Salisbury House Foundation

Tax-deductible

Des Moines, IA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 42-1415581Revenue $883K in FY2024

On file with the IRSsalisburyhouse.org4025 Tonawanda Dr, 50312-2909 · Des Moines, IATax-exempt since May 1994Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To preserve, interpret, and share the international significance of Salisbury House and its collections as a historic House museum for the education and cultural benefit and enjoyment of the public.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 8 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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FY2024 · 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
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 $88K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$98K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 87% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$244K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$883K
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$10.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$883K
FY2024▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$837K
FY2022$759K
FY2023$790K
FY2024$883K
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$948K
FY2021$828K
FY2022$926K
FY2023$962K
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$10.2M
FY2024▼ -0.7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.6M
FY2021$10.7M
FY2022$10.4M
FY2023$10.3M
FY2024$10.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1994.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $757K Management & general 17% · $180K Fundraising 11% · $119K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $98K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$97,672Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman/President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Keshia Meissner’s $98K as Executive Director is at the 87th 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Keshia Meissner$97,672$93,283$87,266$86,000$51,059

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

Preserves, interprets, and shares Salisbury House's international significance as a historic house museum for public education and enjoyment.

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3 programs · $757K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Preserve

All activities related to the restoration, conservation, and preservation of the historic buildings and grounds, fine art, decorative art, library, archival and related collections.

$351Kprogram expense
02

Interpret

All activities related to the research, education, explication, and community outreach initiatives designed to present timely, topical, and accurate information about salisbury house, the weeks family, and related historic topics, and also to present cultural programs that fully leverage that salisbury house collections.

$324Kprogram expense
03

Share

All activities related to increasing awareness of the buildings, grounds, and collections as a community resource for social and civic activities not specifically related to cultural or educational interpretation, and for leveraging the property as a source of earned income or philanthropic contributions to support preservation and…

$82Kprogram 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$25K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$883K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$507K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$306K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$757K
Managementcol C$180K
Fundraisingcol D$119K
Owns and owesPt X
$10.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$391K
Total assetsLn 16$10.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$244K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$507K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$65K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$306K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Total revenueLn 12$883K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$300
SavingsLn 2$391K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$391K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.3M
Other assetsLn 15$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$10.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$244K
Net assetsLn 32$10.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 650
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$300K$391K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$888K$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.6M$6.3M
Total assetsLn 16$10.5M$10.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$203K$244K
Net assetsLn 32$10.3M$10.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$98K$43K$44K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$247K$156K$36K$55K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$37K$22K$9K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$17K$7K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$43K$21K$18K$4K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$5K$674$684
Office expensesLn 13$29K$18K$7K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$58K$46K$6K$6K
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$342
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$315K$268K$32K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$47K$36K$11K$78
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$139K$122K$8K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$757K$180K$119K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $883K$1.1M−$173K$10.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $790K$962K−$172K$10.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $759K$926K−$167K$10.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $837K$828K$9K$10.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.0M$948K$62K$10.6M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $883,183 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $412,910$507,497
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $289,763$306,317
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $26,489$30,497
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $60,666$38,872
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $789,828$883,183
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 $376,461$412,192
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $585,732$643,933
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $962,193$1,056,125
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$172,365−$172,942
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $883,183 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$65,128
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$442,369
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$507,497
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $306,317$306,317
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $30,497$30,497
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $30,890$30,890
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $7,982$7,982
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $314,299 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $61,387$883,183
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,056,125 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,379 · Management $44,054 · Fundraising $10,239$97,672
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $155,703 · Management $36,368 · Fundraising $55,214$247,285
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,532 · Management $8,697 · Fundraising $7,079$37,308
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $17,273 · Management $6,975 · Fundraising $5,679$29,927
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $20,549 · Management $17,848 · Fundraising $4,306$42,703
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,423$2,423
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,382 · Management $674 · Fundraising $684$6,740
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $17,722 · Management $6,896 · Fundraising $4,443$29,061
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $46,154 · Management $5,818 · Fundraising $6,206$58,178
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,098 · Management $342$3,440
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $267,815 · Management $31,506 · Fundraising $15,754$315,075
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $36,245 · Management $10,904 · Fundraising $78$47,227
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $121,742 · Management $7,915 · Fundraising $9,429$139,086
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $756,594 · Management $180,420 · Fundraising $119,111$1,056,125
Part X · Balance sheet $10,465,460 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $300$300
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $299,489$391,117
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,437$5,988
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,980$7,719
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,609,203$6,341,574
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $887,724$1,021,324
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,688,679$2,697,438
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,491,812$10,465,460
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $53,884$61,330
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $148,635$182,117
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $682$431
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $203,201$243,878
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,302,173$9,062,240
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $986,438$1,159,342
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $10,288,611$10,221,582
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,491,812$10,465,460
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,221,582 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$883,183
XI-2 Total expenses$1,056,125
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$172,942
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$10,288,611
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$95,493
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$10,420
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$10,221,582

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