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← WHITNEYVILLE CULTURAL COMMONS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WHITNEYVILLE CULTURAL COMMONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$297,627
Total expenses
$314,363
Contributions and grants received
$16,360
Grants paid
$4,833
Program service revenue
$281,267
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,418,981
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,025,007
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$393,974
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$314,363
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$314,363

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $16,360

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Assembly Space Use

    total $123,729 · related or exempt $123,729 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Arts & Culture

    total $71,953 · related or exempt $71,953 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Coworking

    total $61,466 · related or exempt $61,466 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Community Education Programming

    total $20,792 · related or exempt $20,792 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Materials & Information Library

    total $2,929 · related or exempt $2,929 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $398 · related or exempt $398 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,833 · program services $4,833

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $92,075 · program services $92,075 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,901 · program services $7,901 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $349 · program services $349 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,495 · program services $18,495 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,722 · program services $5,722 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $131,914 · program services $131,914 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $799 · program services $799 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,692 · program services $16,692 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,653 · program services $31,653 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Banking & Processing Fees

    total $3,930 · program services $3,930 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $525,708 · end of year $469,134

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $1,050,000

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

    $100,153

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $966,539 · end of year $949,847

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $693,169 · end of year $637,919

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $372,100 · end of year $372,100

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,268 · end of year $14,988

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $410,710 · end of year $393,974

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Our mission is to preserve and enhance places of communal and historic value by providing public spaces, tools, and knowledge as shared resources to support a thriving community - socially, culturally, and economically. We envision a future where every community has valuable resources preserved for perpetual public use, with just and equitable access to enhance the quality of life for all. We: Preserve Historic Places: Steward historic properties in our trust with a commitment to preserving buildings and natural environments as part of the cultural landscape of the site. Develop Social Capital: Nurture communal relationships as host to diverse civic forums, public and private social events, and spiritual and cultural traditions. Champion Artistic Creation: Cultivate, celebrate, and showcase artistic endeavors of all kinds. Stimulate Economic Opportunity: Develop local organizations and individuals through co-working opportunities and the provision of shared info, material, and service.

Activities or mission (Part I)

We preserve and enhance places of communal and historic value by providing public spaces, tools, and knowledge as shared resources to support a thriving community socially, culturally, and economically. We envision a future where every community has valuable resources preserved for perpetual public use, with just and equitable access to enhance the quality of life for all. We: Preserve Historic Places: Steward historic properties in our trust with a commitment to preserving buildings and natural environments as part of the cultural landscape of the site. Develop Social Capital: Nuture communal relationships as host to diverse civic forums, public and private social events, and spiritual and cultural traditions. Champion Artistic Creation: Cultivate, celebrate and showcase artistic endeavors of all kings. Stimulate Economic Opportunity: Develop local organizations, individuals, and start-ups through coworking opportunities and the provision of shared information, materials and services.

  • As part of our historic preservation program, we purchased 1247-1253 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT, 06517, a National Historic Landmark, which includes the Whitneyville United Church of Christ built in 1834 and its Church House built in 1924, and continued its legacy as a house of worship while continuing to adapt its use to a broader Community Resources Center and the facility in which we run our other programs. With the shutdown from the pandemic continuing to lift, both the historic church and the church house became more used for the rest of our programs, allowing the historic preservation to continue. We also continued our partnership with the Episcopal Church of St Paul and St James in New Haven, at 57 Olive Street, preparing them to take over the operations of their own community resources center in 2023, with the WCC ceasing to manage any of the operations at that location. Preservation projects on the Whitneyville Untied Church of Christ continued, with Bob Zoni Inc Historic Preservation company helping us to finalize planned exterior restoration for that building in 2023.

    Expenses $204,749 · Grants $5,179 · Revenue $398

  • Our assembly space program continued to allow use of the historic properties in our trust for broad use for community events, nonprofits, and social gatherings. The Red Cross of America ran Mobile Blood Drives, weekly and without fail, at our facilities throughout the year. With the greatest fear of the pandemic past, we began to see an upturn in use of our assembly space program, steadily watching people come back out to socially gather. We hosted roughly one thousand five hundred community, nonprofit, and social gatherings during 2022, managing to come back a significant portion to pre-pandemic levels, though community turn out to activities was much reduced, even though the number of activities had increased past pre-pandemic levels.

    Expenses $40,285 · Grants $2,707 · Revenue $123,729

  • Our Arts and Culture Program provides studio space for artists, venues for performances and showcases and cultural events, space for arts classes and rehearsals, and tools for artistic productions, produced both in partnership with artists and offering our services as tools for artists to produce their own events. It also provides home for culturally significant programming from sub-cultures across Connecticut, including Christian worship & artistic services across denominations, including Pentecostals, UCCs, Episcopalians, Evangelicals, Roman Catholics, and more, and other significant worship and cultural services from across faith and traditional backgrounds. This year, both our churches and arts programming came back to operations which were near equal with pre-pandemic levels.

    Expenses $22,935 · Grants $1,560 · Revenue $71,953

  • Our Coworking Program provides a dynamic shared and private working environment that brings together startups, seasoned professionals, remote researches, freelancers, and solopreneurs, in a public space where they interact more regularly with each other and their community with lower overhead to insure viability of their small businesses, and to give new entrepreneurs a chance to make it in and a reason to stay in our local economy. Our Partner Coworking Organizations: CEIO, Black Infinity Collective, Public Allies CT, Students for Educational Justice, Real Clear Foundation, and our solo-preneurs, did coworking actiivities in our facilities utilizing both communal spaces and private offices.

    Expenses $21,314 · Grants $1,382 · Revenue $61,466

  • Our Materials and Information Library program allows us to offer a curated repository of items and information for managed public use, both onsite and offsite. It includes books, tables, chairs, multi-media equipment, office supplies, kitchen tools, lawn care tools, and more. It also includes our databases of information about the historic property, Whitneyville, and Greater New Haven, allowing us to slowly build a representation of our community that can let us help people find services and resources that they need that we don't provide. As we get repeated requests for objects to be available for use while at the WCC, we acquire them and add them to our library of objects. This year we installed curtain tracking across our Whitney Room, creating a means of using equipment to partition rooms in unique setups.

    Expenses $13,793 · Grants $364 · Revenue $2,929

  • We produce, on our own and in partnership with members of the community and other organizations, classes and workshops designed to offering education to the community at large, in any topic or area of interest that serves the benefit of our community members. This year we partnered with the Winnett Food Forest, a permaculture community project seeking to build a food garden using permaculture principles in the Whitneyville neighborhood, and educate residents about permaculture.

    Expenses $11,287 · Grants $658 · Revenue $20,792

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Sheiman

    Executive Director, Assistant Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $15,600
    From this org
    $15,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tamberlaine Harris

    President and Member of the Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rebecca Mandell

    Member of the Board of Directors, Secretary of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Marchant-Shapiro

    Member of the Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Addys Castillo

    Member of the Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denya McGee

    Member of the Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brendan Smith

    Vice President, Treasurer

    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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333189349318918

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