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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL SOC OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF MD.

Totals

Total revenue
$309,869
Total expenses
$194,297
Contributions and grants received
$124,153
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$185,716
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,277,057
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,277,057
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$112,386
Management and general expenses
$81,911
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$112,386

Program services were 57.8% 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

    $41,518

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $82,635

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $91,587 · related or exempt $91,587

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $481,318

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

    securities $387,189

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $94,129

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $94,129 · related or exempt $94,129

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $43,192 · management and general $43,192

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,974 · management and general $14,974

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $23,745 · management and general $23,745

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,328 · program services $14,328

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,782 · program services $5,782

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $8,480 · program services $8,480

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,478 · program services $6,478

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING

    total $52,960 · program services $52,960

  • 24b · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

    total $9,745 · program services $9,745

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $8,612 · program services $8,612

  • 24d · Other expenses: SECURITY EXP

    total $3,751 · program services $3,751

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,250 · program services $2,250

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $152,565 · end of year $166,760

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $520,424 · end of year $479,351

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,362,056 · end of year $2,630,946

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,035,045 · end of year $3,277,057

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN MARYLAND WAS ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE COLONIAL HERITAGE. THE NSCDA-MD HAS OPERATED THE HISTORIC MOUNT CLARE MUSEUM HOUSE IN BALTIMORE SINCE 1917 THAT HOUSES A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY ARTIFACTS. THEY HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS ENABLING THE WINNERS TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC FOR A WEEK OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1891 TO PRESERVE COLONIAL HERITAGE. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN MARYLAND (NSCDA-MD) HAS OPERATED THE HISTORIC MOUNT CLARE MUSEUM HOUSE IN BALTIMORE SINCE 1917. THEY HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS ENABLING THE WINNERS TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC FOR A WEEK OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

  • PRESERVATION OF MOUNT CLARE HOUSE AND THE ASSOCIATED MUSEUM.

    Expenses $12,363 · Revenue $185,716

  • PRESERVATION OF COLONIAL HERITAGE BY DAMES AND AFFILIATED TOWN AND COUNTY COMMITTEES.

    Expenses $90,278

  • GRANTING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS TO ALLOW THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH A WEEK OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION HELD IN WASHINGTON DC.

    Expenses $9,745

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carol Gould

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Anne Hooper

    FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ellen Lewis

    SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hannah Moorehead

    CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Pat Berry

    REGISTRAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Woodfill Park

    HISTORIAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lindsay Thompson

    THIRD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Holly Crosby

    HOUSE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lea Fowlie

    HOUSE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rebel Boykin

    HOUSE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sue Brenchley

    HOUSE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melissa Barrett

    HOUSE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Janczy

    HOUSE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349311769

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