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GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC

EIN 23-7357226 ATLANTA, GA

Revenue 2024
$3,521,401
Expenses 2024
$2,998,467

Program services were 86.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A800
Classification
2000
Street
1516 PEACHTREE ST NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GEORGIA TRUST WORKS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION OF GEORGIA'S DIVERSE HISTORIC RESOURCES AND ADVOCATES FOR THEIR APPRECIATION, PROTECTION, AND USE.

  • THE TRUST OPERATES A REVOLVING FUND USED TO PURCHASE, STABILIZE, AND/OR REHABILITATE, AND THEN RESELL HISTORIC PROPERTIES TO PRESERVATION-MINDED BUYERS. IN JULY 2024, THE TRUST PURCHASED THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING IN LOUISVILLE, GOERGIA. EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO STABILIZE THE STRUCTURE BY REPLACING THE ROOF AND INVESTING IN POTENTIAL USES FOR THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE. TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF PROTECTION, THE ORGANIZATION PLACES AND ADMINISTERS EIGHTY-TWO PRESERVATION EASEMENTS ON SITES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA WHICH ARE VITAL FOR PRESERVING HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND ENSURING THEIR FUTURE PROTECTION. THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM IS PARK STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATLANTA'S WEST END. THIS GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE BUILDING, NOW OWNED BY CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, HOUSES ITS ART AND MUSIC DEPARTMENTS. ANNUALLY, THE TRUST PUBLISHES AND PROMOTES A LIST OF HISTORIC SITES THREATENED BY DEMOLITION, NEGLECT, LACK OF MAINTENANCE, OR INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT CALLED PLACES IN PERIL. THE INTENTION IS TO ENCOURAGE OWNERS TO PRESERVE THESE PLACES. IN 2024, THE PLACES IN PERIL PORGRAM ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES. THE LEE STREET BRIDGE PROJECT IN AMERICUS WAS REDESIGNED WITH GDOT AND LOCAL PARTNERS, PRESERVING THE HISTORIC CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND ITS DISTRICT. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENDANGERED BUILDING AT 229 AUBURN STREET IN ATLANTA'S SWEET AUBURN DISTRICT IS SET FOR REDEVELOPMENT, WITH ADVOCATES STRIVING TO ENSURE ITS REHABILITIATION TO MAINTAIN THE AREA'S NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE TRUST AWARDED 110,000 IN GRANTS TO FOURTEEN HISTORIC SITES AND AWARDED TWO FELLOWSHIPS TOTALING 6,850 DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR. PROJECTS INCLUDE THE EXTERIOR RESTORATION OF THE DESOTO THEATRE IN ROME, REVITALIZATION OF SAVANNAH GRAY BRICK AT MASSIE SCHOOL, REPAIRS TO THE FRESH AIR HOME PAVILION ON TYBEE ISLAND AND WINDOW RESTORATION AT THE THOMASVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. THE GEORGIA TRUST ALSO PRESENTS PRESERVATION AWARDS ANNUALLY WHICH RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, AND STEWARDSHIP. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY-SIX AWARDS WERE GIVEN INCLUDING ELEVEN FOR EXCELLENCE IN REHABILITATION, TWO FOR EXCELLENCE IN STEWARDSHIP, AND TWO FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESTORATION, AMONG OTHERS. THE TRUST CONTINUES TO SPEARHEAD EFFORTS TO EXPAND TAX CREDIT LEGISLATION. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE GEORGIA TRUST BEGAN THE PROCESS TO PRESENT A BILL TO THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL CAP FOR COMMERCIAL HRTC PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, AN ADVOCACY TOOLKIT WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE ENHANCED EDUCATION FOR ADVOCATES OF ENDANGERED HISTORIC SITES. THE TOOLKIT INCLUDES TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY HISTORC SITES, STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING SUPPORT, HOW TO ENGAGE WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, UNDERTANDING DESIGNATIONS, AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS RESOURCE PROMOTES EARLY ADVOCACY TO SAFEGUARD GEORGIA'S HISTORIC RESOURCES AND PREVENTS DEMOLITION AND INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $863,122 · Grants $116,850 · Revenue $332,580

