Totals
- Total revenue
- $19,058,612
- Total expenses
- $9,678,671
- Contributions and grants received
- $15,251,784
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,675,064
- Investment income
- $1,635,271
- Other revenue
- $496,493
- Total assets, end of year
- $61,637,712
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,390,285
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $60,247,427
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,468,911
- Management and general expenses
- $2,277,627
- Fundraising expenses
- $932,133
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,468,911
Program services were 66.8% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$281,267
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1c · Fundraising events
$31,089
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,028,562
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$13,910,866
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$7,320,998
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2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS
total $1,675,064 · related or exempt $1,675,064
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3 · Investment income
total $924,746 · excluded $924,746
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6a · Gross rents
real property $155,150
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $155,150
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $155,150 · related or exempt $155,150
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $20,404,097
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $19,693,572
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $710,525
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $710,525 · related or exempt $710,525
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$50,571
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$31,089
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$55,221
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$4,650
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$547,157
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$253,467
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $293,690 · related or exempt $216,953 · unrelated business $76,737
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $52,258 · excluded $52,258
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11b · Other revenue: SALE OF COLLECTION ITEMS
total $45 · related or exempt $45
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11e · Other revenue, total
$52,303
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $440,290 · program services $132,087 · management and general $132,087 · fundraising $176,116
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,436,282 · program services $3,023,250 · management and general $1,100,211 · fundraising $312,821
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $144,742 · program services $114,452 · management and general $27,487 · fundraising $2,803
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $668,613 · program services $496,138 · management and general $134,275 · fundraising $38,200
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $415,814 · program services $303,098 · management and general $84,730 · fundraising $27,986
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11b · Fees: legal
total $6,047 · management and general $6,047
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $21,000 · management and general $21,000
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $8,791 · fundraising $8,791
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $90,909 · management and general $90,909
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,027,609 · program services $732,058 · management and general $196,164 · fundraising $99,387
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $62,799 · program services $448 · management and general $1,958 · fundraising $60,393
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13 · Office expenses
total $135,196 · program services $30,218 · management and general $25,347 · fundraising $79,631
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14 · Information technology
total $17,250 · program services $5,076 · management and general $12,174
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16 · Occupancy
total $329,022 · program services $313,650 · management and general $15,372
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17 · Travel
total $121,565 · program services $63,509 · management and general $53,858 · fundraising $4,198
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $62,158 · program services $14,411 · management and general $16,916 · fundraising $30,831
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20 · Interest
total $44,281 · program services $30,111 · management and general $14,170
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $691,486 · program services $484,040 · management and general $207,446
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23 · Insurance
total $295,151 · program services $231,891 · management and general $33,745 · fundraising $29,515
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24a · Other expenses: VEHICLE & EQUIPMENT MAINT
total $150,275 · program services $136,898 · management and general $10,390 · fundraising $2,987
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24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS & SUPPLIES
total $132,040 · program services $115,403 · management and general $9,996 · fundraising $6,641
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24c · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD CHARGES
total $107,288 · program services $92,730 · fundraising $14,558
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24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
total $90,053 · program services $15,448 · management and general $48,219 · fundraising $26,386
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24e · All other expenses
total $180,010 · program services $133,995 · management and general $35,126 · fundraising $10,889
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $131,876 · end of year $248,608
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $7,926 · end of year $7,906
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,851,062 · end of year $3,241,277
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $145,129 · end of year $149,256
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $201,205 · end of year $211,612
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $264,933 · end of year $225,463
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$32,148,021
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$13,664,291
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $17,532,941 · end of year $18,483,730
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $31,865,695 · end of year $39,069,860
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $417,605 · end of year $462,272
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $97,456 · end of year $60,886
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $820,399 · end of year $750,517
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $145,110 · end of year $116,610
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $24,508,568 · end of year $22,276,646
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $26,011,629 · end of year $37,970,781
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO BROADEN OUR AUDIENCE, ENGAGE THEIR CURIOSITY, ANIMATE THEIR CREATIVITY, AND GIVE THEM AN EXTRAORDINARY, EDUCATIONAL MUSEUM EXPERIENCE.
