WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A540

Classification

1230

Street

30 ELM ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• EXHIBITS - THE MUSEUM PRESENTED A FULL CALENDAR OF LARGE AND SMALL EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING: SOMOS WORCESTER- THE LATINO PERSPECTIVE, REPRESENTING WORCESTER: HARRIETTE L. CHANDLER, THE CHIN FAMILY OF WORCESTER, AND THE RE-INSTALLATION/RE-INTERPRETATION OF THE FULLER GALLERY OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, WHICH OPENED FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ON JANUARY 23, 2025. EACH EXHIBIT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VARIOUS PROGRAMS-DEMONSTRATIONS, LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS, ETC. IN ADDITION, INTENSIVE PREPARATION (RESEARCH, DESIGN, ETC.) WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR THE MAY 2025 EXHIBIT. THE POEM NEXT DOOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS.

  Expenses $276,271 · Revenue $52,300

• COLLECTIONS - THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 30,200 PHYSICAL OBJECTS EXPANDED DURING THE YEAR TO INCLUDE: WWII MILITARY UNIFORMS, A TWO-CENT PIECE 1864 U.S. COIN, NOTABLE AS THE FIRST TO BEAR THE MOTTO "IN GOD WE TRUST," INTRODUCED DURING THE CIVIL WAR FOR NATIONAL UNITY, AND A WOODBURY COMPANY 100TH ANNIVERSARY PLATE

  Expenses $121,719 · Revenue $5,000

• LIBRARY - THE MUSEUM'S LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE CONTINUED TO GROW IN CONTENT AND EXPAND RELATIVE TO ACCESS TO ALL, WHILE ADDRESSING AN EVER-INCREASING, ALMOST DAILY REQUESTS FOR STUDENT PROJECT ASSISTANCE, INQUIRIES FROM SCHOLARLY RESEARCHERS, AND PHOTOGRAPH AND OTHER ILLUSTRATION SUPPORT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS, COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES (RESTAURANT WALLS AND CORPORATE OFFICE, AS EXAMPLES). EIGHTEEN LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS OFFERED 2,088 HOURS OF WORK, 243 EMAIL REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED, 65 IN-PERSON RESEARCH VISITORS CAME TO THE LIBRARY, AND AN ADDITIONAL 152 INQUIRIES WERE RECEIVED VIA TELEPHONE. NEW COLLECTIONS INCLUDE 4 PUBLICATIONS FROM DAVID NADER'S BAT CITY PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY - ONE BEING CONGRESS ALLEY, MUSTARD SEED AND ANTI-WAR COLLECTIONS OF MICHAEL BOOVER, DAVID LINCOLN'S LETTERS FROM GEN. WILLIAM SEVER LINCOLN AND FAMILY, AND FAMILY GENEALOGY COLLECTIONS, AND VARIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES/INDUSTRIES.

  Expenses $196,470 · Revenue $2,382

• ON-SITE VISITORS TOTALED 15,057 WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3,854 FROM IN-COMMUNITY PROJECTS/PRESENTATIONS. SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL IMPACTS: 14,729 UNIQUE FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS, 5736 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS, 114,867 WEBSITE PAGES VIEWS, AND 22,284 UNIQUE WEBSITE VISITORS. EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL 5TH GRADER VISITED DURING THE YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN A TWO-HOUR CULTURE LEAP-FUNDED PROJECT, AS WELL AS VISITS TO EXHIBITS AND THE LIBRARY FROM OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL AND LOCAL COLLEGE GROUPS.

  Expenses $331,047 · Revenue $80,589

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,093,290

  Expenses

  $2,239,039

  Contributions

  $1,114,185

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $982,936

  Expenses

  $1,996,995

  Contributions

  $439,565

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,022,289

  Expenses

  $2,033,643

  Contributions

  $2,039,804

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,037,678

  Expenses

  $1,923,589

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,403,532

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,279,524

  Expenses

  $1,622,653

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,635,661

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,339,301

  Expenses

  $1,502,055

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,940,464

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,133,683

  Expenses

  $1,565,025

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,546,052

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,216,453

  Expenses

  $1,304,445

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,353,315

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,778,516

  Expenses

  $1,155,447

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,609,630

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $855,841

  Expenses

  $1,254,817

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,204,218

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,081,435

  Expenses

  $1,220,281

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,004,114

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,777,942

  Expenses

  $1,196,595

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,461,719

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,241,894

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,490,066

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• GREATER WORCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $457,810

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• GREATER WORCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $415,100

  2025 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• GREATER WORCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $407,960

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE

• GREATER WORCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $344,960

  2023 · HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $50,325

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $18,700

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $15,800

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $11,050

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC

  $5,250

  2024 · PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,195

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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