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← FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,631,533
Total expenses
$4,521,924
Contributions and grants received
$602,144
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,027,176
Investment income
$78,055
Other revenue
$924,158
Total assets, end of year
$12,465,877
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,340,865
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,125,012
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,377,160
Management and general expenses
$1,915,900
Fundraising expenses
$228,864
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,377,160

Program services were 52.6% 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

    $116,403

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $66,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $419,241

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOURS AND EDUCATION

    total $3,027,176 · related or exempt $3,027,176

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $78,055 · excluded $78,055

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,235 · excluded $1,235

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $208,417

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

    $66,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $81,343

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $127,074 · excluded $127,074

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,362,872

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $689,235

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $673,637 · related or exempt $673,637

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $122,212 · excluded $122,212

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $122,212

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $469,729 · program services $261,079 · management and general $171,406 · fundraising $37,244

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,584,495 · program services $861,881 · management and general $604,372 · fundraising $118,242

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,614 · program services $12,066 · management and general $17,841 · fundraising $3,707

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $122,545 · program services $83,111 · management and general $27,462 · fundraising $11,972

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $146,945 · program services $79,238 · management and general $56,681 · fundraising $11,026

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $258,705 · program services $12,250 · management and general $241,659 · fundraising $4,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $49,040 · program services $49,040

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $409,416 · program services $184,180 · management and general $186,170 · fundraising $39,066

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,216 · management and general $7,216

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $420,927 · program services $83,707 · management and general $337,220

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,249 · program services $49,224 · management and general $1,646 · fundraising $379

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,581 · management and general $3,581

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $456,235 · program services $331,903 · management and general $124,332

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $97,293 · program services $6,580 · management and general $89,793 · fundraising $920

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAVEL PROGRAM

    total $341,809 · program services $341,809

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $46,740 · program services $4,866 · management and general $40,644 · fundraising $1,230

  • 24c · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY

    total $21,935 · program services $15,776 · management and general $5,877 · fundraising $282

  • 24d · Other expenses: PHOTOGRAPHY

    total $450 · program services $450

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,907,638 · end of year $1,731,257

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,434,377 · end of year $1,389,213

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,500 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $32,507 · end of year $19,580

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $289,273 · end of year $364,201

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $69,567 · end of year $124,559

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

    $15,579,613

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

    $7,273,313

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,113,810 · end of year $8,306,300

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,597,415 · end of year $530,767

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $266,918 · end of year $193,092

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $471,759 · end of year $586,074

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $96,313 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $624,694 · end of year $561,699

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,741,255 · end of year $9,800,215

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,274,148 · end of year $1,324,797

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN EDUCATIONAL AND AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND THE LEGACY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OPERATION, PRESERVATION, AND RESTORATION OF THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOME AND STUDIO IN OAK PARK, ILLINOIS AND FREDERICK C. ROBIE HOUSE IN CHICAGO. DURING THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION HAD 60,140 VISITORS TO THE HOME AND STUDIO AND 28,636 VISITORS TO THE FREDERICK C. ROBIE HOUSE IN CHICAGO. THE ORGANIZATION'S CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICES ARE LOCATED AT THE HISTORIC ROOKERY BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. ITS OFFICES ARE ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING'S FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED LOBBY. THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES DAILY TOURS, SOCIAL AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS AT THIS LOCATION. TOTAL ATTENDANCE AT THE ROOKERY WAS 4,722 DURING THE YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HAD TOURS OF UNITY TEMPLE IN OAK PARK, WITH ATTENDANCE OF 5,997.TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR ALL LOCATIONS WAS 99,495.

    Expenses $2,377,160 · Revenue $3,700,813

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Rafkin

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Matthew Cotter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Graham Rarity

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Patricia Hunt

    VICE CHAIR / EXECUTIVE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Latonia Baker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter R George

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Hernandez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kurt Neumann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Pasin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Don Rosenwinkel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelly Small

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Randall S Thorne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Arthur Vogt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Celeste Adams

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $214,755
    From this org
    $178,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,278
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,477
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,894
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,384
    Filer's total
    $214,755
  • Ahnquajj A Kahmanne

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $157,978
    From this org
    $139,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,730
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,248
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,446
    Filer's total
    $157,978
  • Amy Debock

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $129,761
    From this org
    $99,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,992
    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 · Form 990 of other organizations

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
28 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621529349301047

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