INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2000

Street

143 S 3RD 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

• IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION INCREASED ITS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WHILE SUPPORTING MAJOR INITIATIVES IN INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND THE SURROUNDING GATEWAY COMMUNITY. DURING THAT YEAR, THE TRUST ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES: 1) FUNDRAISING: THIS YEAR, THE TRUST COMPLETED THE DESIGN PHASE AND BROKE GROUND FOR THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA THAT IS PART OF THE REDESIGN FOR THE MARKET STREET ROAD DIET. THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE MOBILITY, PROVIDE BIKE- FRIENDLY LANES, AND CREATE A PLAZA THAT HONORS THE LENAPE LEADER CHIEF TAMANEND. THE ORGANIZATION HELD A RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE COMPLETED BENJAMIN RUSH GARDEN, WHICH IS THE NEW HOME FOR THE BICENTENNIAL BELL. THE GARDEN IS A WELCOME GREEN SPACE IN THE CITY THAT LOCALS AND VISITORS ALIKE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. ALSO THIS YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION, WITH THE SUPPORT OF GENEROUS DONORS, SUPPORTED THE RESTORATION OF A HISTORIC GUARDHOUSE IN WASHINGTON SQUARE, WHICH WON A CONSERVATION AWARD FROM THE PRESERVATION ALLIANCE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA. THROUGH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO REPAIR OVER 30 LEATHER REPRODUCTION CHAIRS IN CONGRESS HALL AND PURCHASE AND INSTALL A HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE RAMP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDEPENDENCE SQUARE. 2) COMMUNITY OUTREACH: WITH THE CONTINUED GOAL TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE NATIONAL PARK AND THE ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS REACHED OVER 6,000 AND WERE OFFERED TO ALL AGE GROUPS, AND EVEN SOME DOGS. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED YOGA IN THE PARK, MOVIES ON THE MALL, AND BARK RANGER PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS HELP ALL PEOPLE, ALL AGES, AND EVEN SOME DOGS, CONNECTED WITH THE NATIONAL PARK ON MULTIPLE LEVELS. 3) VOLUNTEERING: SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S MISSION TO ENGAGE PEOPLE, THE TRUST WORKED WITH THE PARK AND PARTNERS TO HOST VOLUNTEER DAYS AT THE NATIONAL PARK. VOLUNTEERS CLEANED, WEEDED, MULCHED, AND PLANTED ACROSS THE PARK TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE NATIONAL PARK BEFORE THE BUSY SUMMER SEASON. A TOTAL OF XX VOLUNTEERS JOINED THE ORGANIZATION. 4) TWILIGHT TOURS: THE TRUST OFFERED FREE, EVENING WALKING TOURS ON THE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PARK. OVER 2,550 ATTENDANTS FROM 45 DIFFERENT STATES AND 55 FOREIGN COUNTRIES ATTENDED THE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $1,078,114 · Revenue $223,203

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

  $3,877,231

  Expenses

  $1,831,490

  Contributions

  $3,593,481

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,883,280

  Expenses

  $1,667,487

  Contributions

  $1,776,997

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,722,245

  Expenses

  $1,691,933

  Contributions

  $1,577,009

  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

  $1,973,857

  Expenses

  $1,419,473

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,798,816

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $319,999

  Expenses

  $1,521,058

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,962,534

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,329,499

  Expenses

  $910,109

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,978,844

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,103,908

  Expenses

  $694,961

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,978,844

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,280,060

  Expenses

  $402,088

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,461,478

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,096,291

  Expenses

  $155,675

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,306,815

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,103,625

  Expenses

  $222,298

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,390,021

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $297,362

  Expenses

  $210,598

  Assets (EOY)

  $521,153

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $190,965

  Expenses

  $194,332

  Assets (EOY)

  $390,322

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $238,214

  Assets (EOY)

  $390,556

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

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

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $1,033,275

  2024 · CONNECT

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $251,000

  2023 · Protect

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $178,488

  2024 · CULTURE & ARTS

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $136,867

  2022 · CONNECT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $130,250

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $50,150

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $31,120

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

  $28,568

  2022 · MASTER PLANNING FOR CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT-RETAIN GRAPHICS VENDOR

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $26,526

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMCAST SPECTACOR CHARITIES

  $25,000

  2023 · General Support

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

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