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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DESIGNERS LIGHTING FORUM OF NEW YORK INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,816,183
Total expenses
$2,189,574
Contributions and grants received
$27,458
Grants paid
$160,000
Program service revenue
$3,521,364
Investment income
$267,361
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,148,691
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,014,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,134,691
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,137,759
Management and general expenses
$51,815
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,137,759

Program services were 97.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $27,458

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME

    total $3,506,864 · related or exempt $3,506,864

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP FEES INCOME

    total $14,500 · related or exempt $14,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $196,544 · excluded $196,544

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,272,864

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

    securities $1,202,047

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $70,817

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $70,817 · excluded $70,817

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $160,000 · program services $160,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $33,234 · management and general $33,234

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $351,621 · program services $351,621

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,383 · program services $20,383

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,706 · management and general $4,706

  • 24a · Other expenses: LEDUCATION EXPENSES

    total $1,571,015 · program services $1,571,015

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $27,403 · program services $27,403

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP ADMIN.

    total $11,375 · management and general $11,375

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $6,137 · program services $6,137

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,200 · program services $1,200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,137,108 · end of year $1,122,784

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $109,791 · end of year $255,328

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $85,025 · end of year $115,628

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,889,194 · end of year $5,654,951

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,613 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $822,500 · end of year $1,014,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,389,005 · end of year $6,134,691

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DLFNY PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL DESIGN COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO MEET AND EXPERIENCE THE WONDER OF LIGHTING IN NYC AND BEYOND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESENTING AND EXPLORING THE POWER OF LIGHTING IN DESIGN.

  • WE PROVIDE DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTS, MANUFACTURES, CONTRACTORS, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND EXPERIENCE THE WONDER OF LIGHT IN NYC. WE SUPPORT EDUCATION THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS TO LIGHTING LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND DESIGN SCHOOLS AS WELL AS NATIONAL FUND.

    Expenses $2,137,759 · Grants $160,000 · Revenue $3,521,364

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cynthia Turner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Mason

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carl Everett

    CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Matthew Seconi

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kathleen Carlisle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amy Ruffles

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621259349303287

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