LESHER FAMILY FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T30

Classification

1000

Street

47 WEST 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 · 2023

• SUMMER AUTHORS SERIES (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION)THE FOUNDATION HOSTS THE SUMMER AUTHORS SERIES AT PASCAL HALL IN ROCKPORT, MAINE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION. THIS FREE, PUBLIC PROGRAM BRINGS NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED WRITERS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR MODERATED CONVERSATIONS, BOOK SIGNINGS, AND COMMUNITY DINNERS. THE SERIES PROMOTES LITERARY ARTS ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT IN A RURAL REGION AND OFFERS AN HONORARIUM AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO EACH AUTHOR. THE FOUNDATION COVERS ALL PROGRAM COSTS AND LOGISTICS.

  Expenses $75,574 · Grants $22,500

• RES PUBLIC PARK DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVANCY; THE FOUNDATION IS LEADING THE MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PUBLIC PARK ON THE FORMER ROCKPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE IN ROCKPORT, MAINE. THIS INCLUDES FUNDING PARK DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND PROGRAMMING; FACILITATING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; AND ESTABLISHING A CONSERVANCY TO ENSURE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP. THE FOUNDATION HAS COMMITTED $3 MILLION TOWARD THE PARK'S CAPITAL COSTS AND MANAGES ONGOING PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

  Expenses $157,646 · Revenue $10,000

• BARNSWALLOW BOOKS COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING (TWO LOCATIONS)THE FOUNDATION OPERATES TWO NONPROFIT BOOKSTORES UNDER THE BARNSWALLOW BOOKS NAME TO PROMOTE LITERARY CULTURE AND REVITALIZE SMALL-TOWN MAIN STREETS. IN ADDITION TO SELLING BOOKS, THE STORES HOST FREE, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING SUCH AS AUTHOR READINGS, CHILDREN'S EVENTS, AND WRITING WORKSHOPS. THE SPACES ALSO SERVE AS GATHERING PLACES FOR CIVIC AND CULTURAL DIALOGUE. BOOKSTORE OPERATIONS ARE MISSION-ALIGNED AND FULLY OWNED BY THE FOUNDATION.

  Expenses $114,294 · Revenue $24,146

• LAND STEWARDSHIP

  Expenses $502,733 · Grants $502,733

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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. 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,915,797

  Expenses

  $1,721,744

  Contributions

  $10,000

  Grants paid

  $525,233

• 2022

  Revenue

  -$1,702,710

  Expenses

  $1,064,655

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $653,900

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

  $40,708,160

  Expenses

  $1,252,150

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,199,064

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.

Grants made

• DARROWBY FARM SANCTUARY

  $400,000

  2023 · SUPPORT GRANT

• DARROWBY FARM SANCTUARY

  $400,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• TOWN OF ROCKPORT

  $193,900

  2022 · ROCKPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY SLOPE PROJECT AND CONCRETE WORK AND WALLS

• COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY

  $100,000

  2023 · EDUCATIONAL GRANT

• THE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · SUMMER '23 EVENTS

• MAINE MEDIA WORKSHOPS COLLEGE

  $22,500

  2023 · SUPPORT GRANT

• MAINE MEDIA WORKSHOPS COLLEGE

  $10,000

  2022 · PASCAL HALL

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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