WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON TRUST

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $999K · expenses $1.9M · assets $83.4M

EIN

44-0558499

Address

4525 OAK ST, KANSAS CITY, MO 64111-1818

Website

WWW.NELSON-ATKINS.ORG

NTEE code

A500

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (trust)

Ruling date

August 1940 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

THE TRUST WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING WORKS OF ART TO BE EXHIBITED FOR THE DELECTATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN BUILDINGS PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

54 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION Kansas City, MO · 27 people in common (Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Andrea Feinberg, Ann Kaufmann Baum) · related organization (Schedule R)
• KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY Kansas City, MO · 7 people in common (Andrea Feinberg, Ann Kaufmann Baum, Dr Valerie Chow)
• UMKC TRUSTEES Kansas City, MO · 6 people in common (Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Kent Sunderland, Leo Morton)
• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY Kansas City, MO · 5 people in common (Bill Gautreaux, Julian Zugazagoitia, Leo Morton)
• JACOB L & ELLA C LOOSE FOUNDATION Kansas City, MO · 4 people in common (Bill Lyons, Lewis Gregory, Marny D Sherman)
• UMKC FOUNDATION Kansas City, MO · 3 people in common (Kent Sunderland, Leo Morton, Marny D Sherman)
• KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION Kansas City, MO · 3 people in common (Evelyn Craft Belger, Shirley Bush Helzberg, Steve Mcdowell)
• MRIGLOBAL Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Kent Sunderland, Leo Morton)
• KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Julian Zugazagoitia, Shirley Bush Helzberg)
• NATIONAL WORLD WAR I MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Kent Sunderland, Marny D Sherman)
• STARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Leo Morton, Shirley Bush Helzberg)
• UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Leo Morton, Ramon Murguia)
• KANSAS CITY AREA DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Leo Morton, Pete Browne)
• DEBRUCE FOUNDATION Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Leo Morton, Paul Debruce)
• KEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Bill Gautreaux, Greg Maday)
• CIVIC COUNCIL OF GREATER KANSAS CITY Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Bill Gautreaux, Ramin Cherafat)
• METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER KANSAS CITY Kansas City, MO · 2 people in common (Shirley Bush Helzberg, Steve Mcdowell)
• LINDA HALL LIBRARY FOUNDATION Kansas City, MO · 1 person in common (Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado)
• THE HEART OF AMERICA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Kansas City, MO · 1 person in common (Shirley Bush Helzberg)
• CIVIC COUNCIL FOUNDATION Kansas City, MO · 1 person in common (Bill Gautreaux)

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $3,118,811 in all, tax years 2009 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.