Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1987.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
11 people listed on the 990.
Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Preserves and interprets Shaker history through exhibits and programs for active learning.
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Preservation
The Museum is actively restoring, preserving, and maintaining the remaining built environment of the original Shaker village, established in 1793 along the shore of Mascoma Lake. This national historic site contains nine original buildings (the earliest dating to 1813) built by the Shakers of Enfield, a mill pond and related water…
Education
Education is the heart of Enfield Shaker Museum's mission. Through the Museum's historic buildings and built environment, artifactual collections, archaeological collections, archives, and library, professional staff members, skilled craftspeople, scholars, and volunteers provide to a diverse and growing public a variety of programs and…
Events
From Shaker Day in late April/early May through December's Festival of Trees the Museum is open to visitors, overnight guests, students, and volunteers who participate in large educational, celebratory, and fundraising events that build and strengthen community and increase knowledge.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $44K | $54K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2.9M | $3.0M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.0M | $3.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $103K | $126K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.9M | $3.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $50K | $20K | $15K | $15K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $199K | $138K | $31K | $30K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $19K | $12K | $3K | $3K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $7K | $7K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $12K | $5K | $4K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $59K | $42K | $17K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $41 | $21 | $8 | $12 |
| InterestLn 20 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $125K | $123K | $3K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $26K | $21K | $5K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $39K | $30K | $7K | $1K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $543K | $396K | $95K | $52K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 13, 2026 | $1.1M | $850K | $278K | $6.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2025 | $1.4M | $838K | $578K | $6.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 9, 2024 | $2.7M | $652K | $2.0M | $5.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2023 | $843K | $613K | $230K | $3.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 10, 2022 | $1.1M | $583K | $469K | $3.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 16, 2021 | $666K | $543K | $123K | $3.0M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $666,085 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $666,085 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $542,682 across 12 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,104,548 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,978,413 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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