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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN PA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,386,394
Total expenses
$1,154,891
Contributions and grants received
$848,672
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$94,355
Investment income
$405,954
Other revenue
$37,413
Total assets, end of year
$7,581,483
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,581,483
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$797,776
Management and general expenses
$331,640
Fundraising expenses
$25,475
Program service expenses (Part III)
$797,776

Program services were 69.1% 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

    $179,110

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $669,562

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES & ASSESSMENTS

    total $86,238 · related or exempt $86,238

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEETINGS & LINEAGE

    total $4,760 · related or exempt $4,760

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $3,357 · related or exempt $3,357

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $159,396 · excluded $159,396

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $70,298

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $70,298

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $70,298 · excluded $70,298

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $765,995

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

    securities $519,437

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $246,558

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $246,558 · excluded $246,558

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $27,840

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

    $179,110

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $72,357

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$44,517 · excluded -$44,517

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $576

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $576 · excluded $576

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER MISC REVENUE

    total $11,056 · excluded $11,056

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,056

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $465,549 · program services $332,400 · management and general $122,225 · fundraising $10,924

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,641 · program services $2,635 · management and general $5,919 · fundraising $87

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,436 · program services $5,408 · management and general $1,851 · fundraising $177

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,477 · program services $26,529 · management and general $9,076 · fundraising $872

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,149 · management and general $39,149

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $29,048 · management and general $29,048

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,702 · management and general $16,702

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $49,098 · program services $28,028 · management and general $21,070

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,537 · management and general $11,537

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,608 · management and general $27,608

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,612 · program services $11,066 · management and general $1,546

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $23,880 · program services $23,880

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,821 · program services $4,509 · management and general $28,312

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $147,819 · program services $140,900 · management and general $6,919

  • 24b · Other expenses: STENTON EDUCATION PROG.

    total $134,581 · program services $134,581

  • 24c · Other expenses: CAPITAL PROJECTS

    total $65,728 · program services $65,728

  • 24d · Other expenses: PATRIOTIC SERVICES

    total $10,955 · program services $10,955

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $35,250 · program services $11,157 · management and general $10,678 · fundraising $13,415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,517 · end of year $7,558

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $48,076 · end of year $448,323

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,832,410 · end of year $7,028,741

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $145,656 · end of year $96,861

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,978,964 · end of year $3,372,706

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,067,695 · end of year $4,208,777

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA (NSCDA/PA) IS DEDICATED TO FURTHERING AN APPRECIATION OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, PATRIOTIC SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL HERITAGE VIA HISTORIC PRESERVATION, PATRIOTIC SERVICE & EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS.

  • THE NSCDA/PA IS AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN THAT ACTIVELY PROMOTES AN APPRECIATION OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE THROUGH PRESERVATION, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS. SINCE 1899, THE NSCDA/PA HAS ADMINISTERED STENTON, THE C.1730 HOME OF WILLIAM PENN'S SECRETARY, JAMES LOGAN. TODAY, STENTON IS WHERE MANY OF THE SOCIETY'S EXCITING PUBLIC AND SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS TAKE PLACE, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING HISTORY HUNTERS PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES OVER 3,000 PHILADELPHIA SCHOOLCHILDREN EACH YEAR. A MEMBER OF HISTORIC GERMANTOWN, STENTON WORKS CLOSELY WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP OF 16 EXTRAORDINARY HISTORIC HOUSES AND DESTINATIONS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND SHARE SOME OF PHILADELPHIA'S MOST IMPORTANT HISTORICAL ASSETS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.)THE SOCIETY ALSO SUPPORTS WOODVILLE, A HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM LOCATED NEAR PITTSBURGH, AND PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS RELATING TO PATRIOTIC SERVICE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, SUCH AS NATIONAL HISTORY DAY.

    Expenses $797,776 · Revenue $94,355

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DENNIS S PICKERAL

    DIRECTOR STENTON

    Total calculated
    $111,170
    From this org
    $104,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,945
    Hours/week
    40
  • VIRGINIA J WHELAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHELLE MICKEY L HERR

    FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELISE W CARR

    SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHELE LW THACKRAH

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARGOT M MCGINLEY

    CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BARBARA S WOOD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LUCY M STRACKHOUSE

    REGISTRAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEE S GUERTIN

    HISTORIAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARGARET H SENTMAN

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BLYTHE B DAVIS

    ASSOCIATE STATES REGISTRAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LISA S TODD

    ALLEGHENY COUNTY CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOANNE Y CALVERT

    LANCASTER/DAUPHIN/YORK CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KELSEY E SKIC

    PROGRAM CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DORA L ROGERS

    DEVELOPMENT CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELIZABETH MACLEAN LAURENT

    HEADQUARTERS CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMANDA QUINN

    MEMBERSHIP CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARGARET M CONVER

    MUSEUM ALLIANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GWENDOLYN W BRYANT

    MISSION ENGAGEMENT CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • COLLEEN H MCCAULEY

    GOVERNANCE CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARION T LANE

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARY LOUISE SHENK

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KAELYN CLARK

    COMMUNICATIONS CMTE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUSAN BROSTROM

    ASSOC. STATES REGISTRAR TO MAY 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARY ANN B WIRTS

    PRESIDENT TO MAY 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LYNN R SALVO

    MANAGER TO MAY 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALICE LEA TASMAN

    DEVELOPMENT CMTE CHAIR TO MAY 2024

    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
2024
Filed
17 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503529349300115

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