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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$314,938
Total expenses
$610,508
Contributions and grants received
$213,802
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$50,414
Investment income
$2,249
Other revenue
$48,473
Total assets, end of year
$6,587,994
Total liabilities, end of year
$87,757
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,500,237
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$253,349
Management and general expenses
$208,071
Fundraising expenses
$149,088
Program service expenses (Part III)
$253,349

Program services were 41.5% 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

    $8,673

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $205,129

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Rental Income

    total $50,414 · related or exempt $50,414

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,249 · excluded $2,249

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $62,994

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,746

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $47,248 · excluded $47,248

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $45,859

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $44,634

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,225 · excluded $1,225

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $80,066 · program services $9,462 · management and general $47,449 · fundraising $23,155

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $196,831 · program services $89,741 · management and general $29,834 · fundraising $77,256

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,144 · program services $3,074 · management and general $4,114 · fundraising $2,956

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,909 · program services $3,609 · management and general $4,830 · fundraising $3,470

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,777 · program services $7,821 · management and general $6,033 · fundraising $7,923

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $325 · management and general $325

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,436 · management and general $39,436

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $34,817 · management and general $34,817

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $26,084 · program services $10,482 · management and general $9,378 · fundraising $6,224

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,204 · fundraising $3,204

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,293 · program services $449 · management and general $10,071 · fundraising $3,773

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $38,532 · program services $33,005 · management and general $5,527

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,833 · program services $32 · management and general $1,506 · fundraising $3,295

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,390 · program services $1,245 · management and general $115 · fundraising $30

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $49,224 · program services $48,085 · management and general $1,139

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,185 · management and general $1,185

  • 24a · Other expenses: Maintenance

    total $17,823 · program services $17,343 · fundraising $480

  • 24b · Other expenses: Landscaping

    total $14,445 · program services $13,185 · fundraising $1,260

  • 24c · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $14,083 · program services $7,416 · management and general $6,089 · fundraising $578

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $9,841 · program services $1,880 · management and general $330 · fundraising $7,631

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,266 · program services $6,520 · management and general $5,893 · fundraising $7,853

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $22,395 · end of year $13,207

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $194,118 · end of year $157,201

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,674 · end of year $1,931

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,350 · end of year $4,350

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,687 · end of year $3,837

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

    $2,380,416

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

    $203,136

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,146,176 · end of year $2,177,280

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,781,133 · end of year $4,181,234

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $33,826 · end of year $48,954

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,053 · end of year $17,313

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $26,035 · end of year $70,444

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,025,858 · end of year $6,361,927

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $140,413 · end of year $138,310

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our mission is to preserve, protect and promote the historic properties and diverse cultural heritage of the Santa Fe area, and to educate the public about Santa Fe's history and the importance of preservation.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Historic preservation of properties to preserve the diverse cultural heritage of the Santa Fe area. Activities include not only the preservation of historical properties but education of the public about Santa Fe's history.

  • Protecting Historic Properties Historic Preservation (Architectural Conservation)1. Performed conservation work on Foundation owned property, 545 Canyon Road, and made earth plaster repairs on property wall, rebuilt historic and utility staircases, managed roof repairs on main structure, restored historic wood screen door elements, reglazing of historic window panes, managed lead paint mitigation, and repainting of historic western portal and railings, and maintained old plumbing and lighting fixtures. Refinished historic lime wash coatings on main structures Zaguan corridor and portal covered areas. Repairs to historic brick paver bedding and rodent intrusion mitigation. Earthen plaster re-coating on areas of main structures north face. 2. Continued implementation of El Zagun Master Plan in phased and budgeted steps. Phase II was completed, allowing the history interpretation center to open.3. Further revision and implementation of Master Plan for the garden and outdoor spaces with volunteer gardeners at the garden at El Zagun, 545 Canyon Road. Engagement with the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners for ongoing maintenance of the garden.4. Continued to refine process for monitoring and management of all preservation easements held by the Foundation. Annual visits and inspections with owners of existing easements held by the foundation were made.

    Expenses $187,178 · Revenue $50,414

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $62,690

  • Preservation Trades Internship1. The Faith and John Gaw Meem Preservation Trades Internship was implemented for a 10-week, 400-hour period. Faith and John Gaw Meem Preservation Trades intern Samantha Crowley, hands-on adobe work at El Zagun, 545 Canyon Road and at Rancho de Las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road. Projects included working at Las Golondrinas to infill a doorway and work on mud plastering. Additional projects involved replastering the front entrance wall and other areas of El Zagun. Intern learned how to prepare appropriate plaster mixes with the available materials of sand, clay, straw, lime and water and experimented with changes in substrate materials. The Intern was introduced to basic carpentry and tool safety and use. Intern helped to create scaled adobe wooden forms and small-scale adobe production. Other projects included water infiltration mitigation on the historic Randall Davey Art Studio at the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Santa Fe. Also, lead paint testing and re-priming of Randall Davey Painting Studio ceiling.

    Expenses $3,481

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Melanie McWhorter

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $79,476
    From this org
    $76,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,828
    Hours/week
    40
  • Larry Good

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne McDonald CULP

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harlan Flint

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Timothy Sweeney

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tony Sawtell

    Past Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Walke

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas Wirth

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James B Baker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
1 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202501829349302005

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