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← DESTROYER ESCORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DESTROYER ESCORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$681,975
Total expenses
$724,400
Contributions and grants received
$413,111
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$176,865
Investment income
$43,005
Other revenue
$48,994
Total assets, end of year
$3,510,019
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,155
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,453,864
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$430,490
Management and general expenses
$262,997
Fundraising expenses
$30,913
Program service expenses (Part III)
$430,490

Program services were 59.4% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $25,121

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $72,305

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,080

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $314,605

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $119,600 · related or exempt $119,600

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OVERNIGHT AND EVENT RE

    total $57,265 · related or exempt $57,265

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $43,005 · excluded $43,005

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,935

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

    $72,305

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $12,935 · excluded $12,935

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $70,373

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $41,395

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $28,978 · related or exempt $28,978

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $7,081 · related or exempt $7,081

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,081

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $143,217 · program services $97,095 · management and general $23,061 · fundraising $23,061

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $189,977 · program services $128,593 · management and general $59,276 · fundraising $2,108

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,701 · management and general $20,701

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,985 · program services $7,920 · management and general $6,028 · fundraising $3,037

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,413 · management and general $31,413

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,312 · management and general $17,312

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,724 · program services $15,724

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,331 · program services $2,586 · management and general $38,745

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,696 · program services $1,895 · management and general $5,705 · fundraising $96

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,803 · program services $33 · management and general $4,770

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,845 · program services $21,845

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $55,810 · program services $55,810

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $55,613 · program services $55,463 · management and general $150

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $35,198 · program services $33,640 · management and general $1,558

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $29,909 · program services $2,379 · management and general $24,919 · fundraising $2,611

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $17,412 · program services $3,838 · management and general $13,574

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,454 · program services $3,669 · management and general $15,785

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $182,526 · end of year $166,663

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $87,122 · end of year $93,468

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $26,411 · end of year $27,260

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $66,963 · end of year $82,378

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

    $542,366

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

    $48,123

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $516,088 · end of year $494,243

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,346,636 · end of year $1,478,414

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,052,077 · end of year $1,167,593

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,094 · end of year $56,155

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,523,034 · end of year $1,599,940

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,701,695 · end of year $1,853,924

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MUSEUM IS EXCLUSIVELY EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE AND, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS, OF THE SACRIFICES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR NATION'S VETERANS, TO INSTILL IN THE MUSEUM'S VISITORS A SENSE OF PRIDE, PATRIOTISM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LESSONS OF HISTORY AND TO PERFORM SUCH OTHER FUNCTIONS AS ARE CUSTOMARY FOR EDUCATIONAL MUSEUMS.

  • RESTORATION-THE PROCESS OF REFURBISHING THE SHIP TO HER JUNE 1945 CONFIGURATION, AND MAINTAINING THE VESSEL IN A SAFE, CLEAN AND AUTHENTIC CONDITION.

    Expenses $143,940

  • EDUCATION-ORIENTING VISITORS THROUGH LECTURES AND AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATIONS, AND PROVIDING TRAINED TOUR GUIDES TO INTERPRET THE SHIP FOR THE VISITING PUBLIC. WE WRITE AND PRINT HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DESTROYER ESCORT HISTORY, AND PROVIDE OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO SCHOOLS AND CIVIC GROUPS. WE ALSO RUN A YOUTHGROUP OVERNIGHT CAMPING PROGRAM.

    Expenses $279,426 · Revenue $18,854

  • Expenses $7,124 · Revenue $194,070

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bartley J Costello Esq

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Esposito

    EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Watters

    EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur Dott

    EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Fox

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lazar

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Clark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Cross

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Dieckman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • S Greg Krawczyk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen M Long

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael C Swezey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Dignum

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald Zarem

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Jordan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregory M Wolanin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Rosetti

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Corigliano

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Bourgeois

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Miles

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Fitzgerald

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Rizzuto

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,853
    From this org
    $92,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,610
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jo Ann Mulligan

    FINANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $50,973
    From this org
    $50,973
    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
14 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202501979349301015

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