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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,942,913
Total expenses
$2,302,630
Contributions and grants received
$1,797,551
Grants paid
$444,656
Program service revenue
$6,952
Investment income
$138,410
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,508,274
Total liabilities, end of year
$884,332
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,623,942
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,616,541
Management and general expenses
$382,906
Fundraising expenses
$303,183
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,616,541

Program services were 70.2% 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)

    $1,141,565

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $655,986

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $6,952 · related or exempt $6,952

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $67,688 · excluded $67,688

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $190,938

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

    securities $120,216

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $70,722

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $70,722 · excluded $70,722

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $444,656 · program services $444,656

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $381,756 · program services $179,610 · management and general $98,516 · fundraising $103,630

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $586,045 · program services $492,858 · management and general $6,516 · fundraising $86,671

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $43,722 · program services $33,016 · management and general $4,486 · fundraising $6,220

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $107,802 · program services $87,035 · management and general $4,771 · fundraising $15,996

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $88,401 · program services $62,591 · management and general $9,026 · fundraising $16,784

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,574 · management and general $9,574

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $150,454 · management and general $150,454

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,919 · management and general $10,919

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $83,644 · program services $42,900 · management and general $40,744

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $151,488 · program services $105,575 · management and general $16,637 · fundraising $29,276

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $208,056 · program services $147,310 · management and general $21,244 · fundraising $39,502

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,681 · program services $20,170 · management and general $2,627 · fundraising $4,884

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,272 · management and general $7,272

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $1,160 · program services $820 · management and general $120 · fundraising $220

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $222,887 · end of year $628,350

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $85,681 · end of year $71,720

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $987,121 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,930 · end of year $11,764

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

    $249,689

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

    $233,161

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,901 · end of year $16,528

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,017,374 · end of year $1,129,120

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $817,843 · end of year $650,792

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $157,133 · end of year $53,076

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $175,737 · end of year $109,565

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $902,710 · end of year $721,691

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,089,979 · end of year $1,422,889

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $852,178 · end of year $201,053

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HUMANITIES NEW YORK STRENGTHENS CIVIL SOCIETY THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE PAST, IMAGINE NEW POSSIBILITIES, AND BUILD A SHARED FUTURE.

  • GRANT-MAKING:GRANTMAKING SUPPORTS PUBLIC HUMANITIES WORK CARRIED OUT BY ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS NEW YORK STATE. IN FY25, HUMANITIES NEW YORK CONCLUDED ITS FORMER GRANTMAKING MODEL. GRANTMAKING ACTIVITY DURING THE YEAR INCLUDED 18 FINAL RENEWAL AWARDS THROUGH THE POST-INCARCERATION HUMANITIES PARTNERSHIP (PIHP) PROGRAM AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING GRANT OBLIGATIONS FROM PRIOR-YEAR PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $777,767 · Grants $444,656

  • IN COMMON: A HUMANITIES FORUM:IN COMMON: A HUMANITIES FORUM IS HUMANITIES NEW YORK'S EMERGING DIGITAL HUMANITIES INFRASTRUCTURE, DESIGNED TO SERVE AS THE BACKBONE OF ITS STATEWIDE PUBLIC HUMANITIES WORK AND CONNECT PARTNERS, FACILITATORS, SCHOLARS, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS NEW YORK. IN FY25, HUMANITIES NEW YORK CONDUCTED RESEARCH, PLANNING, AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT TO DEFINE IN COMMON'S DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SHARED RESOURCES, AND STATEWIDE MODEL.

    Expenses $519,130

  • COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS:COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS BRINGS SMALL, FACILITATED DIALOGUES TO TRUSTED PARTNER SITES ACROSS NEW YORK STATE, INCLUDING LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. EACH SESSION CENTERS ON A SHORT TEXT, IMAGE, OR ARTIFACT THAT INVITES PARTICIPANTS TO REFLECT ON MEANING, CHANGE, JUSTICE, AND BELONGING. IN FY25, HUMANITIES NEW YORK REDESIGNED AND RESTARTED THE PROGRAM THROUGH LIBRARIES AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE.

    Expenses $204,161

  • READING & DISCUSSION IS HUMANITIES NEW YORK'S SUSTAINED, BOOK-BASED PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAM, BRINGING PARTICIPANTS TOGETHER AROUND SHARED TEXTS FOR FACILITATED INQUIRY, REFLECTION, AND DIALOGUE. IN FY25, HUMANITIES NEW YORK REDESIGNED THE PROGRAM, TRANSITIONING IT FROM ITS FORMER GRANT-BASED MODEL TOWARD A FACILITATED, MULTI-SESSION PROGRAM DELIVERED THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $115,483 · Revenue $6,952

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • TIMOTHY MURRAY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN M BERZIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ULISES MEJIAS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAMALI WYNTER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • C EVAN STEWART

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF ARNSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HERMAN BENNETT

    DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA FREE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN GANTZ

    DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH HADDAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDSAY M KRYZAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VALERIE PALEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM W PERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASMINE SYEDULLAH

    DIRECTOR (RESIGNED FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT J VANNI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANET WARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIDGET WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARA OGGER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $257,660
    From this org
    $191,415
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,245
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,415
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,745
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,500
    Filer's total
    $257,660

  • LUCKY ISLAM

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMI

    Total calculated
    $20,698
    From this org
    $17,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,029
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALYSON CASEY

    DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $198,263
    From this org
    $169,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,566
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,697
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,534
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,032
    Filer's total
    $198,263

  • JOSEPH MURPHY

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $129,453
    From this org
    $105,537
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,916
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALEJANDRA VENANCIO

    DIRECTOR OF DATA & SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $123,415
    From this org
    $104,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,363
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2024
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202622589349301182

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