BENNINGTON MUSEUM INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
BENNINGTON MUSEUM INC (EIN 03-0185292)
Tax period
2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed
2019-05-15
IRS object ID
201921359349303577
Schema version
2017v2.2
Source
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$173,819CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$234,918CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$244,029CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$986,086TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$388,449CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$404,717CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$827,122CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,474,478CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,323,754CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,418,520TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$4,418,520PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$44,773CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$109,964CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$37,605CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$84,042CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$67,447CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$343,831TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$44,773CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$109,964CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$37,605CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$84,042CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$67,447CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$343,831TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$96,174CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$91,711CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$107,968CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$86,653CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$110,252CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$492,758TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$529,396CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$606,392CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$972,695CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,645,173CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,501,453CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,255,109TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.84080PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.83340PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.06540InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.07490InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub ExhibitionYes (X)CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly RsrchYes (X)CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used PreservationYes (X)CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets SalefalseSolicitedAssetsSaleInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$313,606OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$313,606BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,862,806OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,891,419DepreciationAmt
Book Value$971,387BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$687,904OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$384,389DepreciationAmt
Book Value$303,515BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$17,147OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$17,147DepreciationAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$290,018OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$277,716DepreciationAmt
Book Value$12,302BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$1,600,810TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,532,529TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$31,076NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue$86,785OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$117,861RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,414,668RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,414,668TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,135,244TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$86,785OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$86,785ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$1,048,459ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$1,048,459TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, oIn accordance with accounting policies generally followed by museums, effective January 1, 2006 the value of the Museums' collections has been excluded from the statement of financial position, and gifts of art objects are excluded from revenue in the statement of activities. Purchases of art objects by the Museum are recorded as decreases in net assets in the statement of activities. Pursuant to Museum policy, proceeds from the sale of art and related insurance settlements are recorded as temporarily restricted net assets for the acquisition of art.
Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose.The Bennington Museum in known as the trusted caretaker of the largest collection of Grandma Moses art and memorabilia available to the public. The Museum also has collections of paintings, pottery, historical objects and fine furniture. The collections are maintained for public exhibition, education and research in furtherance of public service, rather than financial gain.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990Fundraising $7930 Gift shop cost of goods sold $78855
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/SFundraising $7930 Gift shop cost of goods sold $78855

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Festival of TreesEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$41,569GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$41,569GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$7,871OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$41,569GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$41,569GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$7,871OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$7,871DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$33,698NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution16ContributionCnt
Method Of Determining RevenuesN/AMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Historical Artifacts HistoricalArtifactsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution5ContributionCnt
Method Of Determining RevenuesN/AMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (true)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 33, Revenues Not ReportedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Museum does not include a value for its exhibits in the financial statements and therefore contribution revenue is not recognized for donated accessions.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or ShareholderThe Museum sells memeberships to the public who receive discounts on admissions and purchases form the Museum shop.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe Form 990 was reviewed by members of the Board Finance Committee, and was made available to all other members of the Board to review upon their request.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementCompensation of Executive Director is determined by the Trustees based on performance and considers compensation of similar positions in comparable organizations using the museum salary survey compiled by the New England Museum Association.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableCopies of documents are available for review in the museum's administrative offices, upon request.

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