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← WOOD ISLAND LIFE SAVING STATION ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WOOD ISLAND LIFE SAVING STATION ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$537,676
Total expenses
$536,075
Contributions and grants received
$537,676
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$46,132
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$3,868
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$482,699
Management and general expenses
$20,097
Fundraising expenses
$33,279
Program service expenses (Part III)
$482,699

Program services were 90.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $537,676

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,856

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,561 · management and general $2,561

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $23,809 · fundraising $23,809

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,197 · management and general $8,197

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,172 · program services $11,172

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,983 · management and general $8,983

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIFE SAVING STATION REP

    total $450,441 · program services $450,441

  • 24b · Other expenses: COLLECTION EXPENSE

    total $15,013 · program services $15,013

  • 24c · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $9,470 · fundraising $9,470

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOAT EXPENSES

    total $5,879 · program services $5,879

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $550 · program services $194 · management and general $356

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,903 · end of year $7,845

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

    $64,838

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

    $26,551

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,628 · end of year $38,287

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$5,469 · end of year -$3,868

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO STABALIZE, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN THE LIFE SAVING STATION ON WOOD ISLAND IN KITTERY MAINE FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND EDUCATION OF THE CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • THE HISTORIC 1908 LIFESAVING STATION ON WOOD ISLAND IN KITTERY PT. MAINE BEGAN ITS RESTORATION IN 2016. THAT YEAR ENDED WITH THE BUILDING CLEAN, SAFE, AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE RESTORATION OF THE BUILDING'S EXTERIOR WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 2017. IN 2018 A MASSIVE NEW SEA WALL AND HISTORIC SHED WERE REBUILT USING LABOR DONATED BY THE MAINE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. ALSO ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS BEGAN IN THE STATION. FOR 2019 THE OTHER SEA WALL WAS RECONSTRUCTED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD AND ADDITIONAL UTILITY WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. ALSO, A 50 FOOT TALL "WRECK POLE" WAS INSTALLED FOR DISPLAYING FLAGS AND ALSO REENACTING DRILLS THAT THE SURFMEN PRACTICED 100 YEARS AGO. IN 2020 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PIER AND MARINE RAILWAY WERE BUILT. FOR 2021, THE PIER / GANGWAY / MARINE RAILWAY WERE ALL COMPLETED AS WELL AS ADA RAMPING. IN 2022 THE INTERIOR WAS THE FOCUS OF THE RESTORATION WITH WALLS, WOODWORK, ELECTRICAL FIXTURES AND PLASTER BEING INSTALLED. THE HISTORIC RESCUE BOAT, THE MERVIN ROBERTS, COMPLETED ITS NEARLY TWO YEAR RESTORATION AND WAS LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY. MANY OF THE LAST DETAILS OF THE INTERIOR WERE THE FOCUS OF 2023. FINISHED FLOORING, STAIRS AND THE LAST OF THE PLASTER AND PAINT WORK WERE ALL INSTALLED. IN 2024 THE MARITIME MUSEUM AT WOOD ISLAND OPENED FOR THE PUBLIC IN AUGUST AFTER THE LAST OF THE PLUMBING AND INTERIOR CARPENTRY WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN MAY, JUNE AND JULY. NEARLY 1,000 VISITORS ENJOYED VISITING THE ISLAND AND MORE ARE EXPECTED IN 2025.

    Expenses $482,699

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

Listed in Part VII

  • SAMUEL REID

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JAKE WINEBAUM

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURENCE BUSSEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLEN GARVEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN GRAVES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES MCPHERSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TARA SHERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARRY YERDON

    DIRECTOR

    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
7 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202500979349301905

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