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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FIRELANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$115,246
Total expenses
$42,962
Contributions and grants received
$79,472
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$825
Investment income
$7,659
Other revenue
$27,290
Total assets, end of year
$600,325
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$600,325
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$40,760
Management and general expenses
$2,202
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$40,760

Program services were 94.9% 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

    $4,740

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $74,732

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $825 · related or exempt $825

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,833 · excluded $5,833

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $2,025

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

    securities $199

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$199 · other assets $2,025

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,826 · related or exempt $1,826

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $32,928

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,754

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $26,174

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $82

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $82 · related or exempt $82

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $574 · related or exempt $574

  • 11b · Other revenue: LIBRARY RENT

    total $360 · related or exempt $360

  • 11c · Other revenue: MEETING ROOM RENTAL

    total $100 · related or exempt $100

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,034

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,800 · program services $2,800

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $850 · program services $850

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,965 · program services $4,965

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,510 · program services $3,510

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,016 · program services $8,016

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,006 · program services $6,004 · management and general $2,002

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,110 · program services $3,110

  • 24a · Other expenses: GIFTS & DONATIONS

    total $3,701 · program services $3,701

  • 24b · Other expenses: SECURTIY & PROTECTION

    total $3,085 · program services $3,085

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,744 · program services $1,744

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $1,656 · program services $1,656

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,519 · program services $1,319 · management and general $200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $209,899 · end of year $262,043

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

    $440,209

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

    $240,161

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $415,209 · end of year $200,048

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $171,261 · end of year $138,234

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $796,369 · end of year $600,325

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PROMOTES AND PRESERVES THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FIRELANDS AREA IN NORTHERN OHIO AT THE FIRELANDS MUSEUM AND LANING-YOUNG RESEARCH CENTER LOCATED ON CASE AVE., NORWALK, OHIO.

  • FIRELANDS MUSEUM- THE FIRELANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPERATES THE FIRELANDS MUSEUM AT 4 CASE AVE., NORWALK, OHIO. THE MUSEUM IS THE OLDEST OPERATING MUSEUM IN OHIO. HOUSED WITHIN THE THREE-STORY MUSEUM BUILDING IS A LARGE COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND ANTIQUES INCLUDING A CIVIL WAR ERA GUN COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM IS OPERATED BY AN ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF AND CURATOR. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2022 A TOTAL OF 318 VISITORS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS VISITED THE MUSEUM.

    Expenses $15,619 · Revenue $825

  • LANING-YOUNG RESEARCH CENTER- THE FIRELANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUSEUM OPERATES THE LANING-YOUNG RESEARCH CENTER AT 7 CASE AVE., NORWALK, OHIO. HOUSED WITHIN THE RESEARCH CENTER IS A COLLECTION OF LOCAL, COUNTY AND VARIOUS STATE HISTORIES, FAMILY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, LOCAL RECORDS AND A VAST COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FIRELANDS AREA. THE RESEARCH CENTER ALSO HOUSES A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ARTIFACT COLLECTION AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT AND FARM ITEMS USED ON FARMS WITHIN THE FIRELANDS AREA. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2022, A TOTAL OF 115 SCHOLARS, GENEALOGISTS, MEMBERS, STUDENTS AND VISITORS MADE USE OF THE RECORDS AND COLLECTIONS LOCATED AT THE LANING-YOUNG RESEARCH CENTER.

    Expenses $6,992 · Revenue $60,144

  • PROGRAMS AND DISPLAYS- AS PART OF ITS MISSION, THE FIRELANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY SPONSORED 17 HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC DURING 2022. DURING THE YEAR, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTINUED TO ADD ARTIFACTS AND DISPLAYS TO ITS NORTHERN AMERICAN INDIAN EXHIBIT AT THE LANING-YOUNG RESEARCH CENTER. TOTAL ATTENDANCE IN 2022 FOR THE VARIOUS EVENTS AMOUNTED TO 700 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $9,345

  • THE FIRELANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTED VARIOUS INFORMATIVE PROGRAMS TO ITS MEMBERS, GUESTS AND SCHOLARS DEALING WITH THE LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FIRELANDS AREA.

    Expenses $8,804

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathleen Schaffer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Chris Hipp

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diane Meyer

    1ST VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Fred Downey

    2ND VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sally Jenkins

    SECRETERY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dan Rood

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anna Bristol

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Day

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Harlan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Knadler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Lydy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Reer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dick Suhr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deette Zimmerman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Burr

    TRUSTEE

    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
9 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302209349300700

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