2025-10-16T14:28:55-05:00 2024-12-31 463082235 SKUNCIK & ASSOCIATES LTD 39 LONG WHARF MALL NEWPORT RI 02840 990 2024-01-01 050488343 LA FARGE FOUNDATION OF NEWPORT LAFA 4016195109 73 PELHAM STREET NEWPORT RI 02840 PAUL MILLER PRESIDENT 4016195109 2025-10-16 1 0 ROBIN SKUNCIK JONES P00223479 4018467267 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z LA FARGE RESTORATION AT NPT CONG CHU PAUL MILLER 73 PELHAM STREET NEWPORT RI 02840 114357 0 X WWW.LAFARGERESTORATIONFUND.ORG/ X 1995 RI TO SUPPORT PRESERVATION OF NEWPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND ITS UNIQUE INTERIOR MURALS AND OPALESCENT GLASS WINDOWS DESIGNED BY AMERICAN ARTIST JOHN LA FARGE (1835-1910) AND TO ENSURE THAT THE CHURCH BUILDING IS SOUND AND THAT THE INTERIOR, UNIQUELY INTEGRATED AND DESIGNED, IS PRESERVED AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A VALUED EDUCATIONAL AND ARTS RESOURCE AND A TREASURED PART OF THE RICH HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PATRIMONY OF NEWPORT. 7 7 0 0 0 0 3500 62177 0 0 307 29 31257 28692 35064 90898 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4800 570234 342292 570234 342292 -535170 -251394 507848 256454 0 0 507848 256454 TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF NEWPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH'S UNIQUE INTERIOR MURALS AND OPALESCENT GLASS WINDOWS DESIGNED BY AMERICAN ARTIST JOHN LA FARGE (1835-1910). 0 0 312186 TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF NEWPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH'S UNIQUE INTERIOR MURALS AND OPALESCENT GLASS WINDOWS DESIGNED BY AMERICAN ARTIST JOHN LA FARGE (1835-1910). 312186 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X KAREN LAFRANCE 6028093360 73 PELHAM STREET NEWPORT RI 02840 X PAUL MILLER PRESIDENT 15.00 X X 0 0 0 MOLLY SEXTON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL KATHRENS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW LONG DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MOHAMAD FARZAN DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 DORIENNE FARZAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DICK LYNN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62177 2800 62177 29 29 52151 23459 28692 28692 28692 90898 0 0 28721 19200 9600 4800 4800 7422 7422 1825 1825 16000 16000 1440 1440 3205 3205 5986 5986 20077 13385 6692 RESTORATION EXPENSES 254570 254570 PROPERTY TAXES 7677 7677 MISCELLANEOUS 3127 3127 EVENT COORDINATION 1763 1763 342292 312186 25306 4800 158309 2856 90965 0 7693 8703 324136 79241 250881 244895 507848 256454 0 0 X 319533 256454 188315 0 507848 256454 507848 256454 -251394 0 X 0 0 0 X 351756 314156 755129 3500 10120 1434661 351756 314156 755129 3500 10120 1434661 1085439 349222 41540 53575 79598 59303 234016 1668677 0.20930 0.22000 X LA FARGE HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF NEWPORT; EIN: 05-0488343FOR SCHEDULE A, PART VI SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR IRS FY 2021 990:PART II, SECTION C SECTION 17A: COMPUTATION OF PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE BY FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES: THE LA FARGE RESTORATION FUNDIS PUBLICLY SUPPORTED AS EVIDENCED BY:1. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ITS GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC SUPPORT EQUALS AT LEAST 10% OF THE SUPPORT NORMALLY RECEIVED BY THE ORGANIZATION.2.THE ORGANIZATION IS THE STEWARD OF A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK-NEWPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS UNITED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF NEWPORT. NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS WAS AWARDED IN 2013 FOR THE UNIQUE INTERIOR MURALS AND OPALESCENT WINDOWS BY AMERICAN ARTIST JOHN LA FARGE