BEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: BEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY (EIN 13-6113164)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-12
IRS object ID: 202123169349303957
Schema version: 2020v4.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-12T10:12:21-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	030410574	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	VICTOR J CANNISTRA CPA PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	43 KENSICO DRIVE 2ND FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	MOUNT KISCO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	105491009	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	136113164	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE BEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BEDF	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9142349751	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 491	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEDFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10506	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	EVELYNE RYAN	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9142349751	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-11-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	EVELYNE	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	RYAN	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	888008888	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	VICTOR J CANNISTRA CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00287273	PTIN
Phone	9142413605	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-11-09	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	EVELYNE RYAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 491	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEDFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10506	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,027,234	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BEDFORDHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1916	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE BULIDINGS, LANDMARKS AND ARTIFACTS THAT DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF BEDFORD, NY; TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE TOWN'S FOUNDING AND GROWTH; AND TO STRENGHTHEN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE TOWN.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	23	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$181,245	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$193,020	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,369	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$193,137	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$63,909	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$314,450	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$359,218	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$691,201	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$616,147	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$226,576	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$235,395	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$45,385	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$258,029	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$167,786	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$484,605	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$403,181	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$206,596	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$212,966	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,272,830	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,902,853	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$36,094	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$35,838	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,236,736	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,867,015	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE BULIDINGS, LANDMARKS AND ARTIFACTS THAT DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF BEDFORD, NY; TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE TOWN'S FOUNDING AND GROWTH; AND TO STRENGHTHEN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE TOWN.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$267,649	ExpenseAmt
Desc	THE SOCIETY MADE HISTORICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SUTTON CLOCK TOWER. THE SOCIETY ALSO HAD GENERAL REPAIRS AND MAINTAINENCE FOR ALL THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES OWNED. THE SOCIETY MAINTAINS A MUSEUM WITH EXHIBITS AND ARTIFACTS. IN 2020, THE SOCIETY RAISED FUNDS THROUGH THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND HAD ONE EVENT. DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, THE SOCIETY DID NOT RUN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN AN INSURANCE SETTLEMENT THROUGH THEIR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION POLICY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$267,649	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (true)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (true)	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	3	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	4	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	EVELYNE RYAN	PersonNm
Phone	9142349751	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 491	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEDFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10506	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (19 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
PETER HENNESSY
PRES	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NANCY MARKHOFF
VICE PRES	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRIS PACHIOS
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SHAWN CARMODY
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTINA BRESANI
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY B FREUND
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALEXANDER N HAMER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JONATHAN CONNER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEEL SWIFT
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CUTLER WHITMAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALISON GREGORY
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM GOURD
DIR-LEFT JUN	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LESLIE WORTMANN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID WORBY
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANNA KENOFF
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FRANK GEIGER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM PENCE
DIR-LEFT JUN	1.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JESSE RANDOL
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EVELYNE RYAN
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00		Yes (X)	$98,500	$0	$10,691

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$98,500	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$10,691	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$70,971	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$42,415	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$79,634	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$14,583	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$193,020	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$33,166	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$33,166	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$305,966	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$305,966	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$305,966	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$305,966	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,440,214	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,409,471	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$30,743	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$30,743	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$30,743	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$24,493	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$24,493	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$3,073	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$1,616	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,457	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,457	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	INSURANCE PROCEEDS	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$27,302	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$27,302	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$27,302	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$616,147	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$334,725	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$63,909	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,250	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,850	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,140	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,565	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,975	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$26,600	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,424	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,703	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,717	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,004	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,331	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,582	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,883	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,866	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,469	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,469	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,879	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,879	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,180	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,180	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,081	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,081	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,729	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,517	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,212	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	$24,460	$24,460
HISTORICAL RESTORATIONS	$15,948	$15,948
REAL ESTATE TAXES	$15,757	$15,757
UTILITIES	$13,590	$13,590

