DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY (EIN 04-6066048)
Tax period: 2010-05-01 to 2011-04-30
Filed: 2011-11-11
IRS object ID: 201133159349300333
Schema version: 2010v3.4
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 D
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-11-11T09:59:34-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-04-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DAVID M PINKHAM CPA LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	475 SCHOOL STREET SUITE 13	AddressLine1
City	MARSHFIELD	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02050	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-05-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	046066048	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	ATTN EARL TAYLOR PRESIDENT	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	DORC	NameControl
Phone	6172657802	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	195 BOSTON STREET	AddressLine1
City	DORCHESTER	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02125	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	EARL TAYLOR	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	6172657802	Phone
Date Signed	2011-11-01	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DAVID M PINKHAM	Name
Phone	7818340444	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-11-10	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	EARL TAYLOR	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	123 ASHMONT STREET	AddressLine1
City	DORCHESTER	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02124	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	272522	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1891	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	MAINTAIN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	20	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	0	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	25	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	85648	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	133977	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	10766	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1310	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	15336	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	51693	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	97724	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	201006	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	850	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	91254	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	173176	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	91254	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	173176	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	6470	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	27830	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	539662	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	233762	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	5424	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	539662	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	228338	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	MAINTAIN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	149282	Expense
Description	MAINTAIN, IMPROVE & RESTORE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND ARTIFACTS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	5960	Expense
Description	CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS ON HISTORICAL TOPICS FOR MEMBERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	478	Expense
Description	PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE NEWSLETTERS ON HISTORIC TOPICS EDUCATING AND INFORMING MEMBERS OF MATTERS OF HISTORICAL SIGNFICANCE.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	155720	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	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	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	true	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
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
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	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	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	20	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	0	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
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	EARL TAYTLOR PRES	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6172657802	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	195 BOSTON ST	AddressLine1
City	DORCHESTER	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02125	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (20 entries)

TitleTitle	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
ROBIN ALLSOP
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
RUTH BROWN
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
JIM COOKE
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
DANIEL CUSHING
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
LARRY DAVIDSON
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
PAUL DELOREY
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
SEAN DENNISTON
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
JEFFREY GONYEAU
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
JANICE KNIGHT
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
BARBARA LANGIS
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
PHILIP LINDSAY
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
KAREN MACNUTT
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
ANNE SCHMALZ
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
EMY THOMAS
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
RICHARD O'MARA
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER BINNS
DIRECTOR-AT-	X	0	0	0
EARL TAYLOR
PRESIDENT		0	0	0	X
CHARLES TEVNAN
VP		0	0	0	X
ROBERT BAYARD SEVERY
SECRETARY		0	0	0	X
ROSANNE FOLEY
TREASURER		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	14035	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	119942	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	133977	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	11840	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10945	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$895	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	25205	Securities
Other	4	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	21713	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	3492	Securities
Other	4	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3496	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$3,496	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	101496	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	49803	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	51693	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$51,693	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	201006	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10945	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$56,084	ExclusionAmount

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6935	Total
Management And General	6935	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5600	Total
Program Services	5600	ProgramServices

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	670	Total
Program Services	670	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3190	Total
Management And General	3190	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2213	Total
Program Services	2213	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
REP & RESTORE HIST. BUILD	55382	55382
CONTRACT LABOR	26852	26852
EVERETT SQUARE EXP	17779	17779
INSURANCE	14623	14424	199
DORCHESTER DECENDENTS EXP	13869	13869

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	26063	Total
Program Services	18931	ProgramServices
Management And General	6282	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	850	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	173176	Total
Program Services	155720	ProgramServices
Management And General	16606	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	850	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	16432	BOY
EOY	76904	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	79449	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	4227	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	8533	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	2375	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	345661	BOY
EOY	6158	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	177569	BOY
EOY	67024	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	539662	BOY
EOY	233762	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	5424	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	5424	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	517693	BOY
EOY	147210	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	21969	BOY
EOY	81128	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	539662	BOY
EOY	228338	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	539662	BOY
EOY	233762	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	27830	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-339154	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	176979	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	128332	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	236250	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	96414	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	133977	CurrentTaxYear
Total	771952	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	176979	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	128332	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	236250	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	96414	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	133977	CurrentTaxYear
Total	771952	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	771952	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	5081	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3220	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2969	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1310	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	895	CurrentTaxYear
Total	13475	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	101496	CurrentTaxYear
Total	101496	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	886923	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	10945	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.87040	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.97200	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1867	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1867	Depreciation

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	6666	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	508	Depreciation
Book Value	6158	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	6158	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Securities OtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MUTUAL FUNDS	Description
Book Value	67024	BookValue
Method Of Valuation	C	MethodOfValuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities	67024	TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XIV	ReturnReference
Explanation	SCHEDULE D PART III LINE 1A: HISTORICAL SITES AND COLLECTIONS THE SOCIETY HAS ADOPTED A POLICY OF NOT CAPITALIZING HISTORICAL SITES OR COLLECTIONS IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ACCORDINGLY, NO HISTORICAL SITES OR COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS ASSETS WHETHER THEY ARE PURCHASED OR RECEIVED AS A DONATION. THE HISTORICAL PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE SOCIETY INCLUDE: THE JAMES BLAKE HOUSE, THE WILLIAM CLAPP HOUSE, AND THE LEMUEL CLAPP HOUSE. COLLECTIONS MAINTAINED BY THE SOCIETY INCLUDE PAINTINGS, FURNISHINGS, PERIOD COSTUMES AND ASSORTED ARTIFACTS RELATING TO DORCHESTER HISTORY. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO HISTORICAL SITES ARE RECORDED AS DECREASES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ITEMS ARE ACQUIRED, OR AS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS AS A DONOR MAKES A CONTRIBUTION INTENDED TO FUND THE SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE OF COLLECTIONS OR IMPROVEMENT TO A HISTORICAL SITE.	Explanation

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	SAVE OUR BARN G	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	101496	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	101496	GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	19155	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	20867	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1	1300	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	8481	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	101496	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	101496	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	19155	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	20867	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	1300	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	8481	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	49803	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	51693	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND SECRETARY REVIEW FORM 990 FOR COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	UPON REQUEST AND VIA THE MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF PUBLIC CHARITIES WEB SITE.
OTHER EXPENSES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24F	UTILITIES 6,669 PROGRAM EXPENSE 5,960 BOOKKEEPER 4,200 SECURITY FOR HIST BLDGS 3,145 BANK CHARGES 2,067 TELEPHONE 1,658 POSTAGE AND DELIVERY 955 DUES 659 PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS 373 EQUIPMENT REPAIRS 262 DONATIONS 100 OTHER TAX MA ANNUAL REPOR 15
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	FORM 990, PART XI	LINE 5 HISTORICAL SITES ARE NO LONGER BEING CAPITALIZED NOR DEPRECIATED
CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING METHOD EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 12, PART XII, LINE 1	TAX RETURNS ARE NOW FILED ON THE ACCRUAL BASIS TO COINCIDE WITH REVIEWED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.