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← ORLEANS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ORLEANS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$552,896
Total expenses
$477,896
Contributions and grants received
$343,409
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$100,343
Investment income
$106,250
Other revenue
$2,894
Total assets, end of year
$2,593,683
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,403
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,583,280
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$462,210
Management and general expenses
$15,686
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$462,210

Program services were 96.7% 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)

    $186,792

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $156,617

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $58,468 · related or exempt $58,468

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $18,963 · related or exempt $18,963

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FACILITY RENTALS

    total $16,918 · related or exempt $16,918

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $5,991 · related or exempt $5,991

  • 2e · Program service revenue: COLLECTIONS/INTERPRETATIONS

    total $3 · related or exempt $3

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $47,853 · related or exempt $47,853

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $58,397

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $58,397

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $58,397 · related or exempt $58,397

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,715

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,564

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,151

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,125

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,382

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $743 · related or exempt $743

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $263,378 · program services $263,378

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,713 · program services $12,713

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,116 · program services $21,116

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,701 · program services $58,656 · management and general $45

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,648 · program services $4,648

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,101 · program services $2,476 · management and general $6,625

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,865 · program services $23,978 · management and general $1,887

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,293 · program services $1,293

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44,703 · program services $44,703

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,438 · program services $13,641 · management and general $3,797

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $9,367 · program services $9,367

  • 24b · Other expenses: COLLECTIONS/INTERPRETATIO

    total $5,118 · program services $5,118

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $1,393 · management and general $1,393

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,325 · management and general $1,325

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,737 · program services $1,123 · management and general $614

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,949 · end of year $31,348

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $88,838 · end of year $24,304

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,040 · end of year $1,350

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

    $1,919,302

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

    $856,083

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,107,922 · end of year $1,063,219

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,309,064 · end of year $1,473,462

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,599 · end of year $3,490

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,583 · end of year $6,913

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,517,631 · end of year $2,583,280

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PRESERVES AND PROMOTES THE HISTORY OF THE ORLEANS COUNTY AREA OF VERMONT'S NORTHEAST KINGDOM THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COLLECTIONS OF ARTIFACTS, EXHIBITS, PUBLIC TOURS OF GROUNDS AND FACILITIES, AND PROVIDES HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE PUBLIC EVENTS, HERITAGE CRAFT CLASSES FOR ADULTS TO LEARN CRAFTS FROM THE PAST, A TIME TRAVELER'S DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN TO EXPLORE LOCAL HISTORY, AND PUBLIC TOURS OF THE FACILITIES INCLUDING THE FLAGSHIP OLD STONE HOUSE MUSEUM. THE MUSEUM INCLUDES COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES, AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE ORLEANS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS TO BRING LIFE TO THE HISTORY OF ORLEANS COUNTY IN WAY THAT INVITE EXPLORATION, SPARK CONNECTION, AND BUILD MEANING.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PRESERVES AND PROMOTES THE HISTORY OF THE ORLEANS COUNTY AREA OF VERMONT'S NORTHEAST KINGDOM THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COLLECTIONS OF ARTIFACTS, EXHIBITS, PUBLIC TOURS OF GROUNDS AND FACILITIES, AND PROVIDES HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE PUBLIC EVENTS, HERITAGE CRAFT CLASSES FOR ADULTS TO LEARN CRAFTS FROM THE PAST, A TIME TRAVELER'S DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN TO EXPLORE LOCAL HISTORY, AND PUBLIC TOURS OF THE FACILITIES INCLUDING THE FLAGSHIP OLD STONE HOUSE MUSEUM. THE MUSEUM INCLUDES COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES, AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS.

    Expenses $462,210

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Frank Carbonneau

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sara Davies Coe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jane Greenwod

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • William Hart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ellen Harvey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sally Harvey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Lucinda Herrick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Carmen Jackson

    EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ann Lawless

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Linda Michniewicz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Daniel Pellerin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Shona Wood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dawn Andrews

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Rachel Onuf

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Roger Shultz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533219349311058

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