FRIENDS OF FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $128K · expenses $56K · assets $319K

Also known as
Monument Inc
EIN
82-2484237
Address
PO BOX 30419, SEA ISLAND, GA 31561-0419
Website
www.fortfredericafriends.org
NTEE code
A80
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
November 2017 (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, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
LUCY THOMAS (its 2018 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2018 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

To preserve and promote the natural, cultural, and recreational resources of Fort Frederica National Monument.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 16 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

16 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.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Albert Fendig Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Lucy Thomas President & CEO2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Dewey Benefield Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Valerie Hepburn PHD Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 10
Mildred Wilcox Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Clint Purser Treasurer2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
A William Jones Iii Vice President2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Amy Dry Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Leslie Fendig Grozier Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Ben Slade Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 4
Hilary Stringfellow Secretary2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Bess Thompson Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
LaTanya Abbott-Alston Director2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Mary Butin Director2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Emily Ellison Director2022-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Brock Tobaben (former) Director2019-2021 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 15 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LUCY THOMAS President & CEO0 $0$0$0 $02
CLINT PURSER Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
A WILLIAM JONES III Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
AMY DRY Director0 $0$0$0 $01
ALBERT FENDIG Director0 $0$0$0 $02
DEWEY BENEFIELD Director0 $0$0$0 $02
LESLIE FENDIG GROZIER Director0 $0$0$0 $01
DR VALERIE HEPBURN Director0 $0$0$0 $010
BEN SLADE Director0 $0$0$0 $04
HILARY STRINGFELLOW Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
BESS THOMPSON Director0 $0$0$0 $01
LaTanya Abbott-Alston Director0 $0$0$0 $01
MILDRED WILCOX Director0 $0$0$0 $02
MARY BUTIN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Emily Ellison Director0 $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 15 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LUCY THOMAS President & CEO0 $0$0$0 $02
CLINT PURSER Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
A WILLIAM JONES III Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
AMY DRY Director0 $0$0$0 $01
ALBERT FENDIG Director0 $0$0$0 $02
DEWEY BENEFIELD Director0 $0$0$0 $02
LESLIE FENDIG GROZIER Director0 $0$0$0 $01
DR VALERIE HEPBURN Director0 $0$0$0 $010
BEN SLADE Director0 $0$0$0 $04
HILARY STRINGFELLOW Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
BESS THOMPSON Director0 $0$0$0 $01
LaTanya Abbott-Alston Director0 $0$0$0 $01
MILDRED WILCOX Director0 $0$0$0 $02
MARY BUTIN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Emily Ellison Director0 $0$0$0 $02
2022 · 15 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LUCY THOMAS President & CEO0 $0$0$0 $02
CLINT PURSER Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
A WILLIAM JONES III Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
AMY DRY Director0 $0$0$0 $01
ALBERT FENDIG Director0 $0$0$0 $02
DEWEY BENEFIELD Director0 $0$0$0 $02
LESLIE FENDIG GROZIER Director0 $0$0$0 $01
DR VALERIE HEPBURN Director0 $0$0$0 $010
BEN SLADE Director0 $0$0$0 $04
HILARY STRINGFELLOW Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
BESS THOMPSON Director0 $0$0$0 $01
LaTanya Abbott-Alston Director0 $0$0$0 $01
MILDRED WILCOX Director0 $0$0$0 $02
MARY BUTIN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Emily Ellison Director0 $0$0$0 $02
2021 · 14 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LUCY THOMAS President & CEO0 $0$0$0 $02
CLINT PURSER Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
A WILLIAM JONES III Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
AMY DRY Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
ALBERT FENDIG Director0 $0$0$0 $02
DEWEY BENEFIELD Director0 $0$0$0 $02
LESLIE FENDIG GROZIER Director0 $0$0$0 $01
DR VALERIE HEPBURN Director0 $0$0$0 $010
BEN SLADE Director0 $0$0$0 $04
HILARY STRINGFELLOW Director0 $0$0$0 $01
BESS THOMPSON Director0 $0$0$0 $01
BROCK TOBABEN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
MILDRED WILCOX Director0 $0$0$0 $02
MARY BUTIN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 14 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LUCY THOMAS President & CEO0 $0$0$0 $02
CLINT PURSER Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
A WILLIAM JONES III Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
AMY DRY Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
ALBERT FENDIG Director0 $0$0$0 $02
DEWEY BENEFIELD Director0 $0$0$0 $02
LESLIE FENDIG GROZIER Director0 $0$0$0 $01
DR VALERIE HEPBURN Director0 $0$0$0 $010
BEN SLADE Director0 $0$0$0 $04
HILARY STRINGFELLOW Director0 $0$0$0 $01
BESS THOMPSON Director0 $0$0$0 $01
BROCK TOBABEN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
MILDRED WILCOX Director0 $0$0$0 $02
MARY BUTIN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 14 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LUCY THOMAS President & CEO0 $0$0$0 $02
CLINT PURSER Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
A WILLIAM JONES III Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
AMY DRY Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
ALBERT FENDIG Director0 $0$0$0 $02
DEWEY BENEFIELD Director0 $0$0$0 $02
LESLIE FENDIG GROZIER Director0 $0$0$0 $01
DR VALERIE HEPBURN Director0 $0$0$0 $010
BEN SLADE Director0 $0$0$0 $04
HILARY STRINGFELLOW Director0 $0$0$0 $01
BESS THOMPSON Director0 $0$0$0 $01
BROCK TOBABEN Director0 $0$0$0 $01
MILDRED WILCOX Director0 $0$0$0 $02
MARY BUTIN Director0 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

