2026-08-11T09:15:14-05:00 2025-09-30 050392605 MULLEN SCORPIO & CERILLI 67 CEDAR STREET PROVIDENCE RI 02903 990 2024-10-01 237270158 WESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC WEST 5086366011 25 DRIFT ROAD PO BOX N188 WESTPORT MA 027900604 JENNY O'NEILL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5086366011 2026-08-10 1 0 PATRICIA M CERILLI P01598123 4017513860 2026-08-05 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JENNY O'NEILL 25 DRIFT ROAD PO BOX N188 WESTPORT MA 02790 702808 0 X WWW.WPTHISTORY.ORG X 1965 MA THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND CONNECT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO THEIR HERITAGE THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AND TO COLLECT, PRESERVE AND DOCUMENT THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS. THE ORGANIZATION OWNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF THE BELL SCHOOL HOUSE AND HANDY HOUSE LOCATED IN WESTPORT. 10 10 3 73 0 0 336018 387015 420 512 70828 89728 29177 2650 436443 479905 1000 1000 0 0 80096 87655 0 0 1416 113572 388551 194668 477206 241775 2699 1379047 1400465 1760 1616 1377287 1398849 X THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND CONNECT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO THEIR HERITAGE THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AND TO COLLECT, PRESERVE AND DOCUMENT THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS. THE ORGANIZATION OWNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF THE BELL SCHOOL HOUSE AND HANDY HOUSE LOCATED IN WESTPORT. 0 0 28951 1000 EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS: THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS,EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF AREA RESIDENTS AND ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AND ITS ARTIFACTS. 11571 THE SOCIETY, WITH COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING, BECAME OWNERS OF THE CADMAN-WHITE-HANDY HOUSE (HANDY HOUSE) A PROPERTY REGISTERED WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THIS PROPERTY HAS A PRESERVATION RESTRICTION ON THE BUILDING AND 2.2 ACRES OF THE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION THERE IS A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF WESTPORT AND THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THE PROPERTY WILL BE MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO RIGHT-OF-FIRST-REFUSAL BY THE TOWN OF WESTPORT WITH NO PAYMENT REQUIRED. 285818 BELL SCHOOLHOUSE: BELL SCHOOL CA. 1841 WAS SO NAMED BECAUSE OF A BELL IN ITS TOWER. THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE SCHOOL WAS SANDY HILL ACADEMY. IN THE EARLY 1900S BELL SCHOOL WAS RENAMED ALUMNI HALL WITH A LIBRARY ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND A COMMUNITY HALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR. DURING THE WESTPORT FAIR AND CATTLE SHOW HELD AT THE HEAD FROM 1911-1930, BELL SCHOOL WAS USED AS AN AGRICULTURAL HALL FOR FAIR EXHIBITS. THE WESTPORT FAIR AND CATTLE SHOW WAS THE FORERUNNER OF THE PRESENT WESTPORT AGRICULTURAL FAIR. PRESENTLY THE BELL SCHOOL IS THE HOME OF THE WESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED TO THE ORGANIZATION SUBJECT TO COVENANTS TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR ANTIQUARIAN AND/OR HISTORICAL PURPOSES AND TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AND ITS BELFRY WITHIN SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS. BELL SCHOOL CANNOT BE SOLD BUT MUST BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER ANTIQUARIAN OR HISTORICAL SOCIETY,WITHOUT CHARGE. 326340 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 MA X X THE ORGANIZATION 5086366011 25 DRIFT ROAD PO BOX N188 WESTPORT MA 027900604 ALBERT LEES PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 YVONNE BARR VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CINDY BROWN TREASURER/SECOND VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH WHITE CLERK 1.00 X X 0 0 0 EMILY HOEFFEL MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SEAN LEACH MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLEY APPLETON MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SAM MANLEY MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA RAPOSA MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE FLETCHER MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN GIFFORD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNY O'NEILL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 68242 0 2821 68242 0 2821 0 0 0 0 0 33200 353815 387015 PROGRAM FEE 900099 512 512 512 41674 41674 270957 222903 48054 48054 48054 2185 0 2185 2185 OTHER 900099 465 465 465 479905 51216 0 41674 1000 1000 77424 288 77136 4196 4196 6035 22 6013 10228 10228 4709 4709 300 300 40460 34995 4287 1178 20426 20426 CONTRACT SERVICES 291259 278754 12505 UTILITIES 7427 1185 6242 PRINTING AND POSTAGE 5899 2934 2727 238 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMEN 4160 4160 3683 3002 681 477206 326340 149450 1416 17614 12637 422646 393814 27500 2950 911287 991064 1379047 1400465 1760 1616 1760 1616 X 1042462 1129797 334825 269052 1377287 1398849 1379047 1400465 X 2699 24863 -6000 X X 0 0 0 X 330733 240634 316491 336018 387015 1610891 1828 1813 1687 2185 7513 330733 242462 318304 337705 389200 1618404 22195 1850 24045 0 22195 1850 24045 1594359 16413 32118 26382 26307 41674 142894 16413 32118 26382 26307 41674 142894 80 78 1214 465 1837 347146 274660 344764 365226 431339 1763135 0.90430 0.89860 0.08100 0.07750 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 0 911287 108383 28606 991064 764408 174671 27792 911287 699317 82875 17784 764408 1109083 -121974 287792 699317 921797 30421 156865 1109083 0.54000 0.17000 0.29000 0 0 0 PART III, LINE 1A: IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRACTICE FOLLOWED BY MOST MUSEUMS, THE SOCIETY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EXCLUDE THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTION OBJECTS, AND NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO THE AGGREGATE VALUE OF SUCH ITEMS. THE SOCIETY COLLECTS MANUSCRIPTS, BOOKS, MAPS, NEWSPAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND WORKS OF ART, AS WELL AS MUSEUM ARTIFACTS THAT ARE RELATED TO WESTPORT'S HISTORY. THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTIONS ARE MAINTAINED FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC EXHIBITION IN FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE RATHER THAN FOR FINANCIAL GAIN. IN ADDITION, THE SOCIETY OWNS TWO HISTORICAL PROPERTIES. THE FIRST IS BELL SCHOOLHOUSE AT 25 DRIFT ROAD, WESTPORT, MA. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED TO THE SOCIETY SUBJECT TO COVENANTS THAT INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND ITS BELFRY, PURSUE ANTIQUARIAN AND/OR HISTORICAL PURPOSES, AND IF TRANSFERRED, IT CAN ONLY BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER ANTIQUARIAN OR HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WITHOUT CHARGE. THE SECOND PROPERTY IS THE CADMAN-WHITE-HANDY HOUSE AT 202 HIX BRIDGE ROAD, WESTPORT, MA; A RESIDENCE REGISTERED WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO A HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGREEMENT AND IS PRESERVED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. COLLECTIONS ARE THE MOST VALUABLE ASSETS OF THE SOCIETY AND ARE PROTECTED, KEPT UNENCUMBERED, CARED FOR, AND PRESERVED. THE SOCIETY DOES NOT INCLUDE EITHER THE COST OR THE VALUE OF ITS COLLECTIONS IN THE STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION, NOR DOES IT RECOGNIZE GIFTS OF COLLECTION ITEMS AS REVENUES IN THE STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES. BECAUSE ITEMS ACQUIRED FOR COLLECTIONS BY PURCHASE ARE NOT CAPITALIZED, THE COST OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS IS REPORTED AS A DECREASE IN NET ASSETS IN THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THERE ARE NO MATERIAL BENEFITS PROVIDED TO CONTRIBUTORS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A MEMBERS UNDER A SINGLE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP SHALL BE ALLOCATED A MAXIMUM OF TWO (2) VOTES. BUT AT LEAST TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEMBERSHIP MUST BE PRESENT IF THE SECOND VOTE IS TO BE CAST. BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE MEMBERS RECEIVE ONE VOTE EACH. MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR A TERM OF ONE (1) YEAR. A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS MUST BE APPROVED BY MEMBERSHIP OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO ITS FILING. IT IS SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 ALL FORMS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990 IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, FORMS 990 AND PC ANNUAL REPORT AND BYLAWS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF PUBLIC CHARITIES WEBSITE. FORM 1023 IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. OTHER GOVERNING DOCUMENTS MAY BE FOUND VIA THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CORPORATIONS DIVISION. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: COLLECTION ITEMS PURCHASED -6,000. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.