  • THE GEORGIA TRUST OWNS THE HAY HOUSE IN MACON, GEORGIA AND ACTIVELY PRESERVES AND MANAGES THIS MUSEUM HOUSE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. THIS SITE ENCOURAGES AN UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND HISTORY BY ALLOWING VISITORS TO TOUR THE PROPERTY AND ENGAGE IN SITE-BASED EDUCATION. DURING THE YEAR, OVER 24,325 INDIVIDUALS TOURED THE HAY HOUSE PROPERTY. MAINTENANCE WORK UNDERTAKEN DURING THE FISCAL YEAR INCLUDES PAINTING THE CLERESTROY CEILING, MUSIC ROOM, AND ENTRANCE HALL. NEW AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS FOR TOURS WERE INTRODUCED, ALONG WITH EXHIBITS SHOWCASING THE HOUSE'S HISTORY, NOTABLY FEATURING CHESTER DAVIS, THE FAMILY CHAUFFEUR, BUTLER, AND FIRST DOCENT. ADDITIONALLY, HAY HOUSE WELCOMED EIGHT GRADERS FROM BIBB COUNTY SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA AND LAUNCHED THE 'INSPIRED SURROUNDINGS' ART EXHIBIT INITIATIVE. RHODES HALL, ONE OF ATLANTA'S FEW REMAINING PEACHTREE STREET MANSIONS, IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE GEORGIA TRUST AND CONTINUES TO SERVCE AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK, WORKPLACE, MUSEUM, AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER. DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE GEORGIA TRUST FOCUSED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES INTO MAINTAINING THE BUILDING, NOW A DECADE PAST ITS LAST MAJOR REHABILITATION. THE TOWER ROOF WAS REPLACED AND THE GABLES ON THE SOUTHERN FACADE WERE REPOINTED TO ADDRESS WATER INFILTRATION. THE TRUST HAS COMPLETED THESE CRITICAL RESTORATION NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT RHODES HALL REMAINS A VIBRANT AND STABLE HISTORIC RESOURCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE GEORGIA TRUST LEASES RHODES MEMORIAL HALL FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA UNDER A RENEWED, CONDITIONAL OPERATING AGREEMENT THAT BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2011, AND EXPIRES ON JUNE 30, 2060, FOR 10 PER YEAR. CONDITIONS IN THE LEASE INCLUDE OPERATING THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AS A MUSEUM,EXHIBIT AND LECTURE HALL FACILITY, AND OTHER MEANS OF PROMOTING THE APPRECIATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF GEORGIA.

    Expenses $937,276 · Grants $750 · Revenue $722,493

  • THE ORGANIZATION ENCOURAGES AN UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THROUGH ITS HISTORIC PRESERVATION INSTITUTE AND ALSO THROUGH CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND INTERNSHIPS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 706 INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED TWENTY-THREE DIFFERENT CLASS SESSIONS, FOUR WORKSHOPS, AND ELEVEN TOURS OFFERED ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION. TOPICS INCLUDED A GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOP, PRESERVING BLACK CHURCHES, AND EQUITABLE PRESERVATION. THE RAMBLER, A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, STIMULATES INTEREST, EDUCATES, AND FACILITATES PARTICIPATION IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE COVER STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR WERE HISTORIC PLACES OF PLAY, ARCHITECTURE OF THE LAST COLONY, BUILDING ON THE PAST, AND GEORGIA'S HISTORIC LANDSCAPES. IN ADDITION, THE GEORGIA TRUST PUBLISHED A BOOK ENTITLED ARCHITECTURE OF THE LAST COLONY WHICH IS SOLD BY THE GEORGIA TRUST AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS. THIS BOOK JOINS THE GEORGIA TRUST'S COLLECTION OF PUBLICATIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE STORY OF J. NEEL REED, ARCHITECT, WRITTEN BY WILLIAM R. MITCHELL, JR., A FOUNDING TRUSTEE OF THE GEORGIA TRUST. ANNUALLY, GEORGIA TRUST HOSTS GROUP TOURS OF HISTORIC SITES IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE STATE CALLED RAMBLES AND EXPEDITIONS. THIS YEAR, THE GEORGIA TRUST HOSTED THE SPRING RAMBLE IN ATHENS AND WATKINSVILLE AND THE FALL RAMBLE IN AMERICUS. THE RAMBLES CELEBRATE LOCAL HISTORY AND PRESERVATION SUCCESSES. THE SUMMER EXPEDITION TO EATONTON SAW RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE, HIGHLIGHTING COMMUNITY COMMITMENT TO HERITAGE TOURISM. THESE ACTIVITIES FOSTER GREATER APPRECIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY WHILE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY TIES AND SUPPORTINGLOCAL ECONOMIES. THE ON-SITE EXPERIENCE ALLOWS THE PARTICIPANTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE SITES EXPERIENTIALLY, AS WELL AS TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES AND ON-GOING PRESERVATION EFFORTS.

    Expenses $550,281 · Grants $250 · Revenue $398,226

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • NORRIS A BROYLES III

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM B PEARD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIFFANY ALEWINE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN ALLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNY WHEATLEY FLETCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEMARIUS V BRINKLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN GRAVEL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE ROYAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CANDY TATE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER NUNN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN SHEPARD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH CHARLES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • L TOM GAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER KING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY LOWELL PETTIT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MILAN SAVIC

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA WHITE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • W WRIGHT MITCHELL

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $241,325
    From this org
    $230,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,325
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,000
    Bonus
    $26,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $241,325

  • FLOYD C NEWTON III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM B WIGHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL J BLACKNEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL EDWARDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLIE GARBUTT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANA PONDER

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $120,227
    From this org
    $105,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,927
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH WALDEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,521,401
    Expenses
    $2,998,467
    Contributions
    $2,068,102
    Grants paid
    $117,850
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,749,184
    Expenses
    $2,167,214
    Contributions
    $1,791,761
    Grants paid
    $112,029
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,409,935
    Expenses
    $1,913,635
    Contributions
    $996,617
    Grants paid
    $9,250

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,663,570
    Expenses
    $2,395,909
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,904,162

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,082,145
    Expenses
    $2,137,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,801,162

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,745,379
    Expenses
    $1,909,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,220,871

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,068,870
    Expenses
    $1,837,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,285,625

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,106,820
    Expenses
    $1,659,702
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,893,848

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.