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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OZAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$160,867
Total expenses
$112,420
Contributions and grants received
$107,974
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$17,606
Investment income
$4,487
Other revenue
$30,800
Total assets, end of year
$3,912,775
Total liabilities, end of year
$37
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,912,738
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$96,139
Management and general expenses
$16,281
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$96,139

Program services were 85.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $16,920

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $45,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $45,554

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,845

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $13,581 · related or exempt $13,581

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $4,025 · related or exempt $4,025

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,487 · excluded $4,487

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,270

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,270

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,270 · excluded $16,270

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $44,454

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

    $16,920

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $33,357

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $11,097 · excluded $11,097

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,207

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $530

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,677 · related or exempt $1,677

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,756 · excluded $1,756

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,756

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,502 · program services $16,502

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $904 · program services $904

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,226 · program services $1,226

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,987 · management and general $2,987

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,312 · program services $4,312

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,762 · management and general $6,762

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,965 · management and general $1,965

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,215 · program services $13,215

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,818 · program services $16,818

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,098 · program services $6,098

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $35,731 · program services $35,731

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD MEETINGS AND CLAS

    total $1,585 · management and general $1,585

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SUB

    total $989 · program services $989

  • 24d · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSE

    total $830 · management and general $830

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,496 · program services $344 · management and general $2,152

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $60,896 · end of year $85,759

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $232,338 · end of year $231,797

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

    $3,626,328

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

    $31,109

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,571,058 · end of year $3,595,219

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1 · end of year $37

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,695,451 · end of year $3,733,071

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $168,840 · end of year $179,667

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE OZAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SEEKS TO PRESERVE, ADVANCE, DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF OZAUKEE COUNTY THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, AND PROGRAMMING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE/HISTORY THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, AND PROGRAMMING.

  • THE OZAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN ITS OFFICE IN THE HISTORIC INTERURBAN DEPOT LOCATED IN CEDARBURG, WI AND CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN ITS OZAUKEE COUNTY PIONEER VILLAGE LOCATION IN SAUKVILLE. OZAUKEE COUNTY PIONEER VILLAGE INCLUDES 24 HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT DATE BACK TO 1840. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO MAINTAINS STONY HILL SCHOOL IN FREDONIA, A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL FROM THE MID-1800'S THAT IS KNOWN TO BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF OUR NATIONAL FLAG DAY.

    Expenses $64,919 · Revenue $19,283

  • THE OZAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INSTALLED NEW HVAC SYSTEMS ON TWO FLOORS OF ITS OFFICES AND ARCHIVES IN CEDARBURG. A GRANT WAS RECEIVED IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,000 FROM THE GREATER CEDARBURG FOUNDATION ALONG WITH OTHER PRIVATE DONATIONS OF WHICH $7,400 WAS COLLECTED IN 2023.

    Expenses $19,887

  • IN 2024, A 35-FOOT ANTIQUE WINDMILL WAS ERECTED AT THE ENTRANCE OF PIONEER VILLAGE WHICH EXEMPLIFIES OUR ROOTS IN FARMING AND RURAL HISTORY. AN ANTIQUE PUMP WAS ALSO INSTALLED ON THE WINDMILL PLATFORM. THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED BY VOLUNTEERS

    Expenses $11,333

  • THE STONY HILL SCHOOL PLASTER WAS REPAIRED, NEW SHUTTERS WERE MADE, ROTTED FACIA BOARDS WERE REPLACED AND BOTH THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WERE PAINTED. NEW ANTIQUE SCHOOLHOUSE LIGHT FIXTURES WERE DONATED AND INSTALLED.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • KERI EICHNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ASHLEY FULLERTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDSEY HARNESS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD LIERSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN PAULUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY ANN VELNETSKE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • ALLEN BUCHHOLZ

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • DON BORGWARDT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • BECKY MILLER

    SECRETARY

    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
202533189349308318

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