Etruscan Foundation INC

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more) Claim it free, then get the verified mark for $100 a year.

How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

Support of research and study of the ancient Etruscan civilization.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$52K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$52K
to officers and key staff · 43% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 43% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $225K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 14.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $38K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$109K
+60% vs prior year
Spent
$121K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$367K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$109K
FY2024▲ +60%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$95K
FY2021$109K
FY2022$90K
FY2023$68K
FY2024$109K
Expenses
$121K
FY2024▲ +11%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$70K
FY2021$81K
FY2022$100K
FY2023$109K
FY2024$121K
Net assets
$367K
FY2024▼ -3%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$471K
FY2021$511K
FY2022$401K
FY2023$379K
FY2024$367K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1960.

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

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $95K Management & general 18% · $22K Fundraising 3% · $4K

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

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $52K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Exec. Direct
$52,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Richard F String’s $52K as Exec. Direct is at the 46th 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Richard F String$52,000$47,600$50,000

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.

See Etruscan Foundation INC executive salaries →

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

Supports research and study of the ancient Etruscan civilization.

Questions for Etruscan Foundation INC

Tap to ask. Etruscan Foundation INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Etruscan Foundation INC answers here, for everyone.

1 program · $95K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Publication of a Scholarly Journal

Etruscan studies. Fellowships for north american undergraduate and graduate students participating in archaeological fieldwork in italy. Research stipends for archaeologists and scholars of etruscology. Annual public lecture series on etruscan and italic archaeology.

$95Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$38K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$109K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$81K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$14K
Money outPt IX
$121K
Ln 25
Programscol B$95K
Managementcol C$22K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$367K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$142K
Total assetsLn 16$367K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$81K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$14K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Total revenueLn 12$109K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$142K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$142K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$225K
Total assetsLn 16$367K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$367K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$66K$142K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$98K$225K
Total assetsLn 16$379K$367K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$379K$367K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$49K$37K$10K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$1K$954$284
Information technologyLn 14$3K$1K$316$1K
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$2K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$46K$46K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$9K$292
Total functional expensesLn 25$121K$95K$22K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 22, 2025 $109K$121K−$12K$367K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 18, 2024 $68K$109K−$41K$379K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 28, 2023 $90K$100K−$10K$401K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2022 $109K$81K$28K$511K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 7, 2021 $95K$70K$25K$471K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $108,868 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $44,500$81,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $16,912$13,803
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,618$14,065
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $68,030$108,868
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $47,600$49,000
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $61,785$71,959
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $109,385$120,959
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$41,355−$12,091
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $108,868 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$81,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$81,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $13,803$13,803
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $13,986 · Excluded from tax $79$14,065
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,789 · Excluded from tax $79$108,868
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $120,959 across 9 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $36,750 · Management $9,800 · Fundraising $2,450$49,000
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,640$1,640
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $954 · Management $284$1,238
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,216 · Management $316 · Fundraising $1,217$2,749
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $3,000$3,000
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,839 · Management $5,518$7,357
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,198$1,198
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $45,700$45,700
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $8,785 · Management $292$9,077
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $95,244 · Management $22,048 · Fundraising $3,667$120,959
Part X · Balance sheet $366,912 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $66,472$141,698
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $97,531$225,214
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $379,003$366,912
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $163,973$70,882
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $215,030$296,030
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $379,003$366,912
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $379,003$366,912
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $366,912 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$108,868
XI-2 Total expenses$120,959
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$12,091
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$379,003
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$366,912

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.