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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,818,768
Total expenses
$3,887,711
Contributions and grants received
$3,012,057
Grants paid
$1,280,583
Program service revenue
$837,148
Investment income
$47,021
Other revenue
-$77,458
Total assets, end of year
$2,672,210
Total liabilities, end of year
$922,809
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,749,401
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,891,568
Management and general expenses
$510,096
Fundraising expenses
$486,047
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,891,568

Program services were 74.4% 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

    $104,981

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $289,860

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $586,028

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,031,188

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $41,068

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLIC PROGRAMS

    total $557,848 · related or exempt $557,848

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLIC TOURS

    total $225,530 · related or exempt $225,530

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $35,323 · related or exempt $35,323

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $12,075 · related or exempt $12,075

  • 2e · Program service revenue: GENEALOGY INCOME

    total $6,372 · related or exempt $6,372

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,251 · excluded $23,251

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $42,228

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $42,228

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $42,228 · excluded $42,228

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $23,770

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $23,770

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $23,770 · excluded $23,770

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,700

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

    $289,860

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $167,337

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$110,637 · excluded -$110,637

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,443

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $10,492

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$9,049 · related or exempt -$9,049

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,275,583 · program services $1,275,583

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,919 · management and general $3,919

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $90,482 · fundraising $90,482

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,859 · program services $18,850 · management and general $300 · fundraising $6,709

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $47,071 · program services $6,564 · management and general $15,587 · fundraising $24,920

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $78,141 · program services $12,302 · management and general $48,624 · fundraising $17,215

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $85,589 · management and general $85,589

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,396 · program services $4,396

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,132 · program services $38,132

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED SERVICES

    total $1,481,728 · program services $880,589 · management and general $278,219 · fundraising $322,920

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $512,845 · program services $512,845

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSE

    total $138,812 · program services $61,029 · management and general $77,783

  • 24d · Other expenses: TOUR GUIDES

    total $52,402 · program services $52,402

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $47,752 · program services $23,876 · management and general $75 · fundraising $23,801

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $772,067 · end of year $498,028

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $51,445 · end of year $58,664

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $856,027

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

    $333,445

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

    $180,916

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $190,661 · end of year $152,529

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $733,731 · end of year $910,090

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $197,028 · end of year $196,872

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,340 · end of year $1,523

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $453,590 · end of year $921,286

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,473,002 · end of year $563,068

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $1,186,333

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GREEN-WOOD IS A LIVING CEMETERY THAT BRINGS PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE WORLD AS IT IS AND WAS, BY MEMORIALIZING THE DEAD AND BRINGING TO LIFE THE ART, HISTORY, AND NATURAL BEAUTY OF NEW YORK CITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING; ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING; PRESERVING HISTORY; AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

  • EDUCATION & WELCOME CENTER: IN FALL 2025, THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY, A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND BELOVED BROOKLYN INSTITUTION SINCE 1838, WILL LAUNCH ITS EDUCATION & WELCOME CENTER. AS A COMMUNITY SPACE FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS, A MINI-MUSEUM, A SETTING FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, AND MORE, THE CENTER IS A SPACE DESIGNED TO WELCOME ALL OUR CONSTITUENTS, INCLUDING LOCAL VISITORS, LOT OWNERS, STUDENTS, TOURISTS, AND MORE. LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE AT 25TH STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE, IT WILL COMBINE THE RESTORED VICTORIAN-ERA WEIR GREENHOUSE WITH A NEW BUILDING AND SERVE AS A CENTRAL HUB WHERE VISITORS CAN ENGAGE WITH ALL THAT GREEN-WOOD HAS TO OFFER. ALL WILL BE WELCOME TO LEARN ABOUT THE CEMETERY'S BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE, UNIQUE HISTORY, AND ITS CORE ASSETS OF ART, HISTORY, AND NATURE, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. ADMISSION IS FREE.

    Expenses $1,213,956 · Grants $1,213,956

  • PUBLIC EVENTS AND TOURS: TO SERVE BROOKLYNITES, NEW YORKERS, AND VISITORS FROM NEAR AND FAR, THE GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND PRODUCES OVER 300 PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND WALKING- AND TROLLEY TOURS, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. PROGRAM THEMES INCLUDE NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, NYC -, BROOKLYN-, AND US HISTORY, LGBTQ+ HISTORY, BLACK HISTORY, IMMIGRANT HISTORY, AND MORE. FURTHER, OUR ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS INCLUDE DANCE PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS IN THE CATACOMBS, AND AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM. WE ALSO HOST FOUR LARGE-SCALE, FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR: JUNETEENTH, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, THE MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, AND BATTLE OF BROOKLYN DAY: THE MEANING OF FREEDOM. LAST, OUR DEATH EDUCATION PROGRAMMING INCLUDES WORKSHOPS ON GRIEF, LECTURES BY EXPERTS IN THE DEATH-POSITIVE FIELD, PROGRAMS THAT EXAMINE DEATH THROUGH THE LENS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND DEATH CAFES (INFORMAL GUIDED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEATH).

