2025-08-27T12:19:50-05:00 2024-12-31 222258733 SMOLIN LUPIN & CO LLC 900 STATE ROUTE 71 STE 4 SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS NJ 07762 990 2024-01-01 223607377 INFORMATION AGE LEARNING CENTER INFO 7322990894 2201 MARCONI ROAD WALL NJ 07719 MICHAEL RUANE CEO 7322803200 2025-08-15 1 0 SCOTT BUMBERNICK P01279281 7329742200 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MICHAEL RUANE 2201 MARCONI ROAD WALL NJ 07719 448553 0 X WWW.INFOAGE.ORG X 1998 NJ OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, TEACH AND HONOR SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION AND HISTORY IN ORDER TO INSPIRE NEW GENERATIONS OF THINKERS, DREAMERS AND VISIONARIES. 19 19 10 200 0 0 216488 265161 101608 112808 0 0 68908 70584 387004 448553 0 0 0 0 194323 200151 0 0 0 241124 215443 435447 415594 -48443 32959 1089141 1124702 1521 4123 1087620 1120579 OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, EDUCATE, AND HONOR SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION AND HISTORY IN ORDER TO INSPIRE NEW GENERATIONS OF THINKERS, DREAMERS AND VISIONARIES. 0 0 313913 183392 OUR SUBORDINATE MISSIONS ARE 1. DEVELOP: ESTABLISH AN INTERACTIVE HANDS-ON LEARNING CENTER; 2. INSPIRE: INSPIRE PEOPLE - ESPECIALLY CHILDREN - TO LEARN AND APPRECIATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; AND 3. REMEMBER: HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SERVICE OF VETERANS, CIVILIANS, AND MILITARY CONTRACTORS.OUR VISION IS "OUR PARKING LOTS FILLED WITH YELLOW SCHOOL BUSES AND STUDENTS WHO ARE MOTIVATED TO PURSUE THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH." THINK STEM!! 313913 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NJ X TRUSTEES 7322803000 2201 MARCONI ROAD WALL NJ 07719 BRIAN WICK TRUSTEE 9.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL J LIEB TRUSTEE 16.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL MARLOW PHD SECRETARY 7.00 X 0 0 0 FRED CARL TRUSTEE 21.00 X 0 0 0 HENRY MULLER VICE CHAIRMAN 11.00 X 0 0 0 JASON REDD TRUSTEE 9.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN T CERVINI VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 18.00 X X 0 0 0 JULES BELLISIO PHD TRUSTEE 8.00 X 0 0 0 MARC NATANAGARA TRUSTEE 12.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA ZIOBRO TRUSTEE 9.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SMITH TRUSTEE 13.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL T RUANE CEO 36.00 X X 34452 0 0 RICHARD SHAKLEE ESQ TRUSTEE 11.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT HART TRUSTEE 7.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE LANG TRUSTEE 19.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS CROWLEY TRUSTEE 11.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS SEDERGRAN PHD TRUSTEE 26.00 X X 0 0 0 TIM FARRELL TRUSTEE 5.00 X 0 0 0 DOUGLAS CRAWFORD TRUSTEE 5.00 X 0 0 0 34452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39889 10055 19928 118700 76589 76589 265161 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS 611710 112808 112808 112808 57782 0 57782 57782 57782 0 19928 0 0 VOLUNTEER CENTER 611710 6415 6415 MISC. INCOME 611710 6387 6387 12802 448553 183392 0 0 34542 17271 17271 149783 84613 65170 15826 8748 7078 3700 3700 5479 2570 2909 5553 5553 1881 1881 31992 31992 1082 1082 23215 23215 33183 33183 UTILITIES 75270 75270 EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES 31758 31758 VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT 1964 1964 OTHER EXPENSES 366 366 415594 313913 101681 0 39648 21335 673790 666107 26915 7683 1022578 1095684 1089141 1124702 1521 4123 1521 4123 X 1047961 1074505 39659 46074 1087620 1120579 1089141 1124702 32959 0 X 0 0 0 X 201909 252074 235563 216488 265161 1171195 201909 252074 235563 216488 265161 1171195 1171195 71877 58344 59481 51870 57782 299354 1470549 381488 0.79640 0.79810 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1022727 