Civic Intelligence

Evergreens Cemetery Preservation Foundation Inc.

990EZ • Fiscal year 2018 • EIN 45-0637022

Jan 01, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018 • Filed on Nov 12, 2019

1629 Bushwick AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11207

(718) 455-5300

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

95th percentile

0.83x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 95% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE T30 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Liabilities / Revenue

95th percentile

0.50x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 95% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE T30 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Net Margin

29th percentile

-5.9%

Higher net margin than 29% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE T30 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Top Officer Pay

91st percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 91% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2018 filings • NTEE T30 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Asset Growth

88th percentile

75%

Faster asset growth than 88% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE T30 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Revenue Growth

54th percentile

5.4%

Faster revenue growth than 54% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE T30 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Assets

Up

$119,250

Up $51,298 (+75%) from 2017

Net Assets

Down

$19,880

Down $11,683 (-37%) from 2017

Liabilities

Up

$99,370

Up $62,981 (+173%) from 2017

Revenue

Up

$198,132

Up $10,208 (+5.4%) from 2017

Expenses

Up

$209,815

Up $40,529 (+24%) from 2017

Net Income

Down

-$11,683

Down $30,321 (-163%) from 2017

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$400K$200K$0-$200KAssets 2013: $7,256Liabilities 2013: $02013Assets 2014: $36,518Liabilities 2014: $0Net Assets 2014: $36,5182014Assets 2015: $39,938Liabilities 2015: $0Net Assets 2015: $39,9382015Assets 2016: $58,478Liabilities 2016: $45,553Net Assets 2016: $12,9252016Assets 2017: $67,952Liabilities 2017: $36,389Net Assets 2017: $31,5632017Assets 2018: $119,250Liabilities 2018: $99,370Net Assets 2018: $19,8802018Assets 2019: $133,254Liabilities 2019: $156,226Net Assets 2019: -$22,9722019Assets 2020: $248,391Liabilities 2020: $220,586Net Assets 2020: $27,8052020Assets 2021: $219,430Liabilities 2021: $219,294Net Assets 2021: $1362021Assets 2022: $144,523Liabilities 2022: $170,409Net Assets 2022: -$25,8862022Assets 2023: $95,981Liabilities 2023: $184,409Net Assets 2023: -$88,4282023Assets 2024: $159,744Liabilities 2024: $280,879Net Assets 2024: -$121,1352024

Highlighted filing

2018

Assets$119,250
Liabilities$99,370
Net Assets$19,880

Operations Trend

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$300K$200K$100K$0-$100KRevenue 2013: $66,392Expenses 2013: $74,801Net Income 2013: -$8,4092013Revenue 2014: $59,301Expenses 2014: $30,039Net Income 2014: $29,2622014Revenue 2015: $63,280Expenses 2015: $59,594Net Income 2015: $3,6862015Revenue 2016: $100,125Expenses 2016: $127,138Net Income 2016: -$27,0132016Revenue 2017: $187,924Expenses 2017: $169,286Net Income 2017: $18,6382017Revenue 2018: $198,132Expenses 2018: $209,815Net Income 2018: -$11,6832018Revenue 2019: $159,609Expenses 2019: $202,461Net Income 2019: -$42,8522019Revenue 2020: $251,402Expenses 2020: $200,625Net Income 2020: $50,7772020Revenue 2021: $82,821Expenses 2021: $110,490Net Income 2021: -$27,6692021Revenue 2022: $94,816Expenses 2022: $120,838Net Income 2022: -$26,0222022Revenue 2023: $112,514Expenses 2023: $175,056Net Income 2023: -$62,5422023Revenue 2024: $103,402Expenses 2024: $136,109Net Income 2024: -$32,7072024

Highlighted filing

2018

Revenue$198,132
Expenses$209,815
Net Income-$11,683
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018
Signed
Nov 12, 2019
Return Version
2018v3.1
Gross Receipts
$198,132
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

