2024-11-13T13:16:09-05:00 2023-12-31 010426847 COSTON & MCISAAC CPAS CHARTERED 38 RODICK ST BAR HARBOR ME 04609 990 2023-01-01 016046843 QUODDY TIDES FOUNDATION QUOD 2078534047 PO BOX 161 EASTPORT ME 04631 MARTHA LEWIS TREASURER 2078534047 2024-11-11 true true MELINDA WORKMAN P00382707 2072889458 2024-11-11 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z TIDES INSTITUTE MARKLEY BOYER 311 BATES HOLLOW ROAD PRESTON HOLLOW NY 12469 474552 false X WWW.TIDESINSTITUTE.ORG X 1973 ME 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. 7 7 7 0 722023 454095 12040 5855 1399 3047 7096 11555 742558 474552 0 0 65556 91264 0 30305 317231 314742 382787 406006 359771 68546 3371992 3429589 148339 139447 3223653 3290142 X 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. false false 40558 4A COLLECTIONS - THE ORGANIZATION ADDED TO ITS COLLECTION BY ACQUIRING TWO ORIGINAL 1911 PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS BY LEWIS HINE OF CHILD LABORERS IN THE SARDINE FACTORIES; A C.1840 SECRETARY DESK THAT HAD COME DOWN THROUGH FIVE GENERATIONS OF A LONG-TIME AREA FAMILY; A 200 YEAR-OLD LEATHER FIRE BUCKET DATING TO 1822; A SELECTION OF LOCAL HAND PAINTED CHINA BY MARTHA "MATTIE" WAIDE (1857-1929). A LARGE PAINTING, THE LITTLE COCKLE, BY ARTIST N.C. WYETH HAS BEEN PLACED ON LONG-TERM LOAN WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS. OVER 6,500 ITEMS FROM COLLECTIONS ARE ACCESSIBLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND CAN BE SEARCHED BY KEY WORD, SUCH AS NAME, LOCATION AND OTHER CATEGORIES. 113997 4B PRESERVATION - IN 2023, MASONS FINISHED REBUILDING AND RESTORING THE UPPER FRONT FACADE OF THE MASONIC HALL BUILDING. AT THE GAR HALL BUILDING, FOUR UPPER WINDOWS WERE COMPLETELY RESTORED AND REGLAZED BY A LOCAL CRAFTSPERSON. AT THE NORTH CHURCH PROJECT SPACE, THE ORGANIZATION HAD EXTERIOR ASBESTOS SHINGLES REMOVED AND PUT A NEW ROOF ON THE SANCTUARY SPACE. ALSO IN 2023, AT THE STUDIOWORKS BUILDING, THE ORGANIZATION FINISHED AND PAINTED INTERIOR WALL SURFACES AND PLACED NEW RAILINGS IN THE STAIRWELLS. AT KIYE COTTAGE IN ADDISON, MAINE, THE ORGANIZATION REMOVED PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF THE LATE DONOR AND PREPARED THE SPACE FOR ARTIST OCCUPANCY. 161773 5855 4C -EDUCATION THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED THREE EXHIBITIONS IN 2023. THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED AN EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS IN LUBEC, AND TWO MAJOR EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM BUILDING WHICH SET ATTENDANCE RECORDS. "PETER POWNING: A RETROSPECTIVE" WAS BORROWED FROM THE BEAVERBROOK ART GALLERY IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, AND FEATURED 23 CAREER- DEFINING SCULPTURES. "WABANAKI PRESENCE" FEATURED A SELECTION OF WABANAKI WORKS FROM OUR COLLECTIONS, PLUS TWO ITEMS FROM THE PASSAMAQUODDY CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM. FOSTER NEW WORK IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION'S STUDIOWORKS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM HOSTED 13 ARTISTS, INCLUDING THE FIRST ALUMNI OF THE PROGRAM TO RETURN FOR A SECOND RESIDENCY. THE ARTISTS CAME FROM NEW ZEALAND, ENGLAND, AND STATES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, AND MICHIGAN. THEIR PROJECTS THAT ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDED SCULPTURE, NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTMAKING, DRAWING, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH ART. THEIR PROJECTS INCLUDING HOSTING SCHOOL GROUP VISITS AND WITH VOLUNTEERING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, SUCH AS A LOCAL BIRDING ORGANIZATION. PARTNERSHIPS IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS WITH AREA ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE DOWNEAST RAINBOW ALLIANCE, EASTPORT ARTWALK, EASTPORT SENIOR CENTER, AREA SCHOOLS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PASSAMAQUODDY CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, THE SIPAYIK MUSEUM AND THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE WE SPONSORED A CONCERT AND WORKSHOP BY ACCLAIMED WOLASTOQUIYIK NATION/MALISEET SINGER, JEREMY DUTCHER, WINNER OF THE 2018 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE, CANADA'S TOP MUSIC AWARD. THE CONCERT WAS HELD AT OUR NORTH CHURCH BUILDING TO A CAPACITY CROWD AND THE WORKSHOP WAS HELD AT THE TRIBAL OFFICE BUILDING IN SIPAYIK. WE ALSO HOSTED A LECTURE AT OUR SEAMAN'S CHURCH BUILDING BY MAINE STATE HISTORIAN, EARLE SHETTLEWORTH, JR., ON AREA ARCHITECTURE. THE LECTURE SPURRED SHETTLEWORTH'S INTEREST TO SUBSEQUENTLY WRITE AN ESSAY ON ARCHITECT, DANIEL LOW, WHO DESIGNED SEVERAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND RESIDENCES IN EASTPORT IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. 316328 true true false false false false false true false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 23 0 true 7 true false false false false false false false false X 7 7 true false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true false false ME X KRISTIN MCKINLAY 2078534047 43 WATER STREET EASTPORT ME 04631 X X MARKLEY BOYER PRESIDENT/VP X X 0 0 0 HUGH FRENCH EXECUTIVE DI 20.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTIN MCKINLAY ASST DIR OF 20.