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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$380,405
Total expenses
$520,158
Contributions and grants received
$241,025
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$121,917
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$17,463
Total assets, end of year
$4,470,143
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,604,010
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,866,133
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$406,114
Management and general expenses
$114,044
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$406,114

Program services were 78.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $95,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $145,525

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $61,807 · related or exempt $61,807

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NAMING RIGHTS

    total $48,000 · related or exempt $48,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GIFT SHOP SALES

    total $12,110 · related or exempt $12,110

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $17,463 · related or exempt $17,463

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,463

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $63,088 · program services $63,088

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $45,917 · program services $45,917

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,191 · program services $10,191

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $490 · management and general $490

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,200 · management and general $18,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,140 · program services $23,468 · management and general $6,672

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,019 · management and general $8,019

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,264 · program services $8,448 · management and general $2,816

  • 20 · Interest

    total $55,348 · program services $41,511 · management and general $13,837

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $205,778 · program services $154,334 · management and general $51,444

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $42,368 · program services $31,776 · management and general $10,592

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $17,019 · program services $17,019

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBER AND PROGRAM EXPE

    total $10,362 · program services $10,362

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,974 · management and general $1,974

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,179 · end of year $18,576

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $105,407 · end of year $9,990

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $110,000 · end of year $25,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,131 · end of year $13,131

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,987,798

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $584,352

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,567,727 · end of year $4,403,446

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,926 · end of year $13,010

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $948,632 · end of year $816,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $225,000 · end of year $225,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $600,000 · end of year $550,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,005,886 · end of year $2,866,133

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A JOYFUL, ACCESSIBLE, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DESTINATION THAT FOSTERS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES: FOCUSING ON BUFFALO'S HISTORY OF CAROUSEL MANUFACTURING; THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ERIE CANAL, AND WESTERN NEW YORK'S CONTRIBUTION TO CREATING AND HARNESSING RENEWABLE ENERGIES, THROUGH THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF RIDING A HISTORIC CAROUSEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL, INC., A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHICH OWNS, OPERATES AND MAINTAINS A FULLY RESTORED 1924 SPILLMAN ENGINEERING CORPORATION, SOLAR-POWERED CAROUSEL THAT IS THE CATALYST, DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY THROUGH PLAY AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES.

  • THE BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A JOYFUL, ACCESSIBLE, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DESTINATION THAT FOSTERS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES: FOCUSING ON BUFFALO'S HISTORY OF CAROUSEL MANUFACTURING; THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ERIE CANAL, AND WESTERN NEW YORK'S CONTRIBUTION TO CREATING AND HARNESSING RENEWABLE ENERGIES, THROUGH THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF RIDING A HISTORIC CAROUSEL.

    Expenses $406,114 · Revenue $139,380

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laurie Hauer-Laduca

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mary Ann Kresse

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Helen Ronan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Marika Woods-Frankenstein

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Peter Desabio

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Joan Bozer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Antone Alber

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Pasquarello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Smyton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Renata Toney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Granville

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gabby Harrington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Depalma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brittany McClain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carima El-Behairy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,088
    From this org
    $63,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433199349302738

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