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OPERATION OF A MUSEUM OF ART AND AMERICANA INCLUDING IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS, FOLK ART, QUILTS, TEXTILES, DECORATIVE ARTS, FURNITURE, AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY ARTIFACTS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2025, THE MUSEUM'S OVERALL VISITORS TOTALED 136,413 INCLUDING 28,349 SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED: SHELBURNE MUSEUM ORGANIZES AND PRESENTS EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. EACH YEAR THE MUSEUM PRESENTS APPROXIMATELY TEN TO TWELVE ROTATING AND PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS. DURING THE YEAR 2025, SHELBURNE MUSEUM PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING ROTATING EXHIBITIONS: MAKING A NOISE: INDIGENOUS SOUND ART; SOUND, ART, & INK: HIGHER GROUND POSTERS; HERD: KAREN PETERSEN'S BRONZE HORSES; DAHLOV IPCAR: THE POSSIBILITIES OF PATTERN; BLUEPRINT OF A COLLECTION: CYANOTYPE PHOTOGRAPHY OF DAVID SOKOSH; PORCELAIN LOVE LETTERS: THE ART OF MARA SUPERIOR; A GRAND SPECTACLE IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS: ELLIOT FERNANDER'S CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPHY; CIRCUS POSTER SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION; ROTATING QUILT INSTALLATIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. SPECIAL PROGRAMS: DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING RETURNED TO PREPANDEMIC LEVELS, BUILDING UPON AND EXPANDING PROGRAMS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024. SHELBURNE MUSEUM HOSTED PROGRAMS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA; SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUBLIC ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS; SUMMER CAMPS THAT SPECIALIZED IN ART PROGRAMMING SUCH AS KNITTING AND PRINT MAKING; YOGA CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL STUDIO; ONGOING WEBINARS REGARDING CONSERVATION EFFORTS; AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS PRE-K THROUGH COLLEGE, INCLUDING UNDERWRITING OF ADMISSION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR SCHOOLS UPON REQUEST. SHELBURNE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO HOST FREE ADMISSION EVENTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY DAY AND FREE FIRST FRIDAYS, WHICH PROVIDES FREE ADMISSION TO THE PUBLIC AFTER 3PM ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH DURING THE SEASON. THIS PROGRAM WELCOMED A TOTAL OF 8,609 VISITORS, 15 FOOD & BEVERAGE VENDORS, AND 4 LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES. IN 2025 SHELBURNE MUSEUM CONTINUED OFFERING SENSORY FRIENDLY FRIDAYS/TIMES, TO ALLOW CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SENSORY PROCESSING DIFFERENCES TIME TO VIEW SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS IN A LIGHT AND SOUND ADJUSTED ENVIRONMENT. SHELBURNE MUSEUM PLANS TO EXPAND THIS INITIATIVE IN THE COMING YEARS. IN ADDITION, SHELBURNE MUSEUM CONTINUED THE WINTER LIGHTS PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS AN OUTDOOR LIGHTSHOW & EXPERIENCE THAT RUNS FROM LATE NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY 1ST. THIS EVENT ALLOWS US TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. WINTER LIGHTS CONTINUES TO BE AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, WELCOMING OVER 58,000 VISITORS IN 2025.
Expenses $6,468,911 · Revenue $1,675,064
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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THOMAS DENENBERG
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $373,323
- From this org
- $335,934
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $37,389
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $335,934
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $17,278
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,111
- Filer's total
- $373,323
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ERIN MOORE
DIRECTOR OF
- Total calculated
- $135,755
- From this org
- $109,211
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,544
- Hours/week
- 40
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BENJAMIN KREVOLIN
DIRECTOR OF
- Total calculated
- $124,724
- From this org
- $119,966
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,758
- Hours/week
- 40
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LESLIE WRIGHT
DIRECTOR OF
- Total calculated
- $113,652
- From this org
- $100,862
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,790
- Hours/week
- 40
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SCOTT WISE
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
MARNA DAVIS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
BAMBI PUTNAM
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
CHRISTINE STILLER
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
PETER GRAHAM
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
DIANNE PHILLIPS AVLON
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
ERIC MILLER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
ALICE FRELINGHUYSEN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
MATTHEW BAIRD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
SANDRA BERBECO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
ANDREA BERGSTEIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
HONOR BRODIE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
NANCY DRUCKMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
CHARLES GRANQUIST
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
ELIZABETH HUMMER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
CHRISTOPHER KUENNE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
PETER MARTIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
ANNE MASSEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
LISA PIZZAGALLI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
SUSAN SIM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
ALICE SPENCER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
THOMAS SULLIVAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202630429349300433
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