Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$263,483

Total expenses

$86,112

Contributions and grants received

$210,005

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$53,457

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$21

Total assets, end of year

$242,259

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$242,259

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$82,680

Management and general expenses

$3,432

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$82,680

Program services were 96.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• DEACONESS - FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE THOMPSON REST HOME FOR THE DEACONESSES. BUILT IN 1882 BY THE REVEREND JOHN THOMPSON, THE DEACONESS WAS INITIALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LODGING FOR METHODIST DEACONESSES. EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A SCHOOL OF MISSIONS AND A GIRL'S CAMP, THE DEACONESS IS THE OLDEST COTTAGE IN MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. THE BUILDING WAS A PROMINENT PART OF THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK VICTORIAN MOVEMENT, OFFERING A PLACE FOR RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS. THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. (MLPHA) NOW OWNS THE BUILDING AND IS ITS NEW HOME.

  Expenses $4,350 · Revenue $2,335

• VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA - CHAUTAUQUA REPRESENTS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OF LITERARY WORKS, MUSIC, HISTORICAL AND TOPICAL PEOPLE AND EVENTS, ARTS, AND CULTURE. ORIGINALLY RESURRECTED BY THE MARYLAND HUMANITIES IN 1995, A MODERN MARYLAND CHAUTAUQUA WAS ESTABLISHED. AFTER TWENTY-SIX (26) YEARS, THE VIRTUAL EVENT IN 2020, WAS THE FINAL SEASON. MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO ASSISTED WITH THE 2019 CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM DECIDED TO MAKE THE WEEKEND FESTIVAL AN ANNUAL EVENT AND RE-NAMED THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA. THE TWO-DAY FESTIVAL FEATURES LIVE MUSIC, HISTORICAL LECTURES, RE-ENACTORS, ARTISTS, HERITAGE DEMONSTRATIONS, AND HISTORIC TROLLEY TOURS. ALL PARKING AND FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE TO ATTEND.

  Expenses $62,090 · Revenue $38,749

• KID-TAUQUA - THE CHILDREN'S VERSION OF THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA. KID-TAUQUA OCCUPIES ITS OWN TENT, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA EVENTS. THE KID-TAUQUA TENT HAS SPECIAL MUSIC PROGRAMS, DEMONSTRATIONS, TIE-DYING AND MAKE 'N TAKE CRAFTS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE STORYTELLING WITH PUPPETS, INTERACTIVE THEATRE GAMES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRESS UP IN VICTORIAN-STYLE CLOTHING, LEARN THE GUITAR, INTERACTIVE SONGS, AND GACO ROBOTICS DEMONSTRATIONS.

  Expenses $4,592 · Revenue $6,650

• 1. BETHEL CENTER - AME CHURCH - ONE (1) AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (A.M.E.) CHURCH EXISTED IN THE OAKLAND AREA FROM THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY THROUGH THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE A.M.E. CHURCH WAS THE ONLY "COLORED" CHURCH FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS WHERE SUNDAY SERVICES, WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS, GUEST SPEAKERS, SCHOOLING AND END-OF-LIFE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED. AS THE CONGREGATION DIMINISHED, THE A.M.E. CHURCH BECAME A VACANT BUILDING. THE EMPTY BUILDING WAS RELOCATED, IN 1935, TO AN AMISH FARM IN PLEASANT VALLEY WHERE IT BECAME WHEELWRIGHT'S SHOP TO REPAIR BUGGIES AND HARNESSES. IN 2022, THE TOWN OF MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL PURCHASED THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS DISMANTLED AND DECONSTRUCTED. THE A.M.E. CHURCH WAS RENAMED THE BETHEL CENTER AND SITS IN ITS PERMANENT LOCATION IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT WITHIN MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. A RE-DEDICATION CEREMONY WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2024, WHICH WAS 124 YEARS FROM ITS ORIGINAL DEDICATION IN 1900. PS REVENUE = 0 PS EXPENSES = 4,496 2. TENNIS - THE WOMEN FROM MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK BEGAN AND MANAGED THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK TENNIS CLUB AS A FORM OF RECREATION. THE 100+ YEAR OLD CLAY COURTS ARE STILLED MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR PLAY. THESE COURTS ARE THE HOME OF THE WESTERN MARYLAND TENNIS TOURNAMENT. THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK TENNIS CLUB DISSOLVED ITS CHARTER IN 2023, AND THE COURTS TRANSITIONED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF MLPHA. TROPHIES, MEMORABILIA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL ITEMS ARE HOUSED IN THE MUSEUM AND MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK TOWN HALL. PS REVENUE = 4,867 PS EXPENSES = 5,288 3. MUSEUM - THE TICKET OFFICE MUSEUM IS ONE (1) OF SIXTY-ONE (61) ORIGINAL STRUCTURES REMAINING IN MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. THE STRUCTURE SERVED AS THE TICKET OFFICE FOR THE BASHFORD AMPHITHEATER, WHICH HELD 5,000 PEOPLE AND HAD A STAGE LARGE ENOUGH FOR UP TO 450 PERFORMERS. AMAZINGLY, THERE WERE NO CENTER SUPPORT POLES, WHICH GUARANTEED A "GOOD" SEAT FOR ALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BASHFORD FELL INTO DISREPAIR AND FUNDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS. ULTIMATELY, THE BASHFORD WAS DEMOLISHED. IN 2023, THE TICKET OFFICE MUSEUM WAS RENOVATED. AFTER SIX (6) MONTHS OF INTENSE LABOR, THE NEWLY RENOVATED MUSEUM OPENED IN TIME FOR THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA HELD ON JULY 8TH AND 9TH. THE EXHIBITION IS DESIGNED TO GUIDE VISITORS THROUGH THE RISE OF THE MARYLAND CHAUTAUQUA SUMMER RESORT AND TO ITS TRANSITION TO A YEAR-ROUND INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY. PS REVENUE = 856 PS EXPENSES = 1,864

  Expenses $11,648 · Revenue $5,723

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

Listed in Part VII

• GERRY DUKET

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LINDA FIKE

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KAREN WOODDELL

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

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

25 April 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202501499349300420

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