Totals
- Total revenue
- $276,294
- Total expenses
- $292,518
- Contributions and grants received
- $276,246
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $48
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $34,594
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,926
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $32,668
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $230,605
- Management and general expenses
- $60,893
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,020
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $230,605
Program services were 78.8% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$14,867
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$69,340
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$192,039
-
3 · Investment income
total $48 · excluded $48
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$14,867
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $69,231 · program services $69,231
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $3,039 · program services $3,039
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $5,785 · program services $5,785
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $6,780 · management and general $6,780
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $956 · management and general $956
-
13 · Office expenses
total $1,750 · management and general $1,750
-
14 · Information technology
total $743 · management and general $743
-
16 · Occupancy
total $3,850 · management and general $3,850
-
17 · Travel
total $720 · management and general $720
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,292 · management and general $3,292
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,923 · program services $1,158 · management and general $765
-
23 · Insurance
total $3,031 · management and general $3,031
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $151,392 · program services $151,392
-
24b · Other expenses: GRANT ADMINISTRATION
total $29,400 · management and general $29,400
-
24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS
total $7,838 · management and general $7,838
-
24d · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE
total $1,020 · fundraising $1,020
-
24e · All other expenses
total $1,768 · management and general $1,768
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $31,424 · end of year $19,049
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$27,304
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$11,759
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $17,468 · end of year $15,545
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,926
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $48,892 · end of year $26,899
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $5,769
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
JOHN BROWN LIVES! (JBL!) IS A NONPROFIT FREEDOM EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT USES ARTS AND EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN EXCAVATING USEFUL LEGACIES OF THE PAST IN ORDER TO INSPIRE COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ACTION THAT ADDRESSES CRITICAL SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES TODAY. WE ARE ALSO THE OFFICIAL NEW YORK STATE FRIENDS GROUP OF THE JOHN BROWN FARM STATE HISTORIC SITE IN LAKE PLACID, NY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
FREEDOM EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT
-
FREEDOM EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECTS-HANDS ON HISTORY
Expenses $230,605 · Revenue $65,507
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Jeff JonesJEFF JONES
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Erica Lewis BluntERICA LEWIS BLUNT
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Hadley Kruczek-AaronHADLEY KRUCZEK-AARON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark RyanMARK RYAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Martha SwanMARTHA SWAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $69,231
- From this org
- $69,231
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
David BlightDAVID BLIGHT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Joseph HendersonJOSEPH HENDERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Benita Law-DiaoBENITA LAW-DIAO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Justin OliverJUSTIN OLIVER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Brad RayBRAD RAY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Renan SelgadoRENAN SELGADO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Adam StewartADAM STEWART
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Martin TylerMARTIN TYLER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jerilea ZempelJERILEA ZEMPEL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Garrett MarinoGARRETT MARINO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Lewis HughesLEWIS HUGHES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543159349303629
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