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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SACRED HEART AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$98,225
Total expenses
$25,215
Contributions and grants received
$90,423
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$709
Investment income
$657
Other revenue
$6,436
Total assets, end of year
$1,446,740
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,446,740
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,555
Management and general expenses
$10,116
Fundraising expenses
$544
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,555

Program services were 57.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,472

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $25,579

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $61,372

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Research and copies

    total $318 · related or exempt $318

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Gift Shop

    total $391 · related or exempt $391

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $657 · unrelated business $657

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $6,436

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $6,436

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $6,436 · related or exempt $6,436

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $460 · management and general $460

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,656 · management and general $9,656

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,176 · program services $3,176

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,562 · program services $5,562

  • 17 · Travel

    total $117 · program services $117

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $811 · program services $811

  • 24a · Other expenses: Museum Bldg & Exhibits

    total $5,228 · program services $4,684 · fundraising $544

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $205 · program services $205

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $227,982 · end of year $245,949

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $20,657

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

    $1,100,139

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,075,748 · end of year $1,100,139

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $79,995

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,216,212 · end of year $1,297,287

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $157,518 · end of year $149,453

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SACRED HEART AREA.

  • RESTORATION OF HOTEL SACRED HEART. IN 2013, THE SACRED HEART AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (SHAHS) PURCHASED THE HISTORIC 1914 BUILDING ONCE KNOWN AS THE BEST LITTLE HOTEL BETWEEN THE TWIN CITIES AND ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, ALONG THE MILWAUKEE RAILROAD. GRANTS ARE BEING OBTAINED AND WORK IS BEING PERFORMEED TO RESTORE THE BUILDING AND REPURPOSE FOR ASSISTED SENIOR LIVING WITH SHARED COMMUNITY AMENITIES. HOTEL SACRED HEART IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SACRED HEART AREA MUSEUM. THE SOCIETY COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND SHARES HISTORY OF THE SACRED HEART AREA SINCE INCORPORATING IN 1997. THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED IN A FORMER CHURCH BUILDING IN SACRED HEART, WESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY. IT IS HIGHLY VISIBLE ALONG HIGHWAY 212, THE YELLOWSTONE TRAIL. THE SOCIETY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 400 MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. MUSEUM VISITORS INCLUDE GENEALOGISTS, HISTORIANS, TOURISTS, AND STUDENTS OF ALL AGE GROUPS. APPROXIMATELY 3,000 PEOPLE BENEFIT AT THE MUSEUM AND OFF-SITE OUTREACH. THE SHAHS STRIVES IO INCLUDE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PRACTICES IN THE WORKPLAVE AND COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $14,555

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sonja Thune

    Publicity Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gretchen Eliason

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Tami Hebrink

    Social Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russ Schneewind

    Properties Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Johnson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marjorie Flaata

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Cheryl Skalbeck

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
7 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511039349300801

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