HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1200

Street

115 DERBY ST

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Mission and programs · 2024

• THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES HISTORIC SITE: THE GABLES WAS FOUNDED IN 1910 AS A HISTORIC SITE AND MUSEUM WITH A TWO-PART PURPOSE. OUR FOUNDER, CAROLINE EMMERTON, PURCHASED THE GABLES TO PRESERVE SOME OF SALEM'S MOST HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND THE LITERARY LEGACY OF AUTHOR NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. REVENUES FROM THE MUSEUM FUNDED SETTLEMENT HOUSE WORK WITH LOCAL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. TODAY, THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES' CAMPUS CONSTITUTES ITS OWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND WAS DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 2007. NEARLY 100,000 VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE VISIT AND TOUR THE HISTORIC SITE ANNUALLY. VISITORS ARE ESCORTED ON GUIDED TOURS THROUGH THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES (TURNER-INGERSOLL MANSION, C. 1668) AND NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S BIRTHPLACE, C. 1750. THESE HISTORIC HOUSES SERVE AS THE BACKDROP FOR STORIES ABOUT SALEM'S MARITIME HISTORY, THE LIFE AND WORK OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, AND THE AMERICAN SETTLEMENT HOUSE MOVEMENT. OTHER MAJOR THEMES INCLUDE EARLY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, THE COLONIAL REVIVAL PERIOD (WHEN THE GABLES WAS RESTORED), AND MATERIAL CULTURE OVER A THREE-HUNDRED YEAR PERIOD. LOCATED ON THE WATERFRONT, THE HISTORIC SITE FEATURES COLONIAL REVIVAL GARDENS AND VIEWS OF SALEM HARBOR THAT PLACE THE MANSION IN ITS HISTORIC CONTEXT. OVER 103,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE GABLES IN 2024, AN INCREASE OF 5,000+ VISITORS FROM 2023.

  Expenses $1,740,660 · Revenue $1,928,075

• THE SETTLEMENT HOUSE PROGRAM: IN 1910, THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES' SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION OFFERED PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SALEM'S NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS. THE GABLES AND ITS TRUSTEES REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING CAROLINE EMMERTON'S VISIONARY SETTLEMENT MODEL, WHILE REFLECTING THE NEEDS OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN 21ST CENTURY SALEM. THE GABLES WORKS WITH A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY UNMET COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ADVISE ON HOW THE GABLES CAN BEST HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS. IN 2024, THE GABLES PROVIDED ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES AND CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION CLASSES TO OVER 500 NORTH SHORE RESIDENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE GABLES ALSO ORGANIZED AND HOSTED SEVERAL FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTING IMMIGRANT CAUSES AND THE DIVERSITY OF SALEM, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL FUSION FEST EVENT IN AUGUST, WHICH DREW OVER 1,100 ATTENDEES.

  Expenses $232,825

• MUSEUM EDUCATION: THE GABLES VALUES EDUCATION AS A CENTRAL TENET OF OUR PROGRAMMING. THE GABLES OFFERS STRUCTURED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS RANGING FROM GRADES K-8. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ENGAGING ACTIVITIES THAT FOCUS ON EARLY MARITIME TRADE, NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, AND DAILY LIFE IN THE PAST. THESE PROGRAMS MEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS AND COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY IN HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES. WE ALSO OFFER OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO ENGAGE DIVERSE AUDIENCES WITH OUR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT IN UNIQUE WAYS. EDUCATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDE LECTURES, SPECIAL EXHIBITS, THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, COMMUNITY DAYS, HANDS-ON HISTORY FAMILY PROGRAMS, SPECIALTY TOURS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $37,928 · Revenue $12,125

• THE GABLES IS COMMITTED TO CAREFULLY STEWARDING THE COLLECTIONS, HISTORIC HOUSES AND GARDENS LOCATED ON THE HISTORIC SITE/MUSEUM. THESE COMPONENTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR MISSION AND ARE WHAT MAKE THE GABLES A NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY VISITED HISTORIC LANDMARK SITE.

  Expenses $191,340

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.

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

  $3,336,725

  Expenses

  $2,956,266

  Contributions

  $606,776

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,197,043

  Expenses

  $2,873,488

  Contributions

  $597,400

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,525,501

  Expenses

  $2,312,036

  Contributions

  $468,208

  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

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,866,500

  Expenses

  $1,688,058

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,318,557

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $796,701

  Expenses

  $1,441,421

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,725,414

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,164,634

  Expenses

  $2,263,785

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,654,652

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,234,040

  Expenses

  $2,095,724

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,444,784

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,929,814

  Expenses

  $2,093,941

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,492,641

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

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $45,250

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $26,750

  2023 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $25,650

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $13,000

  2024 · For furnishing the Gables Immigration and Education Center

• METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC

  $9,000

  2024 · EXTERIOR STORM WINDOWS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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