VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A82Z

Classification

2000

Street

60 WASHINGTON 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

• THE LIBRARY COLLECTS VERMONT BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS, BROADSIDES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND EPHEMERA. IT ALSO CONTAINS A GENEALOGIAL COLLECTION RELATED TO VERMONT AND NEW ENGLAND STATES, NEW YORK, AND LOWER CANADA. THE LIBARY COLLECTIONS ARE PRESERVED FOR FUTRUE GENERATIONS AND ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR RESEARCH. THE LIBRARY PERSONNEL PROVIDE RESEARCH ASSISTANCE AND ADVISE THE PUBLIC ON CARING FOR COLLECTIONS AND PRESERVING THE STATE'S HISTORY. THE STAFF ALSO SPEAK TO LOCAL, PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIAL INTEREST ON GROUPS ON GENEALOGICAL, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, AND HISTORICAL TOPICS.

  Expenses $733,674

• THE SOCIETY'S PROGRAMS PROVIDE MATERIALS TO VERMONT SCHOOLS FOR TEACHING STUDENTS VERMONT HISTORY. MATERIALS INCLUDE ARTIFACT KITS, CURRICULUM GUIDES, A TIME LINE, AND A LENDING LIBRARY OF BOOKS RELATED TO VERMONT HISTORY. TOURS OF THE HISTORY MUSEUM ARE CONDUCTED FOR STUDENTS VISITING THE MUSEUM. SEVERAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS ARE CONDUCTED EACH YEAR TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT VERMONT'S PAST, ITS PEOPLE, AND THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY. THE SOCIETY PUBLISHES AND SELLS A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL AND PERIODIC BOOKS ON ASPECTS OF VERMONT HISTORY.

  Expenses $591,720 · Revenue $73,899

• THE MUSEUM COLLECTS ITEMS MADE IN VERMONT OR BY VERMONTERS OR THOSE WITH A LONG HISTORY OF USE BY PEOPLE LIVING HERE. THE SOCIETY PRESERVES THESE COLLECTIONS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE COLLECTIONS IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH LONG-TERM AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITS TO EDUCATE VERMONTERS AND VISITORS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT. THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ARE ALSO MADE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH. MUSEUM PERSONNEL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS REGARDING THE CARE OF COLLECTIONS, EXHIBIT INSTALLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF OBJECTS. MUSEUM PERSONNEL ALSO SPEAK TO LOCAL GROUPS ON VERMONT HISTORY.

  Expenses $331,557

• VERMONT HISTORY BOOKSTORE: IN THE VERMONT HISTORY BOOKSTORE, THE SOCIETY SELLS BOOKS ABOUT VERMONT, VERMONT HISTORY AND THE PEOPLE, TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES OF VERMONT. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOKSTORE IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ON THE STATE OF VERMONT AND ITS HISTORY. PUBLICATIONS: THE SOCIETY PRODUCES VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS ON VERMONT'S HISTORY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ITS MEMBERSHIP.

  Expenses $26,449

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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,452,069

  Expenses

  $2,755,965

  Contributions

  $1,946,153

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,711,637

  Expenses

  $2,425,129

  Contributions

  $2,288,509

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,225,656

  Expenses

  $2,345,857

  Contributions

  $1,741,040

  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

  $3,118,783

  Expenses

  $2,295,404

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,582,174

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,303,922

  Expenses

  $2,049,282

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,109,321

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,923,609

  Expenses

  $2,121,630

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,705,959

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,858,406

  Expenses

  $2,121,930

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,741,958

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,120,791

  Expenses

  $1,865,100

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,700,721

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,074,743

  Expenses

  $2,154,649

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,121,641

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,993,122

  Expenses

  $1,926,279

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,017,160

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,591,340

  Expenses

  $1,905,360

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,657,518

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,740,940

  Expenses

  $1,945,626

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,145,193

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,740,940

  Expenses

  $1,945,626

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,145,193

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $47,350

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $29,000

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $20,350

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $18,000

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $16,700

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $16,500

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $16,000

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $13,780

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $12,540

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $12,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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