    Expenses $1,011,173 · Revenue $783,378

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMS: GREEN-WOOD OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, INCLUDING CLASSES FOR 3-K AND PRE-K STUDENTS, ELEMENTARY-, MIDDLE-, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. FURTHER, WE OFFER THE "BRIDGE TO CRAFTS CAREERS" WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 18 TO 24. THE WORLD MONUMENTS FUND IS OUR PARTNER IN THIS PROGRAM. THE TRAINING IS IN THE FIELD OF MASONRY RESTORATION AND PREPARES TRAINEES FOR CAREERS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. ALL TOLD, WE SERVED 9,063 STUDENTS OF ALL AGES IN 2024. ADDITIONALLY, GREEN-WOOD HOSTED TWO TEAMS OF EARLY-CAREER ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS, WHO CONDUCTED ONSITE STUDIES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

    Expenses $483,961 · Grants $67,500 · Revenue $35,323

  • INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES AND THE HISTORIC COLLECTION: GREEN-WOOD'S SEEKS TO SHARE THESE UNIQUE RESOURCES WITH SCHOLARS, RESEARCHERS, AND THE PUBLIC TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CEMETERY, THOSE INTERRED HERE, AND 19TH- AND 20TH CENTURY HISTORY. GREEN-WOOD'S INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES COMPRISE 3,200 CUBIC FEET OF METICULOUSLY PRESERVED RECORDS, RELATING TO THIS HISTORY OF THE CEMETERY ITSELF AND THE BURIAL RECORDS OF OVER HALF A MILLION INDIVIDUALS (570,000+ IN TOTAL) INTERRED AT GREEN-WOOD. AN EXTENSIVE PROJECT TO TRANSCRIBE 60 BURIAL LEDGERS (1840 TO 1937) AND MAKE THEM SEARCHABLE ONLINE WAS COMPLETED IN 2023 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.GREEN-WOOD'S DIVERSE HISTORIC COLLECTION IS COMPOSED OF ITEMS RANGING FROM CABINET CARDS TO STEREO VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS TO OIL PAINTINGS TO 19TH-CENTURY BASEBALL PROGRAMS. EVERY ITEM IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TO GREEN-WOOD, RELATING EITHER TO A GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY "PERMANENT RESIDENT OR TO THE HISTORY OF THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, FOUNDED IN 1838.OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE GENEALOGY AND RESTORATION & PRESERVATION.

    Expenses $182,478 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $9,398

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter Davidson

    CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Meryl Breitbart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Michael Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Bevin Cline

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Payson Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Lauren B Cramer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Nathalie Pierrepont Danilovich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Catherine Feldman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Seth Faison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Michael Haddad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Krystyna Houser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Kathy Keriman-Leicht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Lark-Marie Anton Menchini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Regina Myer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Michelle Nasir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Elyse Suzanne Newman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • John T Reddick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Jim Rossman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Ronald G Russo Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Carla P Shen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Sam Sifton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Alexnadra Sweeney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Earl D Weiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Rudy Wynter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Samuel G White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Adrian Benepe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Richard J Moylan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $682,698
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $417,060
    Other
    $265,638
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $337,589 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $11,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $68,471 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $260,615 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,023 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $682,698 related
  • Arlene Bascom

    VP & COMPTROLLER THRU DEC 2024

    Total calculated
    $288,355
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $250,244
    Other
    $38,111
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $214,709 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $30,535 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,832 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,279 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $288,355 related
  • Heather Malin

    VP & CFO AS OF MAY 2024

    Total calculated
    $209,568
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $162,445
    Other
    $47,123
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $142,815 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $18,630 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $47,123 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $209,568 related
  • Lisa Alpert

    VP. DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $245,370
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $169,795
    Other
    $75,575
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $161,409 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $6,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,386 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,563 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $63,012 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $245,370 related
  • Eric Barna

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $210,946
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $179,211
    Other
    $31,735
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $164,732 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $6,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $8,479 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,456 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,279 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $210,946 related
  • Sara Durkacs

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $168,870
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $155,604
    Other
    $13,266
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $130,083 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $20,521 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,825 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,441 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $168,870 related
  • Harry Weil

    VP PROGAMS/EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $168,858
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $154,632
    Other
    $14,226
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $134,083 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $3,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $17,549 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,969 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $4,257 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $168,858 related
  • Arthur Presson

    VP OF DESIGN & LANSCAPE THRU JULY 24

    Total calculated
    $144,889
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $95,548
    Other
    $49,341
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Sonia Bennett

    COMPTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $188,583
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $177,837
    Other
    $10,746
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $144,174 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,250 related
    Other
    $0 + $31,413 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,550 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,196 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $188,583 related
  • Frank Morelli

    PLANT & FACILITIES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $141,721
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $132,205
    Other
    $9,516
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Jeffrey Richman

    HISTORIAN

    Total calculated
    $154,870
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,823
    Other
    $28,047
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $115,168 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $10,655 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,415 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,632 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $154,870 related
  • John Argenziano

    CHIEF OF SECURITY

    Total calculated
    $125,389
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $114,541
    Other
    $10,848
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Rachel Walman

    DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $171,928
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $101,379
    Other
    $70,549
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $97,409 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,970 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,782 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $62,767 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $171,928 related

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
OFFICERS OF THE HISTORIC FUND ARE COMPENSATED BY A RELATED PARTY, THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY. THE FOLLOWING IS THEIR COMPENSATION POLICY. TOP MANAGEMENT AND KEY EMPLOYEE SALARIES ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO DETERMINE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE. THEY USE THE FORM 990 OF OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND A COMPENSATION SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION.
FORM 990, PART VII, COLUMN (F) AND SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C):
THESE TWO COLUMNS SHOW THE ACTUARIAL INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521359349316392

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