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← NEW CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NEW CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,104,929
Total expenses
$610,872
Contributions and grants received
$1,103,941
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,613
Investment income
$47,095
Other revenue
-$59,720
Total assets, end of year
$4,926,092
Total liabilities, end of year
$51,175
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,874,917
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$390,107
Management and general expenses
$149,218
Fundraising expenses
$71,547
Program service expenses (Part III)
$390,107

Program services were 63.9% 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

    $95,194

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $105,818

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $75,281

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $827,648

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $13,613 · related or exempt $13,613

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $47,095 · related or exempt $47,095

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $6,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $6,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $6,000 · related or exempt $6,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $105,818

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $75,845

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$75,845 · excluded -$75,845

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $10,625

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $500

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $10,125 · related or exempt $10,125

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $270,455 · program services $189,319 · management and general $29,750 · fundraising $51,386

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,573 · program services $18,601 · management and general $2,923 · fundraising $5,049

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,547 · program services $14,239 · management and general $18,308

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,975 · program services $6,380 · fundraising $1,595

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $82,594 · program services $57,816 · management and general $16,519 · fundraising $8,259

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,298 · program services $13,723 · management and general $2,745 · fundraising $1,830

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $66,828 · program services $26,731 · management and general $40,097

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $38,752 · program services $25,189 · management and general $13,563

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXHIBITS

    total $34,681 · program services $34,681

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL PROJECTS

    total $15,000 · management and general $15,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,169 · program services $3,428 · management and general $10,313 · fundraising $3,428

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $82,791 · end of year $32,011

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $508,993 · end of year $215,343

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $20,594

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $7,887 · end of year $7,886

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $250 · end of year $7,084

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

    $2,853,729

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

    $1,393,835

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,326,217 · end of year $1,459,894

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,127,051 · end of year $3,035,415

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $118,947 · end of year $147,337

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $528

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,579 · end of year $51,175

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,831,868 · end of year $4,179,641

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $325,689 · end of year $695,276

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE NEW CANAAN MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY TELLS THE STORY OF THE TOWN AND ITS GREATER COMMUNITY. THROUGH COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, THE MUSEUM CELEBRATES HISTORY AND EXPLORES ITS IMPACT ON THE FUTURE.

  • THE SOCIETY'S DAILY OPERATIONS ENCOMPASS MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES: THE SOCIETY MAINTAINS AND OPERATES NEW CANAAN'S FIRST TOWN HALL (1825), NOW EXPANDED TO HOUSE A LIBRARY AND VALUT WITH DOCUMENTS, GENEALOGIES, ART AND ARTIFACTS, AS WELL AS THE SILLIMAN-MONROE-CODY DRUG STORE MUSEUM (1846) AND AN EXTENSIVE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE COLLECTION; THE HANFORD-SILLIMAN HOUSE MUSEUM (C.1764); THE RODGERS STUDIO MUSEUM (1878); THE TOOL MUSEUM AND NINETEETH-CENTURY PRINTING OFFICE; THE ROCK SCHOOL (1799); OFF CAMPUS THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE (1855), AND THE MID-CENTURY MODERN GORES PAVILLION (1960). IT OPERATES A RESEARCH LIBRARY; A FULL SCHEUDLE OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS; A PLAQUING PROGRAM FOR HISTORIC HOMES; PUBLICATIONS ON NEW CANAAN'S HISTORY. IT HAS THREE GALLERY SPACES AND PUTS ON EXHIBITIONS IN EACH OF THOSE. IT RUNS PROGRAMS, EVENTS AND LECTURES. THE LARGEST PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL 2023 WERE: 1. OCTOBER4DESIGN, A MONTH LONG SERICES OF PROGRAMS, LECTURES, AND ACTIVITES INVOLVING ARCHITECTURE, ART, AND DESIGN. 2. STEP INTO SUMMER - MAJOR SPRING FUNDRAISER3. ICE CREAM SOCIAL - OUTREACH WHEREBY WE WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND HAVE ICE CREAM AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL WE OFFER.

    Expenses $390,107

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lawrence Caldwell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Janet Lanaway

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Thomas Monahan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Matthew Bloom

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Demuth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Janice Luddy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brock Saxe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barb Achenbaum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hugo Alves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Adam Benenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alec Casey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ellen Cummings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Doug Dooley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Farley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Freedgood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Diane Jenkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Mark Markiewicz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jackie Shapiro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Allison Zinczenko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • James Bach

    HONOARY BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Susan Bishop

    HONOARY BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Nancy Geary

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,000
    From this org
    $170,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $170,000

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

None.

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
2022
Filed
13 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420459349300827

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