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← NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,599,348
Total expenses
$4,615,320
Contributions and grants received
$3,703,709
Grants paid
$1,027,623
Program service revenue
$57,424
Investment income
$740,165
Other revenue
$98,050
Total assets, end of year
$24,062,847
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,140,927
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,921,920
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,378,791
Management and general expenses
$477,794
Fundraising expenses
$758,735
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,378,791

Program services were 73.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,198,192

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $50,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,455,517

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,618

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $56,681 · related or exempt $56,681

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENT INCOME

    total $743 · related or exempt $743

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $604,587 · excluded $604,587

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,338,647

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

    securities $6,203,069

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $135,578

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $135,578 · excluded $135,578

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $63,910

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,198,192

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $337,963

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$274,053 · excluded -$274,053

  • 11a · Other revenue: NYCHPF MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $372,103 · excluded $372,103

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $372,103

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,027,623 · program services $1,027,623

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $611,608 · program services $276,179 · management and general $177,595 · fundraising $157,834

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,004,988 · program services $790,342 · management and general $55,817 · fundraising $158,829

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,165 · program services $29,081 · management and general $1,267 · fundraising $5,817

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $188,274 · program services $120,295 · management and general $28,209 · fundraising $39,770

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $179,952 · program services $120,461 · management and general $25,018 · fundraising $34,473

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,359 · program services $25,359

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,900 · program services $23,375 · management and general $6,529 · fundraising $8,996

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $2,570 · program services $1,545 · management and general $431 · fundraising $594

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $65,000 · fundraising $65,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $89,123 · program services $19,355 · management and general $69,768

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $162,583 · program services $133,838 · management and general $12,088 · fundraising $16,657

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $577,641 · program services $415,485 · management and general $7,969 · fundraising $154,187

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,725 · program services $30,876 · management and general $6,123 · fundraising $10,726

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $52,609 · program services $32,609 · management and general $8,411 · fundraising $11,589

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $419,752 · program services $274,903 · management and general $66,801 · fundraising $78,048

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,178 · program services $10,584 · management and general $670 · fundraising $924

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,016 · program services $13,263 · management and general $2,840 · fundraising $3,913

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,468 · program services $13,221 · management and general $2,627 · fundraising $3,620

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMIN FEES

    total $18,486 · program services $11,108 · management and general $3,103 · fundraising $4,275

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,300 · program services $9,289 · management and general $2,528 · fundraising $3,483

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $888,106 · end of year $487,565

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,191,193 · end of year $2,760,672

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $400,000 · end of year $40,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $103,000

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,125,403 · end of year $16,181,750

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $411,352

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $295,841 · end of year $274,792

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,104,853 · end of year $3,803,716

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,997 · end of year $41,714

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $934,745 · end of year $944,541

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $58,830 · end of year $64,623

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,295,822 · end of year $4,090,049

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,424,369 · end of year $14,817,766

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,258,633 · end of year $4,104,154

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CONSERVANCY PRESERVES AND REVITALIZES NEW YORK'S ARCHITECTURE. BY DOING SO, IT CONTRIBUTES TO NEW YORK'S ECONOMY, TOURISM AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY, INC. PRESERVES AND REVITALIZES NEW YORK'S ARCHITECTURE.

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S SACRED SITES PROGRAM -HELPS CONGREGATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK MAINTAIN, REPAIR, AND RESTORE THEIR HISTORIC BUILDINGS WITH REFERRALS, GRANTS, WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLICATIONS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 1986, THE PROGRAM HAS GIVEN 1,657 GRANTS TO 850 CONGREGATIONS. IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY STATEWIDE PROGRAMS IN THE NATION RESPONDING TO THE PRESERVATION NEEDS OF HISTORIC RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES.

    Expenses $1,347,972 · Grants $668,850

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM -THE CONSERVANCY'S ADVOCACY PROTECTS AND CELEBRATES THE BUILDINGS, STREETSCAPES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DEFINE NEW YORK. WE SUPPORT LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS, SPEAK OUT ON PROPOSALS THAT AFFECT LANDMARKED BUILDINGS AND ENGAGE IN CAMPAIGNS TO IMPROVE THE REGULATIONS AND PROCESSES THAT GOVERN HOW OUR CITY GROWS AND EVOLVES.

    Expenses $725,601 · Revenue $56,681

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S NEW YORK CITY HISTORIC PROPERTIES FUND -ESTABLISHED IN 1982, THE NEW YORK CITY HISTORIC PROPERTIES FUND IS THE CONSERVANCY'S MAIN FINANCING VEHICLE FOR RESTORATION WORK THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY. WITH ALMOST $10 MILLION IN ASSETS, IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE NATION. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE FUND HAS MADE OVER $33 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS.

    Expenses $493,810 · Grants $89,610

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES COUNTLESS HOURS OF ONE-ON-ONE ADVICE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BUILDING OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FROM SITE VISITS TO REFERRALS, WE OFFER PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ADDRESS A WIDE VARIETY OF QUESTIONS AND ISSUES. WE ALSO HELP OWNERS NAVIGATE THE CITY'S LANDMARKS REGULATORY PROCESS.

