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,288,528 · end of year $8,345,061

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION CONSERVES, INTERPRETS, DEVELOPS, AND PROMOTES HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE EIGHT COUNTIES THAT COMPRISE THE RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. THE DYNAMIC AND POWERFUL STORY OF THE REGION'S EVOLUTION FROM COLONIAL SETTLEMENT TO "BIG STEEL" TO THE MODERN ERA IS EVIDENT IN ITS MANY ARTIFACTS, BUILDINGS, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRIAL SITES. AMONG OTHER DESTINATIONS, SUCH CORE LANDMARKS AS THE CARRIE BLAST FURNACES NOS. 6 AND 7, PINKERTON'S LANDING, THE PUMP HOUSE AND WATER TOWER AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER UNITED STATES STEEL HOMESTEAD WORKS, AND THE W. A. YOUNG FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP AT RICES LANDING ON THE MONONGAHELA RIVER, ILLUSTRATE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS STORY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONSERVE, INTERPRET, DEVELOP, AND PROMOTE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT WESTERN PA, INCLUDING THE EIGHT COUNTIES THAT COMPRISE THE RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

  • EXPLORER - THROUGH ROS PGH-101 AN INTRO TO INNOVATION TOUR PROGRAM, EXPLORER PROVIDES TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORIC SITES AND ATTRACTIONS ALONG PITTSBURGH'S THREE RIVERS. THE EXPLORER PROGRAM WORKS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR HERITAGE AREA TO FACILITATE INCREASED AWARENESS OF STEM EDUCATION CLASSES AVAILABLE ON THE EXPLORER IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IT ALSO PROVIDES CHARTER SERVICES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL GROUPS.

    Expenses $427,319 · Revenue $205,958

  • CARRIE FURNACE - DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 2006, RIVERS OF STEEL CONTINUES ITS ONGOING RESTORATION WORK ON THE CARRIE SITE TODAY. THROUGH LOCAL TOUR GUIDES, VISITORS MARVEL AT THE SCALE AND LEGACY OF ITS INDUSTRIAL MIGHT AS 125 YEARS OF BIG STEEL COMES ALIVE ON TOURS. THESE TOURS SHOW HOW THE STEEL INDUSTRY PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN SHAPING NOT ONLY THE ECONOMY, BUT ALSO THE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE MON-VALLEY COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $831,311 · Revenue $248,141

  • ROS ARTS - THE ARTS PROGRAM CELEBRATES CREATIVE INQUIRY BY CRAFTING OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERPRET THE REGION'S PAST, REIMAGINE ITS FUTURE, AND EXPLORE A SENSE OF PLACE. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS, TOURS AND HAPPENINGS, RIVERS OF STEEL ARTS HELPS INDIVIDUALS CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES IN MEANINGFUL WAYS.

    Expenses $515,865 · Grants $18,519 · Revenue $67,316

  • RIVERS OF STEEL'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS USE SITES LIKE THE CARRIE BLAST FURNACES TO OFFER STUDENT EXPERIENCES, ARTIST RESIDENCIES, OUTREACH, AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS THAT EXPLORE THE REGION'S INDUSTRIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY THROUGH ARTS AND HERITAGE THEMES. THROUGH ITS ARCHIVES AND PRESERVATION WORK, RIVERS OF STEEL CONSERVES EVERYTHING FROM SMALL EPHEMERA TO NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS, BUILDING COLLECTIONS AND MAINTAINING HERITAGE SITES THAT UNDERPIN ITS TOURS, EXHIBITIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES. RIVERS OF STEEL'S RECEPTIVE AND HERITAGE TOURISM PROGRAMMING PACKAGES TOURS, WORKSHOPS, AND EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA, HELPING VISITORS ENGAGE WITH INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, PUBLIC ART, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS A COORDINATED DESTINATION OFFERING. THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS A PAID NINE-MONTH, LEARN-AND-EARN INITIATIVE THAT TRAINS EMERGING TRADES WORKERS IN WELDING, MASONRY, CARPENTRY, SAFETY, AND PRESERVATION SKILLS WHILE THEY HELP RESTORE HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES.

    Expenses $1,034,903 · Grants $88,900 · Revenue $181,260

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Art Tintori

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • August R Carlino

    PRESIDENT & CEO (THRU 3/25)

    Total calculated
    $124,154
    From this org
    $116,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,761
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chuck Duritsa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Scarpino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Gallagher Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dean Calland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Brenda Fredette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Lutitia Clipper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ellen Kight

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Reed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Thomas

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Michaud

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kady Durko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Goossen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marion Malus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Sloan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard C Wallace

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Alfonso Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mateo Villa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Flanagan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carmelle Nickens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary W Murrin

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $162,018
    From this org
    $150,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,893
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,893
    Filer's total
    $162,018

  • Brooks Robinson Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Kelley

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $111,643
    From this org
    $82,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,926
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

  • NORWIN ELKS LODGE 2313

    $34,815

    FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR ELK LODGE

  • KELLY STRAYHORN THEATRE

    $19,261

    THEATER EQUIPMENT UPGRADES WITH THE PURCHASE OF AN ETC NOMAD LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM, TRUSSES AND SPEAKERS, BATTERY POWDERED UPLIGHTS, STAGING, AND TABLE CLOTHS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
15 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611669349300736

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