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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,216,585
Total expenses
$1,882,081
Contributions and grants received
$1,699,702
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$264,855
Investment income
$121,507
Other revenue
$130,521
Total assets, end of year
$8,429,611
Total liabilities, end of year
$277,498
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,152,113
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,204,662
Management and general expenses
$291,013
Fundraising expenses
$386,406
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,204,662

Program services were 64.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $20,085

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $229,976

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $696,204

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $753,437

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $38,961

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $143,006 · related or exempt $143,006

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $121,849 · related or exempt $121,849

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,097 · excluded $63,097

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $8,800

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $5,358

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,442

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,442 · related or exempt $3,442

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $58,410

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $58,410

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $58,410 · related or exempt $58,410

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $177,992

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

    $229,976

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $80,355

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $97,637 · excluded $97,637

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $56,676

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $27,426

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $29,250 · related or exempt $29,250

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $192 · related or exempt $192

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $192

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $123,370 · program services $69,087 · management and general $19,739 · fundraising $34,544

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $910,622 · program services $507,939 · management and general $137,437 · fundraising $265,246

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $120,914 · program services $57,593 · management and general $24,253 · fundraising $39,068

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $69,947 · program services $39,888 · management and general $10,339 · fundraising $19,720

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,278 · management and general $27,278

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,769 · program services $50,047 · management and general $8,852 · fundraising $2,870

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $37,871 · program services $37,120 · management and general $221 · fundraising $530

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,706 · program services $33,208 · management and general $134 · fundraising $364

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,599 · program services $36,944 · management and general $1,369 · fundraising $3,286

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,595 · program services $11,728 · management and general $4,957 · fundraising $3,910

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $195,471 · program services $171,705 · management and general $23,766

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,799 · program services $36,828 · management and general $874 · fundraising $2,097

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $41,162 · program services $38,550 · management and general $2,612

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $36,790 · program services $30,503 · management and general $164 · fundraising $6,123

  • 24c · Other expenses: FELLOW STIPENDS

    total $29,350 · program services $29,350

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMPUTER AND EQUIPMENT

    total $25,987 · program services $23,464 · management and general $742 · fundraising $1,781

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $65,851 · program services $30,708 · management and general $28,276 · fundraising $6,867

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $518,523 · end of year $129,758

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,498 · end of year $527

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,000 · end of year $582,873

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $244,033

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $71,936 · end of year $86,051

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,227 · end of year $7,670

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

    $5,526,843

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

    $1,729,685

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,339,897 · end of year $3,797,158

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,098,535 · end of year $2,188,738

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $141,741 · end of year $123,336

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,483,000 · end of year $1,513,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $151,273 · end of year $237,907

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $42,500 · end of year $27,040

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $18,015 · end of year $9,071

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,950 · end of year $3,480

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,485,162 · end of year $5,425,366

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,218,490 · end of year $2,726,747

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE PRESERVES AND INTERPRETS THE HOME, AND STUDIOS OF THOMAS COLE, THE FOUNDER OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL OF PAINTING, THE NATION'S FIRST ART MOVEMENT. COLE'S PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON AMERICA'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE INSPIRES US TO ENGAGE BROAD AUDIENCES THROUGH INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE RELEVANT TODAY.

  • THE THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE PRESENTS THE ORIGINAL HOME AND STUDIOS OF THE ARTIST AND EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST THOMAS COLE (1801-1848). COLE FOUNDED THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE PAINTING, THE FORMATIVE 19TH-CENTURY ART MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ADVOCATED FOR PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. LOCATED ON 6 ACRES IN NEW YORK'S HUDSON VALLEY, THE SITE INCLUDES THE 1815 MAIN HOUSE; COLE'S 1839 OLD STUDIO; THE RECONSTRUCTED 1846 NEW STUDIO BUILDING; AND GARDENS AND GROUNDS WITH VIEWS OF THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. IT IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND AN AFFILIATED AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE THOMAS COLE SITE'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE GUIDED AND SELF-GUIDED TOURS, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS OF BOTH 19TH-CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY ART, PRINT PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, EXTENSIVE ONLINE PROGRAMS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE COLE FELLOWSHIP, FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL ART TRAILA MAP AND WEBSITE THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO VISIT THE PLACES IN NATURE THAT COLE PAINTEDAND THE HUDSON RIVER SKYWALK, A NEW SCENIC WALKWAY CONNECTING THE THOMAS COLE SITE WITH FREDERIC CHURCH'S OLANA OVER THE HUDSON RIVER. THE GOAL OF ALL PROGRAMS AT THE THOMAS COLE SITE IS TO ENABLE VISITORS TO FIND MEANING AND INSPIRATION IN THOMAS COLE'S LIFE AND WORK. THE THEMES THAT COLE EXPLORED IN HIS ART AND WRITINGSSUCH AS LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION AND OUR CONCEPTION OF NATURE AS A RESTORATIVE POWERARE BOTH HISTORIC AND TIMELY, PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO AUDIENCES WITH INSIGHTS THAT ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THEIR OWN LIVES.

    Expenses $1,204,662 · Revenue $264,855

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Fox Martin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Warner Shook

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas De Swardt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emma Davidson Tribbs

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erin Dziedzic

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carrie Feder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jenny Park Adam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nina Matis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Miller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Shadley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Hudson Talbott

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evelyn Trebilcock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Sullivan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Ball

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Gates Austin Warner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marianne Lockwood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth B Jacks

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,370
    From this org
    $125,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349312255

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