Gallery North INC FY2019 filing

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Setauket, NY501(c)(3)Since 1975Arts & CultureEIN 11-2368016Revenue $490K in FY2019

On file with the IRSgallerynorth.org90 N Country Rd, 11733-1345 · Setauket, NYTax-exempt since Mar 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Gallery North is a not-for-profit fine art Gallery with a mission to present exhibitions of contemporary artists and crafts persons, to assist and encourage artists by bringing their work to the attention of the public, and to stimulate interest in the arts by presenting innovative, educational programs. Furthermore, Gallery North is organized to support artists of the long island region, to offer exhibitions and programming for the enjoyment of citizens of the state of new york, to embrace the role of diversity in strengthening the arts, and to engage in lawful acts or activities for which not-for-profit corporations may be organized under new york not-for-profit corporation law.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$92K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2019 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $510K a year · 45% of revenue · last 7 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 4 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$92K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $1.2M
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.3M
64% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 64% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$490K
Spent
$516K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$751K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$490K
FY2019
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$490K
FY2020$404K
FY2021$416K
FY2022$820K
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$516K
FY2019
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$516K
FY2020$467K
FY2021$466K
FY2022$620K
FY2023$668K
FY2024$814K
FY2025$873K
Net assets
$751K
FY2019
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$751K
FY2020$695K
FY2021$645K
FY2022$818K
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$4.0M
FY2025$4.6M

From the FY2019 Form 990 (year ending September 2019) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1997.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $361K Management & general 14% · $74K Fundraising 16% · $81K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $92K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2018); the FY2019 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$92,250Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Edward Puchner’s $110K as Executive Director is at the 40th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Edward Puchner$110,000$110,000$110,000$97,000$97,000$81,383
Judith Levy—————$22,809

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Showcases and supports contemporary artists through exhibitions and educational programs.

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3 programs · $361K · in their own filed words · FY2018
01

The organization provided classes and workshops in a variety of mediums, including watercolor, life drawing, encaustic, paper making, as well as silkscreen and other printmaking processes, done in house on a printing press.

$360Kprogram expense
02

Rental of Art Studio

To provide local artists and the community an open studio space to enjoy.

$873program expense
03

Gift shop providing local artists a platform to sell their crafts, featuring a varity of mediums such as ceramics, wood, glass and painting.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2019 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$490K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$352K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$52K
Money outPt IX
$516K
Ln 25
Programscol B$361K
Managementcol C$74K
Fundraisingcol D$81K
Owns and owesPt X
$751K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$102K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$352K
Government grantsLn 1e$95K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$52K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Total revenueLn 12$490K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$101K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$102K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$48K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$751K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY19End FY19
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$94K$102K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$48K$48K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$829K$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$806K$751K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$275K$190K$35K$51K
Payroll taxesLn 10$22K$15K$3K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$9K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$35K$22K$4K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$38K$25K$4K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$16K$6K$1K$9K
OccupancyLn 16$32K$20K$4K$9K
TravelLn 17$19K$19K
InterestLn 20$46K$32K$6K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$57K$17K$35K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$6K$1K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$32K$25K$2K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e−$81K$3K−$31K−$53K
Total functional expensesLn 25$516K$361K$74K$81K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$873K$474K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.0M$814K$1.2M$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.5M$668K$1.9M$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $820K$620K$200K$818K 990 PDF
FY2021 $416K$466K−$50K$645K 990 PDF
FY2020 $404K$467K−$62K$695K 990 PDF
FY2019 Viewing $490K$516K−$27K$751K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $489,716 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $283,386$351,850
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $126,798$52,406
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$82,795$85,460
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $327,389$489,716
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $295,224$296,824
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $96,721$219,519
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $391,945$516,343
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$64,556−$26,627
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $489,716 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $31,406 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$95,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$256,850
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$351,850
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $52,406$52,406
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business −$33,292−$33,292
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $86,974$86,974
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $372$372
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $84,184 · Unrelated business −$33,292 · Excluded from tax $86,974$489,716
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $516,343 across 14 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $189,773 · Management $34,669 · Fundraising $50,625$275,067
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,011 · Management $2,742 · Fundraising $4,004$21,757
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,598 · Fundraising $2,000$3,598
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,650 · Fundraising $3,385$12,035
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $21,510 · Management $3,547 · Fundraising $9,588$34,645
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $25,233 · Management $3,960 · Fundraising $8,627$37,820
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,332 · Management $1,157 · Fundraising $9,001$16,490
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $20,042 · Management $3,662 · Fundraising $8,641$32,345
IX-17 TravelFundraising $19,272$19,272
IX-20 InterestPrograms $31,894 · Management $5,827 · Fundraising $8,508$46,229
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $17,134 · Management $35,387 · Fundraising $4,571$57,092
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,851 · Management $1,069 · Fundraising $1,561$8,481
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $25,261 · Management $2,493 · Fundraising $4,340$32,094
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,680 · Management −$30,551 · Fundraising −$52,711−$80,582
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $360,721 · Management $74,210 · Fundraising $81,412$516,343
Part X · Balance sheet $2,082,491 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $90,460$1,369
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,645$100,567
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $924$2,941
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $10,184$3,860
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$1,542
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,447,197$1,901,515
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $48,100$48,100
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $34,345$22,597
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,634,855$2,082,491
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,187$37,157
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,516$6,166
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $383,476$367,991
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,574$8,789
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $828,908$1,331,477
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $805,947$751,014
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,634,855$2,082,491
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $751,014 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$489,716
XI-2 Total expenses$516,343
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$26,627
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$805,947
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$28,306
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$751,014

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