BUCKLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $91K · expenses $134K · assets $58K

EIN
04-2743050
Address
PO BOX 88, BUCKLAND, MA 01338-0088
NTEE code
A80
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
May 2018 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt: reinstated November 15, 2017 after an automatic revocation on November 15, 2017 IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Michael Turley (its 2020 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2020 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

To collect & preserve any and all articles documents and relics of historical interest connected with the Town of Buckland Massachusetts and to promote interet and knowledge of the history of Buckland.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 17 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

17 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Michael McCusker Past President2021-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Polly Anderson Trustee and Corresponding Secretary2021-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Michael Turley Treasurer2021-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Muriel Shippee Trustee and Curator Cataloguing2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Susan Samoriski Trustee and Campaign Directo2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
David Parrella Trustee and Barn Committee Chair2022-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Alicia Graves Trustee and Membership Website2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Carol Bolduc President - Elect2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Sandy Cardinal Trustee2021-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Patricia Schmidt President2024 3 $0 reported 1
Anya MacMillan Trustee and Recording Secretary2024 2 $0 reported 1
Sue Roberts Trustee2024 0 $0 reported 1
Bill Knittle Trustee2024 0 $0 reported 1
Pat Schmidt (former) Trustee2023 0 $0 reported 1
Susan Roberts (former) Trustee2022-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Kathy Lytle (former) Trustee2021-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Dvid Parrella (former) Barn Committee Chair2021 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 13 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Patricia Schmidt President3 $0-$0 $01
Carol Bolduc President - Elect2 $0-$0 $01
Michael McCusker Past President3 $0-$0 $01
Michael Turley Treasurer3 $0-$0 $01
Anya MacMillan Trustee and Recording Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Polly Anderson Trustee and Corresponding Secretary3 $0-$0 $01
Muriel Shippee Trustee and Curator Cataloguing2 $0-$0 $01
Susan Samoriski Trustee and Campaign Directo2 $0-$0 $01
David Parrella Trustee and Barn Committee Chair3 $0-$0 $01
Alicia Graves Trustee and Membership Website2 $0-$0 $01
Sue Roberts Trustee0 $0-$0 $01
Sandy Cardinal Trustee0 $0-$0 $01
Bill Knittle Trustee0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 40 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Michael McCusker President5 $0$0$0 $01
Polly Anderson Secretary Program Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Michael Turley Treasurer3 $0$0$0 $01
Muriel Shippee Curator Cataloging2 $0$0$0 $01
Susan Samoriski Campaign Director2 $0$0$0 $01
David Parrella Barn Committee Chair3 $0$0$0 $01
Alicia Graves Membership Website2 $0$0$0 $01
Carol Bolduc Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
Sandy Cardinal Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
Pat Schmidt Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
Susan Roberts Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 40 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Michael McCusker President5 $0$0$0 $01
Polly Anderson Secretary Program Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Michael Turley Treasurer3 $0$0$0 $01
Muriel Shippee Curator Cataloging2 $0$0$0 $01
Susan Samoriski Campaign Director2 $0$0$0 $01
David Parrella Barn Committee Chair3 $0$0$0 $01
Alicia Graves Membership Website2 $0$0$0 $01
Carol Bolduc Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
Sandy Cardinal Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
Kathy Lytle Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
Susan Roberts Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Michael McCusker President5 $0-$0 $01
Polly Anderson Secretary3 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL TURLEY Treasurer3 $0-$0 $01
Muriel Shippee Curator and Cataloging1 $0-$0 $01
Susan Samoriski Capital Campaign Chair2 $0-$0 $01
Dvid Parrella Barn Committee Chair5 $0-$0 $01
Kathy Lytle Trustee0 $0-$0 $01
Alicia Graves Membership and Web Site2 $0-$0 $01
Carol Bolduc Trustee0 $0-$0 $01
Sandy Cardinal Trustee0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,655$133,585 $58,133$58,133 $80,125$1,719 ---
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$249,978$457,966 $101,063$101,063 $244,536$33 $0040
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$242,964$113,254 $309,051$309,051 $235,310$1,953 $0040
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$108,407$16,991 $179,341$179,341 $101,353$517 ---

