Historic House Trust Of New York City Inc
Historic House Trust Of New York City Inc
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About this organization
Mission
The Historic House Trust of New York City, in partnership with NYC Parks, advocates for, promotes and provides expertise to preserve 23 publicly owned historic sites located throughout the city’s five boroughs. To fulfill our mission, we: • Advocate for the historic sites to obtain financial resources and other support for both critical and aspirational needs. • Promote the historic sites through social media, public programs and other forms of marketing and communication, thus helping to expand their audiences and impact. • Provide expertise to the historic sites in the form of technical assistance, best practice solutions, and visionary leadership across core activities including historic house maintenance and preservation, education, collections management and fundraising capacity.
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EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS: TO ENHANCE THE VISITS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND ADULTS EACH YEAR, HHT WORKS WITH THE HOUSES THROUGH THE GROUNDBREAKING "ROOF RAISERS CURATORIAL BRIGADE" PROGRAM TO ENGAGE TRAINED VOLUNTEERS IN THE CARE OF THE HOUSES AND THEIR COLLECTIONS. HHT'S "JEANETTE AND PAUL WAGNER PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES" WORKS TO WIDEN OUR TARGET AUDIENCE TO INCLUDE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH AUTISM - TO ALLOW THEM TO JOIN THE 750,000 VISITORS OUR HOUSES SEE EACH YEAR, INCLUDING MORE THAN 265,000 CHILDREN FROM SCHOOLGROUPS. Through its Contemporary Art Project program HHT collaborates with the houses and artists to put on art installations, exhibits and related programming.ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT: ONCE THE BUILDINGS ARE STABILIZED, HHT HELPS THE LEADERSHIP AT THE HOUSES OPERATE THE SITES IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WITH BUDGETS RANGING FROM $42,000 TO $3.3 MILLION ANNUALLY, OPERATE THE HISTORIC HOUSES. HHT WORKS TO STRENGTHEN THESE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ANNUAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT, CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES, OVERSIGHT ON STRATEGIC PLANNING ,FISCAL MANAGEMENT, and ANNUAL MEETINGS WITH HOUSE DIRECTORS. Collectively, THERE ARE OVER 600 VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THE STEWARDSHIP OF HHT AND ITS MEMBER HOUSES. HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: HHT'S MOST BASIC EFFORT IS TO SECURE THESE HISTORIC STRUCTURES. HHT'S ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATOR CONSULTS ON AND MANAGES RESTORATION PROJECTS AT THE SITES, RANGING FROM SMALL REPAIRS TO LARGE-SCALE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 26 CAPITAL PROJECTS EITHER IN DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE FIVE BOROUGHS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: WITH THE BUILDINGS SECURE, HHT WORKS TO INCREASE THE RELEVANCE AND VISIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SITES AND TO PROMOTE VISITATION TO THE COLLECTION AS A WHOLE. THROUGH CITY-WIDE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, HHT OVERSEES ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INVITE RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS TO EXPLORE THE CITY'S HISTORY. HHT SHARES INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS, INCLUDING ITS WEBSITE, AND THROUGH FACEBOOK, Instagram AND TWITTER.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “See schedule othe historic house trust of new york city, inc. in partnership with nyc parks, advocates for, promotes and provides expertise to preserve 23 publicly owned historic sites located throughout the city's five boroughs to fulfill our mission. we advocate for the historic sites to obtain financial resources and other support for both critical and aspirational needs. we promote the historic sites through social media, public programs and other forms of marketing and communication, thus helping to expand their audiences and impact. we provide expertise to the historic sites in the form of technical assistance, best practice solutions and visionary leadership across core activities including historic house maintenance and preservation, education, collections management and fundraising.”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “The historic house trust of new york city, in partnership with nyc parks, advocates for, promotes and provides expertise to preserve 23 publicly owned historic sites located throughout the city's five boroughs.as part of hht's partnership with the new york city parks department, certain essential services are provided as in-kind donations to help support our work on behalf of the parks-owned houses. this includes our office space (centrally located in central park), it services (telephones, computers, internet), a maintenance budget to purchase m&o supplies and emergency services through city contracts, and the salaries of hht's capital staff and that of the executive director.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is NY, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2020 as 830 FIFTH AVENUE ROOM 203, NEW YORK, NY, 10065.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 5 employees on their payroll as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $357,554.
- The organization has 22 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1989.
- The organization pays $319,620 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $60,869 in fundraising expenses.
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