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← STAR ISLAND CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STAR ISLAND CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,941,897
Total expenses
$4,565,652
Contributions and grants received
$1,414,936
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,322,330
Investment income
$20,012
Other revenue
$184,619
Total assets, end of year
$14,533,154
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,125,534
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,407,620
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,845,204
Management and general expenses
$517,194
Fundraising expenses
$203,254
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,845,204

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $284,624

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,150

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,118,162

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,840

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Room and Board

    total $2,883,169 · related or exempt $2,883,169

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other Guest Services

    total $271,401 · related or exempt $271,401

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Parking Income

    total $84,318 · related or exempt $84,318

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Snack Bar

    total $83,442 · related or exempt $83,442

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,045 · excluded $20,045

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $149,296

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $149,296

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $149,296 · excluded $149,296

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $33

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$33

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$33 · excluded -$33

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $46,240

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,917

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $35,323 · excluded $35,323

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $167,538 · program services $129,093 · management and general $38,445

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,624,158 · program services $1,297,366 · management and general $232,157 · fundraising $94,635

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,148 · program services $28,441 · management and general $5,395 · fundraising $2,312

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $145,007 · program services $115,302 · management and general $21,873 · fundraising $7,832

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $135,091 · program services $107,519 · management and general $20,397 · fundraising $7,175

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $100 · management and general $100

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,286 · management and general $56,286

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $539,172 · program services $384,696 · management and general $74,831 · fundraising $79,645

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,952 · program services $2,358 · management and general $594

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $153,969 · program services $119,912 · management and general $25,913 · fundraising $8,144

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,977 · program services $26,690 · management and general $19,103 · fundraising $3,184

  • 17 · Travel

    total $250 · program services $199 · management and general $38 · fundraising $13

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $170,281 · program services $168,551 · management and general $1,730

  • 20 · Interest

    total $54,730 · program services $49,016 · management and general $5,714

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $440,017 · program services $440,017

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $288,049 · program services $275,257 · management and general $12,792

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food

    total $394,391 · program services $394,391

  • 24b · Other expenses: Charter & Ferry Service

    total $142,477 · program services $142,477

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $85,487 · program services $83,347 · management and general $1,826 · fundraising $314

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fuel

    total $80,572 · program services $80,572

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $300 · end of year $300

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,652,138 · end of year $1,786,013

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $67,986

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $145,708 · end of year $210,206

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

    $12,115,780

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

    $5,499,905

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,373,145 · end of year $6,615,875

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $98,915 · end of year $66,398

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,438,721 · end of year $5,854,362

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $106,398 · end of year $179,399

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,954,767 · end of year $1,878,738

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $99,906 · end of year $67,397

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,310,735 · end of year $11,922,504

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $305,107 · end of year $485,116

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of Star Island Corporation is to hold and maintain Star Island and such other property as the Corporation may hold or acquire, as a center for religious, educational, and kindred purposes consistent with the principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Operation of a religious and educational conference center on Star Island

  • Since 1915, The Star Island Corporation has operated Star Island as a religious and educational conference center. During 2024, approximately 3,904 individuals attended 60 conferences held during the year. Conferences covered topics from the arts to natural history, from religious education to laity training, and from spirituality to international affairs. The Corporation strives to make these conferences affordable for all, even though room and board revenue only manages to cover approximately 63% of its annual operating costs. Star honors its religious purpose, among other things, by having a minister of the week present on the island during the main summer conference weeks and having daily chapel services during these weeks.

    Expenses $3,845,204 · Revenue $3,322,330

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debbie Duval

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Caroline Quijada

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joni Abbadessa

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Arlyn Weeks

    Clerk

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyle Belmont

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cary Cuicco

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leon Dunkley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Erickson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.2 related

  • Lucia Green-Weiskel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Kennnedy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • April Rosario

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Topher Soltys

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ali Walton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Watts

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $162,199
    From this org
    $151,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,403
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,796
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,797
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,606
    Filer's total
    $162,199

  • Hope Coolidge

    Past CFO

    Total calculated
    $13,956
    From this org
    $13,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501029349300810

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