2016-11-15T07:51:46-06:00 2015-12-31 KPMG LLP 515 Broadway 4th Floor Albany NY 122072974 990 2015-01-01 150572877 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inc % JEFFREY J JONES NATI 6075477200 25 Main Street Cooperstown NY 13326 JEFFREY J JONES SR. VP FIN. & ADMIN 6075477200 2016-11-14 true Todd P Teresco P00247720 5184274600 2016-11-14 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Jane Forbes Clark Chairman One Rockefeller Plaza New York NY 100202102 18608876 false X www.baseballhall.org X 1936 NY See Schedule O, attachment 1. 15 13 215 130 0 2527453 5980825 5694303 6572434 207107 16793 10388896 2332310 18817759 14902362 0 0 0 0 4902464 4758265 42244 38806 531363 6064297 6216841 11009005 11013912 7808754 3888450 34746539 37678654 2646280 2690623 32100259 34988031 THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO FOSTERING AN APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME OF BASEBALL AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR CULTURE BY COLLECTING, PRESERVING, EXHIBITING AND INTERPRETING ITS COLLECTIONS FOR A GLOBAL AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATIONAL PASTIME. false false 8574944 8078492 THROUGH ITS MISSION, THE MUSEUM IS COMMITTED TO: COLLECTING, THROUGH DONATION, BASEBALL ARTIFACTS, WORKS OF ART, LITERATURE, PHOTOGRAPHS, MEMORABILIA AND RELATED MATERIALS WHICH FOCUS ON THE HISTORY OF THE GAME OVER TIME, ITS PLAYERS, AND THOSE ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME. PRESERVING THE COLLECTIONS BY ADHERING TO PROFESSIONAL MUSEUM STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO CONSERVATION AND MAINTAINING A PERMANENT RECORD OF HOLDINGS THROUGH DOCUMENTATION, STUDY, RESEARCH, CATALOGING AND PUBLICATION. EXHIBITING MATERIAL IN PERMANENT GALLERY SPACE, ORGANIZING ON-SITE CHANGING EXHIBITIONS ON VARIOUS THEMES, WITH WORKS FROM THE HALL OF FAME COLLECTIONS OR OTHER SOURCES, WORKING WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATION TO EXHIBIT LOANED MATERIAL OF SIGNIFICANCE TO BASEBALL AND PROVIDING RELATED RESEARCH FACILITIES. INTERPRETING ARTIFACTS THROUGH ITS EXHIBITION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GAME FOR A DIVERSE AUDIENCE. HONORING, BY ENSHRINEMENT, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD EXCEPTIONAL CAREERS, AND RECOGNIZING OTHERS FOR THEIR SIGNFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS. 8574944 true true false true false false false true false true true false false false true true true false false false false false false true true false false false false true false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false true 85 0 true 215 true false false false false false true true false false false false X 15 13 true false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true true false AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY ME MD MA MI MN MS MO NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI X JEFFREY J JONES 6075477200 25 MAIN STREET Cooperstown NY 13326 Jane Forbes Clark Chairman/Director 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 JOE L MORGAN VICE CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 KEVIN S MOORE Treasurer/Director 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 PAUL BEESTON DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM O DEWITT JR DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM L GLADSTONE DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DAVID D GLASS DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 PHIL NIEKRO DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JERRY REINSDORF DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 BROOKS C ROBINSON JR DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 FRANK ROBINSON DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Dr Harvey W Schiller DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Edward W Stack DIRECTOR 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Thomas Tull Director 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Robert Manfred Jr Director 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ALEXANDER CHARLTON SECRETARY(BEGINNING JULY 2015) 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Glenn A Perrone Secretary(THRU JULY 2015) 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Idelson President 35.0 0.0 X 353679 0 51702 Jeffrey J Jones Sr VP Finance & Administration 35.0 0.0 X 216431 0 19610 Sean Gahagan VP Retail Marketing & Lic. 35.0 0.0 X 180311 0 39639 Bradford Horn SR. 