2024-05-13T14:36:04-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 133018935 ROOSEVELT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ROOS 2126884836 PO Box 5 Island Station New York NY 100440201 Judith Berdy President 2126884836 2024-05-13 Judith Berdy 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 X X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.rihs.us X X 90336 X 31834 1288 1810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55404 23610 31794 0 66726 0 0 0 38936 7744 206 18446 65332 1394 64044 75 65513 X 41695 39523 0 0 25742 28567 67437 68090 3393 2577 64044 65513 The purpose of the Society is to recover, maintain, preserve and disseminate the record of Roosevelt Island's heritage from colonial times to the present. Operated "The Roosevelt Island Visitor's Center KIOSK", which welcomes residents, visitors and tourists with knowledgeable staff, reference materials and aids to help them appreciate the Island's landmarks and history. Promotes Roosevelt Island as an interesting tourist stop by providing information regarding historical sites, food sources, and walking opportunities. The Center provdes benefit to all RI residents as well as non-resident visitors. 2023 days open: 252. Visitors: 35724. RIHS operates a gift shop within the Visitors Center, selling history books, and books and trinkets for the whole family in order to support Society Operations. 10000 37058 During the Pandemic, the President/Historian created a mechanism to keep communications open and keep the community engaged with the Society. Called "From the Archives", this publication was researched, compiled and written by the Historian from Society Archives and public sources, with occasional guest contributions. Due to its popularity, the Historian has continued to produce it about 6 times a week. usually on a single topic each day regarding Roosevelt Island, New York City and State historical topics and other related topics of general interest such as arts, industry and architecture. It is distributed by an email distribution program each morning with very positive feedback. In 2023, the Society expanded it's presence on social media. With the assistance of a resident college student, the Society establish both Instagram and Tik Tok sites. 0 6500 President/Historian and Vice President research grant opportunities and prepare grant submissions and reports to the New York Community Trust which administers application and selection awardees of a Public Purpose Funding Grant for RI non-profits, and to New York City entities administering discretionary Funding from the New York City Council. 0 300 Educated residents and visitors through walking tours, bus tours, talks, published and video interviews presenting the history of Roosevelt Island and its historical sites, and in interviews commenting on current events on RI. The Historian and Board members recruited outside speakers to present historical information related to Roosevelt Island and its relationship to local and national history as well as talks of general interest to the RI community co-sponsored with the local NYPL library branch which in 2023 were presented on Zoom. The Historian also curated window displays in Roosevelt Island buildings using items from the Kiosk Visitors Center. 0 500 RIHS President/Historian participated in community affairs through attendance at HHS Coler Hospital Community Board Meetings, Community Board 8 meetings, Cornell Tech comunity outreach meetings, The Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. Board and Operations Committee meetings, to keep abreast of events impacting on Roosevelt Island's historical sites and artifacts and keeping the importance of the Historical significance of Roosevelt Island on future political and construction agendas. Most of these meetings in 2023. were via Zoom 0 0 President/Historian continued oversight and protection of the landmarked Blackwell House. With renovations and preservation completed, the Historian was instrumental in getting the building opened to the public in November 2020. The House is now manned by a RIOC (Roosevelt Island Operating Corp) employee. The President/Historian serves as the conscience of RI regarding the current landmarks and art installations calling to RIOC's attention any issues regarding maintenance and preservation. 0 0 President/Historian responds to requests from researchers, print and visual media. Historian makes photographs, artifacts and documents available to researchers in compliance with copyright laws. 0 0 Historian serves as a central source of Roosevelt Island memory, interacting with new builders, new residents, and the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp as to the Island's inception, development and political and social evolution. The Historian also notes the conditions on the Island which require repair, or improved appearance in order to be attractive for residents and visitors. 0 0 44358 Judith Berdy President 20 7369 0 0 Barbara Slonevsky Vice President 3 0 0 0 Melanie C Colter Secretary 1 0 0 0 Stephan Silverstein Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Patricia Schwartzberg Bookkeeper 20 8850 0 0 Arlene Bessenoff Trustee 1.30 0 0 0 Lynne Shinozaki Trustee 1 0 0 0 Deborah Dorff Trustee 3 2575 0 0 Thom Heyer Trustee 0.30 0 0 0 Matthias Altwicker Trustee 1 0 0 0 Lisa Fernandez Trustee 1 0 0 0 Steven Blank Trustee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Patricia Schwartzberg PO Box 5 Island Station New York NY 100440201 2127515980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 53670 33422 42324 31116 34932 195464 50966 16775 33605 40947 55404 197697 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104636 50197 75929 72063 90336 393161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 393161 191 114 78 228 338 949 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 114 78 228 338 949 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104827 50311 76007 72291 90674 394110 0.99759 0.99756 0.00241 0.00244 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^New York State Sales Taxes;4159|Meetings and Conferences;674|Insurance;1935|Supplies;1713|Program expense;7757|PO Box Rental;148|Membership Dues;165|Filing and Processing Fees;1543|Local Transportation;110|Financial Files Backup;84|Member Discount;158^Total;18446^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Inventory Adjustment Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Inventory Assets and Undeposited Funds Accounts Receivable Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Total Liabilities