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,693	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,628	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$4,065	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$403,181	TotalAmt
Program Services	$267,649	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$90,147	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$45,385	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$121,572	BOYAmt
EOY	$251,336	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,985	BOYAmt
EOY	$184,181	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,750	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,134	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,607	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,842	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,891	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,243	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$651,595	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$651,595	BOYAmt
EOY	$651,595	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,462,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,785,522	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,272,830	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,902,853	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,960	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,461	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,134	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,377	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,094	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,838	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,853,006	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,440,704	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,383,730	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,426,311	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,236,736	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,867,015	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,272,830	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,902,853	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$212,966	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$419,059	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Investment Expense	-$1,746	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$736,683	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$390,405	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$326,123	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$181,245	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$193,020	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,827,476	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$415,451	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$378,205	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$350,978	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$347,762	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$360,834	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,853,230	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,152,134	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$768,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$677,101	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$529,007	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$553,854	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,680,706	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$84,508	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$104,187	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$53,817	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$25,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$25,500	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$293,012	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$169,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$177,193	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$148,231	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$42,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$39,727	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$576,581	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$253,627	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$281,380	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$202,048	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$67,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$65,227	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$869,593	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$2,811,113	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$35,948	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$36,744	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$45,888	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$39,845	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$33,166	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$191,591	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$35,948	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$36,744	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$45,888	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$39,845	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$33,166	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$191,591	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,188,082	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$805,354	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$722,989	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$568,852	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$587,020	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,872,297	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.72600	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.69980	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.05000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.04000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preservation Open Space	Yes (X)	PreservationOpenSpaceInd
Historic Land Area	Yes (X)	HistoricLandAreaInd
Total Easements	4	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	165.28	TotalAcreageCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	12.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$624,614	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$133,300	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$757,914	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$503,045	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$121,569	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$624,614	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$505,473	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$27,260	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$29,688	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$503,045	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$400,696	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$59,670	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$45,107	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$505,473	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$123,001	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$246,325	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$31,370	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$400,696	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$38,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$38,000	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$613,595	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$613,595	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$651,595	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,035,076	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$419,059	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$1,616	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$420,675	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$614,401	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$1,746	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$1,746	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$616,147	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$404,797	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$1,616	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$1,616	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$403,181	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$403,181	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9	THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IS TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE HISTORIC USE AND/OR VISTA, PRESERVE OPEN SPACE AND RESTRICT THE PROPERTIES FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART III, LINE 1A	THE SOCIETY HAS ELECTED NOT TO CAPITALIZE A COLLECTION OF WORKS OF ART, ANTIQUES, DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE HELD FOR EXHIBITION.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4	THE SOCIETY MAINTAINS A MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT ITS COLLECTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4	TO SET ASIDE FUNDS FOR PRESERVATION OF EXISTING PROPERTIES AND/OR TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	THE SOCIETY HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D	GIFT SHOP COST OF GOODS SOLD 1,616
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D	GIFT SHOP COST OF GOODS SOLD 1,616

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	THIS FAR	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$23,290	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$23,290	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$23,290	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$23,290	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$23,290	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE BULIDINGS, LANDMARKS AND ARTIFACTS THAT DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF BEDFORD, NY; TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE TOWN'S FOUNDING AND GROWTH; AND TO STRENGHTHEN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE TOWN.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	THE SOCIETY HAS MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	THE MEMBERS ELECTED THE GOVERNING BODY.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING FIRM. AFTER MANAGMENT HAS REVIEWED, IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE BOARD REQUIRES THAT ALL MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT AND THE GOVERNING BODY ANNUALLY SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL CONFLICTS THAT MAY EXIST.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE BOARD DETERMINES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY BY REVIEWING APPROPRIATE AND COMPARABLE DATA TO DETERMINE THE REASONABLENESS OF THE COMPENSATION BEING CONSIDERED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ON GUIDESTAR.ORG AND CHARITIESNYS.COM. IN ADDITION, FORM 990, FINANCIAL STATMENTS AND OTHER POLICIES OF THE SOCIETY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	GIFT SHOP COST OF GOODS SOLD 1,616 GIFT SHOP COST OF GOODS SOLD -1,616