SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 148, COLD SPG HBR, NY 11724-0148

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MS JACKIE POWERS, 161 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY 11724

Signed the 990

MICHELLE ELLIOTT GOKEY, PRESIDENT

Phone

(631) 692-4664

Website

WWW.PRESERVATIONLONGISLAND.ORG

Return prepared by

CONNOR & D'ACONTI CPAS PC

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Program accomplishments

• PLI MAINTAINS AND INTERPRETS THREE HISTORIC SITES: JOSEPH LLOYD MANOR, AN 18TH CENTURY NORTHERN PLANTATION HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED 19TH CENTURY STRUCTURES; THE SHERWOOD JAYNE FARM, AN 18TH CENTURY FARM WITH AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY COLONIAL REVIVAL ADDITION; AND THE CUSTOM HOUSE, THE 18TH CENTURY HOME AND LIKELY OFFICE OF HENRY PACKER DERING, ONE OF THE FIRST US CUSTOMS OFFICERS. IN ADDITION, PLI'S HEADQUARTERS, OCCUPYING A FORMER 1843 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LOCATED IN COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY, SERVES AS FLEXIBLE PROGRAMMATIC SPACE FOR EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS IN ITS FORMER SANCTUARY WHILE PROVIDING ADMININSTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE AT ITS LOWER LEVEL. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDED APRIL30, 2025,PLI COMPLETED AN ENORMOUS CAPITAL PROJECT TO INSTALL A NEW HVAC SYSTEM AT JOSEPH LLOYD MANOR. THIS WAS A CRITICAL PROJECT THAT CREATED A MORE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR STAFF AND VISITORS, AND WAS AN ESSENTIAL UPGRADE TO HELP STABILIZE AND PROTECT THE HISTORIC BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE MANY IMPORTANT OBJECTS AND ARTWORKS HOUSED WITHIN THE BUILDING. PLI RECENTLY FINISHED RESTORING JOSEPH LLOYD MANOR'S HISTORIC GARDEN THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM GENEROUS TRUSTEES AND DONORS, INCLUDING THE MARGARET SULLIVAN FUND. THE RESTORATION WAS COMPLETED BY LOCAL GARDENER, ANNA DAM. ABOUT 70% OF THE ORIGINAL PLANTS WERE REPLACED AND ALL OF THE SEVERELY DAMAGED BRICKWORK HAS BEEN FULLY RESTORED.
  Expenses $535,586
• PLI PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND ADVISORY SERVICES TO HELP LOCAL GROUPS ADVANCE PRESERVATION ADVOCACY INITIATIVES IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. PLI HELD ITS PRESERVATION AWARDS CEREMONY ON JANUARY 25, 2025 IN THE HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITION GALLERY. THE AWARDS FOR PROJECT EXCELLANCE WERE AWARDS TO: (1)THE SAFINA CENTER, A NONPROFIT NATURE CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, FOR ITS RESTORATION OF THE HAWKINS- ELZON HOUSE WITHIN THE OLD SETAUKET HISTORIC DISTRICT;(2) ANTHONY MARTIGNETTI, FOR HIS RESTORATION OF THE MATTITUCK CREEK TIDE MILL; AND (3) THE CHURCH, A PUBLIC ARTS SPACE IN SAG HARBOR, THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF ARTISTS, APRIL GORNIK AND ERIC FISCHL, ARCHITECT LEE SKOLNICK, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT EDMUND HOLLANDER. THE PRESERVATION AWARD FOR ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLANCE WENT TO SUFFOLK COUNTY FOR THEIR WORK PRESERVING OWL HILL. THE HOWARD C. SHERWOOD AWARD WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARD TO BRIAN PINNOLA FOR HIS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. JUNE 2025 BENEFIT WE HELD OUR JUNE 2025 BENEFIT AT "COCUYO," A BEAUTIFUL HARRIE T. LINDEBERG HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT FOR F. EDWIN CHURCH AND IS NOW OWNED AND WAS METICULOUSLY RESTORED BY TRUSTEE ALFREDO PAREDES AND BRAD GOLDFARB. PLI PRESENTED MESSRS. PAREDES AND GOLDFARB WITH A PLAQUE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR "OUTSTANDING PRESERVATION EXCELLENCE." THE EXTRAORDINARY GENEROSITY AT THIS EVENT SET A NEW FUNDRAISING RECORD FOR PLI BENEFITS AND GREATLY EXPANDED OUR CIRCLE OF SUPPORTERS. EXHIBITIONS IN EXHIBITIONS, OUR NEWEST EXHIBITION, MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF: THE LIFE AND ART OF F. EDWIN CHURCH, OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 TO GREAT PRESS COVERAGE AND STRONG VISITATION. BY HIGHLIGHTING CHURCH'S WORK AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WE HOPE VISITORS WILL GAIN A RENEWED APPRECIATION FOR THE NORTH SHORE'S CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC HERITAGE AT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY. THIS EXHIBITION WILL REMAIN ON DISPLAY IN OUR GALLERY UNTIL DECEMBER 21, 2025. PROMOTING LONG ISLAND: THE ART OF EDWARD LANGE, 1870-1880 WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE GALLERY FROM AUGUST 16 TO DECEMBER 1, 2024 AND WELCOMED 1760 VISITORS. THIS EXHIBITION DREW THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VISITORS TO PLI SINCE 2017. THE ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING EDWARD LANGE INCLUDED A BOOK LAUNCH PARTY HELD AT THE LOWNDES HOUSE IN NORTHPORT AND A CURATOR TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION LED BY FORMER CURATORIAL FELLOW PETER FEDORYK AND CHIEF CURATOR LAUREN BRINCAT. ALSO, THE BOOK RECEIVED THE 2025 GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE. EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PLI HOSTED ITS FIRST EVER