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← SISTER BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SISTER BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 21 October 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$372,725
Total expenses
$55,234
Contributions and grants received
$285,767
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,645
Investment income
$27,634
Other revenue
$56,679
Total assets, end of year
$1,321,775
Total liabilities, end of year
$105,354
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,216,421
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$55,234
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$188,184

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,780

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $4,640

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $276,347

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $34,866

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Museum Admissions

    total $2,645 · related or exempt $2,645

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,634 · related or exempt $27,634

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $193,179

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $136,500

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $56,679

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,296 · program services $15,296

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,505 · program services $6,505

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,404 · program services $6,404

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,125 · program services $21,125

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,716 · program services $3,716

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,188 · program services $2,188

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $185,255 · end of year $280,746

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $162,197

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $117,897

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $9,036

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

    $566,137

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

    $83,309

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $537,894

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $191,594 · end of year $214,005

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $43,354

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $62,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $341,386

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $476,849 · end of year $875,035

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $476,849 · end of year $1,216,421

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our mission is to encourage, foster and participate in the documentation, preservation and renovation of artifacts, buildings and sites in Sister Bay Area.

  • The Christkindlemakt is a Christmas holiday market that runs for three weekends immediately after Thanksgiving. This is our largest fund raising event requiring 100 volunteers. The proceeds support the main mission of the organization.

    Expenses $132,951 · Revenue $181,731

  • This is our museum. We own 7 acres of land with 19 restored buildings which contain exhibits that are open for tours to the public for a small fee. We also rely on membership fees and fundraising events to support our museum operations.

    Expenses $53,271 · Revenue $74,771

  • This will be our water front museum located off campus. This project will eventually house an historic boat and will have regular historic exhibits. This museum will be open to the public for a small fee and will collect regular membership dues from members to support it's activities.

    Expenses $1,220 · Revenue $97,404

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

Listed in Part VII

  • John Lijewski

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Cathleen Mangan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Paula Anschutz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Robert Jischke

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Roberta Champeau

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Fred Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Linda Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • John Blossom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dennis Lonstine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Mike Peot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Laurie Zelnio

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Karen Sunstrom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Roberta Kutlik

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Patrice Champeau

    Curator

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
21 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202522949349302002

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