HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS

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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

140 GRAND ST STE 701, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601-4836

In care of

% NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

HON JONATHAN LIPPMAN, 140 GRAND STREET 701, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601

Signed the 990

HENRY J KENNEDY ESQ, TREASURER

Phone

(914) 824-5864

Website

WWW.NYCOURTS.GOV/HISTORY

Return prepared by

PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLC

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Program accomplishments

• STUDENT INITIATIVESIN 2025, THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS EXPANSION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, EMPHASIZING WORKING WITH OTHER CIVICS ORGANIZATIONS AND DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. THIS RESULTED IN FOUR CLASS VISITS TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, ON TOPICS THAT INCLUDED CAREER MODELING, CONTRACT LAW, AND CRIMINAL LAW, AS WELL AS PRESENTATIONS FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND CIVICS PARTNERS. THE SOCIETY ALSO CONTINUED TO AWARD STUDENTS IN A LAW DAY ART CONTEST, DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM. THE SOCIETY AWARDED $1,000 TOTAL IN THREE TOP PRIZES FOR STUDENTS WHO PRODUCED ARTWORK ON THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S LAW DAY THEME. IN 2025, THE THEME WAS THE CONSTITUTION'S PROMISE: OUT OF MANY, ONE.
  Expenses $65,664 · grants $1,000
• PUBLICATIONS- THE SOCIETY PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED TO ITS MEMBERS THE 2025 ANNUAL CALENDAR. THE TOPIC FOR THE 2025 CALENDAR IS NEW YORK: OVER A CENTURY AT THE CENTER OF PRESERVATION LAW.- THE SOCIETY ALSO PUBLISHED ITS 19TH ISSUE OF JUDICIAL NOTICE, ITS SCHOLARLY JOURNAL. ARTICLES FEATURED THEMES INCLUDING GIBBONS V. OGDEN, WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW IN THE STATE, AND THE RIGHTS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE IN NEW YORK.
  Expenses $55,842
• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON TOPICS OF NYS LEGAL HISTORY WERE CONDUCTED IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS. MOST PROGRAMMING WAS DONE IN-PERSON, OR HYBRID IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL. BELOW IS A LIST OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS:- HYBRID: CELEBRATING THE RULE OF LAW IN NEW YORK AND SOUTH AFRICA | OCTOBER 21, 2025- IN-PERSON: REMEMBERING WILLOWBROOK: ENSURING JUSTICE, DIGNITY & INCLUSION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | OCTOBER 27, 2025- IN-PERSON: ALBANY'S MOST ACCLAIMED ARCHITECT: HENRY HOBSON RICHARDSON | NOVEMBER 17, 2025- IN-PERSON: RISING TO THE BENCH: ASIAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES FROM THE JUDICIARY | NOVEMBER 17, 2025IN ADDITION, THE SOCIETY SUPPORTED ITS PROGRAM PARTNERS FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:- IN-PERSON: THE MEREDITH TRIAL: A HISTORICAL REENACTMENT (APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT) | FEBRUARY 24, 2025- IN-PERSON: SCREENING OF ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL (APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT) | MAY 19, 2025- IN-PERSON: DEDICATION OF THE RED ROOM AT THE NY COURT OF APPEALS AS THE CHIEF JUDGE JUDITH S. KAYE ROOM (NY COURT OF APPEALS) | SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
  Expenses $48,090
• PODCASTS & VIDEOCASTSIN 2025, THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS TWO SERIES CHATTING WITH THE AUTHORS OF JUDICIAL NOTICE AND WRECKING BALL: TALES OF PRESERVATION, THE LAW, AND THE PLACES THAT NEW YORKERS LOVE.- PODCAST EPISODE #26: SAMUEL JONES TILDEN: LAWYER, STATESMAN, AND VICTIM OF FATE (CHATTING WITH THE AUTHORS). EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF JUDICIAL NOTICE HON. HELEN E. FREEDMAN DISCUSSES TILDEN'S CAREER, CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW YORK'S LEGAL COMMUNITY, AND PRESIDENTIAL BID IN THE 1876 ELECTION. - PODCAST EPISODE #27: A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW BERMAN: THE "CHER" OF PRESERVATION (WRECKING BALL). THIS PODCAST PROVIDES A FAR-RANGING DISCUSSION ON PRESERVATION IN NEW YORK, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, INCLUDING THE CASE STUDIES OF ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, THE "WEATHERMAN HOUSE, AND UNIVERSITY EXPANSIONS. - PODCAST EPISODE #28: BUFFALO V. ROCHESTER: THE JUDGE AND THE ANARCHIST AT THE DAWN OF THE 20TH CENTURY (CHATTING WITH THE AUTHORS). THIS EPISODE EXPLORES TWO PROMINENT, THOUGH IDEOLOGICALLY OPPOSED FIGURES: JOHN R. HAZEL, A POWERFUL GOP MACHINE BOSS FROM BUFFALO WHO BECAME A FEDERAL JUDGE, AND EMMA GOLDMAN, A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT FROM ROCHESTER SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "HIGH PRIESTESS OF ANARCHY." - PODCAST EPISODE #29: THE 1876 ELECTION SAMUEL JONES TILDEN V. