RTPI OF NATURAL HISTORY: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: RTPI OF NATURAL HISTORY (EIN 11-2724904)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-12
IRS object ID: 202143169349306434
Schema version: 2020v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-12T10:07:29-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JAMES W VANSTROM & COMPANY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 532	AddressLine1Txt
City	FALCONER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14733	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	112724904	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROGER TORY PETERSON INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ROGE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7166652473	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	311 CURTIS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	JAMESTOWN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14701	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ARTHUR PEARSON	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7166652473	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-11-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	ARTHUR	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	PEARSON	PersonLastNm

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JAMES W VANSTROM CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00426846	PTIN
Phone	7166613960	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-11-12	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ARTHUR PEARSON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	311 CURTIS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	JAMESTOWN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14701	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,003,175	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1985	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	SEE PAGE 2, PART III, LINE #1	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	11	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$590,294	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$799,544	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$321,199	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$102,884	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$33,191	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$12,628	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$12,196	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$957,312	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$890,232	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$554,306	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$513,411	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$151,264	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$514,060	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$953,379	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,068,366	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,466,790	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$111,054	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$576,558	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$5,169,772	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,195,571	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$305,469	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$37,573	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,864,303	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,157,998	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE MISSION OF THE ROGER TORY PETERSON INSTITUTE(RTPI) IS TO HONOR AND CONTINUE THE WORK OF ROGER TORY PETERSON, TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL WORLD. OUR MOTTO: LEARN IT, LOVE IT, PROTECT IT!	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$55,392	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	EDUCATION: RTPI SPECIALIZED IN PROVIDING NATURE-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES ROOTED IN THE PLACES WHERE WE LIVE. RPTI WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS (I.E. SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITIES, AND LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS) AND INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS AT THE INSTITUTE'S JAMESTOWN, NY LOCATION AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$357,092	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$93,857	RevenueAmt
Desc	CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS: RTPI DESIGNS AND IMPLEMENTS ACTIVE CONSERVATION AND OUTREACH PROJECTS IN THE LOCAL REGION AND BEYOND.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$839,491	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$9,027	RevenueAmt
Desc	EXHIBITS AND ARCHIVES: RTPI HONORS THE ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ROGER TORY PETERSON BY OFFERING WORLD-CLASS ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITS, INCULDING WORKS BY ROGER TORY PETERSON AND MANY OTHERS. RTPI ARCHIVES HOUSE SOME 200,000 ITEMS OF ROGER TORY PETERSON'S LIFETIME BODY OF WORK AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT PIECES ARE ON PUBLIC DISPLAY IN OUR FACILITY.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,251,975	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	14	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	11	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ARTHUR PEARSON	PersonNm
Phone	7166652473	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	311 CURTIS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	JAMESTOWN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14701	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Institutional TrusteeInstitutionalTrusteeInd
WILLAM R HACKNEY III
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LEE ALLEN PETERSON
VICE CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUG SCHUTTE CHFC
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LINDA GOODRIDGE STECKLEY
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARILYN ZAGORA PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILSON MUDGE
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TORY C PETERSON
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALBERTO REY
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ERIKA STANAT
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS ANDERSON
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEANNE WIEBENGA
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WARREN BLANCHARD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GEORGE HARPER JR
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ARTHUR PEARSON
PRESIDENT & CEO	40.00			$97,442	$0	$19,964	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$97,442	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$19,964	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Related Organizations	$115,632	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$99,942	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$583,970	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$799,544	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
SERVICE AGREEMENT REVENUE	541900	$93,857	$0	$0
PROGRAM REVENUE	611710	$9,027	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$102,884	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$100,635	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$112,943	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$12,308	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$12,308	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
ADMIN. SERVICES FNDT	900099	$0	$0	$0	$0
REIMB. OF EXPENSES FNDT	900099	$0	$0	$0	$0
MISC. INCOME	900099	$112	$112	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$112	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$890,232	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$90,688	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$97,443	TotalAmt
Program Services	$68,210	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,361	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,872	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$322,437	TotalAmt
Program Services	$262,024	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,413	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,733	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,559	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,764	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,410	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,798	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,223	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,786	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,789	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,163	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,449	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$490	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,224	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,951	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,492	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$417	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,042	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,270	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,373	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$256	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$641	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$259,527	TotalAmt
Program Services	$205,026	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,572	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$38,929	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,259	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,574	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$196	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$489	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROGRAM & WORKSHOP EXP	$21,178	$21,178	$0	$0
BOARD EXPENSE	$2,570	$2,030	$154	$386
MISCELLANEOUS	$425	$59	$5	$361
FEES & INTEREST	$927	$732	$56	$139

