WILKES BARRE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC
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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $94K · expenses $22K · assets $143K
- EIN
- 82-4521812
- Address
- 313 S RIVER ST, WILKES BARRE, PA 18702-3873
- Website
- WBPRESERVATION.ORG
- NTEE code
- A80
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- June 2018 (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
- Linda R Joseph (its 2024 Form 990-N)
- Form 990-N e-postcards
- 1 filed, 2024 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
PRESERVE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF WILKES BARRE PA AND OFFER EDUCATIONAL COURSES IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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
1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Brooks | EXECUTIVE DI | 2025 | $9,100 | $9,100 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
3 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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Joseph | SECRETARY - | 2025 | Not reported | $0 reported | 1 |
| Ann Lewis | CHAIRMAN | 2025 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Michael Ward | VICE- CHAIRM | 2025 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $9K · 1 employee
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY BROOKS | EXECUTIVE DI | 20 | $9,100 | $0 | $0 | $9,100 | 1 |
| LINDA JOSEPH | SECRETARY - | - | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| ANN LEWIS | CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MICHAEL WARD | VICE- CHAIRM | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
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.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $94,019 | $21,613 | $142,686 | $142,686 | $91,563 | $0 | $9,100 | 1 | - |
Funders of this organization
4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $71,290 in all, tax years 2018 to 2021. 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
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2018 | 1 | $40,000 | 2018 | $40,000 | show |
| THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2018 | 1 | $25,000 | 2018 | $25,000 | show |
| PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2021 | 1 | $5,290 | 2021 | $5,290 | show |
| ANN B ZEKAUSKAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “WILKES BARRE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC” | 2021 | 1 | $1,000 | 2021 | $1,000 | show |
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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.
2025 · Form 990 · $21,613 spent · pay $9,985 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wages | $9,100 | $9,100 | - | - | 42.1% | |
| Office expenses | $5,790 | $5,790 | - | - | 26.8% | |
| Insurance | $2,160 | $2,160 | - | - | 10.0% | |
| Fees: management | $1,404 | $1,404 | - | - | 6.5% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $889 | $889 | - | - | 4.1% | |
| Payroll taxes | $885 | $885 | - | - | 4.1% | |
| Occupancy | $710 | $710 | - | - | 3.3% | |
| Fees: accounting | $535 | $535 | - | - | 2.5% | |
| Fees: other services | $140 | $140 | - | - | 0.6% | |
| Total | $21,613 | 100% |
State business registration
- Wilkes-barre Preservation Society, Inc. PA, Domestic Nonprofit Corporation, Current, formed 2018-01-08
The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.
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