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← BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$310,356
Total expenses
$467,150
Contributions and grants received
$178,103
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$106,109
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$26,144
Total assets, end of year
$4,249,665
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,540,326
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,709,339
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$366,202
Management and general expenses
$100,948
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$366,202

Program services were 78.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $75,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $102,603

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NAMING RIGHTS

    total $48,000 · related or exempt $48,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $46,891 · related or exempt $46,891

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GIFT SHOP SALES

    total $11,218 · related or exempt $11,218

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $26,144 · related or exempt $26,144

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $26,144

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $61,525 · program services $61,525

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,641 · program services $6,641

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $595 · management and general $595

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,330 · management and general $10,330

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,122 · program services $29,437 · management and general $1,685

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,324 · management and general $7,324

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,346 · program services $8,510 · management and general $2,836

  • 20 · Interest

    total $55,225 · program services $41,419 · management and general $13,806

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $205,778 · program services $154,334 · management and general $51,444

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $43,944 · program services $32,958 · management and general $10,986

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBER AND PROGRAM EXPE

    total $24,484 · program services $24,484

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $6,894 · program services $6,894

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,942 · management and general $1,942

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,576 · end of year $29,089

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,990 · end of year $9,777

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,131 · end of year $13,131

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

    $4,987,798

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

    $790,130

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,403,446 · end of year $4,197,668

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,010 · end of year $6,326

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $816,000 · end of year $768,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $225,000 · end of year $216,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $550,000 · end of year $550,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,866,133 · end of year $2,709,339

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A JOYFUL, ACCESSIBLE, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DESTINATION THAT FOSTERS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES: FOCUSING ON BUFFALO'S HISTORY OF CAROUSEL MANUFACTURING; THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ERIE CANAL, AND WESTERN NEW YORK'S CONTRIBUTION TO CREATING AND HARNESSING RENEWABLE ENERGIES, THROUGH THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF RIDING A HISTORIC CAROUSEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL, INC., A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHICH OWNS, OPERATES AND MAINTAINS A FULLY RESTORED 1924 SPILLMAN ENGINEERING CORPORATION, SOLAR-POWERED CAROUSEL THAT IS THE CATALYST, DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY THROUGH PLAY AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES.

  • THE BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A JOYFUL, ACCESSIBLE, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DESTINATION THAT FOSTERS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES: FOCUSING ON BUFFALO'S HISTORY OF CAROUSEL MANUFACTURING; THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ERIE CANAL, AND WESTERN NEW YORK'S CONTRIBUTION TO CREATING AND HARNESSING RENEWABLE ENERGIES, THROUGH THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF RIDING A HISTORIC CAROUSEL.

    Expenses $366,202 · Revenue $132,253

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Depalma

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Elizabeth Bozer Augustus

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Peter Desabio

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Marika Woods-Frankenstein

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dan Bozer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Antone Alber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Pasquarello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Smyton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brittany McClain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Cranston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tracie Schafer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Kresse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Don Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Dinicolantonio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carima El-Behairy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,771
    From this org
    $1,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523099349301617

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