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OF EDUCATION & COMM. 35.0 0.0 X 114087 0 21597 KEN MEiFERT VP DEVELOPMENT 35.0 0.0 X 98936 0 17931 ERIK STROHL VP EXHIBITS AND COLLECTIONS 35.0 0.0 X 92383 0 17771 Evan Chase Security Director 35.0 0.0 X 102419 0 31716 James L Gates Librarian 35.0 0.0 X 100807 0 26012 Frances L Althiser Controller 0.0 0.0 X 100376 0 230 1359429 0 226208 7 true true false Sullivan Company LLC 450 West 14th Street 12th Floor NEW YORK NY 10014 Product Development 234000 1 X 47 78880 69525 5832373 38443 5980825 ADMISSIONS 900099 3450097 3450097 TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 900099 315000 315000 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 900099 80063 80063 FRIENDS OF THE HALL OF FAME MEMBERSHIPS 900099 2727274 2727274 6572434 13327 13327 0 793646 793646 0 0 0 357143 353677 3466 3466 3466 122205 78800 116487 5718 5718 0 4725904 3236350 1489554 1489554 FACILITY USE FEES 900099 26888 26888 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 16504 16504 43392 14902362 8078492 843045 0 0 0 0 1585639 506794 961978 116867 0 2588821 2209043 294208 85570 212641 169834 34543 8264 116442 446362 -351594 21674 254722 188885 51803 14034 0 22588 22588 118086 118086 0 38806 38806 55000 55000 61974 7783 54191 407590 395737 11853 496314 419798 14045 62471 286476 273892 12584 0 759368 616986 142382 138984 33075 69436 36473 0 0 15024 15024 0 1472446 1196362 276084 190296 126799 63497 HFW 1115959 1115959 EXPRESS & POSTGE 496142 439995 25779 30368 CONSERVATION & REFURBISHMENT 56493 56493 EDUCATION SPONSERED OUTREACH 29619 29619 494482 349311 94379 50792 11013912 8574944 1907605 531363 X 138693 126200 5388986 6321572 1227724 3637474 171825 113849 0 0 0 0 0 0 440388 459873 138136 92206 54376387 30306118 23928357 24070269 1018315 2857211 0 0 0 0 0 0 2294115 0 34746539 37678654 475097 120141 0 0 573049 641757 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1598134 1928725 2646280 2690623 X 29266431 29060825 1892300 693168 941528 5234038 32100259 34988031 34746539 37678654 X 3888450 -122572 -878106 X X false true X true false X 2835486 2042343 3741648 2527453 5980825 17127755 8619070 8650744 8434989 10869287 11420543 47994633 0 0 0 11454556 10693087 12176637 13396740 17401368 65122388 249558 567155 187397 301626 2200932 3506668 0 249558 567155 187397 301626 2200932 3506668 61615720 627303 674409 488973 8779268 806973 11376926 0 627303 674409 488973 8779268 806973 11376926 0 0 0 0 0 0 98749 72633 88443 45581 43392 348798 12180608 11440129 12754053 22221589 18251733 76848112 0.80179 0.81490 0.14804 0.15520 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false false false false false Part 1-A, Line 1 LOBBYING ACTIVITIES LIMITED TO OFFICER DISCUSSIONS WITH CONSULTANTS AND LEGISLATORS TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR CHARITABLE MISSION. NO FUNDS WERE EXPENDED. X X X X false 941528 4292510 17187 17187 5234038 941528 167325 167325 941528 941528 11749 11749 941528 941528 10965 10965 941528 941528 11011 11011 941528 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 true false 455771 455771 35527505 15323643 20203862 18393111 14982475 3410636 0 0 0 24070269 0 ACCRUED POST RETIREMENT BENEFI 1916186 NOTE PAYABLE 12539 1928725 X 18132627 -122572 -122572 18255199 -3352837 -3352837 14902362 13899936 2886024 2886024 11013912 11013912 Part III, LINE 1a PURCHASED COLLECTIONS ARE ADDED AT COST AND DONATED COLLECTIONS ARE ADDED AT FAIR VALUE AS DETERMINED BY THE MUSEUM. THESE COLLECTIONS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE BALANCE SHEETS. COLLECTIONS ARE MADE UP OF ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ART OBJECTS THAT ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL,RESEARCH, AND CURATORIAL PURPOSES. EACH OF THE ITEMS IS CATALOGED,PRESERVED, AND CARED FOR, AND ACTIVITIES VERIFYING THEIR EXISTENCE AND ASSESSING THEIR CONDITION ARE PERFORMED CONTINUOUSLY. THE COLLECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO POLICY THAT REQUIRES PROCEEDS FROM THEIR SALES TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE OTHER ITEMS FOR COLLECTIONS. Part III, LINE 4 COLLECTIONS ARE MADE UP OF ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, AND CURATORIAL PURPOSES. PART V, LINE 4 THE MUSEUM'S ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF TWO INDIVIDUAL FUNDS AT DECEMBER 31, 2015. ONE ENDOWMENT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. THE ENDOWMENT ALLOWS FOR UP TO 10% OF THE ENDOWMENT'S EARNINGS AND PRINCIPAL TO BE PLACED INTO UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS PER YEAR, BEGINNING WITH EARNINGS ON THE INVESMENT BEFORE REDUCING THE PRINCIPAL, IF NECESSARY. THE SECOND ENDOWMENT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE THE NATIONAL PASTIME AND THE ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS. SPENDING FOR THIS ENDOWMENT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPENDING POLICIES APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH CURRENTLY ALLOW A SPENDING RATE UP TO 4.5% OF THE MOST RECENT TWENTY QUARTER AVERAGE MARKET VALUE OF THE ENDOWMENT. PART X, LINE 2 THE MUSEUM IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATON AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(A) OF THE CODE. THE MUSEUM FOLLOWS ASC TOPIC 740 WHICH ADDRESSES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTIES IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN AN ENTERPRISE'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PRESCRIBES A THRESHOLD OF MORE LIKELY THAN NOT FOR RECOGNITION AND DERECOGNITION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. IT ALSO PROVIDES RELATED GUIDANCE ON MEASUREMENT, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES, AND DISCLOSURE. THE MUSEUM HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015, and DECEMBER 31, 2014. PART XI, LINE 4B COST OF GOODS SOLD $3,236,350; EVENTS DIRECT EXPENSES $116,487 PART XII, LINE 2D COST OF GOODS SOLD $3,236,350; EVENTS DIRECT EXPENSES $116,487; POST RETIREMENT BENEFITS $862,403; COLLECTION ITEMS $15,703, NET ASSETS RELEASED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ($1,344,919) X X X X X true The Wladis Law Firm Fundraising Counsel false 38806 38806 AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY ME MD MA MI MN MS MO NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI EXHIBITION GAME 118225 78880 39345 2500 802 86488 PLAY BALL 35600 35600 957 2 47260 47260 865 2306 9716 12853 201085 78880 122205 865 4806 10518 100298 116487 5718 X X true true X X true false false false false false false false false Jeffrey Idelson President 304089 0 48900 0 690 0 26500 0 25202 0 405381 0 0 0 Jeffrey J Jones Sr VP Finance & Administration 206000 0 10000 0 431 0 19015 0 595 0 236041 0 0 0 Frances L Althiser Controller 100376 0 0 0 0 0 230 0 0 0 100606 0 0 0 Sean Gahagan VP Retail Marketing & Lic. 170177 0 9900 0 234 0 18025 0 21614 0 219950 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 4A FRANCES L. ALTHISER - FORMER CONTROLLER - SEVERANCE PAYMENT - $100,376 LEATHERSTOCKING CORPORATION COMMON MANAGEMENT 379574 Housing/Entertainment false Schedule L Part IV Line 1 Our Chairman Jane Forbes Clark is a Director of The Leatherstocking Corporation. Schedule L Part IV Line 1 Our Treasurer and Director, Kevin S. Moore is a Director of the Leatherstocking Corporation. Schedule L Part IV Line 1 OUR SECRETARY (THROUGH JULY 24, 2015) GLENN A. PERRONE WAS SECRETARY OF THE LEATHERSTOCKING CORPORATION. OUR SECRETARY (BEGINNING JULY 24, 2015) ALEXANDER CHARLETON WAS SECRETARY OF THE LEATHERSTOCKING CORPORATION. X 223 X 0 X 0 X 456 X PERSONAL PAPERS 27 0 0 X MANUSCRIPTS 7 0 0 X ARCHIVAL COLLECTION 156 0 0 X FOOD FOR EVENTS 0 2500 FMV X USE OF VEHICLE 0 12500 FMV X BOTTLED DRINKS FOR INDUCTION CEREMONY 0 13200 FMV X BOTTLED DRINKS FOR EVENTS 0 4560 FMV X EVENT GIVEAWAYS 0 5683 FMV 0 false true false Line 33 THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT REPORT REVENUE IN COLUMN (C) FOR A TYPE OF PROPERTY FOR WHICH COLUMN (A) IS CHECKED BECAUSE IT ELECTED PURSUANT TO SFAS 16 NOT TO REPORT IN ITS REVENUE STATEMENT AND BALANCE SHEET DONATIONS HELD FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND EDUCATION OF ITS TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE. PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 2 JANE FORBES CLARK HAS A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH KEVIN MOORE. JANE FORBES CLARK AND KEVIN MOORE HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH EDWARD STACK, Glenn Perrone, and ALEXANDER CHARLETON. ROBERT MANFRED HAS A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH WILLIAM DEWITT, JR., DAVID GLASS, JERRY REINSDORF AND FRANK ROBINSON. Part VI, Section B, Question 11 A DRAFT OF THE 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT REQUESTS A COPY PRIOR TO FILING. Part VI, Section B, Question 12c THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY APPLIES TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, WHICH IS DEFINED IN THE POLICY TO INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES: 1. