Olana Partnership is located in Hudson, NY. The organization was established in 2001. According to its NTEE Classification (S20) the organization is classified as: Community & Neighborhood Development, under the broad grouping of Community Improvement & Capacity Building and related organizations. As of 12/2023, Olana Partnership employed 50 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Olana Partnership is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.
For the year ending 12/2023, Olana Partnership generated $5.4m in total revenue. This organization has experienced exceptional growth, as over the past 9 years, it has increased revenue by an average of 14.0% each year . All expenses for the organization totaled $2.4m during the year ending 12/2023. While expenses have increased by 3.3% per year over the past 9 years. They've been increasing with an increasing level of total revenue. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.
Form
990
Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990 Filing
TAX YEAR
2023
Describe the Organization's Mission:
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TO INSPIRE THE PUBLIC BY PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING OLANA, FREDERIC CHURCH'S ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE.
Describe the Organization's Program Activity:
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EDUCATION / INTERPRETATION: TOP'S VISITOR SERVICES (VS) TEAM ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL 2023, WELCOMING OVER 37,000 GUESTS ON PUBLIC TOURS, A 9% INCREASE OVER 2022. REVENUE EXCEEDED PROJECTIONS BY 10%, AND APPROXIMATELY 20% OF PARK VISITORS AT OLANA ENJOYED A TICKETED TOUR. DURING THE SUMMER AND FALL SEASONS, ROUGHLY 20% OF TICKETS SOLD WERE LANDSCAPE TOURS WHICH INCLUDES WALKING, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND COMBO TOURS, AND OVERALL LANDSCAPE TOUR ATTENDANCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 3-IN-1 COMBO TOUR, LANDSCAPE-MAIN FLOOR-EXHIBITION, HELPED DRIVE ATTENDANCE ON WALKING LANDSCAPE TOURS AND TOP WELCOMED 1,000 ADDITIONAL GUESTS ON LANDSCAPE TOURS IN 2023, AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 35%. WE CONTINUED TO ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO EXPLORE THE LANDSCAPE ON THEIR OWN AS WELL, UTILIZING A FREE MAP OR AUDIO GUIDE DOWNLOAD. VISITORS ACTIVELY UTILIZED TOUR TICKETING DISCOUNTS, RESULTING IN $43,000 IN ADULT PUBLIC TICKET SAVINGS AND $34,000 IN SAVINGS FOR GUESTS 16 YEARS OLD AND UNDER, WHO RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION. NOTABLY, THE LIBRARY PASS PROGRAM CONTINUED TO GROW, AND USE ON MAIN FLOOR TOURS WAS UP 30% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, REPRESENTING $19,000 IN VISITOR SAVINGS. TOP WAS PLEASED TO WELCOME BACK 15 EXPERIENCED INTERPRETIVE STAFF MEMBERS FOR THE SUMMER AND FALL SEASONS, IN ADDITION TO HIRING 3 NEW PART-TIME INTERPRETIVE STAFF AND 2 NEW PART-TIME VISITOR SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENT COORDINATORS STAFF. THESE SEASONAL STAFF MEMBERS JOINED OTHER TOP AND OPRHP COLLEAGUES FOR OLANA UNIVERSITY, OUR THREE-DAY INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOP HELD IN LATE APRIL OF 2023. IN 2023, WE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A LIMITED RUN OF SPANISH LANGUAGE TOURS, WORKING TOGETHER WITH TOP'S MARKETING AND EDUCATION TEAMS ON TARGETED PROMOTION AND OUTREACH.
