Graycliff Conservancy is dedicated to the preservation of the frank lloyd wright designed structures and grounds, along with the ellen biddle shipman-designed gardens and landscape, that comprise Graycliff, the summer retreat of isabelle & darwin martin of buffalo, NY. The nonprofit organization strives to share the journey and all the stories of Graycliff, advancing the property as a publicly accessible historic site.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 115 volunteers and 15 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $470K a year · 27% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $422K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.4M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.8M
+251% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$7.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2025▲ +251%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$528K
FY2021$821K
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$4.8M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
$7.7M
FY2025▲ +78%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$7.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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

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Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $1.1M Management & general 19% · $280K Fundraising 7% · $105K

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; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$100,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anna Kaplan’s $100K as Executive Director is at the 33rd 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Anna Kaplan$100,000$90,249$82,722$72,100$73,822

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

Restores a historic Frank Lloyd Wright house and gardens for public access and education.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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The organization's program service accomplishments relate to its mission dedicated to restoring, preserving, interpreting, and promoting graycliff, the frank lloyd wright designed summer estate for isabelle and darwin martin, as a publicly accessible landmark property.

$1.1Mprogram 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 FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$226K
Other incomeLn 4–11$59K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$280K
Fundraisingcol D$105K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$244K
Total assetsLn 16$10.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$156K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$226K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$59K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$244K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$244K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.5M
Other assetsLn 15$190K
Total assetsLn 16$10.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$7.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 6115
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$918K$244K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M$6.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M$10.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$323K$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M$7.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$100K$50K$35K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$279K$139K$98K$42K
Payroll taxesLn 10$28K$14K$10K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$39K$17K$15K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$5K$17K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$83K$36K$32K$15K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$19K$17K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$68K$34K$17K$17K
Information technologyLn 14$69K$50K$19K$694
OccupancyLn 16$48K$46K$2K
TravelLn 17$8K$8K
InterestLn 20$14K$14K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$577K$577K
InsuranceLn 23$53K$48K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$60K$30K$29K$243
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.1M$280K$105K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.8M$1.5M$3.4M$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.4M$89$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.3M−$106K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.4M$408K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $821K$1.2M−$335K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $528K$1.0M−$511K$4.4M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,835,315 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $914,393$4,542,061
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $266,402$225,969
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $45,857$8,373
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $149,549$58,912
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,376,201$4,835,315
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 $388,143$407,232
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $987,969$1,063,447
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,376,112$1,470,679
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $89$3,364,636
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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 $4,835,315 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $19,725 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$38,864
VIII-1e Government grants$3,798,673
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$704,524
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$156,028
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,542,061
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $225,969$225,969
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $8,373$8,373
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $3,250$3,250
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $35,937$35,937
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $245,694 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $47,560$4,835,315
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,470,679 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $50,000 · Management $35,000 · Fundraising $15,000$100,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $139,438 · Management $97,607 · Fundraising $41,832$278,877
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,178 · Management $9,924 · Fundraising $4,253$28,355
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $17,214 · Management $14,866 · Fundraising $7,042$39,122
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,829 · Management $16,971 · Fundraising $1,976$23,776
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $36,495 · Management $31,519 · Fundraising $14,930$82,944
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $16,875 · Fundraising $1,875$18,750
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $34,241 · Management $17,120 · Fundraising $17,120$68,481
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $49,967 · Management $18,737 · Fundraising $694$69,398
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $45,653 · Management $1,903$47,556
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,869$7,869
IX-20 InterestPrograms $13,542$13,542
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $577,035$577,035
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $47,820 · Management $5,313$53,133
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $29,877 · Management $29,479 · Fundraising $243$59,599
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,121 · Management $1,121$2,242
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,086,154 · Management $279,560 · Fundraising $104,965$1,470,679
Part X · Balance sheet $10,130,914 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $918,462$243,984
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $312,017$3,142,638
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $19,960$5,613
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,240,643$6,549,096
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $161,376$189,583
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,654,958$10,130,914
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $67,959$712,670
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $254,916$1,693,889
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $322,875$2,406,559
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,950,878$6,134,050
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,381,205$1,590,305
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,332,083$7,724,355
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,654,958$10,130,914
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,724,355 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,835,315
XI-2 Total expenses$1,470,679
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,364,636
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,332,083
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$27,636
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,724,355

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