INSTALLED IN 1880-81 INSIDE THE SANCTUARY OF THIS FORMER CHURCH.OF NECESSITY, DUE TO THE CONTINUOUS DETERIORATION OF ITS MID-19TH CENTURY HISTORIC BUILDING, THE ORGANIZATION'S STRATEGIC PLAN FOCUSED INITIALLY ON INFRASTRUCTURE RESTORATION. TWO REGIONAL FUNDERS IN RHODE ISLAND, WITH SPECIFIC INTEREST IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION-STEPPED UP TO FUND THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT HAD TO PRECEDE ANY RESTORATION OF THE ARTWORK INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE SO FUNDED AND SO RESTORED INCLUDED: THE DETERIORATED, 150 YEAR OLD ROOF THAT NEEDED COMPLETE RENOVATION AND THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY ELECTRICAL AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS WHICH NEEDED COMPLETE TO CODE OVERHAUL TO ACCOMMODATE PUBLIC USES OF ANY KIND AND WINDOWS FABRICATION AND REPLACEMENT WHERE DETERIORATED. FOR BACKGROUND, THE CURRENT RESTORATION ACTIVITIES OF THE LFRF COMMENCED ON OR ABOUT 2008. BASED ON ITS STRATEGIC PLAN, FROM 2008 TO 2012, THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON WRITING THE CASE STATEMENT FOR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND ON TRAINING IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION WITH PARTNERS FOR SACRED PLACES, A PHILADELPHIA BASED NONPROFIT. IT COMPLETED BUILDING CONDITIONS EVALUATIONS WITH A PRESERVATION ARCHITECT (2008-2010), THEN FOCUSED ON REPLACING THE DOCUMENTED, MOST URGENTLY THREATENED, INFRASTRUCTURE--(2011-2013) A $150,000 GRANT FROM A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT--THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE COMMISSION--ALONG WITH OTHER FUNDERS, TO BEGIN ACTUAL RESTORATION ON THE HISTORIC, INTERIOR MURALS AND WINDOWS. THIS PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED AND THE LA FARGE RESTORATION FUND APPLIED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $150,000 GRANT FROM THE SAME GOVERNMENTAL SOURCE TO MATCH PRIVATE GRANTS. PUBLIC SUPPORT EXPANDED AS THE ORGANIZATION TACKLED RESTORATION OF THE INTERIOR FINE ART. THIS WAS THE CASE IN FY 2020, PRIOR TO THE INTERRUPTION OF COVID.B) IN 2021 THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED A GRANT OF $300,000 FROM THE ALLETTA MORRIS MCBEAN CHARITABLE TRUST TO BE USED FOR STABILIZATION OF NEWLY DISCOVERED DETERIORATED CEILING PLASTER SUBSTRATE, THIS GRANT WAS FURTHER MATCHED IN PART BY AN ADDITIONAL GRANT FROM THE RIHPHC.4. THE ORGANIZATION NORMALLY MAINTAINS A CONTINUOUS AND WELL-KNOWN PROGRAM TO SOLICIT FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.5. THE LA FARGE RESTORATION FUND NORMALLY PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCESS TO ITS FACILITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS BY RESERVATION AND SUMMER IN SEASON TOUR SCHEDULES. SUCH VISITS ARE NOW RESTRICTED IN NUMBER BY A 2022 REVIEW OF THE FIRE MARSHALL PENDING COMPLETION OF AN ONGOING FIRE SAFETY PLAN AND FUND-RAISING TO INSTALL A SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITHIN THE SANCTUARY. MID TO LARGE-SCALE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE SANCTUARY ARE NOW ON HOLD PENDING THIS REVIEW. AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, OVER 6,000 PERSONS CAME TO VISIT DURING THE PRE-COVID PERIOD, JULY 2018 THROUGH JUNE 2020. CURRENTLY SMALLER FREE EDUCATIONAL TOURS CONTINUE FOR SPECIALISTS AND SMALL GROUPS. THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM MAINTAINS THEIR SUMMER PROGRAM ON SITE.IF PUBLIC VISITATION HAD BEEN RESTRICTED BY GLOBAL EVENTS AND SAFETY RESTRICTIONS IN THE SANCTUARY (20-40 VISITORS AT A GIVEN EVENT), MINIMIZING POTENTIAL EVENT CASH RECEIPTS, VISITATION GREW CONSIDERABLY IN THE ADJOINING EX-PARISH HOUSE DURING 2023 WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPEN STUDIOS EVENT HELD ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH INVITING THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO VISIT THE NINE ACTIVE ARTIST'S STUDIOS IN THE FORMER OFFICE SPACE. THIS IS A FREE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT THAT BROADENS OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ALL AGES AND SOCIAL STRATA. