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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,703,437
Total expenses
$2,766,912
Contributions and grants received
$2,697,158
Grants paid
$1,208,901
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,060
Other revenue
$3,219
Total assets, end of year
$942,603
Total liabilities, end of year
$303,523
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$639,080
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,075,960
Management and general expenses
$622,630
Fundraising expenses
$68,322
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,075,960

Program services were 75.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,678,291

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $18,867

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,060 · excluded $3,060

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $2,676 · excluded $2,676

  • 11b · Other revenue: GAIN ON LEASE MODIFICA

    total $543 · excluded $543

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,219

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $950,186 · program services $950,186

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $258,715 · program services $258,715

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $168,000 · program services $90,423 · management and general $68,679 · fundraising $8,898

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $689,993 · program services $371,375 · management and general $282,072 · fundraising $36,546

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,463 · program services $10,476 · management and general $7,956 · fundraising $1,031

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,287 · program services $46,984 · management and general $35,680 · fundraising $4,623

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,650 · program services $38,111 · management and general $28,822 · fundraising $3,717

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,363 · management and general $47,363

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $202,434 · program services $164,450 · management and general $37,984

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,369 · program services $4,348 · management and general $12,235 · fundraising $786

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,925 · program services $23,038 · management and general $20,115 · fundraising $772

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $94,374 · program services $50,513 · management and general $38,894 · fundraising $4,967

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,717 · program services $4,152 · management and general $565

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,232 · program services $14,460 · management and general $6,772

  • 20 · Interest

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,542 · program services $13,747 · management and general $10,442 · fundraising $1,353

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,678 · program services $4,671 · management and general $3,548 · fundraising $459

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $47,697 · program services $30,172 · management and general $12,695 · fundraising $4,830

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,912 · program services $139 · management and general $4,733 · fundraising $40

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $4,075 · management and general $3,775 · fundraising $300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $88,992 · end of year $60,819

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $415,793 · end of year $408,200

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $172,391 · end of year $204,905

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,908 · end of year $7,995

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

    $79,887

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

    $47,265

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,164 · end of year $32,622

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $97,025 · end of year $228,062

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,223 · end of year $86,874

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,311

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $86,495 · end of year $213,338

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $702,555 · end of year $639,080

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE, FOSTER INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION, AND PROMOTE CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTURE IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE DISTRICT THROUGH HUMANITIES PROGRAMS AND GRANTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FUND AND CONDUCT HUMANITIES-BASED CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITHIN D.C.

  • EACH YEAR, HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON D.C. (HUMANITIESDC) REACHES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, ACROSS ALL AGES AND A VARIETY OF DEMOGRAPHICS, THROUGH ORIGINAL PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, AND COMMUNITY GRANTMAKING THAT SUPPORTS OVER 70 PUBLIC HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ACROSS WASHINGTON, DC. THESE PUBLIC HUMANITIES OFFERINGS ENGAGE PARTICIPANTS IN DISCUSSIONS ON COMMUNITY HISTORY, SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUES, LITERATURE, ART HISTORY AND CRITICISM, AND MANY MORE TOPICS CONNECTED TO LIFE AND CULTURE IN THE CITY. THROUGH ITS WORK, HUMANITIESDC REACHES OUT TO ALL EIGHT WARDS.

    Expenses $2,075,960 · Grants $1,208,901

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Lemos-Otero

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,713
    From this org
    $150,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,721
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,532
    Bonus
    $6,460
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,340
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,381
    Filer's total
    $162,713

  • Cole Fiala

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alison Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heather Clark

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chinedu Feliz Osuchukwu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maceo Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mj Rymsza-Pawlowska

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ramya Vivekanandan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ayanna Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daryl Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Berger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rubie Coles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Boss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sojin Kim

    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. 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

  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
HUMANITIESDC HAS A COMPENSATION STRATEGY THAT CURRENTLY PROVIDES FOR A COLLECTIVE BONUS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE GOOD WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY THE ENTIRE TEAM THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR. THE COLLECTIVE BONUS IS MERIT BASED, USING COMBINED PERFORMANCE, BUT IS ALSO DEPENDENT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND MUST FALL WITHIN THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET (FOR SALARY EXPENSE). THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVED A BONUS DURING CALENDAR 2023 IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,460.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
2 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541549349301319

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