2013-02-07T14:12:42-06:00 2012-03-31 233099625 GIORDANO & ASSOC CPAS PC ONE NORTH WILSON AVENUE-SUITE 2 BRISTOL PA 19007 990 2011-04-01 232764558 HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA INC HIST 2156295801 150 SOUTH INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST NO 550 PHILADELPHIA PA 19106 AMY NEEDLE 2156295801 2013-02-07 1 JAMES D KEISER III P00718732 2157852600 2011 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z AMY NEEDLE 150 S INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST SUITE 550 PHILADELPHIA PA 19006 3100085 0 X WWW.HISTORICPHILADELPHIA.ORG X 1994 PA HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA, INC MAKES OUR NATION'S HISTORY RELEVANT AND REAL THROUGH INTERPRETATION, INTERACTION AND EDUCATION, STRENGTHENING GREATER PHILADELPHIA'S ROLE AS THE DESTINATION TO EXPERIENCE AMERICAN HISTORY. 19 19 183 0 0 0 10756023 1780733 1049214 1149093 1613 2094 53802 37800 11860652 2969720 0 0 0 0 2315604 1332714 0 0 207125 3702587 3643520 6018191 4976234 5842461 -2006514 12890800 10883529 603203 602446 12287597 10281083 X HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA, INC MAKES OUR NATION'S HISTORY RELEVANT AND REAL THROUGH INTERPRETATION, INTERACTION AND EDUCATION, STRENGTHENING GREATER PHILADELPHIA'S ROLE AS THE DESTINATION TO EXPERIENCE AMERICAN HISTORY. 0 0 4181755 1149093 HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA, INC. (HPI) IS CHARGED WITH ENHANCING THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND HELPING TO STRENGTHEN PHILADELPHIA'S TOURISM INDUSTRY THROUGH INTERPRETATION AND INTERACTION, MAKING OUR NATION'S HISTORY RELEVANT AND REAL. HPI REACHES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ANNUALLY THROUGH ITS SIGNATURE PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDE:1. ONCE UPOAN A NATION - UNIQUE HERTIAGE INTITIATIVE, INCORPORATING: A. ACADEMICALLY RESEARCHED INTERPRETIVE STORYTELLING AT 13 LOCATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND FOUR LOCATIONS IN VALLLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK B. INTERACTIVE WALKING "ADVENTURE TOURS," LED WITHIN PHIALDELPHIA'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, AND ENGAGING EVENING PERFORMANCES C. COLONIAL INTERPRETIVE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA'S HISTORIC DISTRICT D. BENSTITUTE, AN INTENSIVE TRAINING FOR ALL SEASONAL EMPLOYEES THAT ADDRESSES HISTORICAL, THEATRICAL, AND TOURISM CONTENT2. BETSY ROSS HOUSE - THE PRESERVED, HISTORIC SITE DEDICATED TO TELLING THE STORY OF BETSY ROSS AND COLONIAL MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA3. LIGHTS OF LIBERTY - THE EVENING SOUND AND LIGHT SPECTACULAR, DESIGNED TO INCREASE LENGTH OF VISITATION THROUGH NIGHTTIME PROGRAMMING IN THE HISTROIC DISTRICT.4. FRANKLIN SQUARE - THE REVITALIZED AND TRANSFORMED DESTINATION ESTABLISHING GREEN SPACE, CUMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, AND ATTRACTIONS FOR VISITORS AND AREA RESIDENTS. 4181755 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 0 183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 PA X MANAGEMENT 2156295801 150 SOUTH INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST PHILADELPHIA PA 19106 WILLIAM HAINES IV 1.00 X X 0 0 0 AMY NEEDLE 40.00 X X 139615 0 0 JOSHUA L GRIMES ESQ 5.00 X 97977 0 0 237592 0 0 2 0 0 0 THE BEZARK COMPANY 111 W VERDUGO AVENUE BURBANK CA 91502 PROGRAM 174694 ALLIED BARTON SECURITY SERVICES PO BOX 828854 PHILADELPHIA PA 191828854 SECURITY 123423 2 258609 211650 1310474 45192 1780733 PROGRAM REVENUE 713990 1149093 1149093 1149093 2094 2094 0 258609 130365 -130365 -130365 RETAIL COMMISSION 452000 142299 142299 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 25866 25866 168165 2969720 1317258 0 -128271 1332714 999616 166808 166290 53084 53084 93153 93153 31780 31780 108632 84499 24133 357499 355776 460 1263 20286 3797 15519 970 180253 2093 178160 11463 2440 9023 11160 2318 7388 1454 2937 60 2877 854675 847638 7037 107528 89785 17743 PROGRAM EXPENSES 1758397 1753315 174 4908 BANK CHARGES 37663 35595 2068 0 DUES & SUBSCRIPTION 6772 3297 3150 325 MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS 6235 1050 5185 0 2003 476 1392 135 4976234 4181755 587354 207125 2274784 1727430 979280 343395 24000 895168 266317 1270 535 62876 6111 15125189 6588138 8653422 8537051 2690 12890800 10883529 178815 157194 407911 434179 16477 11073 603203 602446 X 10331635 8975692 1955962 1305391 12287597 10281083 12890800 10883529 -2006514 0 X 0 0 0 X 3693503 3547761 7718959 10776091 1780733 27517047 3693503 3547761 7718959 10776091 1780733 27517047 27517047 6409 3642 772 1613 2094 14530 27531577 6909044 0.99950 0.99950 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 0 14939320 6488358 8450962 185869 99780 86089 8537051 2969720 4976234 -2006514 -2006514 3100085 130365 130365 2969720 0 2969720 5106599 130365 130365 4976234 0 4976234 PART III, LINE 4: THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A COLLECTION AT THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE FOR THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. SCOPE OF THE COLLECTIONS THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS OF THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE (HEREAFTER BRH) FIT THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART WITH DOCUMENTED PROVENANCE TO BETSY ROSS, FROM ANY PERIOD OF HER LIFETIME. OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART WITH DOCUMENTED