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← HANOVER IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY CORP

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HANOVER IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY CORP.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,177,572
Total expenses
$2,101,534
Contributions and grants received
$178,629
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,616,668
Investment income
$369,236
Other revenue
$13,039
Total assets, end of year
$13,593,743
Total liabilities, end of year
$724,643
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,869,100
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,732,624
Management and general expenses
$362,375
Fundraising expenses
$6,535
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,732,624

Program services were 82.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $178,629

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NUGGET MOVIE THEATER

    total $633,980 · unrelated business $633,980

  • 2b · Program service revenue: JAMES W. CAMPION III R

    total $585,443 · related or exempt $585,443

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STORRS POND RECREATION

    total $397,245 · related or exempt $397,245

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $116,633 · excluded $116,633

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $40,700

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $28,608

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $12,092

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $12,092 · excluded $12,092

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $930,768

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

    securities $678,165

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $252,603

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $252,603 · excluded $252,603

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $947 · related or exempt $947

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $947

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $126,811 · management and general $126,811

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $552,362 · program services $471,012 · management and general $81,350

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,762 · program services $54,147 · management and general $24,615

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,022 · program services $36,152 · management and general $15,870

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,043 · program services $3,043

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $112,733 · program services $35,651 · management and general $77,082

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,524 · program services $21,344 · management and general $1,180

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,889 · program services $8,504 · management and general $1,385

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,146 · program services $21,335 · management and general $5,811

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $343,998 · program services $341,808 · management and general $2,190

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,879 · program services $4,688 · management and general $191

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $346,766 · program services $344,883 · management and general $1,883

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,917 · program services $50,783 · management and general $7,134

  • 24a · Other expenses: NUGGET FILM RENTAL

    total $209,137 · program services $209,137

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $43,171 · program services $43,171

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONCESSIONS EXPENSE

    total $41,685 · program services $41,685

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $21,888 · program services $20,210 · management and general $1,678

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $46,801 · program services $25,071 · management and general $15,195 · fundraising $6,535

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $136,730 · end of year $436,105

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $379,672 · end of year $335,245

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $114,000 · end of year $49,400

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $73,946 · end of year $14,845

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,750 · end of year $7,195

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,245 · end of year $19,143

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

    $15,730,164

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

    $6,729,019

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,498,168 · end of year $9,001,145

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,768,724 · end of year $3,727,665

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,300 · end of year $3,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $149,119 · end of year $614,239

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $102,099 · end of year $102,924

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $30,427 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,529 · end of year $7,480

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,588,549 · end of year $12,858,930

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $109,812 · end of year $10,170

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HANOVER AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AT OUR THREE FACILITIES: STORRS POND RECREATION AREA, THE JAMES W. CAMPION III SKATING RINK, AND THE NUGGET THEATERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HANOVER, NH, AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

  • STORRS POND RECREATION AREA - SPRA SERVES THOUSANDS OF UPPER VALLEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VISITORS YEAR-ROUND THROUGHOUT 23 ACRES OF SCENIC WOODLANDS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. VISITORS WALK THE TRAILS, CAMP, SWIM AND BOAT IN THE 13-ACRE POND, SPLASH IN THE HEATED POOL, PLAY TENNIS AND DISC GOLF, AND HOST SPECIAL EVENTS IN OUR COVERED PAVILIONS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF HANOVER, DARTMOUTH, AND OAK HILL OUTDOOR CENTER, THE SITE HOSTS CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING IN THE WINTER MONTHS. THESE OPPORTUNITIES HELP FOSTER AN ACTIVE, HEALTHY, AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $378,187 · Revenue $397,245

  • JAMES W. CAMPION III RINK - ICE SKATING IS A SIGNATURE UPPER VALLEY TRADITION THAT INSPIRES JOY, HEALTH AND FITNESS, ATHLETICISM, AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. IN SUPPORT OF A PASSIONATE SKATING COMMUNITY, THE CAMPION RINK OFFERS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR EXPERIENCED AND NOVICE SKATERS, INCLUDING FIGURE SKATING, YOUTH AND ADULT HOCKEY, SLED HOCKEY, AND COMPETITIVE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. RECENT RENOVATIONS HAVE CREATED A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY TO IMPROVE THE SKATERS AND SPECTATORS' EXPERIENCES, AND TO UPGRADE THE COMPLEX REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS.

    Expenses $678,037 · Revenue $585,443

  • NUGGET THEATER - SINCE 1916, THE NUGGET THEATER HAS BEEN BRINGING THE CINEMATIC ARTS TO HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE TWIN STATES COME TO ENJOY FIRST RUN AND INDEPENDENT FILMS IN AN HISTORIC MAIN STREET SETTING. THE NUGGET HELPS FUEL THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR SMALL TOWN, OPENING HEARTS AND MINDS TO THE WORLD AROUND US.

    Expenses $676,400

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aricca Van Citters

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Hochreiter

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip McCaull

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Good

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Lemay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristine McDevitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Hong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey B Graham

    GENERAL MANAGER (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $130,897
    From this org
    $124,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,187
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Rickards

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $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
2025
Filed
3 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622579349300607

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