Totals
- Total revenue
- $364,846
- Total expenses
- $416,118
- Contributions and grants received
- $215,496
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $153,635
- Investment income
- -$4,285
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $345,810
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $114,031
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $231,779
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $312,504
- Management and general expenses
- $52,782
- Fundraising expenses
- $50,832
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $312,504
Program services were 75.1% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$13,065
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$202,431
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2a · Program service revenue: Advertising revenue
total $8,632 · unrelated business $8,632
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2b · Program service revenue: Book sales
total $11,261 · related or exempt $11,261
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2c · Program service revenue: Magazine sales
total $2,510 · related or exempt $2,510
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2d · Program service revenue: Organizational partners
total $64,762 · related or exempt $48,571 · unrelated business $16,191
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2e · Program service revenue: Subscriptions
total $66,302 · related or exempt $66,302
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $168 · excluded $168
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3 · Investment income
total $4,260 · excluded $4,260
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $111,028
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $119,573
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$8,545
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$8,545 · related or exempt -$8,545
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $77,000 · program services $57,750 · management and general $11,550 · fundraising $7,700
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $75,964 · program services $71,999 · management and general $3,965
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $3,450 · program services $2,927 · management and general $350 · fundraising $173
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,080 · program services $10,209 · management and general $1,244 · fundraising $627
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,750 · management and general $3,750
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $1,061 · management and general $1,061
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11g · Fees: other
total $96,624 · program services $87,588 · management and general $9,036
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $34,620 · fundraising $34,620
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,290 · program services $2,184 · management and general $2,053 · fundraising $2,053
-
14 · Information technology
total $5,722 · program services $2,861 · fundraising $2,861
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $494 · program services $247 · management and general $247
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $696 · management and general $696
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $4,111 · program services $1,788 · management and general $2,323
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24a · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $52,052 · program services $52,052
-
24b · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $24,983 · program services $19,387 · management and general $2,798 · fundraising $2,798
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24c · Other expenses: Special events
total $11,337 · management and general $11,337
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24d · Other expenses: Program honoraria
total $2,600 · program services $2,600
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,284 · program services $912 · management and general $2,372
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $110,950 · end of year $31,380
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $123,195 · end of year $75,150
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $20,310 · end of year $60,018
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $20,325 · end of year $17,344
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $109,186 · end of year $161,918
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $19,771 · end of year $8,192
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $90,452 · end of year $105,839
-
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $273,743 · end of year $231,779
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
To educate the general public about the history and cultural heritage of the State of Connecticut and the role the State and its citizens have played as part of the American experience.
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Connecticut Explored, Inc.Form 990-EZ, FYE 8/31/2023Part III, Program Service AccomplishmentsExplanation of program activities and accomplishmentsProgram Accomplishments FY 2022 - 2023Four issues of Connecticut Explored, circulation 6,000 per issue Volume 21, Number 1: Winter 2022-23: theme of citizen historians. Included stories on the New London Black Heritage Trail and the Irish Heritage Trail; anti-racist pedagogy; preserving the histories of attorneys of color, cemeteries, and Martin Luther King, Jr.s time in the tobacco fields; and Shaker furniture. Volume 21, Number 2: Spring 2023: theme of the power of place. Included stories on Hartfords Vietnamese community, archaeology on the Eastern Pequot reservation, zoning and racial discrimination in West Hartford, shade tobacco, and Hubbard Park in Meridan. Volume 21, Number 3: Summer 2023: theme of islands. Included stories about the Indigenous effort to preserve ownership of Thirty Mile Island; Pine Islands menhaden industry; the Puerto Rican migration to Willimantic; and Outer Island. Volume 21, Number 4: Fall 2023: theme of law and legalities. Included stories about Yale locks and trademark; a witchcraft accusation against a doctor in Wethersfield; New Haven court records; P.T. Barnums time in jail for libel; Ida Holmes Braxton, Harriet Beecher Stowes maid who went on to become an important figure in womens club organizations; and the Litchfield Law School. Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history, won a Connecticut League of History Organizations Award of Merit in 2023. GTN had 30,106 unique downloads in one year and 159,324 total. The staff created new social media pages for the podcast and published 24 semi-monthly episodes on topics including: Connecticuts Would-Be Woodstock (945 downloads); Stories from Connecticuts Western Reserve in Ohio (939); The Legendary Toads Place Nightclub in New Haven (913); Carbonated Connecticut (869); and Theodate Pope Survives the Sinking of the Lusitania (884). Where I Live: Connecticut, a social studies book, e-book, and website for third and fourth graders, published in Fall 2017 and in use by more than 20,000 students. Venture Smiths Colonial Connecticut, a social studies book, e-book, and website for grades 5 8, published in September 2019. Additional education resources for K-12 provided via ctexplored.org/teach and CTHistoryforKids.org.Connecticut Explored receives the benefit of substantial contributed services in producing the quarterly magazine, which are not reflected in the functional expenses reported in Form 990, Part IX.Many of the articles in the magazine are written and photographs reprinted with no compensation or minimal honoraria or rights fees, including the state historian who provides a quarterly column without compensation.
Expenses $312,504 · Revenue $153,635
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Connecticut Explored receives the benefit of substantial contributed services in producing the quarterly magazine, which are not reflected in the functional expenses reported in Form 990, Part IX.Many of the articles in the magazine are written and photographs reprinted with no compensation or minimal honoraria or rights fees, including the state historian who provides a quarterly column without compensation.
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Less in-kind services not to be included in functional expenses on Form 990, Part IX.0
As filed on the 2022 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Kathy Hermes
Publisher+ExDir
- Total calculated
- $77,000
- From this org
- $77,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
-
Darlene Kascak
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Edward Spinella
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Olivia White
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Clarissa Ceglio
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kendall Wiggin
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Michael Markowicz
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
- 2022
- Filed
- 15 July 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202432059349301368
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