COLLECTIONS / EXHIBITIONS: THIS WAS A YEAR OF GROWTH FOR TOP'S CURATORIAL DEPARTMENT, AS WE WELCOMED A NEW EXHIBITIONS MANAGER, BLAKELY KRALOVEC, AND BROUGHT ON DR. ELIZABETH KORNHAUSER, CURATOR EMERITA OF THE AMERICAN WING AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AS SENIOR CONSULTING CURATOR. DR. KORNHAUSER WILL BE ACTIVATING MUSEUMS AND SCHOLARS NATIONWIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN CHURCH 200, OUR 2026 INITIATIVE MARKING THE BICENTENNIAL OF FREDERIC CHURCH'S BIRTH. BLAKELY KRALOVEC, WHO BRINGS MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS MANAGEMENT TO HER ROLE, HAS IMPLEMENTED NEW ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND EXPANDED OUR CAPACITY TO TAKE ON AMBITIOUS EXHIBITIONS. FROM MAY-OCTOBER WE PRESENTED TERRAFORMING: OLANA'S HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION UNEARTHED, AN INDOOR-OUTDOOR EXHIBITION CURATED BY ARTIST DAVID HARTT. FEATURING 50 ORIGINAL 19TH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS COLLECTED BY FREDERIC CHURCH, PLUS SIX LARGE-SCALE REPRODUCTIONS OF CHURCH-OWNED PHOTOGRAPHS PLACED IN THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE AND TWO NEW SITE-SPECIFIC ARTWORKS BY HARTT, TERRAFORMING EXCAVATED OLANA'S REMARKABLE TREASURE TROVE OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE QUESTIONS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LAND. THE ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE FEATURED 136 HISTORIC IMAGES SELECTED BY HARTT, ALONG WITH ESSAYS BY HARTT AND PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORIAN COREY KELLER. IN NOVEMBER WE OPENED OUR SECOND WINTER EXHIBITION, SPECTACLE: FREDERIC CHURCH AND THE BUSINESS OF ART, WHICH RESPONDED TO TWO OF OUR MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: HOW WERE CHURCH'S PAINTINGS EXPERIENCED IN THE 19TH CENTURY, AND HOW DID AN ARTIST MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO CREATE OLANA? SPECTACLE FEATURED A 2.5D DIGITAL EXPLORATION OF CHURCH'S 1859 MASTERPIECE HEART OF THE ANDES, ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM. ARTIFACTS FROM OLANA'S ARCHIVES THAT ILLUMINATE CHURCH'S BUSINESS PRACTICES WERE ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY. IN RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS, MARY ROBERTS, A SCHOLAR OF ORIENTALIST ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, EXPLORED OLANA'S HISTORIC LIBRARY FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF CHURCH'S ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES. VICTORIA JOHNSON VISITED THE NYS BUREAU OF HISTORIC SITES COLLECTIONS FACILITY TO INFORM HER WORK ON THE FIRST HOLISTIC BIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH. WE HOSTED SHANNON VITTORIA, THE MET'S ASSISTANT CURATOR OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE, FOR A DEEP DIVE INTO CHURCH'S YEARS IN MEXICO FOR A FUTURE EXHIBITION. THE PAINTING A SOLITARY LAKE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY THOMAS COLE LEFT OLANA TO RECEIVE CONSERVATION TREATMENT IN ANTICIPATION OF A LOAN TO A TRAVELING EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY THE THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE FOCUSING ON INDIGENEITY AND LANDSCAPE PAINTING. THESE PROJECTS ARE AMONG MANY ONGOING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE OLANA'S PROFILE AND FOSTER NEW SCHOLARLY PERSPECTIVES ON CHURCH'S LIFE AND WORK, MORE THAN EVER AS WE BUILD TOWARDS 2026.
VISITOR SERVICES: THE ORGANIZATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERPRETING OLANA STATE HISTORIC SITE AND ITS COLLECTIONS FOR ALL VISITORS AND FOR ENSURING, TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY, THE SAFETY AND COMFORT OF VISITORS. TO THIS END, THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS A VARIETY OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC TOURS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH TRAINED INTERPRETIVE STAFF. IT ALSO EMPLOYS AND TRAINS STAFF TO ASSIST VISITORS WITH ORIENTATION, WAYFINDING, TICKETING, AND PARKING. BY THE TERMS OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH NYS OPRHP, THE ORGANIZATION MUST HAVE A VISITOR SERVICES MANAGER ON SITE DURING ALL PUBLIC TOUR HOURS.
