BENNINGTON MUSEUM INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: BENNINGTON MUSEUM INC (EIN 03-0185292)
Tax period: 2010-07-01 to 2011-06-30
Filed: 2012-05-15
IRS object ID: 201201369349302710
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-05-15T08:35:30-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Love Cody & Company CPAs PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 319	AddressLine1
City	Bennington	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	052010319	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030185292	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bennington Museum Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BENN	NameControl
Phone	8024471571	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	75 Main Street	AddressLine1
City	Bennington	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05201	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Edith J Sawitsky	Name
Title	Acting Director	Title
Date Signed	2012-05-15	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Stephen C Love CPA	Name
Phone	8024425552	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1021307	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.benningtonmuseum.org	WebSite
Activity Or Mission Description	The Bennington Musuem is a facility open to the public. It maintains historic objects of art and other objects of cultural value. The Museum also studies American history and promotes public awareness of American culture.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	16	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	16	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	16	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	130	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	261083	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	333542	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	151142	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	178185	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	182219	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	94766	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	62077	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	76590	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	656521	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	683083	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	508772	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	484649	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	356154	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	329275	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	864926	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	813924	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-208405	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-130841	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	4088467	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	4304196	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	195092	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	254811	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	3893375	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	4049385	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The Bennington Musuem is a facility open to the public. It maintains historic objects of art and other objects of cultural value. The Museum also studies American history and promotes public awareness of American culture.	MissionDescription
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	553331	Expense
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Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	true	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
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Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
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School	false	School
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More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
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Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
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Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	16	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Form8886 T Filed	false	Form8886TFiled
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	false	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	16	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	16	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Ms Edith J Sawitsky	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8024471571	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	West Main Street	AddressLine1
City	Bennington	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05201	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (16 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	OfficerOfficer
Thomas Lyons
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Stephen Perkins
Executive Direc	40.00		77481	0	0	X
Raymond G Bolton
Chairman	1.00	X	0	0	0		X
Perez Ehrich
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Pat Guerrero
Secretary	1.00	X	0	0	0		X
Maru Leon-Griffin
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Laraine Smith
Treasurer	1.00	X	0	0	0		X
Frederick West
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Frances Holbrook
Vice Chair	1.00	X	0	0	0		X
Edie Sawitsky
Acting Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
Donald Trachte
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Don Miller
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Bruce Putnam
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Brian Campion
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Arnold Ricks
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0
Amy Dobson
Trustee	1.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	77481	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	41125	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	292417	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	333542	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Rental Income	712110	10200	10200
Other	712110	36376	36376
Admission Fees	712110	131609	131609

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	178185	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	52067	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$52,067	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	299662	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	256963	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	42699	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	42699	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$42,699	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	41279	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	18625	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	22654	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$22,654	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	116572	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	62636	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	53936	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	53936	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	683083	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	232121	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$117,420	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	77482	Total
Program Services	38741	ProgramServices
Management And General	38741	ManagementAndGeneral

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	280279	Total
Program Services	229579	ProgramServices
Management And General	50700	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3968	Total
Program Services	2976	ProgramServices
Management And General	992	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	38823	Total
Program Services	29117	ProgramServices
Management And General	9706	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	84097	Total
Program Services	63072	ProgramServices
Management And General	21025	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14160	Total
Program Services	7080	ProgramServices
Management And General	7080	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13695	Total
Program Services	6848	ProgramServices
Management And General	6847	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	114297	Total
Program Services	57149	ProgramServices
Management And General	57148	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	104655	Total
Program Services	52328	ProgramServices
Management And General	52327	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
Telephone	3927	1964	1963
Programs/Exhibits.	46582	46582
Other Expenses	11250	5625	5625
Contract Services	13636	6818	6818
Consevation fees	3830	3830

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3243	Total
Program Services	1622	ProgramServices
Management And General	1621	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	813924	Total
Program Services	553331	ProgramServices
Management And General	260593	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1518	BOY
EOY	4990	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1715	BOY
EOY	1902	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	141982	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	3554	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	96798	BOY
EOY	99780	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	2843	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	4194402	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	1974828	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2265245	BOY
EOY	2219574	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1609404	BOY
EOY	1715784	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	113787	BOY
EOY	113787	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4088467	BOY
EOY	4304196	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18833	BOY
EOY	39184	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5020	BOY
EOY	22421	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	171239	BOY
EOY	193206	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	195092	BOY
EOY	254811	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2969897	BOY
EOY	2797619	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	272964	BOY
EOY	304800	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	650514	BOY
EOY	946966	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3893375	BOY
EOY	4049385	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4088467	BOY
EOY	4304196	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-130841	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	286851	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	283456	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	199980	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	261083	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	457092	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1537386	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	304063	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	279500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	226036	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	248181	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1441159	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit509 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Of Svcs Fclts Furnishd By Govt ValueOfSvcsFcltsFurnishdByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	587519	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	479480	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	487119	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	705273	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2978545	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	26926	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	128404	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	26926	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	128404	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	2850141	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	77440	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	88126	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	89344	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	151672	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	258067	CurrentTaxYear
Total	664649	Total

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	77440	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	88126	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	89344	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	151672	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	258067	CurrentTaxYear
Total	664649	Total

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	25623	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	17071	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	37987	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	243034	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	87856	CurrentTaxYear
Total	411571	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	822217	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	692716	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	606811	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	881825	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1051196	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4054765	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.70290	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.73000	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.16390	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.13400	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collect Used For Public Exhibition	X	CollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	1609404	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	89624	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	258036	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	227615	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	13665	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	1715784	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	1566496	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	190304	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	133613	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	13783	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	1609404	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	1731546	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	69623	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	227523	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	7150	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	1566496	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.11000	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.40400	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.14400	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	313606	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	313606	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2862806	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1324740	Depreciation
Book Value	1538066	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	616960	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	254036	Depreciation
Book Value	362924	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	17147	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	13718	Depreciation
Book Value	3429	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	383883	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	382334	Depreciation
Book Value	1549	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	2219574	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	683083	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	813924	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-130841	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	163301	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Other	$123,550	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	286851	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	156010	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	927645	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	163301	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Other Revenues	81261	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	244562	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	683083	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	683083	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	895185	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	81261	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	81261	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	813924	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	813924	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part XIII, Line 2d	Part XIII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	Fundraising $18625 Gift ship cost of goods sold $62636
Part XII, Line 2d	Part XII, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	Fundraising $18625 Gift shop cost of goods sold $62636
Part XI, Line 8	Part XI, Line 8: Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances	Prior period adj to pledges receivable $123550
Part III, Line 4	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 III, Line 1a	Part III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, o	In 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.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agreement Ref Fundraising	false	AgreementRefFundraising

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Festival of Trees	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	22888	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	22888	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	5383	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	Other special events	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	18391	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	18391	GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	13242	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total	41279	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	41279	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	18625	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	18625	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	22654	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	2	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	41532	NoncashContribsRptdF990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	No documents available to the public.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	The Form 990 is reviewed by the trustees at a trustees meeting or by other means.