2009 Annual Report

 

Consisting of attached List of Trustees and Officers, Staff and Volunteers, Programs Report, Financial Statement, Museum Shop Report and Number of Members.

 

                           

 

                                                                                                  ______________________________

                                                                                                  Lois O’Hara

                                                                                                  President

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                  ______________________________

                                                                                                  Ellen McLaughlin

                                                                                                  Treasurer

 

Board of Trustees, June 1, 2009 – May 2010

Lois O’Hara, President

Alan Pearlman, Vice-President

Phineas Fiske, Treasurer (until November 2009)

Ellen McLaughlin, Treasurer (beginning November 2009)

Donna DeBenedictis, Secretary

Lois Howe, Executive Committee Member-at-Large

Suzanne Cassidy

Danielle DiMauro Brooks

Candace Hamilton

Gretchen Haynes

Carolyn Hyatt-Basche

Carole Kehoe

Sally Lauve

Patricia (Pinky) McQuade

 

 

Museum Staff, June 1, 2009 – May 2010

 

Rosemary Feeney, Director

Kari-Ann Carr, Assistant to the Director/Educator

Jennifer Ladd, Collections Consultant

Teresa Reid, Collection Consultant

Donna Perry, Museum Shop Assistant

Barbara Wielandt, Museum Shop Coordinator

Alexandra Janvey, Intern

 

Comparison of Museum Attendance

2007/2008/2009

 

Attendance:

 

            2007                            4225

            2008                            4342

            2009                            4080*

 

*Please note that the Museum was closed for most of January and February for the installation of the new Gallery lighting.

 

 

Memberships:

                                                  2007                2008                2009

 

Family & Individual                      408                  400                  323

 

 

Business & Professional                 38                    44                    33

 

 

NOTE: A list of members and their addresses is maintained at the Society’s offices, 215 Main Street, Northport, NY 11768.

 

NORTHPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

2009

 

 

 

Exhibits

20th Century Mirrored in Fashion and Events     March 1, 2009 – August 15, 2009   

Low Tech . . . And That’s the Way It Was              September 13, 2009 - February 12, 2010

 

Programs

Parading Down Main Street – Walking tour

Discovering History Programs – Education programs for K through 5th grade students

Volunteer Appreciation Day

 

Events

Speaker Series – Basket Making

Speaker Series – Women’s Temperance Movement

Spring ABC Sale

Walking Tour and Reception for Northport Village Officials

Annual Meeting

Speaker Series – Joseph Lloyd Manor Excavation

Once Upon a Time in Northport – History contest

Garden Tour – Gardens for Gardeners

Puerto Rico Raffle

THHP Fundraiser – Brunch and Matinee at Engemann Theater

CLIO Circle Reception

Country Auction

Antiques Show and Sale

Holiday Party

Holiday House Tour – Homes for the Holidays

 

Publications

Quarterly membership newsletter

 

Grants

Village of Northport

Town of Huntington

Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper

Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs (SCOCA)

From the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation:

New York State Senator John Flanagan                           

New York State Senator Carl Marcellino

New York State Assemblyman Andrew Raia

Northport Historical Society

Financial Statement

January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008

 

 

 

INCOME:

 

Membership Dues

$12,025.68
Donations
8,410.16
Unrestricted Grants
31,850.00

Sammis Capital Fund

19,941.01
Interest
1,450.32
Museum Shop
3,963.46
Fees
827.72
Fundraising
34,514.15
Miscellaneous Income
1,910.33
   
Total Income
$114,892.83

        

 

EXPENSES:

Committees
 $    756.86
Administrative Costs

38,923.35
Professional Services
5,773.00
Office Expense
14,585.15
Building Expenses
20,486.18
Capital Improvements
23,324.76
Fundraising Costs
9,053.92
Program Expense
132.49
Exhibits
1018.23
Other
1619.04
 
Total Expense
$115,672.98

 

 

Northport Historical Society Museum Shop

 

 

As of December 31, 2009

 

 

Inventory

              Inventory at the start of the year              $ 5,882.00

Donations                                                     $ 1,502.65

              Purchase for resale                                     $ 1,582.65

 

Bank Balance

              Museum Shop account   $ 5,132.02

 

Revenue to Museum, 2009                   $ 3,963.46

 

 

Lois Howe, Board of Trustees, Museum Shop Liaison

Gloria Sandler, Jewelry Chair

Barbara Wielandt, Museum Shop Coordinator