Dunham Tavern Museum

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To preserve, develop and share historic Dunham Tavern and its campus as an educational and cultural resource. We aspire for Dunham Tavern as an institution to provide an urban green space in midtown cleveland, and to return the Tavern to its roots by serving as a place for urban history, education, nature, and community.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 34-6555993) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 37 volunteers and 1 employee.
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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $234K a year · 48% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
83% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$72K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
8.8 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
8.8 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
0.05% of total assets
Liabilities are 0.05% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
17 of 17 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$810K
+79% vs prior year
Spent
$288K
To programs
83%
Net assets
$4.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$810K
FY2025▲ +79%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$292K
FY2021$701K
FY2022$91K
FY2023$574K
FY2024$453K
FY2025$810K
Expenses
$288K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$159K
FY2021$355K
FY2022$166K
FY2023$283K
FY2024$266K
FY2025$288K
Net assets
$4.5M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.4M
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.9M
FY2025$4.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1942.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $240K Management & general 15% · $43K Fundraising 2% · $5K

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; $72K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$71,875Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lauren Hansgen’s $72K as Executive Di is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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
Lauren Hansgen$71,875$65,000$62,969$55,000$55,000$55,000

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Preserves and shares a historic tavern and campus as an educational, cultural, and community green space.

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1 program · $240K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Once a stagecoach stop on the buffalo-cleveland-detroit post road, the 1824 home of rufus and jane pratt Dunham is the oldest building still standing on its original site in the city of cleveland.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 34-6555993) · Dispute this line
$240Kprogram expense

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$810K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$782K
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Other incomeLn 4–11$7K
Money outPt IX
$288K
Ln 25
Programscol B$240K
Managementcol C$43K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$212K
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
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$782K
Government grantsLn 1e$336K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$30K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$724
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Other incomeLn 4–11$7K
Total revenueLn 12$810K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$19K
SavingsLn 2$193K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$212K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$158K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$1K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$4.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 637
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$767K$703K$609K$609K$608K
AddedLn 1b$100$1K
SpentLn 1d–1f$2K$3K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$594K$212K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$2K
Net assetsLn 32$3.9M$4.5M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$72K$58K$11K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$32K$22K$10K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$6K$2K$285
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$6K$2K$268
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11K$9K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$11K$348$486
OccupancyLn 16$87K$86K$960$140
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$24K$24K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$12K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K$5K$552
Total functional expensesLn 25$288K$240K$43K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 14, 2026 $810K$288K$522K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 19, 2025 $453K$266K$187K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 5, 2024 $574K$283K$291K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 23, 2023 $91K$166K−$75K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 11, 2022 $701K$355K$346K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 9, 2021 $292K$159K$132K$2.9M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $809,715 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $396,102$782,384
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $455$724
I-10 Investment income$19,133
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $56,798$7,474
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $453,355$809,715
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $99,193$120,349
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $166,979$167,386
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $266,172$287,735
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $187,183$521,980
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 $809,715 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$30,403
VIII-1e Government grants$336,417
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$415,564
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$782,384
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $724$724
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $19,133$19,133
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $7,474$7,474
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $724 · Excluded from tax $26,607$809,715
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $287,735 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $57,500 · Management $10,781 · Fundraising $3,594$71,875
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $22,246 · Management $10,164$32,410
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,327 · Management $1,662 · Fundraising $285$8,274
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,957 · Management $1,565 · Fundraising $268$7,790
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,870$11,870
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,403 · Management $1,419$10,822
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,307 · Management $348 · Fundraising $486$12,141
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $85,812 · Management $960 · Fundraising $140$86,912
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $24,266$24,266
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,398 · Management $3,462$15,860
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,963 · Management $552$5,515
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $240,179 · Management $42,783 · Fundraising $4,773$287,735
Part X · Balance sheet $4,536,873 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $588,976$18,718
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,502$193,165
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $268,035$158,236
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,937$1,341
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,766,898$2,279,849
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,273,416$1,885,564
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,904,764$4,536,873
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,465$967
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,613$1,138
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,078$2,105
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,546,602$3,179,684
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,355,084$1,355,084
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,901,686$4,534,768
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,904,764$4,536,873
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,534,768 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$809,715
XI-2 Total expenses$287,735
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$521,980
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,901,686
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$114,937
XI-7 Investment expenses−$3,835
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,534,768

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