EIN 52-2092229

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
9
Year formed
1998
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
The Cultural Landscape Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides people with the ability to see, understand and value landscape architecture and its practitioners, in the way many people have learned to do with buildings and their designers. Through its website, lectures, outreach and publishing, TCLF broadens the support and understanding for cultural landscapes nationwide to help safeguard our priceless heritage for future generations. While TCLF seeks donations to support its efforts, it is not a membership organization.
Total revenues
$1,784,711
2022
Total expenses
$1,559,769
2022
Total assets
$8,418,037
2022
Num. employees
9
2022

Program areas at TCLF

Landslide: The goal of The landslide program is to draw immediate and lasting attention to threatened landscapes and unique features. The program sparks debate, reveals The value of everyday places, and encourages informed community-based stewardship decisions as it highlights and monitors at-risk landscapes and creates annual thematic listings to save this heritage for future generations. Through web-based news stories, traveling exhibitions, and print publications, landslide reveals The value of these often-forgotten landscapes. Each year tclf creates an annual report about threatened and at-risk sites; some well-known, others obscure. To bring attention to these significant places, tclf creates richly illustrated online photographic exhibitions with narrative histories of each site, The nature of The threat, and critical information for learning more and getting involved. Four recent annual landslides included photographic exhibitions, all booked into 2019: The Landscape architecture legacy of dan kiley; The new american garden: The Landscape architecture of oehme, van sweden; and The Landscape architecture of lawrence halprin.
What's out there (wot): The goal of this searchable, easy-to-navigate database is to raise public awareness of The rich diversity and interconnectedness of our shared designed Landscape heritage. Spanning over two centuries of american Landscape design, The what's out there database is searchable by Landscape name, locale, designer, type, and sytle. It has over 2,500 entries so far with content created by academics, volunteers, and advocates, and has been vetted over The past decade by dozens of researchers and historians. We created what's out there to serve as a reference for students and teachers of design and history, enthusiasts, and professionals, provoking interest, informing stewardship decisions, and enriching our understanding of our designed Landscape history. An extension of The what's out there database, what's out there weekend draws people out into their communities to experience first-hand The landscapes that they see every day but often overlook. Hosted in different cities every year, what's out there weekend brings to light The unique Landscape legacy and local character of each city, defined by its publicly accessible parks, gardens, plazas, cemeteries, memorials, and neighborhoods. Free, expert-led weekend tours of 25 to 30 sites.
Pioneers of american Landscape design, an in-depth multimedia library, includes thoroughly researched essays and video oral histories chronicling The lives of significant Landscape architects and educators. Pioneers have included luminaries like cornelia hahn oberlander, lawrence halprin, laurie olin, harriet pattison, and m. paul friedberg.the cornelia hahn oberlander international Landscape architecture prize, is a biennial prize in Landscape architecture that includes a us$100,000 monetary award and two years of public engagement activities. It is bestowed on a recipient who is "exceptionally talented, creative, courageous, and visionary and has "a significant body of built work that exemplifies The art of Landscape architecture." The inaugural laureate, julia bargmann, was announced in october 2021.

Who funds The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Boisvert FoundationGeneral Support$20,000
The Joan Shafran and Rob Haimes FoundationAnnual Fund$20,000
Millicent C Starr Charitable TrustGeneral & Unrestricted$20,000
...and 16 more grants received

Personnel at TCLF

NameTitleCompensation
Charles A BirnbaumPresident and Chief Executive Officer$206,303
Karyn SeltzerDirector of Operations and Initiatives
Nord WennerstromDirector of Communications$131,138
Justin ClevengerVisual Content Director
Holly SharpTreasurer$0
...and 4 more key personnel

Financials for TCLF

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,318,411
Program services$292,736
Investment income and dividends$144,762
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-36,414
Net income from fundraising events$65,216
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$1,784,711

Form 990s for TCLF

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-10-25990View PDF
2021-122022-05-13990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990View PDF
2019-122021-04-02990View PDF
2018-122019-11-16990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
November 27, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
November 27, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
October 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $6,092 from The Blackbaud Giving Fund
August 20, 2023
Received grants
Identified 15 new grant, including a grant for $20,000 from The Joan Shafran and Rob Haimes Foundation
August 12, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsEnvironmental organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesLand and water conservationEnvironment
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringAuction fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
1711 Connecticut Ave NW 200
Washington, DC 20009
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Website URL
tclf.org/ 
Phone
(202) 483-0553
Facebook page
The-Cultural-Landscape-Foundation 
Twitter profile
@tclfdotorg 
IRS details
EIN
52-2092229
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1998
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C34: Land Resources Conservation
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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