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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NED SMITH CENTER FOR NATURE AND ART.

Totals

Total revenue
$938,915
Total expenses
$1,297,759
Contributions and grants received
$730,731
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$70,130
Investment income
$119,694
Other revenue
$18,360
Total assets, end of year
$13,996,250
Total liabilities, end of year
$65,615
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,930,635
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$982,229
Management and general expenses
$275,110
Fundraising expenses
$40,420
Program service expenses (Part III)
$982,229

Program services were 75.7% 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

    $50,894

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $21,210

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $658,627

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AUCTION

    total $9,422 · related or exempt $9,422

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS

    total $60,708 · related or exempt $60,708

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $84,812 · excluded $84,812

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $5,250

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $5,250

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $5,250 · excluded $5,250

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $417,709

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

    securities $382,827

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $34,882

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $34,882 · excluded $34,882

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $25,196

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

    $21,210

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $29,232

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,036

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $44,839

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $27,693

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $17,146 · related or exempt $17,146

  • 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 $135,064 · program services $48,623 · management and general $81,038 · fundraising $5,403

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $330,646 · program services $276,851 · management and general $49,588 · fundraising $4,207

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,730 · program services $4,099 · management and general $2,548 · fundraising $83

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,868 · program services $19,408 · management and general $12,067 · fundraising $393

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,761 · program services $25,748 · management and general $9,298 · fundraising $715

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,004 · management and general $56,004

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,304 · management and general $16,304

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $98,390 · program services $67,712 · management and general $4,054 · fundraising $26,624

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,770 · program services $19,499 · management and general $271

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $89,604 · program services $84,338 · management and general $4,504 · fundraising $762

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,182 · program services $15,326 · management and general $856

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $206,583 · program services $199,813 · management and general $5,642 · fundraising $1,128

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,851 · program services $27,686 · management and general $4,060 · fundraising $1,105

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH and exhibit

    total $71,759 · program services $71,759

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $70,251 · program services $60,040 · management and general $10,211

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $26,113 · program services $16,876 · management and general $9,237

  • 24d · Other expenses: RENTAL EXPENSE

    total $14,688 · program services $14,659 · management and general $29

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,191 · program services $29,792 · management and general $9,399

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $1,180

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $719,396 · end of year $420,400

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $25,000

  • 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 $74,160 · end of year $75,968

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $12,925

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

    $7,562,471

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

    $3,154,413

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,542,494 · end of year $4,408,058

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 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 $8,525,046 · end of year $9,052,719

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,313 · end of year $65,615

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,783,794 · end of year $5,628,432

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,031,489 · end of year $8,302,203

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To honor the legacy of Ned Smith by merging the arts and natural world through education, exhibition and experiences.

  • The Ned Smith Center provides free, year-round public access to its facilities, welcoming approximately 12,000 visitors to its outdoor areas and 2,500 to its art galleries and exhibition openings in 2024. Amenities include three art galleries, 535 acres of scenic trails, creek access, a childrens play and picnic area, bird feeding stations, pollinator gardens, an outdoor patio, deck, and amphitheater, and a picturesque bridge. These spaces advance the Centers mission by offering meaningful connections to nature and the arts for visitors of all ages.

    Expenses $725,790 · Revenue $210,677

  • Special nature and arts events at the Ned Smith Center attracted more than 5,000 attendees in 2024, including 2,700 at the annual Nature & Arts Festival held at MYO Park in Millersburg and 2,300 at indoor and outdoor concerts and free youth ballet and Shakespeare performances held in the Centers Ned Smith Gallery and DeSoto Amphitheater for the Performing Arts. These events advance our mission by fostering community engagement, celebrating the connection between nature and the arts, and providing accessible cultural experiences for audiences of all ages.

    Expenses $93,180 · Revenue $132,526

  • The Ned Smith Centers educational programming engages participants with nature and inspires curiosity and appreciation for the natural world. The Centers educational programs reached more than 1,200 students across Dauphin County and surrounding areas through on- and off-site environmental education programs aligned with Pennsylvania Academic Standards. In addition to school-based programs designed to support classroom learning, the Center offered summer nature and arts camps to more than 200 individuals, engaged more than 40 families through homeschool days, and educated nearly 70 participants through the Centers series of free Discovery Series workshops for all ages.

    Expenses $84,209 · Revenue $112,643

  • NSCNA continued its 28th year of northern saw-whet owl banding at three long-term sites in PA, netting just under 500 owls and deploying 20 nanotag transmitters as part of Project Owlnet, a continent-wide tracking project. The Center also advanced snowy owl research through Project SNOWstorm, tagging juvenile owls in the Canadian Arctic and publishing the first global population estimate for the species. More than 90 volunteers contributed 5,000+ hours to these research efforts.

    Expenses $77,598 · Revenue $52,277

  • Promote an awareness of and appreciation for the art of Ned Smith and other wildlife artists by presenting an annual art auction.

    Expenses $1,452 · Revenue $8,934

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lara Maupin

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $86,811
    From this org
    $76,787
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,024
    Hours/week
    40

  • Agata Czopek

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $48,253
    From this org
    $43,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,777
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $43,476
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,777
    Filer's total
    $48,253

  • John D Laskowski

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy Fasnacht

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Nace

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Ulsh

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pam Keefer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raymond Enders

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Margerum

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Kutz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Travitz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Ramsey

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Trudy Withers

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rick Calla

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Black

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marilyn Kauffman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Hipp

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Calvin Dubrock

    TRUSTEE

    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. 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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
2024
Filed
28 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502099349301010

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