501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$93K paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $20K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$93K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $97K
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$36K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$364K
Spent
$563K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$340K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$364K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$364K
FY2021$294K
FY2022$461K
FY2023$379K
FY2024$361K
FY2025$499K
Expenses
$563K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$563K
FY2021$332K
FY2022$383K
FY2023$401K
FY2024$429K
FY2025$371K
Net assets
$340K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$340K
FY2021$373K
FY2022$451K
FY2023$429K
FY2024$360K
FY2025$489K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1987.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $499K Management & general 6% · $36K Fundraising 5% · $28K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $93K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Exec Director
$92,934Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sean Khorsandi’s $117K as Exec Director is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sean Khorsandi$117,071$113,323$109,473$103,668$98,000$92,934

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 15aNo

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Landmark West INC is an arts and culture nonprofit based in New York, NY, formed in 1985.

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1 program · $499K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Preservation Advocacy

Providing advocacy and leadership to protect important historic places on theupper west side; collaboration with preservation organizations throughoutnew york city to address citywide issues and policies affecting historicplaces and neighborhood integrity; online resources (WWW.LANDMARKWEST.ORG);INVOLVING community residents, architects…

$499Kprogram expense

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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 FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$364K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$353K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$157
Money outPt IX
$563K
Ln 25
Programscol B$499K
Managementcol C$36K
Fundraisingcol D$28K
Owns and owesPt X
$340K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$349K
Total assetsLn 16$376K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$353K
Government grantsLn 1e$80K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$157
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$364K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$116K
SavingsLn 2$233K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$349K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$376K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
Net assetsLn 32$340K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 619
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$532K$349K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$545K$376K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K$36K
Net assetsLn 32$538K$340K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$93K$78K$6K$9K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$106K$89K$6K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$21K$17K$1K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$13K$893$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$11K$804$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K$199$331
InsuranceLn 23$5K$4K$276$460
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$287K$282K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$563K$499K$36K$28K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $499K$371K$128K$489K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Sep 10, 2025 $361K$429K−$69K$360K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jun 14, 2024 $379K$401K−$22K$429K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 26, 2023 $461K$383K$78K$451K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 18, 2022 $294K$332K−$38K$373K 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 13, 2021 $364K$563K−$198K$340K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $364,470 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $546,110$353,050
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $16,641$11,263
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $293$157
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $563,044$364,470
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $206,402$234,973
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $514,985$327,966
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $721,387$562,939
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$158,343−$198,469
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $364,470 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$79,769
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$273,281
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$353,050
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,263$11,263
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $157$157
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,263 · Excluded from tax $157$364,470
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $562,939 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $78,065 · Management $5,576 · Fundraising $9,293$92,934
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $89,372 · Management $6,384 · Fundraising $10,639$106,395
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,438 · Management $1,245 · Fundraising $2,076$20,759
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,503 · Management $893 · Fundraising $1,489$14,885
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,667$14,667
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,340$2,340
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,280$2,280
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,249 · Management $804 · Fundraising $1,339$13,392
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,780 · Management $199 · Fundraising $331$3,310
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,866 · Management $276 · Fundraising $460$4,602
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $281,815 · Management $5,560$287,375
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $499,428 · Management $35,604 · Fundraising $27,907$562,939
Part X · Balance sheet $375,539 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $283,661$116,198
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $248,085$233,241
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $6,970$24,025
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $870$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,385$2,075
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $544,971$375,539
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,000$2,340
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$33,697
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,000$36,037
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $255,909$325,377
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $282,062$14,125
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $537,971$339,502
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $544,971$375,539
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $339,502 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$364,470
XI-2 Total expenses$562,939
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$198,469
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$537,971
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$339,502

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