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← NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,680,077
Total expenses
$1,327,412
Contributions and grants received
$1,015,764
Grants paid
$184,343
Program service revenue
$2,721
Investment income
$611,468
Other revenue
$50,124
Total assets, end of year
$6,719,860
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,605
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,674,255
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$695,738
Management and general expenses
$328,264
Fundraising expenses
$303,410
Program service expenses (Part III)
$695,738

Program services were 52.4% 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)

    $447,116

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $568,648

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,434 · related or exempt $2,434

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $287 · related or exempt $287

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $178,808 · related or exempt -$42,207 · excluded $221,015

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,069,114

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

    securities $1,636,454

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $432,660

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $432,660 · related or exempt $432,660

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $62,842

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,718

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $50,124

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $184,343 · program services $184,343

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $683,989 · program services $339,838 · management and general $140,892 · fundraising $203,259

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $29,735 · program services $14,936 · management and general $6,016 · fundraising $8,783

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $129,980 · program services $59,218 · management and general $35,085 · fundraising $35,677

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,475 · program services $25,668 · management and general $10,141 · fundraising $15,666

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,030 · management and general $43,030

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,495 · management and general $500 · fundraising $2,995

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,135 · program services $766 · management and general $4,460 · fundraising $21,909

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,294 · program services $1,789 · management and general $36,788 · fundraising $4,717

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,916 · program services $8,010 · management and general $4,336 · fundraising $1,570

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,044 · program services $907 · management and general $4,445 · fundraising $5,692

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,926 · management and general $7,926

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,623 · management and general $3,623

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AND SUBAWARD EXP

    total $39,421 · program services $39,421

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBITS AND BOOKS

    total $20,241 · program services $20,088 · management and general $133 · fundraising $20

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $17,627 · program services $754 · management and general $16,628 · fundraising $245

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $6,294 · management and general $6,244 · fundraising $50

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,844 · management and general $8,017 · fundraising $2,827

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $643,721 · end of year $713,063

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $123,072 · end of year $71,601

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $13,794

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,451 · end of year $6,926

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

    $189,833

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

    $175,262

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,498 · end of year $14,571

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,984,368 · end of year $5,212,005

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $677,393 · end of year $687,900

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,874 · end of year $45,605

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,620,821 · end of year $1,628,902

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,801,308 · end of year $5,045,353

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SINCE 1974, NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMMANITIES HAS BROUGHT THE POWER OF IDEAS TO PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, IN EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE. OUR PROGRAMS STIMULATE MINDS, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY BONDS, BOLSTER STRUGGLING ORGANIZATIONS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR STATE'S CIVIC WEALTH. WE CONNECT THE PEOPLE OF NH TO CULTURE, HISTORY, PLACES, IDEAS, AND TO ONE ANOTHER. WE GET NH CITIZENS TALKING ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES SUCH AS IMMIGRATION, THE ROLE OF RELIGON IN AMERICAN LIFE, AND COMTEMPORARY CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES. WE INVITE CITIZENS TO REASON TOGETHER IN FACILITATED GROUPS, TO LEARN FROM AND LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER. WE OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT STRENGTHENS THE TEACHING OF HUMANITIES, K-12 AND THROUGH CONNECTIONS WE SUPPORT ADULT LITEACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, WELCOMING NEW READERS AND NEW AMERICANS INTO A WORLD OF BOOKS, IDEAS, AND OPPORTUNITY. NHHC UPDATED THEIR MISSION STATEMENT IN DECEMBER 2022: NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES CONNECTS PEOPLE AND IDEAS BY DELIVERING AND SUPPORTING STATEW

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE HUMANITIES HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR COMPLEX PAST THROUGH EXAMINATIONS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE. THEY GUIDE US IN SEEKING UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES AND ONE ANOTHER THROUGH MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT COUNT. THE HUMANITIES OPENS DOORS OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT HELP US TO BECOME FULL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

  • HUMANITIES TO GO (HTG), NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES (NHH) STATEWIDE SPEAKERS BUREAU, ALLOWS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY LECTURES TO THE PUBLIC AT MINIMAL COST. SCHOLARS DELIVER ENGAGING PRESENTATIONS ON A DIVERSE RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING NH AND US HISTORY, HISTORIC EVENTS, AND CURRENT ISSUES. BY PROVIDING FUNDS TO HOST ORGANIZATIONS TO COVER THE PRESENTERS HONORARIUM, NHH ENSURES THAT LIBRARIES, NONPROFITS, AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WITH LIMITED FUNDING AND STAFFING HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $107,462 · Grants $107,400

  • NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE TO CREATE THEIR OWN PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING. FROM DYNAMIC LECTURES AND FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS, TO WALKING TOURS, ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS, AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS, THESE PROGRAMS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO EXPLORE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND DISCUSS UNIVERSAL QUESTIONS. THROUGH GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS, NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES SUPPORTS CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY STRENGTHEN CIVIC DISCOURSE AND FOSTER AN INFORMED CITIZENRY, FUNDAMENTALLY SUPPORTING BOTH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND NATIONAL DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $489,848 · Grants $89,743

  • NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES' CONNECTIONS PROGRAM CREATES BOOK DISCUSSION SERIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS, CULTIVATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IDEAS,REINFORCE FAMILY LITERACY, AND SUPPORT A CULTURE OF READING TO MORE THAN 600 ADULT LEARNERS ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE EACH YEAR. USING A RANGE OF CHILDRENS AND ADULT LITERATURE, CONNECTIONS PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE BOOK DISCUSSIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, REFUGEES, GENERAL ADULT BASIC EDUCATION STUDENTS, AND INCARCERATED PARENTS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS TO SEE THEIR OWN STORIES IN LITERATURE, TO LEARN ABOUT PERSPECTIVES DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN, AND PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO WORLDS REAL OR IMAGINED THROUGH LITERATURE.

    Expenses $88,758 · Grants $18,520

  • MUSEUM ON MAIN STREET - MUSEUM ON MAIN STREET, OR MOMS, IS A UNIQUE ALLIANCE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES), STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SMALL, RURAL COMMUNITIES. WITH THE SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES COUNCILS AND EXPERTS, THESE AMERICANHISTORY FOCUSED EXHIBITIONS GIVE HOST ORGANIZATIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THEIR OWN AUXILIARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND EXHIBITIONS THAT CENTER ON LOCAL HERITAGE. PERSPECTIVES BOOK CLUB - GRANTS 1,800 TOTAL EXPENSES 1,800

    Expenses $9,670 · Grants $8,100

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Marcia Schmidt Blaine PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Elizabeth Dubrulle

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Andrea Williamson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Samuel Witherspoon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr Rebecca E Biron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Gary Bouchard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zachary S Cameneker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert E Dunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Christine Gustafson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicholas Germana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Quinlan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Rhodes Rosenberger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Umans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Becker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Pyszka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Constance Roy-Czyzowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacqueline D Wernimont

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Molly Lunn Owen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Haley Goldman

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $132,948
    From this org
    $132,948
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202630799349300608

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