JUNETEENTH POETRY CELEBRATION AT JOSEPH LLOYD MANOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN POETRY ASSOCIATION. THE EVENT FEATURED ORIGINAL POETRY WRITTEN BY YASMIN MORAIS, KEISHA-GAYE ANDERSON, AND LINDAMICHELLE BARON, AS WELL AS THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENT POETS FROM LONG ISLAND, INCLUDING THE NASSAU COUNTY TEEN POET LAUREATE AND SUFFOLK COUNTY TEEN POET LAUREATE. MARGARET SULLIVAN SPEAKER SERIES THANKS TO GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE MARGARET SULLIVAN FUND, WE HAVE CREATED AN EXCITING, VIBRANT SPEAKER SERIES AIMED AT INCREASING OUR AUDIENCE AND FILLING AN EVER-INCREASING DEMAND FOR ADULT EDUCATION. LECTURES INCLUDE: - JAKE GORST DISCUSSES ANDREW GELLER: DECONSTRUCTED. - BLACK POETRY DAY: JAMES G. BASKER DISCUSSES THE BLACK PRESENCE IN THE FOUNDING ERA. - ARCHITECT SAM WHITE DISCUSSES THE ARCHITECT AS CLIENT: SANFORD WHITE AT "BOX HILL." ON JANUARY 24, 2025 AT CHRISTIE'S AMERICANA SALE, PLI SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED A MAGNIFICENT PAINTING OF EPHRAIM NILES BYRAM (1809-1881) BY ORLANDO HAND BEARS. EPHRAIM BYRAM WAS AN ASTRONOMER, CLOCKMAKER, WOODWORKER, BOOKBINDER, NATURALIST, PHILOSOPHER, HORTICULTURALIST, AND MECHANIC, AND THIS PORTRAIT PRESENTS PLI WITH SIGNIFICANT EDUCATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE IN SAG HARBOR, AS WELL AS IN OUR EXHIBITION GALLERY. MORE DETAILS TO COME.
  Expenses $86,240
• PLI MAINTAINS AND INTERPRETS REPRESENTATIVE COLLECTIONS OF FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS AND PAINTINGS, EVERY-DAY HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS AND VARIOUS ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL, AND EXHIBITION PURPOSES. TO SHOWCASE THESE COLLECTIONS WHILE ADVANCING THE VALUE OF PRESERVING MATERIAL CULTURE, PLI CREATES EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS THAT RELATE TO LONG ISLAND HISTORY. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, PLI HELD ITS EARLY LONG ISLAND FURNITURE SYMPOSIIUM ON SEPTEMEBER 8, 2025 WHICH WAS A SOLD-OUT, STANDING ROOM ONLY EVENT. MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS AND FURNITURE ENTHUSIASTS FROM ALL OVER LONG ISLAND AND BEYOND ATTENDED THE DAY-LONG PROGRAM WHICH EXPLORED A RANGE OF TOPICS CONNECTED TO THE STUDY, RESEARCH, CONNOISSEURSHIP, INTERPRETATION AND CARE OF EARLY LONG ISLAND AND AMERICAN FURNITURE. PROMOTING LONG ISLAND: THE ART OF EDWARD LANGE, 1870-1880 WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE GALLERY FROM AUGUST 16 TO DECEMBER 1, 2024 AND WELCOMED 1760 VISITORS. THIS EXHIBITION DREW THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VISITORS TO PLI SINCE 2017. THE ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING EDWARD LANGE INCLUDED A BOOK LAUNCH PARTY HELD AT THE LOWNDES HOUSE IN NORTHPORT AND A CURATOR TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION LED BY FORMER CURATORIAL FELLOW PETER FEDORYK AND CHIEF CURATOR LAUREN BRINCAT. ALSO, THE BOOK RECEIVED THE 2025 GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE. ON JANUARY 24, 2025 AT CHRISTIE'S AMERICANA SALE, PLI SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED A MAGNIFICENT PAINTING OF EPHRAIM NILES BYRAM (1809-1881) BY ORLANDO HAND BEARS. EPHRAIM BYRAM WAS AN ASTRONOMER, CLOCKMAKER, WOODWORKER, BOOKBINDER, NATURALIST, PHILOSOPHER, HORTICULTURALIST, AND MECHANIC, AND THIS PORTRAIT PRESENTS PLI WITH SIGNIFICANT EDUCATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE IN SAG HARBOR, AS WELL AS IN OUR EXHIBITION GALLERY.
  Expenses $146,037
• VARIOUS PROGRAM SERVICE GRANTS: EXPENDITURES: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GRANTS 1,500 GENERAL GRANTS 4,490 PUBLICATION GRANTS 69,149 EXHIBITS/EVENTS GRANTS 23,707 HISTORIC HOUSE GRANTS 304,310 TOTAL 403,156
  Expenses $403,156

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in April, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

11-1667763

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1951

Accounting year ends

April

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A800)

Assets (IRS master file)

$18,064,503

Income (IRS master file)

$1,254,065

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 11-1667763).

Questions about SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC

What is the EIN of SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC is 11-1667763.

Is SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1951.

Are donations to SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending April 30, 2026) is due September 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended April 2025.

Who is the principal officer of SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC?

The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 names MS JACKIE POWERS.

Who are the officers and directors of SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC?

The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 lists 22 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $63,942 (MS JACKIE POWERS, EXECUTIVE DI).

How much revenue does SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,199,538, expenses of $1,618,013 and total assets of $18,064,503 at year end.

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