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← THE THURBER HOUSE INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE THURBER HOUSE INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$788,056
Total expenses
$697,947
Contributions and grants received
$547,436
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$216,654
Investment income
$924
Other revenue
$23,042
Total assets, end of year
$613,711
Total liabilities, end of year
$106,937
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$506,774
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$491,838
Management and general expenses
$155,281
Fundraising expenses
$50,828
Program service expenses (Part III)
$491,838

Program services were 70.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $164,389

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $383,047

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $186,591 · related or exempt $186,591

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSION & TICKET SALES

    total $30,063 · related or exempt $30,063

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $924 · excluded $924

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $12,417

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $12,417

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $12,417 · excluded $12,417

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $16,080

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $13,547

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,533 · unrelated business $2,533

  • 11a · Other revenue: ENTRY FEES & TOUR FEES

    total $7,575 · related or exempt $7,575

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $517 · related or exempt $517

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,092

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $107,675 · program services $69,766 · management and general $27,047 · fundraising $10,862

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $187,329 · program services $121,375 · management and general $47,057 · fundraising $18,897

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,321 · program services $22,886 · management and general $8,872 · fundraising $3,563

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,991 · program services $14,249 · management and general $5,524 · fundraising $2,218

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,977 · program services $28,739 · management and general $15,767 · fundraising $4,471

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,840 · program services $1,740 · management and general $100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,994 · program services $9,980 · management and general $5,883 · fundraising $131

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $69,817 · program services $54,424 · management and general $8,671 · fundraising $6,722

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,946 · program services $4,735 · management and general $211

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,887 · management and general $1,887

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,702 · management and general $7,702

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,646 · program services $7,739 · management and general $3,705 · fundraising $1,202

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC & EDUCATIONAL FE

    total $111,478 · program services $99,388 · management and general $12,090

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM PRODUCTION

    total $33,294 · program services $33,294

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $16,838 · program services $8,052 · management and general $6,991 · fundraising $1,795

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK & CC FEES

    total $7,005 · program services $6,383 · management and general $246 · fundraising $376

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,207 · program services $9,088 · management and general $3,528 · fundraising $591

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $163,221 · end of year $227,713

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $116,235 · end of year $138,680

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $11,784 · end of year $12,352

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,900 · end of year $19,174

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

    $224,580

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

    $187,593

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $44,689 · end of year $36,987

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $174,031 · end of year $178,805

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,064 · end of year $14,501

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $86,022 · end of year $54,297

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $33,256

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,557 · end of year $4,883

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $133,764 · end of year $287,852

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $274,453 · end of year $218,922

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IT IS TO CELEBRATE THE WRITTEN WORD FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE BROADEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE AND TO CONTINUE THURBER'S LEGACY OF HUMOR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CELEBRATE THE WRITTEN WORD FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE BROADEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE AND TO CONTINUE THURBER'S LEGACY OF HUMOR.

  • THE THURBER HOUSE, INC ("THE THURBER HOUSE") IS A NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1985 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERVING AS A LITERARY CENTER, CELEBRATING HUMOR AND THE WRITTEN WORD AS AN ONGOING LEGACY OF COLUMBUS NATIVE SON JAMES THURBER. WITH THIS MISSION IN MIND, THE THURBER HOUSE OFFERS A CHILDREN'S WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM; SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO BRING NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORS TO THE THURBER HOUSE FOR READINGS; MANY EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND ADULTS; AND A MUSEUM AND SHOP DEVOTED TO JAMES THURBER AND HIS WORKS.

    Expenses $491,838 · Revenue $216,654

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laurie Lathan

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $107,675
    From this org
    $99,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,675
    Hours/week
    40

  • Paula Cole

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aman Garcha

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Bowman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victor Dandridge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Eschelman Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Howard Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Mirman Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbie Tootle

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
26 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513369349300816

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