X 0 644904 638586 6318 28886 27521 1365 7683 MUSEUM ARTIFACTS AND EXHIBITS 1095335 SECURITY DEPOSITS 349 1095684 PART III, LINE 1A: A QUICK OVERVIEW OF INFOAGE: HISTORY WAS MADE HERE FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS FROM MARCONI, TO THE US NAVY IN WWI, FROM RCA TO OUR CHECKERED HISTORY OF THE KKK, THEN KINGS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND FINALLY THE US ARMY. WE ARE A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, ONE OF ONLY 2,600 NATIONWIDE, AND WE ARE NEW JERSEY'S WWII LIVING MEMORIAL. OUR THIRTY-FIVE ACRE CAMPUS HAS 12 MUSEUMS AND 8 EXHIBIT ROOMS ENCOMPASSING OVER 50,000 SQ FT. WE ARE REALLY NEW JERSEY'S MINI-SMITHSONIAN. BEFORE WE GET TO 2024, I JUST WANT TO MENTION TWO GREAT EXHIBITS THAT CAME TO FRUITION IN LATE 2023. A "WOMEN IN DEFENSE" EXHIBIT WAS DEVELOPED AND OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2023 AND OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN EXHIBIT WAS REVAMPED TO A MORE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND REOPENED IN OCTOBER 2023. NOW, ONTO 2024. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH. A FIRE MUSEUM TO HIGHLIGHT THE HUGE AMOUNT OF MODERN INNOVATION IN THE FIRE SERVICE THAT CAN BE LINKED TO MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IS OUR NEWEST MUSEUM. IT WILL OPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2025. OUR INFOAGE SPACE EXPLORATION CENTER (ISEC) RECEIVED SOME OUTSTANDING ARTIFACTS AND PROFESSIONAL DISPLAYS FROM NASA AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT IS REQUIRING US TO REDO OUR SPACE EXPLORATION CENTER. AND WE PLANTED A "MOON TREE", THE SEEDS OF WHICH MADE A ROUND TRIP TO THE MOON IN 2022. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THE DIRECTORS OF ISEC HAVE CONSTRUCTED INFORMATION DISPLAYS AROUND SEVERAL DOZEN ARTIFACTS, AND ALSO ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO INTERACT WITH ITS 60 FOOT RADIO ANTENNA AND "SPEAK TO THE MOON", A DUPLICATION OF PROJECT DIANA IN 1946 WHICH OPENED THE WORLD OF RADIO ASTRONOMY. FOR SEVERAL YEARS WE HAVE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, WHOSE STUDENTS HAVE REMOTELY ACCESSED LIVE AND RECORDED DATA FROM THE DISH AND WHOSE FACULTY HAVE HELPED MAINTAIN ITS OPERATIONS. WITH SEVERAL MAJOR ARTIFACT ACQUISITIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR, HISTORY AND EDUCATION LEADERS AMONG OUR ONE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN MEETING TO RETHINK BOTH THE DESIGN OF THE 1600 SQUARE FOOT CENTER AND HOW PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND OF ALL AGES CAN BETTER INTERACT WITH AND LEARN FROM ITS RESOURCES. BROADWAY, THE HALLWAY CONNECTING OUR MUSEUMS IN THE H BUILDINGS, IS NOW OPEN AND USABLE THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF SEVERAL OF OUR GROUPS: THE MILITARY TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM OF NJ, THE GARDEN STATE CENTRAL MODEL RAILWAY CLUB, AND THE VINTAGE COMPUTER MUSEUM. IT COST OVER $10,000 TO COMPLETE AND HAS REESTABLISHED AN ALL-WEATHER COVERED WALKWAY BETWEEN SEVEN OF OUR MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS. WE CONTINUE INCREASING OUR CURB APPEAL. THE MARCONI COTTAGES AND GARAGES AND SEVERAL SMALL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN PAINTED, THE WWII FIRE HOUSE WAS PAINTED, AND WE INSTALLED A DUSK TO DAWN LIGHTED SIGN AT ISEC TO COMPLEMENT THE LIGHTED 60' TLM-18 RADIO ASTRONOMY DISH. AND WE ARE GETTING A NEW FURNACE FOR THE HOTEL WITH A $40K GRANT FROM THE NJ HISTORICAL COMMISSION. OUR STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS REALLY CAME ALIVE LAST YEAR THANKS TO MARC NATANAGARA, OUR EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. THE 2023-2024 STUDENT TOURS ROSE TO 1135 STUDENTS FROM 23 SCHOOLS, A 230% INCREASE FROM THE 2021-2022 BASELINE. THEY CAME NOT JUST TO LOOK AT EXHIBITS BUT TO BECOME INVOLVED