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. THIS PODCAST BUILDS UPON EPISODE 26 WITH A DISCUSSION ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ELECTIONS IN U.S. HISTORY IN WHICH TILDEN WON THE POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, BUT HAYES WAS DECLARED THE WINNER AFTER MONTHS OF DISPUTE. - SPECIAL AUDIOSTORY EPISODE: HOW EMELINE GOT FREE: THE STORY OF THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF THE LANDMARK LEMMON SLAVE TRIAL OF 1852. THIS SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE SOCIETY'S PODCAST WAS RELEASED IN 2025. IT IS A RETELLING OF THE LEMMON SLAVE CASE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE OLDEST OF THE EIGHT ENSLAVED YOUNG WOMEN AND CHILDREN: EMELINE. RELYING ON NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS, CASE DOCUMENTS, AND SURVIVING NARRATIVES OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE, EMELINE'S WORLD COMES ALIVE WITH VOICE ACTORS AND A SOUNDSCAPE THAT TRANSPORTS THE LISTENER TO HER TIME. ORAL HISTORY PROJECTIN 2025, THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, RELEASING AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT S. DEAN, ESQ., AND LYNN W.L. FAHEY, ESQ. THAT WAS RECORDED THE PRIOR YEAR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE EDITING PROCESS. THE TWO ATTORNEYS DISCUSSED THEIR PRE-LAW CAREERS, THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS AT THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, THE PIVOTAL DECISIONS THAT LED THEM TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE CHALLENGES AND REWARDS OF A LIFETIME DEDICATED TO APPELLATE DEFENSE FOR THOSE UNABLE TO AFFORD COUNSEL.COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY FELLOWIN 2025, THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS PART-TIME COMMUNICATIONS FELLOWSHIP THAT HAS EXPANDED THE SOCIETY'S DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS DEVELOP NEW NETWORKS TO EXPAND THE SOCIETY'S REACH AND DEVELOP PODCASTS. A STIPEND OF $20,000 WAS GRANTED FOR A YEAR-LONG FELLOWSHIP, WITH $5,000 PAID IN 2025 AND $15,000 TO BE PAID IN 2026. HISTORIAN-IN-RESIDENCE FELLOWIN 2025, THE SOCIETY ALSO STARTED A NEW FELLOWSHIP TO UPDATE LEGAL HISTORY BY ERA, A SECTION OF THE SOCIETY'S WEBSITE THAT TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW YORK LAW AND COURTS THROUGH FIGURES, CASES, CONSTITUTIONS, AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS. THIS IS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS. THE FELLOW LARGELY COMPLETED THE GILDED AGE AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ERA THIS YEAR. A STIPEND OF $30,000 WAS GRANTED FOR A YEAR-LONG FELLOWSHIP, WITH $22,500 PAID IN 2025 AND $7,500 TO BE PAID IN 2026.
  Expenses $125,483 · grants $25,275 · revenue $10,350

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.

IRS record

EIN

82-0554364

Tax-exempt status

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

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2002

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A80)

Assets (IRS master file)

$780,994

Income (IRS master file)

$646,131

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 82-0554364).

Questions about HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS

What is the EIN of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS?

The employer identification number (EIN) of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS is 82-0554364.

Is HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2002.

Are donations to HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS 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 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS last file with the IRS?

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

Who is the principal officer of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names HON JONATHAN LIPPMAN.

Who are the officers and directors of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 26 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $110,000 (MOREY ALLISON M, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $512,897, expenses of $475,389 and total assets of $780,994 at year end.

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