PROVENANCE TO THE CHILDREN, CLOSE RELATIVES OR OTHER DESCENDENTS OF BETSY ROSS. APPROPRIATE 18TH-CENTURY OBJECTS AND REPRODUCTIONS OF 18TH-CENTURY OBJECTS TO FURNISH AND FURTHER THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BRH, A MIDDLING CLASS URBAN ROW HOME AND UPHOLSTERY SHOP. OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART THAT RECORD OR ILLUSTRATE BETSY ROSS, AND/OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BETSY ROSS STORY FROM THE 18TH-CENTURY THROUGH THE PRESENT. OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART THAT RECORD OR ILLUSTRATE THE FLAGS OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES AND THE AMERICAN FLAGS THAT WERE IN USE DURING THE LIFETIME OF BETSY ROSS (1752 TO 1836). OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART THAT RECORD OR ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE AT 239 ARCH STREET, FROM THE YEAR IT WAS BUILT (C. 1740), THROUGH THE PRESENT. OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART THAT RECORD OR ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG HOUSE AND BETSY ROSS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, THE ORGANIZATION THAT FOUNDED THE BRH. MISSION STATEMENT THE AMERICAN FLAG HOUSE AND BETSY ROSS MEMORIAL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE, IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THIS HISTORIC SITE AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BETSY ROSS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THROUGH INTERPRETATION AND SCHOLARSHIP, OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE ROLE PLAYED BY BETSY ROSS, A COLONIAL MIDDLE-CLASS WOMAN IN PHILADELPHIA. FURTHERMORE, THIS SITE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE OLD CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY. STATEMENT OF IMPORTANCE OF COLLECTIONS AT THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE THE OBJECTS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETATION THAT THE HOUSE PROVIDES TO THE PUBLIC. THE OBJECTS ARE PRESERVED IN PUBLIC TRUST IN PERPETUITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SEE, EXAMINE, RESEARCH AND EXPLORE. THE BETSY ROSS HOUSES NEWLY CREATED ARCHIVES OFFERS THE PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHER A CHANCE TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINE ITS HOLDINGS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE MUSEUM, THE INITIAL CHARTERS, LETTERS TO AND FROM THE FIRST CURATOR, BLUEPRINTS OF THE HISTORIC RESTORATION OF THE BUILDING, ETC. WELCOMING OVER 200,000 VISITORS A YEAR, MANY OF WHOM ARE SCHOOLCHILDREN, THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE STAFF STRIVES TO INTERPRET THE LIFE OF BETSY ROSS THROUGH OBJECT-BASED EPISTEMOLOGY. ONLY BY STANDING IN THE HOUSE THAT BETSY LIVED IN WHEN SHE MADE THE AMERICAN NATIONAL FLAG, AND SEEING THE OBJECTS THAT WERE VITAL TO ITS CREATION - LIKE BETSYS PERSONAL EYEGLASSES CAN THE VISITOR BEGIN TO FEEL THE MAGIC OF THE AUTHENTIC MUSEUM EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITION, THE PERMANENT COLLECTION HOLDS SUCH EXCEPTIONAL OBJECTS AS FLAGS CREATED BY BETSYS DAUGHTERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS, FURNITURE BETSY OWNED INCLUDING A CHIPPENDALE CHAIR, A HIGHBOY, AND A FAMILY BIBLE. THESE OBJECTS ARE IRREPLACEABLY UNIQUE AND UNEQUIVOCALLY IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS HOPING TO UNDERSTAND THE LIFE OF A MIDDLE CLASS WIDOW WHO UNDERTOOK THE CREATION OUR NATIONS MOST SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL SYMBOL. NOT ONLY DO THE OBJECTS TELL THE STORY OF BETSY ROSS, BUT THEY ALSO SPEAK OF THE TRIALS OF WOMEN IN HISTORY, OF CLASS STRUGGLE IN EARLY AMERICA, AND OF OUR NATIONS CHARACTER. THROUGH THE CAREFUL PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THESE OBJECTS, BETSYS STORY WILL REMAIN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY. AS STATED IN THE ETHICS POLICY OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS: TAKEN AS A WHOLE, MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITION MATERIALS REPRESENT THE WORLD'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL COMMON WEALTH. AS STEWARDS OF THAT WEALTH, MUSEUMS ARE COMPELLED TO ADVANCE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL NATURAL FORMS AND OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. IT IS INCUMBENT ON MUSEUMS TO BE RESOURCES FOR HUMANKIND AND IN ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER AN INFORMED APPRECIATION OF THE RICH AND DIVERSE WORLD WE HAVE INHERITED. IT IS ALSO INCUMBENT UPON THEM TO PRESERVE THAT INHERITANCE FOR POSTERITY. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: DIRECT FUNDRAISNG EXPENSES PART XIII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES PART XIII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: LOSS ON TERMINATION OF CONTRACT FRANKLIN SQUARE EVENT 219033 219033 30103 2850 44878 PUMPKINFEST 39576 39576 7342 258609 258609 30103 2850 52220 85173 -85173 X FOOD AND DRINK - AUCTION EVENT 2 36804 FAIR MARKET VALUE X AUCTION ITEMS 27 39675 FAIR MARKET VALUE X OTHER MISC ITEMS 4 8388 FAIR MARKET VALUE 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD REVIEWS THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING, AND VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION WITH SENIOR STAFF OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKE IT GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.