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← MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,096,980
Total expenses
$762,083
Contributions and grants received
$948,296
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$25,036
Investment income
$123,309
Other revenue
$339
Total assets, end of year
$5,300,447
Total liabilities, end of year
$113,046
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,187,401
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$564,006
Management and general expenses
$95,135
Fundraising expenses
$102,942
Program service expenses (Part III)
$564,006

Program services were 74.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $191,866

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $756,430

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HISTORY CONFERENCE

    total $11,247 · related or exempt $11,247

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LIBRARY AND EDUCATION

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $5,264 · related or exempt $5,264

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PROGRAM ACTIVITY

    total $8,525 · related or exempt $8,525

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $123,309 · related or exempt $123,309

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $339

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $339 · related or exempt $339

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $144,244 · program services $93,759 · management and general $28,849 · fundraising $21,636

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $351,503 · program services $272,073 · management and general $26,855 · fundraising $52,575

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,640 · program services $22,610 · management and general $3,443 · fundraising $4,587

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,225 · program services $26,732 · management and general $4,070 · fundraising $5,423

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,303 · program services $13,767 · management and general $16,955 · fundraising $2,581

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,693 · program services $1,987 · management and general $303 · fundraising $403

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,294 · program services $14,976 · management and general $2,280 · fundraising $3,038

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,351 · program services $11,116 · management and general $1,235

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,984 · program services $18,886 · management and general $2,098

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,750 · program services $14,200 · management and general $3,550

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $24,213 · program services $24,213

  • 24b · Other expenses: COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS

    total $12,071 · program services $12,071

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $11,492 · program services $8,480 · management and general $1,292 · fundraising $1,720

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $11,058 · program services $1,106 · management and general $1,106 · fundraising $8,846

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,262 · program services $28,030 · management and general $3,099 · fundraising $2,133

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,300 · end of year $10,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,754,079 · end of year $1,867,282

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24,951 · end of year $15,883

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,531 · end of year $11,805

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

    $2,454,375

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

    $467,502

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $77,119 · end of year $1,986,873

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,858,495 · end of year $1,391,283

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,205 · end of year $17,321

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $59,892 · end of year $113,046

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,327,744 · end of year $3,810,606

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,359,044 · end of year $1,376,795

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MONTGOMERY HISTORY'S MISSION IS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET, AND SHARE THE HISTORIES OF ALL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

  • OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAM ACTIVITIESHistory Conversations, our free streaming program, was presented 49 times in fy25 to 10,567 households. We offered speakers bureau presentations on historical topics of Local and regional significance in venues such as senior centers, professional Organizations, neighborhood associations, religious institutions, civic groups, and More. We held multiple walking tours across the community at points of historic significance. Our Montgomery County History Conference was held on October 19, 2024, on Montgomery Colleges Rockville campus and attracted a large, diverse, and enthusiastic audience.

    Expenses $324,893

  • COLLECTIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND MUSEUM ACTIVITIESMHs historic periodical, The Montgomery County Story, released a fall and spring edition. The fall edition highlighted five objects added to collections in the last five years to commemorate Montgomery Historys 80th anniversary. The spring edition was part one of a two-part history spanning more than 60 years and features an in-depth look at the founding and operational history of the Poor Farm and Almshouse. Our artifact collection was in temporary storage for FY25. We received seventeen donations totaling 160 objects. Approximately 1000 objects were inventoried, photographed, and cataloged in our online collections management system.

    Expenses $123,507

  • LIBRARY AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICESMH released The Reed Brothers Dodge online exhibit site in September, which details the history of one of Maryland's oldest family-owned car dealerships. Several of our online exhibits were updated with new content. MH contracted an experienced oral history project manager to run the Black Resistance Oral History Initiative. She interviewed five Black elders over the course of FY25. MH created a landing page for the county's 250th Anniversary events and initiatives, including additional new pages of content for related content.

    Expenses $115,606

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MATTHEW B LOGAN

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $148,811
    From this org
    $137,129
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,682
    Hours/week
    40
  • IAN SHUMAN

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • MATTHEW S BODE

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • TIMOTHY W MOORE

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • CATHERINE DISHMAN

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • CAMILLE BREWER

    At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • GWEN WRIGHT

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • WILLIAM ALLMAN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • PARISA KHAMECHI

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • REEMBERTO RODRIGUEZ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • LOUIS J BOSTON Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • MARGO REID

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • TIFFANY JORDAN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
16 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202641069349300634

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