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$646,109	TotalAmt
Program Services	$601,046	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,494	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,569	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,466,790	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,251,975	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$63,551	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$151,264	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$130,999	BOYAmt
EOY	$84,008	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,244,618	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,900,011	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,640	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,115	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,614	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,570	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$490,896	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$480,859	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,295	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,037	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$738	BOYAmt
EOY	$738	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,736,868	BOYAmt
EOY	$174,092	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,169,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,195,571	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,573	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,078	BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$227,619	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$305,469	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,573	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$714,636	BOYAmt
EOY	$154,567	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,149,667	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,003,431	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,864,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,157,998	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,169,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,195,571	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$576,558	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$1,129,747	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$392,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$390,795	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$506,466	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$590,294	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$799,544	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,680,064	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$182,867	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$191,301	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$204,889	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$184,863	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$186,711	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$950,631	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$575,832	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$582,096	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$711,355	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$775,157	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$986,255	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,630,695	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$323,409	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,307,286	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,892	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,326	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,430	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,650	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$26,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$23,696	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$48,696	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$112	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$101,541	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$3,744,886	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.88310	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.87630	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt II Ln 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: MISC. INCOME 2016: 26250. 2017: 23696. 2018: 48696. 2019: 2787. 2020: 112.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,792,008	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$0	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$180,267	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$115,632	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$2,775	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,853,868	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,448,868	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$188,454	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$285,100	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$126,201	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$4,213	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,792,008	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,505,124	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$118,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$74,344	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$67,000	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$32,912	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,448,868	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,463,711	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$192,968	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$117,000	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$34,555	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,505,124	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,465,020	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$133,498	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$67,000	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$67,807	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,463,711	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (true)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$483,696	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$477,979	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,717	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$7,200	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,880	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,320	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$10,037	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
COLLECTIONS	$0
LIFE INS. - CASH SURRENDER VALUE	$73,317
RESTRICTED CASH	$98,000
DUE FROM FOUNDATION	$2,775

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$174,092	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
DUE TO RTPI FNDT.	$0
CASH DUE TO RTPI FOUNDATION	$0
LINE OF CREDIT	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$0	TotalLiabilityAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt V, Line 4	INTENDED USES FOR ENDOWMENT FUNDS: THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS AMOUNT REPORTED IN PART V, REPRESENTS THE TOTAL NET ASSETS AT DECEMBER 31, 2020, OF ROGER TORY PETERSON INSTITUTE FOUNDATION, INC. THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED AS A TYPE I SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION OF THE INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE IS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY OF THE FOUNDATION. THE FOUNDATION'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND EARNINGS ARE TO BE USED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE GENERAL OPERATION OF THE INSTITUTE.
Pt XI, Line 2d	REVENUE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS: OTHER INCREASE IN CSV OF LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. $420
Pt III, Line 4	SEE DESCRIPTIONS ON PAGE #2 OF THE 990.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 2	RELATED PARTY INFORMATION AMONG OFFICERS: TORY PETERSON, TRUSTEE AND LEE ALLEN PETERSON, VICE-CHAIR ARE BROTHERS.
Pt VI, Line 11b	ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990: A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS ARE REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND NECESSARY CHANGES MADE BEFORE FILING.
Pt VI, Line 15a	COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL: THE PRESIDENT/CEO TURNS IN AN ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO THE BOARD CHAIRMAN FOR REVIEW. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THEN MEETS WITH THE PRESIDENT/CEO TO EVALUATE HIS PERFORMANCE AND TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION.
Pt VI, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION: THE INSTITUTE'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FORM 1023, AUDIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND EXEMPT ORGANIZATION RETURNS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE INSTITUTE'S OFFICE LOCATED AT 311 CURTIS STREET, JAMESTOWN, NY.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	FUND RAISING EXPENSE 15453. 0. 0. 15453.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	SPECIAL EVENTS EXPENSE 13116. 0. 0. 13116.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	CONTRACTED SERVICES 82469. 65975. 16494. 0.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	COLLECTION RECLASSIFICATION 535071. 535071. 0. 0.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RTPI FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	311 CURTIS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	JAMESTOWN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14701	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	161574467	EIN
Primary Activities	FINANCIAL SUPPORT	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501C3	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	12A	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RTPI INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RTPI FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	C	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$115,632	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt