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Nonprofit · EIN 01-6046843

QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION

Also known as TIDES INSTITUTE

Tax-exempt · EASTPORT, ME 04631

Financials

$475K$406K2023$433K$421K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$432,874$421,128$11,746$3,430,563$128,863$3,301,700
December 31, 2023990$474,552$406,006$68,546$3,429,589$139,447$3,290,142
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$410,215
Program service revenue
$14,827
Investment income
$2,803
Royalties
$85
Net gain from sales of assets
$2,380
Other revenue
$5,029

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$55,482
Other salaries and wages
$26,944
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$98,233
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$50
Accounting fees
$2,175
Occupancy
$36,922
Depreciation
$81,453
Program services (functional)
$331,917
Management and general (functional)
$56,994
Fundraising (functional)
$32,217

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$3,429,589
Total assets, end of year
$3,430,563
Total liabilities, end of year
$128,863
Net assets, end of year
$3,301,700
Land, buildings and equipment
$2,787,552
Net assets without donor restrictions
$3,300,592
Net assets with donor restrictions
$1,108
Gross receipts
$432,874
Employees
6
Year formed
1973
State of legal domicile
ME

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
HUGH FRENCHEXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director
20$30,332
KRISTIN MCKINLAYASST DIRECTO
Trustee or director
20$25,150
MARKLEY BOYERPRESIDENT/VP
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
JOHN LEROUXTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
APRIL MULLINSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MARTHA LEWISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
CHRISTOPHER NEWELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
SUMNER LEMONSECRETARY/ T
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
LAURA STANZYCKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
ALDEN CHANDLERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MARKLEY BOYERPRESIDENT/VP
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
HUGH FRENCHEXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director
20$0
KRISTIN MCKINLAYASST DIR OF
Trustee or director
20$0
JOHN LEROUXTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
–$0
APRIL MULLINSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
–$0
MARTHA LEWISTREASURER
Trustee or director
–$0
CHRISTOPHER NEWELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
–$0
SUMNER LEMONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
–$0
LAURA STANZYCKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
–$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
43 WATER ST, EASTPORT, ME 04631-1532
In care of
% KRISTIN MCKINLAY
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MARKLEY BOYER, 311 BATES HOLLOW ROAD, PRESTON HOLLOW, NY 12469
Signed the 990
ALDEN CHANDLER, TREASURER
Phone
(207) 853-4047
Return prepared by
COSTON & MCISAAC CPAS CHARTERED

Mission

BRIDGING BOUNDARIES, EXPLORING BORDERS FOUNDED IN 2002 IN EASTPORT MAINE, THE TIDES INSTITUTE & MUSEUM OF ART IS LOCATED ON LONG STANDING TRADITIONAL AND CONTINUING PASSAMAQUODDY HOMELANDS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AT THE UNITED STATES/CANADA BORDER. THIS BOUNDARY LOCATION SHAPES ITS PERSPECTIVE ON THE REGION AND THE BROADER WORLD: THROUGH ITS INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS TO FOSTER NEW INNOVATIVE AND CROSS-SECTOR WORKS; THROUGH ITS WIDE RANGING COLLECTIONS, EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS; AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIPS AND ENDEAVORS TO STRENGTHEN THE REGION'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, VITALITY AND WIDER CONNECTIONS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • 4A COLLECTIONS - SUPPORTERS SECURED KEY ADDITIONS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT 1945 WATERCOLOR BY JOHN MARIN OF CAPE SPLIT, MAINE, A RARE 1849 EASTPORT SONS OF TEMPERANCE BANNER THAT CAME UP FOR AUCTION, AND A LARGE C.1930 OIL PAINTING BY NEW YORK CITY BASED ARTIST, GEORGE PEARSE ENNIS, OF A WATERFRONT SCENE HERE. THE ENNIS PAINTING WAS PRESENTED IN 2025 IN AN EXHIBITION ON THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK. A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRISTIAN SUNDE AND ALSO CECIL GREENLAW WERE DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS. NEARLY 7,000 ENTRIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO SEE IN THE ONLINE DATABASE INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS OF ART AND ARTIFACTS, LIBRARY OF BOOKS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MAINE. THE ORGANIZATION'S CASSETTE TAPE ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS OF AREA RESIDENTS HAVE NOW BEEN FULLY DIGITIZED.
    Expenses $20,266
  • 4B PRESERVATION - FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE ASBESTOS SIDING ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE 1819 NORTH CHURCH BUILDING, THE ORGANIZATION HAD THE ORIGINAL WOOD SIDING UNDERNEATH REPAIRED AND INSTALLED A NEW ROOF OVER THE SANCTUARY SPACE. THE ORGANIZATION TOOK THE FIRST STEPS TO CREATE A SMALL PARK AT THE REAR OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SEAMAN'S CHURCH BUILDING WITH THE REMOVAL OF SEVERAL TREES.
    Expenses $157,772
  • 4C -EDUCATION THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED TWO EXHIBITIONS IN 2024, AT THE MAIN BUILDING THAT WERE EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED: "HOME, DOWNEAST: WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF PAULINE WINCHESTER INMAN" FEATURING A SELECTION OF 27 WOOD ENGRAVING PRINTS AND WOOD BLOCKS BY THE ARTIST THAT ARE PART OF A MUCH LARGER GIFT OF HER WORKS BY EUGENE AND MARILYN OSTREICHER TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS; AND "EDWARD BURTYNSKY: A VISUAL ARCHAEOLOGY" FEATURING EIGHT LARGE-SCALE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS ON LOAN FROM THE BEAVERBROOK ART GALLERY IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE UNOBSKEY FOUNDATION. HONOR WILKINSON, WHO JOINED THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF AS CONSULTING CURATOR, ORGANIZED BOTH EXHIBITIONS. FOSTER NEW WORK IN 2024, 17 ARTISTS, INCLUDING THREE ALUMNI, WERE INVITED TO LIVE AND WORK AT THE ORGANIZATION'S STUDIOWORKS ARTIST-IN- RESIDENCE PROGRAM, IN ITS 12TH YEAR. ARTISTS CAME FROM CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON DC, MASSACHUSETTS, FLORIDA, OREGON, IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND INDIA, AND OTHER LOCATIONS, AND THEIR WORK RANGED FROM LARGE SCALE PAINTINGS TO SMALL INTIMATE DRAWINGS, FROM SCULPTURE TO MULTI- MEDIA INSTALLATIONS. THEIR PUBLIC TALKS AND WORKSHOPS REFLECTED THIS RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY WORK. ALUMNI KAREN STENTAFORD RETURNED TO TAKE TINTYPE PORTRAITS AT STUDIOWORKS. THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF ARTISTS AND CURATORS STAYED AND WORKED AT THE ORGANIZATION'S SELIGMANN COTTAGE IN CAPE SPLIT, MAINE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ALUMNI ARTIST, TESSA GREEN O'BRIEN, IN NOVEMBER, THE ORGANIZATION WELCOMED GESHE TSEWANG DORJE, OF INDIA WHO, WITH OTHERS, CREATED A SAND MANDALA AT STUDIOWORKS AS PART OF A CULTURAL EXCHANGE. PARTNERSHIPS IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION WORKED WITH DONALD SOCTOMAH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIRECTOR OF THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE, AND DWAYNE TOMAH, DIRECTOR OF THE SIPAYIK MUSEUM, TO INSTALL A BRONZE DESCRIPTIVE PLAQUE IN PASSAMAQUODDY AND ENGLISH FOR THE PLACE NAME MUSELENK (EASTPORT) ON THE FRONT OF THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MASONIC HALL BUILDING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND ONLY PLACE THAT THE PASSAMAQUODDY WRITTEN LANGUAGE IS VISIBLE IN EASTPORT. WE WERE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A CAREER DAY AT SIPAYIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PRESENTED MATERIALS AND TALKS ON WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WORK AT A MUSEUM. ALISON CALDWELL-BEERS, THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATION SPECIALIST, CONTINUED HER MONTHLY OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO THE EASTPORT SENIOR CENTER AND DEVELOPED PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER GROUPS. TIMA STAFF AND ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PRESENTED ART MAKING ACTIVITIES AT SIX FESTIVALS AND IN THE STUDIOWORKS BUILDING AND WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNEAST RAINBOW ALLIANCE, THE DOWNEAST TEEN LEADERSHIP CAMP, EASTPORT ARTFESTS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
    Expenses $153,879 · revenue $14,827

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
01-6046843
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1976
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$3,430,563
Income (IRS master file)
$432,874

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$432,874$421,128$3,430,563XML
990December 2023$474,552$406,006$3,429,589XML
990December 2022$742,558$382,787$3,371,992IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 01-6046843).

Questions about QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION is 01-6046843.
Is QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1976.
Are donations to QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MARKLEY BOYER.
Who are the officers and directors of QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 10 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $30,332 (HUGH FRENCH, EXECUTIVE DI).
How much revenue does QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $432,874, expenses of $421,128 and total assets of $3,430,563 at year end.

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