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN LEROUX TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 APRIL MULLINS TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 MARTHA LEWIS TREASURER X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER NEWELL TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 SUMNER LEMON TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 LAURA STANZYCK TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 false false false 454095 454095 PROGRAM FEES AND OTHER RELATE 5855 5855 5855 364 364 87 87 2683 2683 2683 2683 INSTITUTE STORE LESS COGS 11408 11408 OTHER REVENUE 60 60 11468 474552 20093 364 56467 22586 18714 15167 27149 27149 565 339 113 113 7083 4250 1416 1417 573 573 55036 41278 8256 5502 11850 11850 77423 77423 29633 6751 22882 PROGRAM EXPENSES 61319 61319 CONSULTANTS 24756 20118 4638 MISCELLANEOUS 12148 11668 480 SUPPLIES 9167 8804 363 32837 22793 1938 8106 406006 316328 59373 30305 162444 115236 36751 37170 2184 2184 3399511 609425 2692481 2790086 478132 484913 3371992 3429589 148153 139282 186 165 148339 139447 X 3223653 3264725 25417 3223653 3290142 3371992 3429589 68546 -2057 X false false X 634502 414261 627064 722023 454095 2851945 19223 2598 10991 19136 17410 69358 653725 416859 638055 741159 471505 2921303 183172 72400 88806 132400 93013 569791 183172 72400 88806 132400 93013 569791 2351512 1844 1217 1314 995 364 5734 1844 1217 1314 995 364 5734 655569 418076 639369 742154 471869 2927037 0.80340 0.78380 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false 248746 248746 3150765 609425 2541340 2790086 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 414318 OTHER ASSETS 70595 484913 SALES TAX PAYABLE 165 165 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S 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. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C 4C -EDUCATION THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED THREE EXHIBITIONS IN 2023. THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED AN EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS IN LUBEC, AND TWO MAJOR EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM BUILDING WHICH SET ATTENDANCE RECORDS. "PETER POWNING: A RETROSPECTIVE" WAS BORROWED FROM THE BEAVERBROOK ART GALLERY IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, AND FEATURED 23 CAREER- DEFINING SCULPTURES. "WABANAKI PRESENCE" FEATURED A SELECTION OF WABANAKI WORKS FROM OUR COLLECTIONS, PLUS TWO ITEMS FROM THE PASSAMAQUODDY CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM. FOSTER NEW WORK IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION'S STUDIOWORKS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM HOSTED 13 ARTISTS, INCLUDING THE FIRST ALUMNI OF THE PROGRAM TO RETURN FOR A SECOND RESIDENCY. THE ARTISTS CAME FROM NEW ZEALAND, ENGLAND, AND STATES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, AND MICHIGAN. THEIR PROJECTS THAT ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDED SCULPTURE, NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTMAKING, DRAWING, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH ART. THEIR PROJECTS INCLUDING HOSTING SCHOOL GROUP VISITS AND WITH VOLUNTEERING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, SUCH AS A LOCAL BIRDING ORGANIZATION. PARTNERSHIPS IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS WITH AREA ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE DOWNEAST RAINBOW ALLIANCE, EASTPORT ARTWALK, EASTPORT SENIOR CENTER, AREA SCHOOLS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PASSAMAQUODDY CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, THE SIPAYIK MUSEUM AND THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE WE SPONSORED A CONCERT AND WORKSHOP BY ACCLAIMED WOLASTOQUIYIK NATION/MALISEET SINGER, JEREMY DUTCHER, WINNER OF THE 2018 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE, CANADA'S TOP MUSIC AWARD. THE CONCERT WAS HELD AT OUR NORTH CHURCH BUILDING TO A CAPACITY CROWD AND THE WORKSHOP WAS HELD AT THE TRIBAL OFFICE BUILDING IN SIPAYIK. WE ALSO HOSTED A LECTURE AT OUR SEAMAN'S CHURCH BUILDING BY MAINE STATE HISTORIAN, EARLE SHETTLEWORTH, JR., ON AREA ARCHITECTURE. THE LECTURE SPURRED SHETTLEWORTH'S INTEREST TO SUBSEQUENTLY WRITE AN ESSAY ON ARCHITECT, DANIEL LOW, WHO DESIGNED SEVERAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND RESIDENCES IN EASTPORT IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 HUGH FRENCH KRISTIN MCKINLAY EXEC DIR KEY EMPLOYEE SPOUSES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED WITH THE GOVERNING BOARD TO ENSURE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND OBTAIN A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATON CONTAINED IN FORM 990 PRIOR TO THE FORM 990 BEING FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION PUT IN PLACE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IN 2012. BOARD MEMBERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANNUALLY INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE GOVERNING BOARD TO ENSURE IT IS REASONABLE FOR HOURS WORKED AND COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. ANY PAY OR BENEFIT INCREASES ARE REVIEWED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD AND SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL TO TRUSTEES. A FORMAL COMPENSATION POLICY WAS FORMALIZED IN 2015. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST. SOME FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADOPTED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, A RECORDS RETENTION POLICY AND OTHER POLICIES AS REQUIRED. THESE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. FORM 990, PART VII TRUSTEES ARE NOT COMPENSATED.