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.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$127,922$55,857 $319,070$319,070 $125,717$0 $00-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$138,993$198,065 $247,005$247,005 $138,529$0 $00-
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$95,485$214,046 $306,077$306,077 $94,618$0 $00-
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$87,452$49,049 $424,638$424,638 $86,669$0 $00-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$176,288$45,712 $386,235$386,235 $175,616$0 $00-
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$248,519$53,211 $255,659$255,659 $248,228$0 $00-

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.

Funders of this organization

6 grantors reported grants to this organization, $144,478 in all, tax years 2018 to 2024. 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

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
COMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2018-2019 2$55,750 2019$36,000
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THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC DAF sponsor Exact 2020, 2023 2$32,931 2023$27,931
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VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$26,000 2023$26,000
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PFIZER FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FRIENDS OF FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT INC” 2021-2024 4$20,000 2024$5,000
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$9,710 2021$9,710
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FRIENDS OF FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT INC” 2020-2023 4$87 2023$16
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2024 · Form 990 · $55,857 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENTS $25,000$25,000-- 44.8%
Other (as described)ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $14,128$12,433$1,695- 25.3%
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All other expenses $1,829$1,829-- 3.3%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $1,125$1,125-- 2.0%
Insurance $698$698-- 1.2%
Total$55,857100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $198,065 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH $126,599$126,599-- 63.9%
Other (as described)ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $27,224$23,957$3,267- 13.7%
All other expenses $19,613$19,613-- 9.9%
Other (as described)FILM EXPENSES $15,962$15,962-- 8.1%
Other (as described)INTERNSHIP EXPENSES $7,681$7,681-- 3.9%
Insurance $698$698-- 0.4%
Advertising and promotion $288$288-- 0.1%
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2022 · Form 990 · $214,046 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH $138,030$138,030-- 64.5%
Other (as described)FILM EXPENSES $28,957$28,957-- 13.5%
Other (as described)ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $28,349$24,947$3,402- 13.2%
Other (as described)INTERNSHIP EXPENSES $11,816$11,816-- 5.5%
All other expenses $5,951$5,951-- 2.8%
Insurance $943$943-- 0.4%
Total$214,046100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $49,049 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $17,234$17,234-- 35.1%
Other (as described)ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $14,647$12,889$1,758- 29.9%
Other (as described)FILM EXPENSES $8,300$8,300-- 16.9%
Other (as described)INTERNSHIP EXPENSES $6,864$6,864-- 14.0%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $1,096$1,096-- 2.2%
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2020 · Form 990 · $45,712 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)FILM EXPENSES $25,000$25,000-- 54.7%
Fees: management $9,150$9,150-- 20.0%
Other (as described)ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $5,797$5,101$696- 12.7%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $3,846$3,846-- 8.4%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $1,133$1,133-- 2.5%
Insurance $698$698-- 1.5%
All other expenses $88$88-- 0.2%
Total$45,712100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $53,211 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $4,517
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)FILM EXPENSES $19,743$19,743-- 37.1%
Other (as described)ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH $9,164$9,164-- 17.2%
All other expenses $7,454$7,209$245- 14.0%
Fees: management $6,750$6,750-- 12.7%
Other (as described) EventRECEPTION EXPENSE $4,517$4,517-- 8.5%
Other (as described)ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $4,353$3,840$513- 8.2%
Insurance $1,230$1,230-- 2.3%
Total$53,211100%

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