The organization was created to raise funds to preserve the historic landscape of the evergreens, maintain monuments of historical, cultural and architectural significance and to advance the public knowledge of the evergreens.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
IN 2018 WE CONTINUED TO OFFER MANY OF OUR SUCCESSFUL PREVIOUS PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS BRINGING NEW EVENTS TO THE EVERGREENS. OUR SLATE OF PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTED THE RICH HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THE EVERGREENS, AND OFFERED VISITORS FROM THE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY OUR SERENE GREEN SPACE.1. COMMEMORATION OF TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST (MARCH 23) A WREATH WAS PLACED AT THE EVERGREENS MONUMENT TO SIX VICTIMS OF THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE OF MARCH 25, 1911 WHO WERE UNIDENTIFIED FOR NEARLY A CENTURY. IN 2011, MICHAEL HIRSCH, A HISTORIAN, COMPLETED FOUR YEARS OF RESEARCH THAT IDENTIFIED THESE VICTIMS. 2. ANNUAL EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA (MARCH 24)OUR EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 24, WE WELCOMED MANY CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES -- OVER 300 PEOPLE IN ALL - TO ENJOY AN EGG HUNT, VISIT WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, A PETTING ZOO, AND REFRESHMENTS. EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. (300 PARTICIPANTS)3. HIDDEN HISTORY STROLL (4/21, 5/19, 6/23, 7/21, 9/22)THESE 2-HOUR WALKS THROUGH THE GROUNDS FOCUS ON THE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY OF OUR PERMANENT RESIDENTS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A VISIT TO BILL "BOJANGLES" ROBINSON'S GRAVE AND AN EXCLUSIVE PEEK INSIDE THE NORMALLY CLOSED, RECEIVING TOMB. THE TOURS AVERAGED 15-20 GUESTS PER TOUR.3. ARBOR DAY (APRIL 28)WE HELD A FAMILY-FRIENDLY ARBOR DAY EVENT TO LEARN ABOUT TREES AT THE EVERGREENS, INCLUDING A TREE CLIMBING DEMONSTRATION BY A PROFESSIONAL ARBORIST, TREE IDENTIFICATION WALK, TREE AND FLOWER PLANTING AND ART ACTIVITIES (12 ATTENDEES).4. STARGAZING WITH THE AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK (MAY 19, SEPTEMBER 14)WE WELCOMED THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE AND LEARN ABOUT THE STARS WITH MEMBERS OF THE AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. THIS STARGAZING EVENT OFFERED THE RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR ATTENDEES TO OBSERVE THE NIGHT SKY IN AN AREA RELATIVELY FREE OF GLARE FROM THE LIGHTS OF THE CITY. MEMBERS BROUGHT HIGH-POWERED TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS THROUGH WHICH EVERYONE WAS INVITED TO LOOK, AND PROVIDED INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO FIND OBJECTS IN THE NIGHT SKY (25 ATTENDEES).5. BIRD WALK (MAY 20, OCTOBER 21)WE HELD A BIRD WALK LED BY NYC AUDUBON'S COREY FINGER, WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION'S FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF NEW YORK AND A BIRDING BLOGGER. WE EXPLORED THE SERENE GROUNDS OF THE CEMETERY AND SPOTTED A VARIETY OF SPECIES THAT CALL THE EVERGREENS HOME. (10 ATTENDEES)6. BATTLE OF BROOKLYN (AUGUST 18)WE HELD A MILITARY HISTORY TOUR EXPLORING THE ROCKAWAY FOOTPATH, RETRACING THE BRITISH FLANK MARCH THAT HELPED DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN. WE ALSO VISITED THE GRAVES OF AN EYEWITNESS TO THOSE EVENTS AND OF A RABBLE-ROUSING SON OF LIBERTY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EVACUATION OF NEW YORK DURING THE CONFLICT. (15 ATTENDEES)7. LETTERFORM CHARACTERS (OCTOBER)THE EVERGREENS IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE EXHIBITION LETTERFORM CHARACTERS: INCISED GRAVESTONES OF COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH ISLES IN OCTOBER. THE EXHIBITION IS CREATED BY GRAPHIC DESIGN PROFESSOR LYNNE BAGGETT FROM LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. THE EXHIBITION FEATURED A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF GRAVESTONE LETTERING FROM THE BRITISH ISLES AND COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND C. 16TH-18TH CENTURIES AND CELEBRATES THE INNOVATIVE HAND CARVED LETTERING STYLES OF THE EARLY STONEMASON.8. BIRD WALK (OCTOBER 21)WE HELD A BIRD WALK LED BY NYC AUDUBON'S COREY FINGER, WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION'S FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF NEW YORK AND A BIRDING BLOGGER (5 ATTENDEES).9. OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK (OHNY) (OCTOBER 13)THE EVERGREENS CEMETERY, A HISTORIC CEMETERY IN THE 'RURAL' STYLE, WAS INCORPORATED IN 1849 AND COVERS 225 ACRES. IT WAS DESIGNED BY NOTABLE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING. OVER 500,000 PEOPLE ARE BURIED HERE, INCLUDING NOTABLES SUCH AS TAP LEGEND BILL "BOJANGLES" ROBINSON, JAZZ MUSICIAN LESTER YOUNG, AND PAINTER MARTIN HEADE. GUIDE ALLISON MEIER LEAD A TOUR FOCUSED ON THE VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES REPRESENTED IN THE MAUSOLEUMS AND GRAVE MARKERS, PARTICIPANTS VISITED THE COMMUNITY MAUSOLEUM AND THE RECEIVING VAULT (WHICH IS NORMALLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC). FOLLOWING THE TOUR OF THE GROUNDS TONY WETZEL, PRESIDENT OF HISTORIC CONSTRUCTION MGMT. CORP., LEAD A TOUR OF THE VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL CHAPEL. 10. WATERY WORLDS (OCTOBER 21)WHERE THERE'S WATER ON EARTH, THERE'S LIFE. IS THIS TRUE FOR OTHER WORLDS? SIGNS OF POTENTIAL WATER EXIST ON JUPITER'S ICY MOON EUROPA, MARS, OUR OWN MOON, AND OTHER PLANETARY BODIES. MODERATED BY RYAN MANDELBAUM (GIZMODO), PARTICIPANTS SPENT A CELESTIAL NIGHT IN THE EVERGREENS CEMETERY WITH SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN EDITORS MIKE LEMONICK, CLARA MOSKOWITZ, AND LEE BILLINGS AND EXPLORED ONE OF THE UNIVERSE'S BIGGEST MYSTERIES: ARE WE ALONE? (45 ATTENDEES) 11. BATTLE OF BROOKLYN AND BEYOND (NOVEMBER 10, 2018)WE HELD A MILITARY HISTORY TOUR FOR VETERANS DAY (WHICH FALLS ON NOVEMBER 11). THIS YEAR MARKED THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE, WHICH ENDED THE WORLD WAR I HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE ALLIED NATIONS AND GERMANY IN 1918.WE EXPLORED THE ROCKAWAY FOOTPATH, RETRACING THE BRITISH FLANK MARCH THAT HELPED DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN. WE WILL ALSO VISITED THE GRAVES OF AN EYEWITNESS TO THOSE EVENTS AND OF A RABBLE-ROUSING SON OF LIBERTY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EVACUATION OF NEW YORK WE ALSO EXPLORED BEYOND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO VISIT THE GRAVES OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR, THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, WWI AND WWII. TOUR GUIDE JAMES HENRY SHARED STORIES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN WHO STRUGGLED TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY AND FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AS WELL AS CHILLING TALES OF THE YEARS DURING BOTH WORLD WARS THAT GERMAN U-BOATS MENACED THE SHORES OF NEW YORK. (15 ATTENDEES)12. FALL FORAGING & TASTING ADVENTURE (NOVEMBER 11)THE NEW YORK ADVENTURE CLUB HELD AN EXCLUSIVE TREE FORAGING AND TASTING ADVENTURE AT THE EVERGREENS CEMETERY BUILT IN 1849 IN THE 'RURAL' STYLE, THIS CEMETERY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTAINS OVER 30 SPECIES OF TREES SPREAD OUT ACROSS 225 ACRES.$0$208,976
Compensation and Service Providers

