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Nonprofit · EIN 52-1467787

FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES

Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20006

Financials

$4.3M$3.9M2023$5.4M$5.5M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$5,411,060$5,478,114-$67,054$14,612,550$29,113$14,583,437
December 31, 2023990$4,303,724$3,939,916$363,808$14,574,944$104,987$14,469,957
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$4,648,062
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$756,059
Net gain from sales of assets
$501,051
Other revenue
$6,939

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$2,255,450
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$359,147
Other salaries and wages
$173,509
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$602,195
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$22,257
Accounting fees
$42,714
Occupancy
$186,800
Travel
$275,964
Program services (functional)
$4,374,514
Management and general (functional)
$334,633
Fundraising (functional)
$768,967

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$14,574,944
Total assets, end of year
$14,612,550
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,113
Net assets, end of year
$14,583,437
Publicly traded securities
$8,166,457
Net assets without donor restrictions
$8,963,270
Net assets with donor restrictions
$5,620,167
Gross receipts
$11,124,967
Employees
3
Volunteers
34
Year formed
1986
State of legal domicile
DC

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Jennifer DuncanDirector
Officer
40$303,755$55,391
Caitlin O'ConnorSenior Advisor
Highest-paid employee
40$125,842$27,954
Jo Carole LauderChairman
Trustee or director, Officer
15$0$0
Eden RafshoonPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
15$0$0
Wendy L LuersPresident Emerita
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Darren WalkerVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Aerin Lauder ZinterhoferBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Agnes GundBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Alice TischBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Anne BufordBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Bob ColacelloBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Brian D DaileyBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Carol MackBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Christian KeeseeBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Daniel RomualdezBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
21 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
David B PetersonBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
David WalentasBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Dorothy LichtensteinBoard member (deceased)
Trustee or director
1$0
Elizabeth KablerBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Eugene RobinsonBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Fairfax Dorn GlimcherBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
George L FariasBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jack ShearBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jill Cooper UdallBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
John J Studzinski CBEBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Marc E LelandBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Maria Hummer-TuttleBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Mark D SikesBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Maryscott GreenwoodBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Nancy MarksBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Olga VotisBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Peter NortonBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Stephen M SalnyBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Suydam R LansingBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Vera BlinkenBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Wendy StarkBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 34 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Jennifer A DuncanDirector
Officer
40$281,119$12,617
Caitlin O'ConnorSenior Advisor
Highest-paid employee
40$131,733$7,804
Jo Carole LauderChairman
Trustee or director, Officer
15$0$0
Eden RafshoonPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
15$0$0
David WalentasVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Wendy L LuersPresident Emerita
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
W Harrison WellfordTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Vera BlinkenBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Anne BufordBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Bob ColacelloBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Brian D DaileyBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
George L FariasBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Fairfax Dorn GlimcherBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Maryscott GreenwoodBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Agnes GundBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Elizabeth KablerBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Christian KeeseeBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Suydam R LansingBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Marc E LelandBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Dorothy LichtensteinBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Carol MackBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Nancy MarksBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Peter NortonBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Daniel RomualdezBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Stephen M SalnyBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jack ShearBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Wendy StarkBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
John J Studzinski CBEBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Alice TischBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Maria Hummer-TuttleBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jill Cooper UdallBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Olga VotisBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Darren WalkerBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Aerin Lauder ZinterhoferBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1725 I ST NW STE 300, WASHINGTON, DC 20006-2423
In care of
% THE ORGANIZATION
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Jo Carole Lauder, 1725 I Street NW 300, Washington, DC 200062423
Signed the 990
Jennifer Duncan, Director
Phone
(202) 349-3865
Return prepared by
Rogers & Company PLLC

Mission

See Schedule O

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • To assist the State Department's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) in its various programs designed to exhibit and preserve fine art in U.S. embassies around the world. FAPE fulfills its mission through site-specific commissions, the Original Print and Photography Collections, preservation projects and other art initiatives. The main program activities of FAPE are: (1) Site-Specific Collection - FAPE donates permanent site-specific artworks for select new U.S. embassies being constructed. (2) Original Print Collection - each year an American artist contributes an edition of prints for permanent display in U.S. embassies. (3) Photography Collection - in 2013, FAPE established a collection of photograply which will grow to include a new addition annually.
    Expenses $4,374,514 · grants $2,255,450

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
52-1467787
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
1986
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$14,612,550
Income (IRS master file)
$11,124,967

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$5,411,060$5,478,114$14,612,550XML
990December 2023$4,303,724$3,939,916$14,574,944XML
990December 2022$2,426,777$3,724,918$14,486,410IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

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 52-1467787).

Questions about FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES

What is the EIN of FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES?
The employer identification number (EIN) of FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES is 52-1467787.
Is FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1986.
Are donations to FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES 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 FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Jo Carole Lauder.
Who are the officers and directors of FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 36 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $303,755 (Jennifer Duncan, Director).
How much revenue does FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,411,060, expenses of $5,478,114 and total assets of $14,612,550 at year end.

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