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE; 2. MEMBERS OF A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD WHO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE; 3. STAFF MEMBERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ORGANIZATION; 4. FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION; 5. A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ORGANIZATION; 6. A FAMILY MEMBER OF ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER, COMMITTEE MEMBER, EMPLOYEE, FOUNDER OR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTOR; 7. ANY ENTITY OF WHICH ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER, COMMITTEE MEMBER, EMPLOYEE, SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTOR OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS A DIRECTORY, TRUSTEE, OFFICER, COMMITTEE MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER; AND 8. AN ENTITY IN WHICH DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST THROUGH EITHER OWNERSHIP OR MANAGERIAL CONTROL. WHENEVER ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER, COMMITTEE MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION BECOMES AWARE THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS CONSIDERING A TRANSACTION THAT POTENTIALLY CREATES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, HE OR SHE IS OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY THE BOARD AND TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS RELATING TO HIS OR HER INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION. THE BOARD WILL DETERMINE WHETHER AN ACTUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS AND TAKE ACTION THAT THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE. THE INTERESTED PERSON MAY NOT BE PRESENT WHEN THE BOARD MAKES ITS DETERMINATION OTHER THAN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IF NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS FOUND TO EXIST, THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING MUST RECORD THE BASIS OF THE BOARD'S DETERMINATION. Part VI, Section B, Question 15 THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, INC. HAS A FORMAL PROCESS THAT IT USES TO DETERMINE THE BASE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THIS PROCESS INCLUDES THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, COMPENSATION SURVEYS OR STUDIES AND APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OR BOARD. Part VI, Section C, Question 19 THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, INC. MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. PARTIES DESIRING TO OBTAIN COPIES OF SUCH MUST PRESENT THEMSELVES AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE HALL OR BY SENDING A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE AND PAYMENT FOR COPYING OF THE REQUESTED MATERIAL TO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, INC. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES. THE COST OF COPYING SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE COSTS IMPOSED BY THE IRS FOR COPYING OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. Part IX, Line 9 - STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES Other Employee Benefits The Museum sponsors a defined benefit postretirement medical plan that covers eligible employees. During 2014, the Museum amended the eligibility criteria for active employees resulting in a large reduction to accrued liabilities for postretirement cost. The negative expense reflected on line 9 of Part IX is a result of the amortization of this prior service credit. The following credits are reflected in the totals reported: total expenses: ($754,874); program service ($420,326) and management and general of ($334,548). Part XI, Line 9 Reconciliation of Net Assets: a. Postretirement benefit related changes other than net periodic benefit cost $(862,403) b. Collection items acquired $ (15,703) ------------ Total $(878,106)