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
FRED BLANDChairman-$0--
JOHN OSNATOSecretary-$0--
JONATHAN WELDTrustee-$0--
T DENNIS SULLIVANTrustee-$0--
WILLIAM R CLINETrustee-$0--
JENNIFER EISENSTADTTrustee-$0--
JULIE BOSEPresident-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Evergreens Cemetery Preservation
EIN
45-0637022
Phone
7184555300
Address
1629 BUSHWICK AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207

Signing Officer

Name
Julie Bose
Title
President
Phone
7184555300
Signed
2019-11-12
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES LLP
Address
3001 SUMMER STREET 5TH FLOOR EAST, STAMFORD, CT 06905
Preparer
Garrett M Higgins
Phone
2033232400
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses

Description: bank service charges. Amount: 84. Description: planting & maintenance expenses. Amount: 87,475. Description: insurance. Amount: 704. Description: cultural landscape report. Amount: 93,886. Description: filing fees. Amount: 50. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 182,199.

Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 24 - Other Assets

Description: accounts receivable. Beg. Of year amount: 36,389. End of year amount: 42,729.

Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities

Description: accounts payable. Beg. Of year amount: 36,389. End of year amount: 99,370.

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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt1DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 36,389. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 42,729.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt2DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 36,389. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 99,370.
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