Name (title) | Role | Hours | Compensation |
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Peter Warwick Chair | OfficerTrustee | 3 | $0 |
Stephen Clearman Vice Chair | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Robin M Key Vice Chair | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Susan Winokur Vice Chair | OfficerTrustee | 0.5 | $0 |
Lucy Rhame Treasurer | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Margaret Davidson Secretary | OfficerTrustee | 0.5 | $0 |
Vendor Name (Service) | Service Year | Compensation |
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Architectural Research Office Llc Architectural Design | 12/30/20 | $368,952 |
John R Howard Jrh Consulting Project Management | 12/30/20 | $116,088 |
Statement of Revenue | |
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Federated campaigns | $0 |
Membership dues | $91,744 |
Fundraising events | $504,824 |
Related organizations | $0 |
Government grants | $155,050 |
All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above | $3,694,441 |
Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f | $124,640 |
Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar | $4,446,059 |
Total Program Service Revenue | $733,516 |
Investment income | $113,337 |
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds | $0 |
Royalties | $0 |
Net Rental Income | $0 |
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales | $10,235 |
Net Income from Fundraising Events | -$101,150 |
Net Income from Gaming Activities | $0 |
Net Income from Sales of Inventory | $200,747 |
Miscellaneous Revenue | $0 |
Total Revenue | $5,405,343 |
Statement of Expenses | |
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Grants and other assistance to domestic organizations and domestic governments. | $0 |
Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals. | $0 |
Grants and other assistance to Foreign Orgs/Individuals | $0 |
Benefits paid to or for members | $0 |
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $178,689 |
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $21,443 |
Compensation to disqualified persons | $0 |
Other salaries and wages | $1,286,148 |
Pension plan accruals and contributions | $0 |
Other employee benefits | $180,659 |
Payroll taxes | $101,643 |
Fees for services: Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Legal | $0 |
Fees for services: Accounting | $65,021 |
Fees for services: Lobbying | $0 |
Fees for services: Fundraising | $0 |
Fees for services: Investment Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Other | $213,660 |
Advertising and promotion | $37,574 |
Office expenses | $181,884 |
Information technology | $86,951 |
Royalties | $0 |
Occupancy | $42,635 |
Travel | $11,379 |
Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials | $0 |
Conferences, conventions, and meetings | $0 |
Interest | $0 |
Payments to affiliates | $0 |
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization | $18,422 |
Insurance | $29,869 |
All other expenses | $4,964 |
Total functional expenses | $2,439,498 |
Balance Sheet | |
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Cash—non-interest-bearing | $722,754 |
Savings and temporary cash investments | $2,814,251 |
Pledges and grants receivable | $1,620,738 |
Accounts receivable, net | $0 |
Loans from Officers, Directors, or Controlling Persons | $0 |
Loans from Disqualified Persons | $0 |
Notes and loans receivable | $0 |
Inventories for sale or use | $196,507 |
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges | $48,943 |
Net Land, buildings, and equipment | $5,326,006 |
Investments—publicly traded securities | $3,162,301 |
Investments—other securities | $0 |
Investments—program-related | $0 |
Intangible assets | $0 |
Other assets | $0 |
Total assets | $13,891,500 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $206,419 |
Grants payable | $0 |
Deferred revenue | $0 |
Tax-exempt bond liabilities | $0 |
Escrow or custodial account liability | $0 |
Loans and other payables to any current Officer, Director, or Controlling Person | $0 |
Secured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
Unsecured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
Other liabilities | $0 |
Total liabilities | $206,419 |
Net assets without donor restrictions | $1,222,528 |
Net assets with donor restrictions | $12,462,553 |
Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds | $0 |
Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building, or equipment fund | $0 |
Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds | $0 |
Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances | $13,891,500 |