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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$122,276
Total expenses
$165,667
Contributions and grants received
$117,719
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,557
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$568,044
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,169
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$558,875
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$87,519
Management and general expenses
$62,450
Fundraising expenses
$15,698
Program service expenses (Part III)
$87,519

Program services were 52.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $117,719

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,557 · excluded $4,557

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,451 · program services $43,698 · management and general $27,808 · fundraising $7,945

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $273 · program services $150 · management and general $96 · fundraising $27

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,229 · program services $2,876 · management and general $1,830 · fundraising $523

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,650 · management and general $1,650

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,170 · management and general $9,170

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $391 · management and general $391

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,565 · program services $0 · management and general $1,565 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,004 · program services $1,801 · fundraising $7,203

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,599 · program services $7,949 · management and general $2,650

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,720 · management and general $1,720

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,872 · program services $10,723 · management and general $7,149

  • 17 · Travel

    total $797 · management and general $797

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,682 · management and general $1,682

  • 20 · Interest

    total $47 · management and general $47

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,346 · program services $8,942 · management and general $4,404

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,518 · program services $3,027 · management and general $1,491

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING

    total $5,997 · program services $5,997

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $2,303 · program services $2,303

  • 24c · Other expenses: VOLUNTEERS

    total $53 · program services $53

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $87,254 · end of year $96,793

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $792,588

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

    $451,020

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $354,914 · end of year $341,568

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $152,240 · end of year $129,683

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,500 · end of year $9,169

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $588,908 · end of year $558,875

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SWISS CENTER FULFILLS ITS MISSION OF CONNECTING, ARCHIVING, SHOWCASING, EDUCATING, PROMOTING AND CELEBRATING ALL THAT IS SWISS IN NORTH AMERICA THROUGH OUR THREE MANDATES: - CELEBRATING OUR SWISS CULTURE - PRESERVING OUR SWISS HERITAGE - EMBRACING OUR SWISS ROOTS THE SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA IS A VIBRANT CULTURAL CENTER; A HERITAGE RESOURCE; AND HOME FOR IRREPLACEABLE PIECES OF OUR SWISS PAST, AND PRESENT. WE HAVE THE PRECEDING OBJECTIVES FOR THE TRITT LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES WHICH ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SWISS CENTER FULFILLS ITS MISSION OF CONNECTING, ARCHIVING, SHOWCASING, EDUCATING, PROMOTING & CELEBRATING ALL THAT IS SWISS IN NORTH AMERICA.

  • THE PRESERVATION OF SWISS CULTURAL HERITAGE CONTINUES WITH ACQUISITION OF HISTORICAL RECORDS AND MATERIAL GOODS THAT WERE DONATED THROUGHOUT 2024. DONATIONS COME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING MINNESOTA, ILLINOIS, FLORIDA, AND OHIO. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DONATIONS INCLUDE: * HISTORICAL FAMILY RECORDS AND GENEALOGIES. * SWISS TEXTILE PRINTING BLOCKS * COMMEORATIVE PINS, PROGRAMS, AND MEMORABILIA FROM SWISS SINGING FESTIVALS ACROSS AMERICA FROM 1919-2015 * CHILD'S EMBROIDERY SAMPLES FROM 19TH CENTURY SWITZERLAND * ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FROM THE TWIN CITIES SWISS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION SWISS CENTER PRESIDENT BEKAH STAUFFACHER PERFORMED PUBLIC SPEAKING AND MEDIA EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH SWISS RADIO 1, GRUEZI AMERICA, AND THE SWISS AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SHE ALSO VISITED SWITZERLAND IN OCTOBER TO MEET WITH CULTURAL AND GOVERNMENTAL CONTACTS IMPORTANT TO THE ORGANIZATION. CLASSES WERE HELD FOR THE SWISS PAPERCUTTING TRADITION KNOWN AS SCHERENSCHNITTE. THE ANNUAL WINTER CELEBRATION OF SILVESTERKLAUSEN WAS HELD IN JANUARY. THIS VERY OLD TRADITION COMES FROM SWITZERLAND'S EASTERN CANTON OF APPENZELL. IN DECEMBER THE SWISS CENTER PARTICIPATED IN ADVENTSFENSTER, A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE EVENT. THE SWISS CENTER TEAMED UP WITH THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HOST A 'STEP INTO HISTORY' DISPLAY. DURING THE YEAR, THE SWISS CENTER WELCOMED VISITORS FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SWITZERLAND, AND GERMANY. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE CONTACTED THE SWISS CENTER THROUGH E-MAIL, TELEPHONE OR SOCIAL MEDIA SEEKING ADVICE ABOUT THEIR SWISS ROOTS. WE LISTENED TO THEIR NEEDS AND WORKED TO PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS AND TOOLS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BEGIN OR FURTHER THEIR SEARCH INTO THEIR SWISS ANCESTRY.

    Expenses $87,519

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frederic Behrens

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane C Maurer

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Etter

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Zimmerman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Brand

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Long

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Faessler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Goetz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bekah Stauffacher

    PRESIDENT/CEO (AS OF APRIL 2024)

    Total calculated
    $51,154
    From this org
    $51,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Beth Zurbuchen

    PRESIDENT/CEO (THRU MARCH 2024)

    Total calculated
    $28,296
    From this org
    $28,296
    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
28 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202520879349301607

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