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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,722,245
Total expenses
$1,691,933
Contributions and grants received
$1,577,009
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$139,895
Investment income
$30,838
Other revenue
-$25,497
Total assets, end of year
$5,313,562
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,219
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,254,343
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,338,934
Management and general expenses
$193,842
Fundraising expenses
$159,157
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,338,934

Program services were 79.1% 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

    $222,863

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,354,146

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DEVELOPMENT FEE INCOME

    total $139,895 · related or exempt $139,895

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,838 · excluded $30,838

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,680

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

    $222,863

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $82,177

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$25,497 · excluded -$25,497

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $159,928 · program services $39,963 · management and general $43,711 · fundraising $76,254

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,855 · program services $1,390 · management and general $3,465

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,000 · management and general $11,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $48,000 · program services $48,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $63,250 · fundraising $63,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $139,895 · program services $139,895

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $856 · management and general $856

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,373 · program services $1,109 · management and general $12,903 · fundraising $6,361

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $707 · management and general $707

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,239 · management and general $3,799 · fundraising $1,440

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,513 · management and general $10,513

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $1,048,823 · program services $957,718 · management and general $88,673 · fundraising $2,432

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $155,925 · program services $149,984 · management and general $3,446 · fundraising $2,495

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $11,900 · program services $606 · management and general $8,562 · fundraising $2,732

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $4,927 · program services $269 · management and general $465 · fundraising $4,193

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,742 · management and general $5,742

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,655,231 · end of year $2,746,640

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $823,500 · end of year $602,822

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $2,320,085 · end of year $1,964,100

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,048 · end of year $59,219

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $9,561

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $208,033 · end of year $646,173

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,441,174 · end of year $4,608,170

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO RAISE FUNDS TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PROMOTING ITS HISTORICAL,SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RAISE FUNDS TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

  • IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION CELEBRATED ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND DURING THAT YEAR, ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES: 1) FUNDRAISING: COMPLETED THE FUNDRAISING OF A 4.5 MILLION CAMPAIGN TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN OF THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT ENABLED THE PROJECT TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE 30.1 MILLION IN THE FEDERAL FY 2023 GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT FUNDING WHICH WILL PAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING IS SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED IN 2026. 2) 50TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM: WITH A GOAL TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE PROGRAMS REACHED OVER 300 PEOPLE IN A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS BY HOSTING EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS. 3) FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES: WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, HOSTED THE FIRST EVER FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES ON JULY 8TH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE FIRST READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE DAY SAW AN AVERAGE OF 79 VISITORS (TOTAL 556) ATTEND THE PROGRAM. 4) TWILIGHT TOURS: OFFERED FREE, EVENING WALKING TOURS ON THE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PARK. OVER 440 ATTENDANTS FROM 33 DIFFERENT STATES AND 18 FOREIGN COUNTRIES ATTENDED THE PROGRAM. 5)THROUGH FUNDS MANAGED BY THE TRUST, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING: 5A)SUPPORT THE CREATION AND INSTALLATION TWO TEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS IN THE PARK. 5B)REPLACED EXHIBIT PANELS AT THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE SITE. 5C)SUPPORTED THE PARK'S EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FUNDING TO OFFER VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS. IN THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, THE PROGRAM REACHED 54 SCHOOLS, 5,068 STUDENTS AND AT LEAST 140 TEACHERS. EDUCATION STAFF PRESENTED A TOTAL OF 112 PROGRAMS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

    Expenses $1,290,934 · Revenue $139,895

  • LOBBYING EXPENDITURES

    Expenses $48,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Caramanico

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • William Marrazzo

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lee James Woolley

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Karen Kaufman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Thomas G Spencer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Flora L Becker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Edward D'Alba

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Thomas G Morr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jon C Sirlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alan Mandeloff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Adrian Mantini

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2022
Filed
27 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312729349300226

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