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← STAR ISLAND CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by STAR ISLAND CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,427,801
Total expenses
$4,269,906
Contributions and grants received
$1,166,031
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,067,663
Investment income
$29,469
Other revenue
$164,638
Total assets, end of year
$13,776,913
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,161,071
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,615,842
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,647,059
Management and general expenses
$500,897
Fundraising expenses
$121,950
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,647,059

Program services were 85.4% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $216,155

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $13,963

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $935,913

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,315

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Room and Board

    total $2,687,057 · related or exempt $2,687,057

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other Guest Services

    total $224,794 · related or exempt $224,794

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Parking Income

    total $78,675 · related or exempt $78,675

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Snack Bar

    total $77,137 · related or exempt $77,137

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,042 · excluded $29,042

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $143,978

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $143,978

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $143,978 · excluded $143,978

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $427

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $427

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $427 · excluded $427

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $35,261

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $14,601

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $20,660 · excluded $20,660

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $206,224 · program services $126,343 · management and general $72,352 · fundraising $7,529

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,494,261 · program services $1,211,587 · management and general $208,033 · fundraising $74,641

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,524 · program services $20,082 · management and general $4,208 · fundraising $1,234

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $105,764 · program services $83,215 · management and general $17,438 · fundraising $5,111

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $129,855 · program services $102,169 · management and general $21,411 · fundraising $6,275

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,203 · management and general $5,203

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,200 · management and general $33,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $466,945 · program services $384,879 · management and general $66,656 · fundraising $15,410

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,080 · program services $1,900 · management and general $180

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $172,896 · program services $133,397 · management and general $31,096 · fundraising $8,403

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,827 · program services $23,590 · management and general $18,203 · fundraising $3,034

  • 17 · Travel

    total $312 · program services $246 · management and general $51 · fundraising $15

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $160,892 · program services $157,590 · management and general $3,302

  • 20 · Interest

    total $57,278 · program services $51,309 · management and general $5,969

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $418,023 · program services $418,023

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $252,655 · program services $240,196 · management and general $12,459

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food

    total $377,794 · program services $377,794

  • 24b · Other expenses: Charter & Ferry Service

    total $141,433 · program services $141,433

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $88,220 · program services $86,786 · management and general $1,136 · fundraising $298

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fuel

    total $86,520 · program services $86,520

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $741,515 · end of year $774,824

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $754,620 · end of year $877,614

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $67,986

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $329,343 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $127,127 · end of year $145,708

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

    $12,109,869

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

    $5,736,724

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,157,485 · end of year $6,373,145

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $130,989 · end of year $98,915

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,010,286 · end of year $5,438,721

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $112,946 · end of year $106,398

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,028,507 · end of year $1,954,767

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $131,656 · end of year $99,906

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,754,741 · end of year $11,310,735

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $223,515 · end of year $305,107

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Star Island Corporation is to hold and maintain Star Island and such other property as the Corporation may hold or acquire, as a center for religious, educational, and kindred purposes consistent with the principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Operation of a religious and educational conference center on Star Island

  • Since 1915, The Star Island Corporation has operated Star Island as a religious and educational conference center. During 2023, approximately 3,150 individuals attended 59 conferences held during the year. Conferences covered topics from the arts to natural history, from religious education to laity training, and from spirituality to international affairs. The Corporation strives to make these conferences affordable for all, even though room and board revenue only manages to cover approximately 63% of its annual operating costs. Star honors its religious purpose, among other things, by having a minister of the week present on the island during the main summer conference weeks and having daily chapel services during these weeks.

    Expenses $3,647,059 · Revenue $3,067,663

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debbie Duval

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Tom Kennedy

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joni Abbadessa

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Arlyn Weeks

    Clerk

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyle Belmont

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,801
    From this org
    $2,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cary Cuicco

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leon Dunkley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Erickson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.2 related

  • Lucia Green-Weiskel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $943
    From this org
    $943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caroline Quijada

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • April Rosario

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Topher Soltys

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ali Walton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tricia Coleman

    Past Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Watts

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $155,822
    From this org
    $146,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,360
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,330
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,132
    Filer's total
    $155,822

  • Hope Coolidge

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $46,658
    From this org
    $46,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202440989349300204

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