Nonprofit · EIN 04-1802590
PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM
Tax-exempt · SALEM, MA 01970
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $356,062 | $296,869 | $59,193 | $2,199,456 | $0 | $2,199,456 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $451,137 | $265,152 | $185,985 | $2,135,192 | $0 | $2,135,192 |
| March 31, 2023 | 990 | $244,024 | $283,998 | -$39,974 | $1,931,453 | $0 | $1,931,453 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $192,996
- of which government grants
- $3,754
- Membership dues
- $66,419
- Program service revenue
- $35,115
- Investment income
- $122,265
- Net rental income
- $1,839
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $80,100
- Net income from fundraising events
- $3,847
- Other revenue
- $5,686
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $62,539
- Other salaries and wages
- $65,262
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $137,578
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $7,080
- Depreciation
- $13,656
- Program services (functional)
- $34,321
- Management and general (functional)
- $257,535
- Fundraising (functional)
- $5,013
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,135,192
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,199,456
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,199,456
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $200,342
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,697,540
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,968,124
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $231,332
- Gross receipts
- $493,794
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 50
- Year formed
- 1810
- State of legal domicile
- MA
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 March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEAN MARIE PROCIOUS | EXECUTIVE DIR. Trustee or director | 40 | $62,539 |
| BARBARA CLEARY | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW FRENCH | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AUGUSTINE SOUSA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE BUCK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BARBARA TIMMONS | CLERK Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| PAMELA HARTFORD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| DONALD GILLIGAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM LUNDREGAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOYCE MARONEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| JODIE SALASNY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY O'DONNELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH VAGO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| STANLEY USOVICZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUDITH KOHN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD GRAHAM | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEAN MARIE PROCIOUS | EXECUTIVE DIR. Trustee or director | 40 | $57,692 |
| BARBARA CLEARY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW FRENCH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MELYNDA GORDON | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| AUGUSTINE SOUSA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE BUCK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BARBARA TIMMONS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| ROB JOB IV | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAMELA HARTFORD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| DONALD GILLIGAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM LUNDREGAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DIANE STERN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JOYCE MARONEY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| JODIE SALASNY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY O'DONNELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEAN MARIE PROCIOUS | EXECUTIVE DIR. Trustee or director | 30 | $48,191 |
| ANTHONY BARBUTO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN F CASEY | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MELYNDA GORDON | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| AUGUSTINE SOUSA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE BUCK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARLA GEARHART | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ROB JOB IV | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN LENNEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD GILLIGAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| WENDY BIGGS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| STANLEY J USOVICZ JR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM LUNDREGAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| OWEN R MATHIEU JR | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DIANE STERN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JENNIFER MARTELLI | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOYCE MARONEY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JODIE SALASNY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARY O'DONNELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 337 ESSEX ST, SALEM, MA 01970-3262
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- STEPHANIE BUCK, 28 OAKLAND STREET, SALEM, MA 01970
- Signed the 990
- STEPHANIE BUCK, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (978) 744-2540
- Website
- WWW.SALEMATHENAEUM.NET
- Return prepared by
- GORTON & COMPANY PC
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM IS TO PRESERVE AND EXCITE THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL PASSIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE.
Program accomplishments
- LIBRARY OPERATIONS INCLUDE: REFERENCE AND RESEARCH SERVICES TO MEMBERS, STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; CIRCULATION OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS TO MEMBERS AND THEIR CHILDREN; MANAGEMENT OF THE CIRCULATING AND RESEARCH COLLECTIONS TOTALING 50,000 ITEMS; AND ROTATING EXHIBITIONS. SPECIAL PROJECTS INCLUDE AN ADOPT-A-BOOK PROGRAM THAT HAS PROVIDED CONSERVATION FOR OVER 100 VOLUMES SINCE 2012.Expenses $12,696 · revenue $13,890
- THE SALEM ATHENAEUM IS A CULTURAL RESOURCE FOR THE NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS REGION SERVING OVER 3,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY WITH OUR PROGRAMS, WELCOMING 5,000 VISITORS TO OUR EXHIBITIONS AND OPEN LIBRARY HOURS AND NEARLY 1,000 TO THE ANNUAL SALEM LITERARY FESTIVAL. OFFERINGS INCLUDE A LIBRARY OF CIRCULATING AND RESEARCH COLLECTIONS, LECTURES AND READINGS, WRITING GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS, LANGUAGE AND BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS, CONCERTS, THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, GAME NIGHTS, AND OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS.PROGRAMS IN 2024-2025 INCLUDED A CONCERT BY MULTI-GRAMMY-WINNING JAZZ MUSICIANS NICOLE ZURAITIS AND THE DAN PUGACH QUARTET; A MULTIMEDIA CELEBRATION FOR THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S THE SCARLET LETTER; WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERS OF ALL AGES; SKETCHING CLASSES; CROSS-CULTURAL POETRY EXCHANGES WITH IRAQI POET DUNYA MIKHAIL AND CHILEAN POET MANDY GUTMANN-GONZALEZ, PIRATE FACT AND FICTION WITH BESTSELLING HISTORICAL FICTION AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN KATHERINE HOWE.Expenses $21,625 · revenue $145,329
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 March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-1802590
- 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
- 1959
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B700)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,199,456
- Income (IRS master file)
- $493,794
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2025 | $356,062 | $296,869 | $2,199,456 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $451,137 | $265,152 | $2,135,192 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $244,024 | $283,998 | $1,931,453 | XML |
| 990 | March 2022 | $417,714 | $268,645 | $2,139,754 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2018 | – | – | – | 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 04-1802590).
Questions about PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM
- What is the EIN of PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM is 04-1802590.
- Is PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1959.
- Are donations to PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM 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 PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names STEPHANIE BUCK.
- Who are the officers and directors of PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $62,539 (JEAN MARIE PROCIOUS, EXECUTIVE DIR.).
- How much revenue does PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $356,062, expenses of $296,869 and total assets of $2,199,456 at year end.
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