Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$6,444,583

Total expenses

$3,390,695

Contributions and grants received

$5,853,956

Grants paid

$34,171

Program service revenue

$559,395

Investment income

$17,333

Other revenue

$13,899

Total assets, end of year

$10,324,976

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,097,789

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,227,187

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,067,860

Management and general expenses

$1,134,953

Fundraising expenses

$187,882

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,067,860

Program services were 61.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• EXPLORER - THROUGH ROS PGH-101 AN INTRO TO INNOVATION TOUR PROGRAM, EXPLORER PROVIDES TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORIC SITES AND ATTRACTIONS ALONG PITTSBURGH'S THREE RIVERS. THE EXPLORER PROGRAM WORKS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR HERITAGE AREA TO FACILITATE INCREASED AWARENESS OF STEM EDUCATION CLASSES AVAILABLE ON THE EXPLORER IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IT ALSO PROVIDES CHARTER SERVICES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL GROUPS.

  Expenses $510,315 · Revenue $27,146

• CARRIE FURNACE - DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 2006, RIVERS OF STEEL CONTINUES ITS ONGOING RESTORATION WORK ON THE CARRIE SITE TODAY. THROUGH LOCAL TOUR GUIDES, VISITORS MARVEL AT THE SCALE AND LEGACY OF ITS INDUSTRIAL MIGHT AS 125 YEARS OF BIG STEEL COMES ALIVE ON TOURS. THESE TOURS SHOW HOW THE STEEL INDUSTRY PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN SHAPING NOT ONLY THE ECONOMY, BUT ALSO THE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE MON-VALLEY COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $494,464 · Revenue $310,277

• ROS ARTS - THE ARTS PROGRAM CELEBRATES CREATIVE INQUIRY BY CRAFTING OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERPRET THE REGION'S PAST, REIMAGINE ITS FUTURE, AND EXPLORE A SENSE OF PLACE. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS, TOURS AND HAPPENINGS, RIVERS OF STEEL ARTS HELPS INDIVIDUALS CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES IN MEANINGFUL WAYS.

  Expenses $422,192 · Revenue $45,589

• EDUCATION - RIVERS OF STEEL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFER UNIQUE, INQUIRY-BASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DISCOVER HOW SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA'S NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE SHAPED OUR INDUSTRIAL PAST AND CULTURAL HERITAGE-AND HOW OUR ENVIRONMENT TODAY IMPACTS OUR REGION'SFUTURE. BLENDING HISTORY IN WITH HANDS-ON STEM EXPLORATION, RIVERS OF STEEL'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS GUIDE STUDENTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEX NATURE THAT INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMICS PLAY IN DEFINING OUR REGION'S ASSETS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

  Expenses $133,165 · Revenue $31,395

• ARCHIVES AND PRESERVATION - - INVOLVES THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, LOCATIONS, AND ARTIFACTS THAT HELP TELL AND INTERPRET THE STORY OF "BIG STEEL" THROUGHOUT SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. HISTORIC SITES INCLUDE:- THE BOST BUILDING, WHERE THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK'S 3RD FLOOR EXHIBIT HALL BRINGS THE STEEL INDUSTRY HISTORY BACK TO LIFE, AN EXPANSIVE ARTIFACTS FLOOR WITH A VAST COLLECTION OF PICTURES, BOOKS, ART, SIGNS, ETC. FROM THE PAST, AND A GIFT SHOP IN THE MAIN LOBBY PROVIDING VISITORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LITTLE PIECE OF RIVERS OF STEEL HOME WITH THEM.- THE PUMPHOUSE AND WATERTOWER FACILITY, SITE OF THE FAMOUS 1892 BATTLE OF HOMESTEAD, HAS BEEN RESTORED AND NOW PROVIDES LOCALS A RENTAL FACILITY WITH A VERY UNIQUE SETTING AND HISTORY.- THE W. A. YOUNG MACHINE SHOP RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND HOST OF THE ANNUAL HAMMER-IN. ONGOING RESTORATION OF THE FACILITY CONTINUES TODAY.

  Expenses $120,888

• RECEPTIVE TOURS - PROVIDES TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FOR HISTORIC SITES AND ATTRACTIONS IN ROS EIGHT-COUNTY HERITAGE AREA. RECEPTIVE SERVICES MANAGEMENT AND STAFF CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND SELL SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA'S HERITAGE TO GROUPS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

  Expenses $222,823 · Revenue $77,322

• OTHER PROGRAMS

  Expenses $164,013 · Grants $34,171 · Revenue $67,666

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• WEST OVERTON VILLAGE

  $8,473

  INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE PROJECT TO INCLUDE TEN INTERPRETIVE PANELS AT THE WEST OVERTON VILLAGE AND MUSEUMS. THIS INCLUDES THE DESIGN, PRODUCATION AND INSTALLATION OF THE NEW SIGNS.

• THE DRAGON'S DEN

  $6,500

  ASSIST IN PROVIDING TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH THE USE OF A SUSPENDED OBSTACLE COURSE AND OTHER INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO TEACH YOUTH OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES IN THEMSELVES, THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD.

• KELLY STRAYHORN THEATRE

  $6,490

  PURCHASED MICROPHONE EQUIPMENT UPGRADES TO ENHANCE ITS PRODUCING PARTNERS PROGRAM AS WELL AS KST PRESENTS PROGRAMMING.

• GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY

  $5,129

  CAPTURED FIRST PERSON NARRATIVES AMONG PEOPLE WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE REGION'S CULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE IN THE ROS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AND NEAR THE GREATER ALLEGHENY PASSAGE. THE ENTIRE PROJECT CREATED EIGHT NEW 600 WORD "HUMANS OF NEW YORK" STYLE WRITTEN POSTS WITH HIGH QUALITY PHOTOS AND 17 NINETY SECOND VIDEO STORIES.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202441659349301664

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