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A CONTINUOUS PROGRAM TO SOLICIT FUNDS FOR THE ONGOING RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING. THE LARGEST PORTION OF THUS SUPPORT IS FROM THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND ITS PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAMS, THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE COMMISSIONS AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS WITHIN RHODE ISLAND AND THE NORTHEAST. GENERAL SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC IS GENERATED THROUGH HOLIDAY END-OF-YEAR APPEALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VISITORS. A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT TO INCREASE THE CURRENT SHARE OF GENERAL PUBLIC SUPPORT REVENUE THROUGH, DIRECT LARGE-SCALE DONATIONS, FEE-BASED PROGRAMMING AND SITE USAGE FEES HAS BEEN STYMIED BY THE ONGOING MORATORIUM ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS LARGER THEN TWENTY-FIVE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE HISTORIC COMPLEX IMPOSED BY THE NEWPORT, RI FIRE MARSHALL. THE EFFECTIVE PROHIBITION OF PUBLIC EVENTS OF SCALE HAS PRECLUDED OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW THE DIRECT AND BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT WE HAD HOPED FOR. TO ELIMINATE THE IMBALANCE, WE ARE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO RAISE FUNDS FROM OUR SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS AND THE RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS TO IMPLEMENT A FIRE PREVENTION PLAN COMMISSIONED BY THE LA FARGE RESTORATION FUND FOLLOWING A FIRE SAFETY SURVEY UNDERTAKEN WITH THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CONSULTANTS FROM FIRE EQUIPMENT, INC. THE PLAN CALLS FOR INTERIOR SAFETY MODIFICATIONS (DOORS AND EXITS) AND THE COMPREHENSIVE INSTALLATION OF A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. THE ESTIMATED COST IS $705,000. WE HAVE FILED GRANT REQUESTS WITH THE STATE OF RI AND TWO FOUNDATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND CONTINUE TO SEEK NOVEL WAYS OF FUNDING THIS CRUCIAL INITIATIVE.WHEN FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE, THE SYSTEM WILL BE INSTALLED AND THE FORE PREVENTION PLAN FULLY IMPLEMENTED. THIS WILL PERMIT US TO REOPEN TO A BROADER PUBLIC, EXPAND OUTREACH INITIATIVES AND INCREASE SOURCES OF DIRECT PUBLIC SUPPORT. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 0 73500 73500 239426 68031 171395 11210 11210 0 244895 PART III, LINE 1A: THE FUND'S COLLECTIONS CONSIST OF THE NEWPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING, THE SANCTUARY, AND PERSONAL PROPERTY CONTAINED WITHIN THE SANCTUARY THAT ARE HELD FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION, EDUCATION OR RESEARCH AND ARE PROTECTED, KEPT UNENCUMBERED, CARED FOR AND PRESERVED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 MOHAMAD FARZAN AND DORIENNE FARZAN FAMILY RELATIONSHIP FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE FUND'S ACCOUNTANTS, REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT AND MANAGER OF THE FUND AND CORRECTIONS AND CHANGES WERE MADE AS NECESSARY. A COPY OF THE 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION IS CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE ANY CONFLICTED BOARD MEMBER DOES NOT VOTE ON ANY POLICY OR ACTION THAT COULD BE OR PERCEIVED TO BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST