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RICHARDSON ARCHITECTURE CENTER INC

EIN 26-1868261 BUFFALO, NY

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Revenue 2025
$3,994,093
Expenses 2025
$301,344

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A80
Classification
1000
Street
444 FOREST AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE LIPSEY ARCHITECTURE CENTER BUFFALO (THE CENTER) EXPLORES EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE AND CITY PLANNING AS DEMONSTRATED BY BUFFALO'S OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. LOCATED IN THE RICHARDSON OLMSTEAD COMPLEX, THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE ORIENTATION, PROMPT INSPIRATION, AND SERVE AS A GATHERING PLACE TO LAUNCH NEW IDEAS RELATED TO ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, AND DESIGN. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, TOURS, PROGRAMS, AND OUTREACH, THE CENTER ENGAGES THE PUBLIC IN BUFFALO'S ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, AND URBAN PLANNING, AND ITS ROLE IN CULTURE AND DESIGN LITERACY. THE CENTER FOSTERS COLLABORATION WITH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE SIMILAR GOAL OF ACTIVATING BUFFALO'S ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND LANDSCAPE. BY PROVIDING A CENTER TO HOST EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS, THE CENTER ACTIVELY COLLABORATES WITH ALIGNED GROUPS IN DIALOGUE AND SHARED PROGRAMMING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SHOWCASE AND REINFORCE BUFFALO'S RICH ARCHITECTURE HISTORY.

  • THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, TOURS, PROGRAMS, AND OUTREACH, THE CENTER ENGAGES THE PUBLIC IN BUFFALO'S ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, AND URBAN PLANNING, AND ITS ROLE IN CULTURE AND DESIGN LITERACY.

    Expenses $224,926 · Revenue $9,361

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Judith C Lipsey

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Hojnacki

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher T Greene

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Wiktor Cic Crm

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael S Anthony

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Bannon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Gallagher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Healy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony B Martino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paris Roselli

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $205,953
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $184,898
    Other
    $21,055
    Hours/week
    25 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $184,898 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,472 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,583 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $205,953 related

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,994,093
    Expenses
    $301,344
    Contributions
    $3,975,843
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $594,824
    Expenses
    $254,005
    Contributions
    $519,279
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $651,416
    Expenses
    $473,005
    Contributions
    $564,504
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $308,155
    Expenses
    $152,172
    Contributions
    $292,249
    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
    $650,451
    Expenses
    $172,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,504,078
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $68,197
    Expenses
    $95,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,017,398
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $134,203
    Expenses
    $118,819
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,052,547
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $128,009
    Expenses
    $121,797
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,198,766

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017

Tax period
1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Principal officer
Mark Kercher
Mailing address
444 Forest AvenueBuffalo NY 14213

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.