Hellenic Ancient Culture Institute
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND MANAGE GREEK ANTIQUITIES - ART, ARTIFACTS, AND ANTIQUITIES DATING FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES THROUGH THE DARK AGES - CONSISTENT WITH THE PATRIMONY LAWS OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC. THROUGH GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND LOANS, THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THESE CULTURAL TREASURES ARE MAINTAINED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH THE EVENTUAL TRANSFER OF POSSESSION TO THE NICHOLAS AND DOLLY GOULANDRIS FOUNDATION -MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART, WHERE THEY CAN BE FURTHER STUDIED, EXHIBITED, AND APPRECIATED.
- Income
- $20,000
- Spending
- $14,070
- Reserves
- 9.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED THE LEONARD A. STERN COLLECTION OF CYCLADIC ART, A GROUP OF 161 WORKS MADE IN THE CYCLADIC ISLANDS OF GREECE, PRIMARILY IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE (3200 TO 2000 BCE), THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK (THE MET) CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE TAX YEAR TO HOUSE THE LEONARD A. STERN COLLECTION OF CYCLADIC ART, EXCEPT DURING A PERIOD COMMENCING IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF 2023 WHEN A SELECTION OF WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION WAS TRANSPORTED TO ATHENS, GREECE, EXHIBITED PUBLICLY BY THE NICHOLAS AND DOLLY GOULANDRIS FOUNDATION-MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART (THE MCA), AND FEATURED IN A CATALOGUE PUBLISHED BY THE MCA. THE ORGANIZATION IN TANDEM WITH THE MCA ALSO CONTINUED PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR EXHIBITION OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION AT THE MET, COMMENCING IN JANUARY 2024. THESE ACTIVITIES WERE UNDERTAKEN FOR STUDY, CONSERVATION AND SAFEKEEPING OF THE COLLECTION, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT GREEK ANTIQUITIES. IT IS THE POLICY OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT THESE WORKS BE USED DIRECTLY IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT MISSION AND THAT THEY NEVER BE DISPOSED OF BY SALE OR EXCHANGE.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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