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $210,300 in all, tax years 2021 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2023 2$132,500 2023$51,500
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2021-2023 3$63,100 2023$10,000
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NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$10,000 2022$10,000
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SHELBURNE FALLS COMMUNITY HOUSE INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BUCKLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY” 2021, 2024-2025 3$4,500 2025$1,000
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MEREDITH CORPORATION FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BUCKLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY” 2021 1$200 2021$200
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OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
SUDBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCMAA80 $100,020$147,371 Executive Director$63,461 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
WEST STOCKBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCMAA80 $110,323$128,290 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
WOBURN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCMAA80 $67,815$62,115 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
FORT TABER HISTORICAL ASSO INCMAA80 $85,424$35,633 President$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
FRIENDS OF HARVARD SQUARE INCMAA80 $66,767$199,550 President/Trustee$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
PROTECT OUR PAST INCMAA80 $89,655$73,303 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
BERKSHIRE CAROUSEL INCMAA80 $70,924$61,826 Treasurer$4,609 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL GENEOLOGICAL CONFERENCEMAA80 $108,260$125,547 President$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
MIDDLESEX COUNTY VOLUNTEERS FIFES AND DRUMS INCMAA80 $97,080$40,987 Director$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
YARMOUTH NEW CHURCH PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INCMAA80 $117,009$146,785 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
EAST LONGMEADOW VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEEMAA80 $102,969$82,990 CHAIRMAN$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
THOREAU FARM TRUST INCMAA80 $90,400$82,200 Executive Director$18,000 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
MIDDLESEX GWOT MONUMENT TRMAA80 $68,321$98,777 CHAIRPERSON$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
ARCHIVE IRAQMAA80 $85,150$87,100 Secretary$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, same state
SHELTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCCTA80 $111,059$106,898 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$24,445 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETYVAA80 $104,299$133,823 EXECUTIVE DI$19,780 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
CIRCUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCOHA80 $75,526$79,695 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
ARTESIA HISTORICAL SOCIETYCAA80 $96,994$54,734 Treasurer$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar mission
NORWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCCTA80 $71,162$209,980 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
POMPANO BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCFLA80 $77,960$66,398 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
GLENBROOK HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCNVA80 $81,680$107,859 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
ESTERO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCFLA80 $111,543$65,744 Vice President$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
MIDLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETYTXA80 $99,870$16,845 President$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name
WEST CONCORD HISTORICAL SOCIETYMNA80 $115,097$77,637 Director$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar mission
CAPTIVA ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETYFLA80 $118,370$124,054 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A80, revenue within 2x, similar name

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$368,7279 22017–2024 KING WILLIAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY; ESSEX COUNTY MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
THE@ROBERT GRIFFITH CHARITABLE TRUST Private foundation$298,2035 12021–2025 EMMET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC DAF sponsor$285,07416 22010–2024 JERSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY; FRIENDS OF HARVARD SQUARE INC
THE CHARLES PINCKNEY JONES CHARITABLE TRUST Private foundation$282,4006 12019–2024 HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
EVA CRANE GOFF FOUNDATION Private foundation$255,90610 12016–2025 DANVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC Private foundation$203,0008 12013–2024 WOBURN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
SHERWOOD FOUNDATION Private foundation$200,0001 12025–2025 CASS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
GREATER NORTHWEST KANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$195,20413 12015–2024 SHERIDAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED
WINSLOW FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$118,0002 12019–2023 WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$115,8589 12016–2025 HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY DAF sponsor$115,0007 12018–2024 HISTORICAL SOCIETY ELIZABETH NEW JERSEY INC
ERIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$106,29511 12012–2024 EDINBORO AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ROBERT DAVID LION GARDINER FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$101,6006 12014–2025 ROCKY POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor$100,0001 12020–2020 HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$98,0002 22020–2024 WEST CHESTER-UNION TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC; HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $133,585 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $127,732 95.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,206 2.4%
Printing, publications, postage $2,647 2.0%
Total$133,585100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $457,966 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $1,795
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Barn Project $436,622$436,622$0$0 95.3%
Occupancy $11,754$11,754$0$0 2.6%
Fees: other services $4,500$0$4,500$0 1.0%
Other (as described) EventCalendar Purchase (for resale as fundraiser) $1,795$0$1,795$0 0.4%
Office expenses $1,731$0$1,731$0 0.4%
Insurance $1,391$0$1,391$0 0.3%
Other (as described)Educational Programs $173$173$0$0 0.0%
Total$457,966100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $113,254 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Barn Project $99,872$99,872$0$0 88.2%
Office expenses $5,201$0$5,201$0 4.6%
Other (as described)Educational Programs $3,072$3,072$0$0 2.7%
Other (as described)Calendar Purchase $2,049$0$2,049$0 1.8%
Occupancy $1,692$1,692$0$0 1.5%
Insurance $1,368$0$1,368$0 1.2%
Total$113,254100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $16,991 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $1,642
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,858 46.2%
Printing, publications, postage $4,000 23.5%
Fees to independent contractors $3,870 22.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,263 7.4%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,642reported apart
Total$16,991100%

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