IN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THIS INCLUDED LEARNING HOW TO SOLDER, BASIC PROGRAMMING, PODCASTING, LASER CUTTING AND DESIGN, AND USING MICRO CONTROLLERS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2024, 13 SCHOOLS AND OVER 300 STUDENTS ATTENDED AND WE OPENED ON THURSDAYS JUST FOR SCHOOL VISITS!! OUR SPACE WEEK WAS COMPLETELY REVAMPED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE ASKING US TO DO TWO IN 2025. IN ADDITION, WE HOPE TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER CAMP IN THE FUTURE. WE ALSO HOSTED TWO ONE-WEEK SESSIONS OF CAMP INVENTION, A HANDS-ON STEM EXPERIENCE OF OPEN-ENDED CHALLENGES DESIGNED TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, SPARK IMAGINATION AND CREATE LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. WE HAD OUR FIRST SPEAKEASY CASINO NIGHT IN APRIL AND ALL ATTENDEES HAD A GREAT TIME AND WE MADE MONEY!! THE WALL OF HONOR WAS ANOTHER SUCCESS AS WE HONORED DON CLARK, GARY MARTIN, AND STEVE PIZZO, THREE PIONEERS IN THE FIELDS OF COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE. THE GSC HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW HAD ITS BEST YEAR YET WITH OVER 3,100 VISITORS, ALMOST 800 OVER 2023 AND THE VINTAGE COMPUTER FEST-EAST DREW OVER 2,500 VISITORS. AND HERE ARE A FEW METRICS FOR YOU: OUR ATTENDANCE IS UP ALMOST 15% OVER 2023, AND OUR MEMBERSHIP ROSE ALMOST 60% FROM 325 TO 513 MEMBERS. OUR THREE FACE BOOK PAGES HAD OVER 202,000 VIEWS AND OUR TWO WEBSITES HAD OVER 620,000 HITS AND 178,000 VISITS IN 2024. AND OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF INFOAGE. VOLUNTEER HOURS FROM ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AMOUNTED TO OVER 23,000 HOURS. HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL BEHIND THE CURVE WHEN REACHING OUT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS. THE INFOAGE PHYSICAL PLANT GOES BACK OVER 110 YEARS TO 1912 WHEN MARCONI BUILT HIS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVING SITE ON THE BLUFF OVERLOOKING THE SHARK RIVER. OUR "NEWEST" BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN WWII "FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR AND THEY SHOW IT. IT IS A CONTINUING BATTLE TO MAINTAIN THESE BUILDINGS AND THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND SOME SMALL GRANTS ARE ENABLING US TO MAINTAIN MINIMAL LEVELS OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. IT WILL REQUIRE A LARGE INFLUX OF FUNDS TO RESTORE THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND, LIKE "HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?" WE ARE TRYING TO DO IT ONE BITE AT A TIME. WE NEED THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR A DONOR WHO FEELS THE COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY HISTORY AND INNOVATION CREATED IN NEW JERSEY ARE WORTHY OF SAVING AND PASSING ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. CASINO NIGHT 9393 9393 NJ PARANORMAL TOURS 5686 5686 5 4849 4849 19928 19928 X 72607 SELF DETERMINED BY DONOR X EQUIPMENT 0 3982 FMV PER DONOR 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE RETURN IS GIVEN TO THE CEO WHO DISTRIBUTES THE RETURN TO BOARD MEMBERS VIA EMAIL, ZOOM AND IN PERSON MEETINGS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO SIGNING THE ELECTRONIC FILING AUTHORIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE REVIEWS POLICY ANNUAL OR WHEN A NEW MEMBER IS BROUGHT ON TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A HUMAN RESOURCES MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WHO PRESENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHO APPROVES AND RECOMMENDS TO THE BOARD FOR VOTE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE RETURN IS PRESENTED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL VIA EMAIL AND IN-PERSON AND ZOOM MEETING BEFORE AUTHORIZATION FOR ELECTRONIC FILING IS SIGNED AND RETURNED TO ERO.