Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc
Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc
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About this organization
Mission
The mission of Green-Wood Historic Fund is to share the resources of the Green-Wood Cemetery, one of the world's great cemeteries, with the public. The Historic Fund is committed to publicizing and interpreting the cemetery's 478 acres and to educating the public to appreciate its resources and the history of the more than 560,000 individuals interred here. It is dedicated to maintaining and restoring monuments and buildings at the Cemetery, an outdoor museum and revered Brooklyn institution since 1838. It also devotes its energies to the preservation of the natural habitat of one of New York City's first parks, opening the cemetery's green oasis to a varied urban population. Finally, the Historic Fund makes the cemetery's records available to the public for historical and genealogical purposes.
About
The historic collection and archives of Green-Wood are diverse. The collection is composed of items ranging from cabinet cards to stereo view photographs to oil paintings to 19th-century baseball programs. Every item is historically significant to Green-Wood, relating either to a Green-Wood Cemetery 'permanent resident or to the history of the institution itself. To the best of our knowledge, Green-Wood is the only cemetery in the nation with a collection of this scope and size. Items from the collection are featured in Green-Wood's own exhibitions and also loaned to other cultural institutions for display. Furthermore, Green-Wood's institutional archives comprise an immense collection of meticulously preserved records, all connected to over half a million individuals (570,000 in total) interred at Green-Wood. These documents represent an important and voluminous contribution to researchers everywhere. The records relate both to famous individuals and also to the uncelebrated persons, the carpenters, the bankers, the grocers, the teachers, the dockworkers, the nurses, etc. who also played an important role in the city's development.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The mission of the non-profit, as stated in the filing, is “The organization was created to raise funds to preserve and maintain monuments of historical, cultural, and architectural significance, to advance the public knowledge of the green-wood cemetery and to conduct, sponsor and host educational programs in the community.”.
When referring to its tasks, they were described as: “The organization's primary purpose is to preserve and restore the green-wood cemetery's historic and cultural property and to educate the public regarding the historic significance of the cemetery.”.
- The non-profit is operating legally in the state of NY.
- The non-profit's address for the year 2020 is listed as 500 25TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 112321755 in the filing.
- The form submitted by the non-profit organization for 2020 reports 0 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$1,508,731.
- The organization has 15 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1997.
- The organization pays $0 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $313,181 in fundraising expenses.