2026-02-02T16:40:50-06:00 2025-03-31 233099625 KEISER GIORDANO CPA'S PC 780 NEWTOWN YARDLEY ROAD SUITE 321 NEWTOWN PA 18940 990 2024-04-01 232764558 HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA INC HIST 2156295801 601 WALNUT STREET 130E PHILADELPHIA PA 19106 AMY NEEDLE PRESIDENT 2156295801 2026-02-02 1 0 JAMES D KEISER III P00718732 2157852600 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z AMY NEEDLE 601 WALNUT STREET SUITE 130E PHILADELPHIA PA 19006 4301156 0 X WWW.HISTORICPHILADELPHIA.ORG X 1994 PA HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA, INC.'S (HPI) MISSION IS TO MAKE OUR NATION'S HISTORY RELEVANT, REAL, AND FUN BY ENLIVENING HISTORIC SITES THROUGH STORYTELLING, INTERACTIONS, AND EDUCATION. 23 23 123 50 0 0 1151375 1083343 2555263 2872802 29194 18608 263745 289167 3999577 4263920 0 0 0 0 1560332 1793524 0 0 262229 2511689 2968983 4072021 4762507 -72444 -498587 4670759 4816512 1443153 2087493 3227606 2729019 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 3847664 2872802 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:HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA, INC.'S (HPI) MISSION IS TO MAKE OUR NATION'S HISTORY RELEVANT, REAL, AND FUN BY ENLIVENING HISTORIC SITES THROUGH STORYTELLING, INTERACTIONS, AND EDUCATION. 1. ONCE UPON A NATION - UNIQUE HERITAGE INITIATIVE, INCORPORATING: A. ACADEMICALLY RESEARCHED INTERPRETIVE STORYTELLING AT 10 LOCATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TWO LOCATIONS IN VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK B. INTERACTIVE WALKING "ADVENTURE TOURS," LED WITHIN PHILADELPHIA'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 CONTENT E. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CREATED BY CLASSROOM EDUCATORS, FOR CLASSROOM EDUCATORS, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF LEARNERS WITH A VARIETY OF INTERESTS AND LEARNING STYLES.THROUGH ONCE UPON A NATION, HPI ENGAGES VISITORS WITH FIRST-PERSON HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION AND STORYTELLING THAT BRINGS AMERICAN HISTORY TO LIFE AND STRENGTHENS PHILADELPHIA'S ROLE AS A LEADING DESTINATION FOR CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL TOURISM IN PHILADELPHIA'S HISTORIC DISTRICT AND VALLEY FORGE.2. BETSY ROSS HOUSE - THE PRESERVED, HISTORIC SITE DEDICATED TO TELLING THE STORY OF BETSY ROSS AND COLONIAL MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIAHISTORIC PHILADELPHIA, INC. OPERATES THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE, WHICH WELCOMES OVER 80,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY AND INTERPRETS THE LIFE OF BETSY ROSS AND COLONIAL-ERA WOMEN THROUGH TOURS, LIVING HISTORY, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS.3. FRANKLIN SQUARE - THE REVITALIZED AND TRANSFORMED DESTINATION ESTABLISHING GREEN SPACE, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, AND ATTRACTIONS FOR VISITORS AND AREA RESIDENTS.HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA, INC. (HPI) OPERATES FRANKLIN SQUARE, A 7.5-ACRE PUBLIC PARK SERVING MORE THAN 700,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY. IT IS THE LARGEST PUBLIC GREEN SPACE SERVING OLD CITY, CALLOWHILL, AND THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY. FRANKLIN SQUARE PROVIDES FAMILY ATTRACTIONS AND MORE THAN 50 FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS EACH YEAR.. 3847664 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 1 123 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 PA X MANAGEMENT 2156295801 601 WALNUT STREET SUITE 130E PHILADELPHIA PA 19106 JOSHUA WOLSON CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BRIAN ROMANI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 FLORA BECKER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN BUTLER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 IAN COMISKY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAUREN FELDHAKE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MERYL LEVITZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARC OPPENHEIMER VICE CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 EDWARD RENDELL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BEN ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOE VOLPE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHEILA HESS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER SCHWARTZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM HAINES IV DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RICK ODORISIO TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ROB GHORMOZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH PERNA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAZELLE JONES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER NANASINKAM DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 AMY NEEDLE PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 182960 0 0 JOHN ESTEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SIM LOH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL OKENQUIST DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WENDY VERNA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSHUA L GRIMES ESQ SECRETARY 1.00 X 0 0 0 182960 0 0 1 0 1 0 PJ DICK INC 225 NORTH SHORE DRIVE PITTSBURGH PA 15212 CONSTRUCTION 647976 1 570095 513248 1083343 PROGRAM REVENUE 713990 2872802 2872802 2872802 18608 18608 163440 37236 126204 126204 RETAIL COMMISSION 455000 162788 162788 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 175 175 162963 4263920 3054373 0 126204 182960 18296 91480 73184 1241282 1053105 65289 122888 32689 1241 31448 217154 185265 13321 18568 119439 90056 14383 15000 63755 63755 98775 98775 30000 30000 202886 175671 27215 122770 122204 566 13026 3511 8519 996 180441 4101 176340 12004 10430 1574 11286 6658 4628 4432 4354 78 157294 157294 228340 228240 100 PROGRAM EXPENSES 1583053 1578624 3386 1043 MERCHANT CHARGES 184029 179107 4922 TELEPHONE AND INTERNET 47772 15608 32164 MISCELLANEOUS 15235 2570 12415 250 13885 11329 2256 300 4762507 3847664 652614 262229 1131647 500820 350000 257280 65735 33565 14201 10362092 7153099 2474649 3208993 773618 676763 4670759 4816512 268847 972932 125027 178198 1049279 936363 1443153 2087493 X 2451441 2348606 776165 380413 3227606 2729019 4670759 4816512 -498587 0 X 0 0 0 X 1356629 2956744 2025455 1347994 1246783 8933605 1356629 2956744 2025455 1347994 1246783 8933605 8933605 10 7108 29194 18608 54920 8988525 8641024 0.99390 0.99570 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 0 9909860 6999912 2909948 368032 129229 238803 84200 23958 60242 3208993 OTHER ASSETS 23878 OTHER ASSETS 652885 676763 CURRENT PORTION OF LONG TERM DEBT 14035 LOAN PAYABLE - PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM 610 LONGTERM DEBT - LESS CURRENT 146798 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 774920 936363 4301156 37236 37236 4263920 0 4263920 4799743 37236 37236 4762507 0 4762507 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 HOUSE?S 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 BETSY'S 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 BETSY'S 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 NATION'S 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 NATION'S CHARACTER. THROUGH THE CAREFUL PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THESE OBJECTS, BETSY'S 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 XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES FRANKLIN SQUARE EVENT 163440 163440 37236 163440 163440 37236 37236 126204 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AMY NEEDLE PRESIDENT 182960 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182960 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B 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'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.