2025-11-08T08:07:33-07:00 2025-10-31 990 2024-11-01 161076023 H H FRANKLIN CLUB HHFR 5857032577 50 Barrington St Rochester NY 14607 Mark Chaplin Treasurer 5857032577 2025-11-08 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Michael McCarthy 311 Jackson St Oregon City OR 97045 253485 0 X www.franklincar.org X 1964 PA The H H Franklin Club is an educational organization dedicated to promoting public interest and understanding the history of the Franklin Automobile. The Club maintains a museum building, collection of Franklin automobiles & archives, and provides tuition & educational scholarships to students. 18 18 0 40 0 0 45555 71672 28413 113124 59982 67866 0 823 133950 253485 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109669 114010 109669 114010 24281 139475 2735846 3106373 0 0 2735846 3106373 X The organization's primary mission is education and historic preservation. 0 0 61882 0 12989 The Club owns & operates a museum building in Hickory Corners Michigan called The Franklin Automobile Collection, it is a 6805 sq foot building on the campus of the Gilmore Car Museum. The building houses 13 Franklin automobiles and related automobilia that are displayed in an interpretive manor with extensive explanatory information. The Collection tells the unique story of the Franklin Automobile and its place in the history of the American automobile industry. The Collection is a critical part of the Club's mission of education and historic preservation. The Franklin Automobile Collection opened to the public in 2010. The campus of the Gilmore Car Museum is open twelve months a year. Additionally the club holds its archive of original Franklin historical media that has been digitized at The Gilmore Museum. The Gilmore Car Museum is a public, 501 (c) (3) dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of the American automobile. The Club also has a scholarship program. The Club provides scholarships / grants to students with an interest in engineering or automobile restoration to attend the Club's week long Trek held annually Union College. The program is currently expanding. Also the Club provides scholarships to qualified students in Engineering and Auto Restoration at their College or University with a maximum award of $2,000 per student. Further the Club makes contributions to the McPherson College Auto Restoration program based upon the level of participation of restoration students at our annual Trek. 22293 0 823 The Club continued its program of publications and operation of its web site. It is distributed to libraries, museums, and approx 700 Club members three issues of The Air Cooled News, a magazine which contains historical articles relating to Franklin automobiles and other early air cooled cars. Quarterly it publishes the Franklin Service Station which contains articles of a technical nature. The Club publishes a second edition of the book The Franklin Automobile Company via print on demand. The book is available worldwide through online book sellers. The Club continued to update and improve its web site www.franklincar.org this year. The web site provides information of a technical, historical, and educational nature for members and the general public. The Club makes available on its web site its digitally preserved collection of over 10,000 engineering drawings prepared by the company between 1902 & 1934. Since they were made available on the web 100,000 drawings have been downloaded. Also available are pdf versions of Club historical publications on the history of the car as well as Franklin Company parts and operations manuals. The club continues to work on its project of digitizing its remaining archive materials for eventual permanent storage in the archive at The Gilmore Car Museum. In addition, the club sells merchandise consisting of owners manual reprints, sales material, and clothing. 211 3009 As part of it mission of historic preservation, this past fiscal year the Club expanded it program of making available replacement parts for Franklin automobiles, as well as reprints of manuals & reproduction merchandise. Where the need was the greatest for selected models, reproductions of brake drums, steering mechanisms, exhaust systems and lesser parts were made available to Franklin owners at a modest mark up to preserve the road worthiness and safety of the cars for public exhibit. 17207 0 0 Scholarships, Stipends, and related Contributions made. 17207 0 0 101593 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 18 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 PA X Mark Chaplin 5857032577 50 Barrington St Rochester NY 14607 Rachael Braverman Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Matt Joseph Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Rick Kellogg Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Carol Norton Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Ryan LeCompte Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 John Harris Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Jim Eby Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Connie Roth Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Dave Bowden Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Bill Fields Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Anne Kemp Russell Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Andrew Sullivan Past President 1 1 X 0 0 0 Mike McCarthy President 5 5 X 0 0 0 Dan Russell Vice President 5 5 X 0 0 0 Ryan Nippert Director 1 1 X 0 0 0 Jeff Hasslen Midwest Region 5 5 X 0 0 0 Mark Chaplin Treasurer 5 5 X 0 0 0 Janet Kilmer Secretary 5 5 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27505 8825 0 0 35342 0 71672 Annual Trek 721110 6799 6799 0 0 Merchandise Sales 441300 538 538 0 0 Gilmore Museum Revenue 712110 102989 102989 0 0 Reproduction Parts 441300 2798 2798 0 0 0 0 0 0 113124 67866 67866 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 823 823 0 0 823 253485 181813 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7634 0 7634 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2340 0 2340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19962 19962 0 0 2443 0 2443 0 Gilmore Museum Fees and Expenses 41920 41920 0 0 Publications and Web Site and Membership Related Expenses 22292 22292 0 0 Scholarships, Stipends & Related Contributions 17208 17208 0 0 Reproduction Parts 211 211 0 0 0 0 0 114010 101593 12417 0 214894 158751 286837 440699 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 664940 309412 375490 355528 1858625 2151395 2735846 3106373 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2735846 3106373 0 0 2735846 3106373 2735846 3106373 X 139475 243380 0 7634 0 -19962 X 0 0 0 X 45406 57720 115106 45555 62847 326634 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45406 57720 115106 45555 62847 326634 326634 32691 34320 42677 59982 67866 237536 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 564170 0 0.57896 0.61163 X 59037 57720 115106 45555 62847 340265 23201 18751 15512 15790 102989 176243 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82238 76471 130618 61345 165836 516508 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 516508 32640 34279 42754 59982 67866 237521 0 0 0 0 0 0 32640 34279 42754 59982 67866 237521 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114878 110750 173372 121327 233702 754029 0.68500 0.67800 0.31500 0.32200 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 X X X 0 0 0 0 664940 0 309412 355528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355528 Operating Reserve Fund FACHC 2151395 F 2151395 Schedule D, Part III, Line 1 Schedule D, Part III, Line 1 - Schedule D, Part III, Line 1 - The organization does not capitalize works of art or historical treasures. Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 The organization maintains a collection of historical automobiles and related parts, ephemera, and historical documents. X 1 0 Appraisal 1 0 1 0 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d The Club provided tuition scholarships to automotive restoration students at McPherson College, paid their expenses to attend our annual educational gathering, and made a contribution to the Automotive Restoration program at McPherson College. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 Members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Members elect board members to rotating 3 year terms. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is reviewed by the Executive Committee Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All directors and officers are required to disclose annually to the Corporate Secretary any possible or perceived conflicts. Any financial transaction undertaken with officers or directors are reported to the Board of Directors for review. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request to: Janet Kilmer, Secretary, 139 County Route 44, Argyle, NY 12809 The organization's financial statements are available upon request to: Mark Chaplin, Treasurer 50 Barrington St, Rochester, NY 14607 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Depreciation amount for museum building.