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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,928,348
Total expenses
$1,959,151
Contributions and grants received
$2,331,212
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$180,008
Investment income
$268,434
Other revenue
$148,694
Total assets, end of year
$9,639,827
Total liabilities, end of year
$110,954
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,528,873
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,155,377
Management and general expenses
$800,258
Fundraising expenses
$3,516
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,155,377

Program services were 59.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $56,310

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $263,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $31,105

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,980,297

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS & PROGRAM F

    total $180,008 · related or exempt $180,008

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $170,855 · excluded $170,855

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $44,935

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $2,000

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $42,935

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $42,935 · excluded $42,935

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $649,809

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

    securities $552,230

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $97,579

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $97,579 · excluded $97,579

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $325,615

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

    $263,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $253,126

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $72,489 · excluded $72,489

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $114,251

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $80,981

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $33,270 · excluded $33,270

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $172,263 · program services $153,313 · management and general $18,950

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $588,134 · program services $522,080 · management and general $66,054

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $63,725 · program services $56,580 · management and general $7,145

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $61,572 · program services $54,729 · management and general $6,843

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,000 · management and general $29,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,915 · management and general $17,915

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $312,109 · program services $18,876 · management and general $293,233

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75,068 · program services $16,351 · management and general $58,717

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,602 · program services $5,612 · management and general $12,990

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,513 · program services $9,317 · management and general $17,196

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $110,259 · program services $109,884 · management and general $375

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,041 · program services $1,786 · management and general $3,012 · fundraising $243

  • 20 · Interest

    total $26 · management and general $26

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $98,672 · management and general $98,672

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $62,210 · management and general $62,210

  • 24a · Other expenses: COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIO

    total $88,364 · program services $88,364

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT

    total $52,278 · program services $49,098 · management and general $479 · fundraising $2,701

  • 24c · Other expenses: INVESTMENT EXPENSES

    total $29,894 · management and general $29,894

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $20,988 · management and general $20,988

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $126,518 · program services $69,387 · management and general $56,559 · fundraising $572

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $139,176 · end of year $95,204

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $32,525 · end of year $1,119,519

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,654 · end of year $10,454

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $87,938 · end of year $87,565

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,096 · end of year $19,581

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

    $3,574,790

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

    $1,140,406

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,438,113 · end of year $2,434,384

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,886,042 · end of year $5,232,165

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $614,741 · end of year $640,955

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,096 · end of year $100,879

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,625 · end of year $10,075

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,948,305 · end of year $5,309,614

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,219,259 · end of year $4,219,259

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE THE ARTIFACTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, PUBLICATIONS AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS THAT RELATE TO THE HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY RI; TO MAKE THESE MATERIALS READILY AVAILABLE FOR BOTH RESEARCH AND ENJOYMENT; AND TO ACT AS A RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY- MAINTAIN HISTORIC COLLECTIONS- PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

  • COLLECTIONS - PRESERVE AND PROTECT OBJECTS, ARTIFACTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND BOOKS, AND MAINTAIN A HISTORICAL RESEARCH LIBRARY WHICH IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $464,832

  • EDUCATION- EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON REGIONAL HISTORY THROUGH MEANS SUCH AS WALKING TOURS OF CITY, HISTORIC SITE TOURS, LECTURES AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $551,400 · Revenue $180,008

  • BRICK MARKET MUSEUM- MUSEUM LOCATED IN NEWPORT RI THAT MAINTAINS AND DISPLAYS COLLECTIONS, OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NO ADMITTANCE FEE CHARGED, MUSEUM STORE.PROPERTIES- MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

    Expenses $139,145

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Pam Kelley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Cushing Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joanna Baker De Neufville

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne Hamilton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harriet Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Brickley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Leatherman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul McGreevy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Douglas Newhouse

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Pearson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dwight Sipprelle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Akeia De Barros Gomes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,077
    From this org
    $2,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Stuart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy David

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dorienne Farzan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Lloyd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leila Ray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Parker Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Benson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathryn Streator

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rebecca Bertrand

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,186
    From this org
    $164,405
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,781
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,405
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,781
    Filer's total
    $170,186

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349312113

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