Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by BRUNSWICK DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $373,493
- Total expenses
- $343,804
- Contributions and grants received
- $213,600
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $70,785
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $89,108
- Total assets, end of year
- $239,658
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,225
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $231,433
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $230,382
- Management and general expenses
- $113,422
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $230,382
Program services were 67.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$47,490
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$145,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$21,110
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2a · Program service revenue: Visitor Center
total $70,785 · related or exempt $70,785
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$164,784
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$75,676
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $89,108
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $251,860 · program services $205,840 · management and general $46,020
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $20,113 · management and general $20,113
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $11,542 · program services $11,542
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $20,400 · management and general $20,400
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $633 · management and general $633
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23 · Insurance
total $1,718 · management and general $1,718
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24a · Other expenses: Operating Expenses
total $16,245 · management and general $16,245
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24b · Other expenses: Visitor Center
total $7,710 · program services $7,710
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24c · Other expenses: Utilities
total $7,037 · management and general $7,037
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24d · Other expenses: Main Street Program
total $5,290 · program services $5,290
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,256 · management and general $1,256
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $101,909 · end of year $187,127
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,164
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$633
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $2,531
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $50,000
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $8,225
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $201,909 · end of year $231,433
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The mission is to enhance the vitality and appeal of downtown Brunswick, Maine as a center of business activity, to increase the general physical and psychological appeal of the downtown, and to promote the cultural, retail, service, and economic interests of the membership.
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The Brunswick Downtown Association BDA is a not-for-profit entity organized as a 501C 3. The mission of the group is to enhance the vitality and appeal of downtown Brunswick as a thriving center of business activity to increase the general physical and psychological appeal of downtown, and to promote the cultural, retail, service, and economic interests of our membership. Some of the accomplishments of the BDA include education of the extended community on locally related historical figures and events creating awareness to membership of opportunities to assist in community improvements sponsorship of community events that regularly include other local nonprofit organizations such as Music on the Mall concerts, family activities such as Maine Street Celebrates, the Christmas tree lighting and arrival of Santa Claus, holiday coloring contest, and Home for the Holidays coordination of efforts to buy new benches for Maine Street sidewalks advocating solutions for additional parking and promotion of opportunities to improve the creative economy in Brunswick. Services that are provided include advocating critical business success issues within the Town of Brunswick, disseminating information on critical issues to the business, nonprofit and residential communities, surveying community interest and presenting them to the business community and municipal government, and collaborating with Bowdoin College and its students to identify issues and opportunities. People affected by the BDA are community residents, members of local cultural organizations, Bowdoin College students, faculty, and staff, and local businesses.
Expenses $230,382
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Cathy Barter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Annemarie Albiston
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Robert Biggs
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Tom Carr
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Kristine Logan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Peggy Ealahan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Michael Cartwright
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Brian Robinson
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Robert Langworthy
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Henry Recknagel
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Catherine Ferdinand
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Jane Millett
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Hannah Simmler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Rebecca Launer
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Marshall Shepherd
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Bucky Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Don Kniseley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Anna Darby
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Sue Ellen Damour
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Casey Maloney
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543109349302594
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