THOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A80

Classification

1200

Street

218 SPRING ST

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

• THE THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE PRESENTS THE ORIGINAL HOME AND STUDIOS OF THE ARTIST AND EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST THOMAS COLE (1801-1848). COLE FOUNDED THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE PAINTING, THE FORMATIVE 19TH-CENTURY ART MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ADVOCATED FOR PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. LOCATED ON 6 ACRES IN NEW YORK'S HUDSON VALLEY, THE SITE INCLUDES THE 1815 MAIN HOUSE; COLE'S 1839 OLD STUDIO; THE RECONSTRUCTED 1846 NEW STUDIO BUILDING; AND GARDENS AND GROUNDS WITH VIEWS OF THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. IT IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND AN AFFILIATED AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE THOMAS COLE SITE'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE GUIDED AND SELF-GUIDED TOURS, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS OF BOTH 19TH-CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY ART, PRINT PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, EXTENSIVE ONLINE PROGRAMS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE COLE FELLOWSHIP, FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL ART TRAILA MAP AND WEBSITE THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO VISIT THE PLACES IN NATURE THAT COLE PAINTEDAND THE HUDSON RIVER SKYWALK, A NEW SCENIC WALKWAY CONNECTING THE THOMAS COLE SITE WITH FREDERIC CHURCH'S OLANA OVER THE HUDSON RIVER. THE GOAL OF ALL PROGRAMS AT THE THOMAS COLE SITE IS TO ENABLE VISITORS TO FIND MEANING AND INSPIRATION IN THOMAS COLE'S LIFE AND WORK. THE THEMES THAT COLE EXPLORED IN HIS ART AND WRITINGSSUCH AS LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION AND OUR CONCEPTION OF NATURE AS A RESTORATIVE POWERARE BOTH HISTORIC AND TIMELY, PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO AUDIENCES WITH INSIGHTS THAT ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THEIR OWN LIVES.

  Expenses $1,204,662 · Revenue $264,855

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,216,585

  Expenses

  $1,882,081

  Contributions

  $1,699,702

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,595,621

  Expenses

  $1,644,791

  Contributions

  $1,192,492

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,615,890

  Expenses

  $1,470,473

  Contributions

  $1,155,216

  Grants paid

  $0

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,904,464

  Expenses

  $1,321,963

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,962,410

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,347,923

  Expenses

  $1,111,605

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,223,245

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,050,668

  Expenses

  $1,199,595

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,012,933

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,210,501

  Expenses

  $1,195,262

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,902,976

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,740,909

  Expenses

  $1,256,973

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,898,378

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,167,636

  Expenses

  $1,115,029

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,389,202

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $874,123

  Expenses

  $799,279

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,958,456

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,562,149

  Expenses

  $629,021

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,298,252

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2009

Tax period

1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009

Principal officer

Kenneth D Williams

Mailing address

P O Box 426Catskill NY 12414

Website

ThomasCole.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $49,275

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES

  $36,854

  2023 · HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $21,600

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES

  $17,054

  2024 · HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES

  $13,146

  2022 · HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $10,350

  2024 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES

  $10,000

  2022 · ACTION GRANT FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT

• GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK

  $7,500

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK

  $7,500

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $7,250

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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

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