The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation inspires people to discover and embrace an architecture for better living through meaningful connections to nature, the arts, and each other.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
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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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $99K a year · 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $5.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.8 months of spending in cash, plus $5.7M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
20
named funders · $460K
Looks good: 20 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.1M
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.4M
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$10.8M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$21.1M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$9.4M
FY2024▼ -5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$8.5M
FY2023$10.0M
FY2024$9.4M
FY2025$9.6M
Expenses
$10.8M
FY2024▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$6.7M
FY2023$9.9M
FY2024$10.8M
FY2025$9.7M
Net assets
$21.1M
FY2024▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$18.8M
FY2023$22.1M
FY2024$21.1M
FY2025$21.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending July 2024) · 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 Nov 1983.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $8.9M Management & general 3% · $334K Fundraising 14% · $1.5M

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

22 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO & President
$306,413Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Advancement
$176,697Pt VII · Sec A
Finance & Admin Off. (thru 7/31/24)
$168,562Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Public Engagement
$166,392Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Preservation
$147,663Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Taliesin Institute
$118,125Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Accounting (thru 1/12/24)
$105,169Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Stuart Graff’s $316K as CEO & President (through 08/31/24) is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021
Stuart Graff$316,335$306,413$285,402$251,418
Kimberley Valentine—$176,697$165,230—
Susan Whitmer VP Chief—$168,562$144,848—
Nicole Stewart$157,587$166,392$155,160—
Frederick Prozzillo$134,267$147,663$139,897$121,799
Joy Hanson———$141,067
Kimberly Valentine$139,250———
Henry Hendrix$138,716———

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

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Inspires people to discover and embrace better living through architecture connecting nature, arts, and community.

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3 programs · $8.9M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Building Preservation

The frank lloyd wright foundation invests capital and considerable efforts in order to protect, maintain, and restore the architecturally historic structures and spaces that comprise its campuses in both scottsdale, arizona, and spring green, wisconsin.

$3.7Mprogram expense
02

Public Tours and Access Program

The frank lloyd wright foundation offers tours and educational outreach programs to increase public awareness of the work of frank lloyd wright and the field of architecture. About 101,000 individuals visited the historic scottsdale, arizona, landmark during the fiscal year ended july 31, 2024.

$2.8Mprogram expense
03

The frank lloyd wright foundation sells products through its physical retail store and online store; licenses its intellectual property to others and earns royalties from the sale of licensed products or the use of the rights; and produces in-person and online educational programs for youth and adult participants.

$2.4Mprogram 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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.4M
Money outPt IX
$10.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.9M
Managementcol C$334K
Fundraisingcol D$1.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$21.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$709K
Total assetsLn 16$22.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$325K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$4K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$322K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.4M
Gains on assetsLn 7$71K
Total revenueLn 12$9.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$153K
SavingsLn 2$556K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$709K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12.2M
Other assetsLn 15$3.0M
Total assetsLn 16$22.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$21.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5124
VolunteersI 647
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
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$932K$709K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.0M$5.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.5M$12.2M
Total assetsLn 16$23.2M$22.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$22.1M$21.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$519K$428K$13K$77K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.8M$4.0M$120K$716K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$53K$47K$1K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$553K$487K$14K$52K
Payroll taxesLn 10$375K$310K$9K$56K
Legal feesLn 11b$52K$37K$1K$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$32K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$103K$103K
Investment management feesLn 11f$29K$29K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$904K$737K$20K$147K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$401K$315K$8K$78K
Office expensesLn 13$622K$511K$4K$107K
Information technologyLn 14$369K$274K$16K$79K
OccupancyLn 16$195K$186K$3K$6K
TravelLn 17$72K$57K$3K$12K
InterestLn 20$2K$1K$7$85
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$590K$542K$31K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$251K$196K$27K$28K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$729K$702K$2K$25K
All other expensesLn 24e$129K$129K$97$85
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.8M$8.9M$334K$1.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $9.6M$9.7M−$104K$21.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $9.4M$10.8M−$1.4M$21.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.0M$9.9M$42K$22.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $8.5M$6.7M$1.8M$18.8M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,433,316 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,750,054$2,045,764
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,610,565$5,636,519
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $188,901$322,368
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,419,349$1,428,665
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,968,869$9,433,316
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 $5,887,754$6,314,191
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $189,463$102,550
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,849,243$4,378,313
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,926,460$10,795,054
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $42,409−$1,361,738
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $9,433,316 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,389,988 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$10,000
VIII-1e Government grants$324,621
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,711,143
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,943
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,045,764
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,636,519$5,636,519
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $251,307$251,307
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $38,140$38,140
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $71,061$71,061
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $537$537
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,377,803 · Unrelated business $648,704 · Excluded from tax $361,045$9,433,316
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,795,054 across 20 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $428,483 · Management $12,892 · Fundraising $77,126$518,501
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,979,124 · Management $119,719 · Fundraising $716,232$4,815,075
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $47,122 · Management $1,350 · Fundraising $4,285$52,757
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $486,916 · Management $14,072 · Fundraising $51,843$552,831
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $309,918 · Management $9,324 · Fundraising $55,785$375,027
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $37,096 · Management $1,011 · Fundraising $14,170$52,277
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,438$32,438
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $102,550$102,550
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $28,926$28,926
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $737,273 · Management $20,103 · Fundraising $146,581$903,957
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $315,004 · Management $7,634 · Fundraising $78,226$400,864
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $510,518 · Management $3,706 · Fundraising $107,331$621,555
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $273,675 · Management $16,084 · Fundraising $79,424$369,183
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $186,062 · Management $3,312 · Fundraising $5,755$195,129
IX-17 TravelPrograms $57,272 · Management $2,872 · Fundraising $11,788$71,932
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,495 · Management $7 · Fundraising $85$1,587
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $541,919 · Management $31,289 · Fundraising $17,245$590,453
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $196,295 · Management $27,024 · Fundraising $28,007$251,326
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $702,149 · Management $2,191 · Fundraising $25,141$729,481
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $129,023 · Management $97 · Fundraising $85$129,205
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,939,344 · Management $334,051 · Fundraising $1,521,659$10,795,054
Part X · Balance sheet $22,229,639 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $59,961$152,971
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $872,514$555,917
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $95,915$239,394
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $246,647$22,000
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $296,381$247,509
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $135,796$163,865
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,517,838$12,190,405
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $8,014,995$5,659,742
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $38,335$38,457
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,959,379$2,959,379
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $23,237,761$22,229,639
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $796,771$840,233
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $262,211$202,592
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,111,962$1,080,060
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $18,213,204$17,464,039
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,912,595$3,685,540
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $22,125,799$21,149,579
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $23,237,761$22,229,639
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $21,149,579 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,433,316
XI-2 Total expenses$10,795,054
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,361,738
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$22,125,799
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$385,518
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$21,149,579

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