    Expenses $321,189 · Grants $156,915

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S EMERGENCY PRESERVATION GRANTS PROGRAM LARGELY FUNDED BY THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST, PROVIDES FUNDING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE REPAIR NEEDS AND/OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO REMEDY DANGEROUS EXTERIOR CONDITIONS (FALLING MASONRY, SPOT WATER LEAKAGE, ETC.) AND/OR DETERIORATED INTERIOR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF BUILDINGS. MOST GRANTS RANGE BETWEEN $10,000 AND $15,000 AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FROM CONSERVANCY STAFF. OVER 80 NONPROFIT FACILITIES HAVE BEEN HELPED TO DATE, WITH AN AGGREGATE PROJECT EXPENDITURE TOTAL IN EXCESS OF $900,000.

    Expenses $225,543 · Grants $50,000

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S NONPROFIT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FOR NON-EMERGENCIES ASSISTS THE CONSERVANCY'S AUDIENCE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PROGRAMS OPERATE A DIVERSE RANGE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS NONPROFIT HOUSING, SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND ARTS & CULTURAL PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE TO MAINTAIN AND RESTORE THEIR HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

    Expenses $102,508 · Grants $44,248

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S ENDANGERED BUILDING FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1984 TO SAFEGUARD SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF DESTRUCTION. WHEN LANDMARKS ARE ENDANGERED, THE CONSERVANCY IS THERE TO HELP WITH FINANCIAL, EITHER GRANTS OR LOANS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $97,300 · Grants $18,000 · Revenue $743

  • THE CONSERVANCY'S PRESERVATION EASEMENTS FUND HOLDS A TOTAL OF 46 PRESERVATION EASEMENTS. AN EASEMENT IS A VOLUNTARY LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN A PROPERTY OWNER AND A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT RESTRICTS FUTURE CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY AND REQUIRES CYCLICAL INSPECTIONS BY THE NONPROFIT. THE EASEMENT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY EVEN IF SOLD; THIS ASSURES THAT THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE WELL MAINTAINED. PROPERTY OWNERS WHO GIVE EASEMENTS RECEIVED A ONE-TIME FEDERAL TAX. ALL THE PROPERTIES ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

    Expenses $64,868

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

Listed in Part VII

  • PEG BREEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $326,150
    From this org
    $290,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,200
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,337
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,613
    Deferred
    $14,894
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,306
    Filer's total
    $326,150

  • RICHARD A GARVEY ESQ

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RONNE FISHER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDMUND MEADE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUSTIN ABELOW

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH ANDERSON-MAGNESS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL BRANER

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOAN O CAMINS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN CANTARELLA

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAMELA RUBIN CARTER ESQ

    BOARD DIRECTOR-TERM ENDED 5/18/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN P CASALY ESQ

    BOARD DIRECTOR-TERM ENDED 5/18/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN P DARBY

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICAHEL K DE CHIARA ESQ

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN HOGG

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM JOHNSON

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AYUSH KAPAHI

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS D KEARNS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHILIP MARITZ

    BOARD DIRECTOR-TERM ENDED 5/18/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CLAUDIA MARMOLEJO

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY MAZLIN

    BOARD DIRECTOR-TERM ENDED 5/18/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEPHEN J MERRINGOFF

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA MORAN

    BOARD DIRECTOR-TERM ENDED 5/18/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY D NEWSOME

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAREA PARKER

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIRGINIA R PARKER CFA

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARRIE RINGELHEIM

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARC P SCHAPPELL

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK J SCIAME JR

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER C SPEICHER

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL KAHN STRAUSS

    BOARD DIRECTOR-TERM ENDED 5/18/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ADRIAN TAYLOR

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERNEST M VON SIMSON

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANDRA FAITH WARSHAWSKY

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KARLA RENEE WILLAMS ESQ

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW P ZIEHL CFA

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LLOYD P ZUCKERBERG

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT IRVING

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $115,911
    From this org
    $109,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,882
    Hours/week
    30

  • JOSEPH LEURQUIN

    DIRECTOR, FUNDRAISING

    Total calculated
    $169,548
    From this org
    $160,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,880
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,074
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,594
    Deferred
    $7,958
    Nontaxable benefits
    $922
    Filer's total
    $169,548

  • ANN FRIEDMAN

    DIRECTOR, SACRED SITES

    Total calculated
    $148,306
    From this org
    $118,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,417
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANDREA GOLDWYN

    DIRECTOR, PUBLIC POLICY

    Total calculated
    $148,354
    From this org
    $119,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,660
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAMES MAHONEY

    DIRECTOR, NYC HISTORIC PROPERTIES

    Total calculated
    $149,594
    From this org
    $121,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,194
    Hours/week
    40

  • BLAIRE WALSH

    DIRECTOR, PRESERVATION SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $132,090
    From this org
    $105,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,647
    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
2023
Filed
25 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422699349300527

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