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← ST BARTHOLOMEWS CONSERVANCY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ST BARTHOLOMEWS CONSERVANCY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$454,826
Total expenses
$513,773
Contributions and grants received
$278,028
Grants paid
$241,868
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$176,798
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,207,020
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,135
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,151,885
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$378,356
Management and general expenses
$112,410
Fundraising expenses
$23,007
Program service expenses (Part III)
$378,356

Program services were 73.6% 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

    $278,028

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $176,798 · excluded $176,798

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $241,868 · program services $241,868

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $127,870 · program services $89,509 · management and general $25,574 · fundraising $12,787

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,131 · program services $6,392 · management and general $1,826 · fundraising $913

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,135 · management and general $30,135

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,567 · management and general $6,567

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,522 · program services $13,830 · management and general $38,292 · fundraising $5,400

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,076 · program services $2,382 · management and general $3,375 · fundraising $319

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,353 · program services $4,353

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,765 · program services $16,635 · management and general $4,753 · fundraising $2,377

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $368 · program services $221 · management and general $147

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,015 · management and general $1,015

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTION & ORG.

    total $4,117 · program services $2,180 · management and general $726 · fundraising $1,211

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISC. OPERATING EXPENSE

    total $986 · program services $986

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $53,060

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,608,824 · end of year $4,645,832

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $108,500 · end of year $18,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $524 · end of year $458

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

    $9,543

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

    $9,543

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $430,052 · end of year $486,270

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,032 · end of year $3,400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,185 · end of year $55,135

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,418,325 · end of year $4,677,331

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $716,422 · end of year $474,554

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LANDMARK ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S SITE (CHURCH, COMMUNITY HOUSE AND GARDENS) IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ITS MISSION IS TO RAISE FUNDS NECESSARY TO HELP RESTORE, PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE BUILDING EXTERIORS AND GARDENS OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S SITE AS A GIFT TO THE CITY AND TO THE NATION, AND IN SO DOING, TO BROADEN PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CONSERVANCY RAISES FUNDS FOR EXTERIOR RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH SITE.

  • DEDICATED TO HELPING RESTORE AND PRESERVE THE EXTERIOR AND GARDENS OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S SITE, A NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK SINCE 1967 AND A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK SINCE 2016, THE CONSERVANCY HAS HELPED MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE THE SITE'S RESTORATION BY HELPING TO DEFRAY SOME OF THE EXPENSE OF REPAIRING ROOFS AND ROOF DRAINS, TERRACES, THE CHURCH BUILDING'S NORTH FACADE, AND THE GREAT DOME TO WHICH THE CONSERVANCY CONTRIBUTED $1.8 MILLION TO ITS RESTORATION. THE CONSERVANCY ALSO FUNDED ILLUMINATION OF THE GREAT DOME. THE FOCUS IS NOW ON THE PARK AVENUE WEST FACADE WITH THE REMARKABLE TRIPLE PORTAL DESIGNED IN 1903 BY STANFORD WHITE OF MCKIM, MEAD, AND WHITE AS A MEMORIAL TO CORNELIUS VANDERBILT II. THE BRONZE DOORS AND FRIEZES ARE EXTRAORDINARY WORKS OF ART DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY LEADING SCULPTORS OF THEIR DAY: PHILIP MARTINY, HERBERT ADAMS, AND ANDREW O'CONNOR, WITH ADVICE AND SUPERVISION BY DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH. IN 1918 THE PORTAL WAS MOVED SECTION BY SECTION FROM THE CONGREGATION'S PREVIOUS MADISON AVENUE LOCATION AND PROVIDED THE DEFINING CONDITION FOR BERTRAM GOODHUE'S OVERALL ROMANESQUE DESIGN OF THE CHURCH BUILDING.IN 2023 THE CONSERVANCY CONTINUED THE WORK WITH CONSULTANT MATTHEW REILEY OF EXCELSIOR ART SERVICES TO COMPLETE A FULL CONSERVATION EVALUATION OF THE TRIPLE PORTAL AND RELATED ENTRYWAY OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH. INVESTIGATIONS RANGE WIDELY FROM SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TRIPLE PORTAL'S ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, THE PORTAL'S DISPOSITION OVER THE YEARS,THE CASTING OF THE BRONZE DOORS, AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CIPOLLINO MARBLE COLUMNS. THIS WORK CULMINATED IN A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT WITH RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS FOR CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION.THE CONSERVANCY PROVIDED FUNDING IN 2023 TOTALING $241,868 FOR OUTSIDE SERVICES FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT TO PRESERVE / CONSERVE THE TRIPLE PORTAL OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH. THIS INCLUDED EXCELSIOR ART SERVICES TRIPLE PORTAL INVESTIGATION $157,690; ALPHA PLATFORMS $11,750; SOCOTEC ENGINEERING/BRONZE DOORS $9,250; DIRECT DIMENSIONS $42,500 CONSERVATION LEVEL 3D SCANNING SERVICES TO DOCUMENT TRIPLE PORTAL, EXTERIOR FACADE, RELIEFS, FRIEZE, AND SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL BIRD CONTROL SYSTEMS (BIRDMASTER) $16,443; AND ADDITIONAL EXPENSES INCLUDING GIL GILBERT VIDEO PRODUCTION FOR TRIPLE PORTAL FILM $4,235.

    Expenses $378,356 · Grants $241,868

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Carole Bailey French

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Robert P Wessely

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Charles B Holmes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Byron Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexander Brodsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirk Henckels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce C Horten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elbrun Kimmelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James W Montanari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Percy Preston Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan A Powell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brett Rowland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Sedovic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert B Tierney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Constance V Evans

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,870
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,870
    Hours/week
    60

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433199349318048

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