2026-02-17T07:49:27-06:00 2025-03-31 472265971 GORTON & COMPANY PC 222 ROSEWOOD DRIVE SUITE 1100 DANVERS MA 01923 990 2024-04-01 041802590 PROPRIETORS OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM PROP 9787442540 337 ESSEX STREET SALEM MA 01970 STEPHANIE BUCK PRESIDENT 9787442540 2026-02-17 1 0 ROBERT F GORTON P00632169 9787744000 2026-02-14 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z STEPHANIE BUCK 28 OAKLAND STREET SALEM MA 01970 493794 0 X WWW.SALEMATHENAEUM.NET X 1810 MA THE MISSION OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM IS TO PRESERVE AND EXCITE THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL PASSIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE. 15 15 4 50 0 0 164905 192996 34422 35115 239973 122265 11837 5686 451137 356062 0 0 0 0 121709 137578 0 0 5013 143443 159291 265152 296869 185985 59193 2135192 2199456 0 0 2135192 2199456 X THE MISSION OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM IS TO PRESERVE AND EXCITE THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL PASSIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE. 0 0 12696 13890 LIBRARY OPERATIONS INCLUDE: REFERENCE AND RESEARCH SERVICES TO MEMBERS, STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; CIRCULATION OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS TO MEMBERS AND THEIR CHILDREN; MANAGEMENT OF THE CIRCULATING AND RESEARCH COLLECTIONS TOTALING 50,000 ITEMS; AND ROTATING EXHIBITIONS. SPECIAL PROJECTS INCLUDE AN ADOPT-A-BOOK PROGRAM THAT HAS PROVIDED CONSERVATION FOR OVER 100 VOLUMES SINCE 2012. 21625 145329 THE SALEM ATHENAEUM IS A CULTURAL RESOURCE FOR THE NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS REGION SERVING OVER 3,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY WITH OUR PROGRAMS, WELCOMING 5,000 VISITORS TO OUR EXHIBITIONS AND OPEN LIBRARY HOURS AND NEARLY 1,000 TO THE ANNUAL SALEM LITERARY FESTIVAL. OFFERINGS INCLUDE A LIBRARY OF CIRCULATING AND RESEARCH COLLECTIONS, LECTURES AND READINGS, WRITING GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS, LANGUAGE AND BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS, CONCERTS, THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, GAME NIGHTS, AND OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS.PROGRAMS IN 2024-2025 INCLUDED A CONCERT BY MULTI-GRAMMY-WINNING JAZZ MUSICIANS NICOLE ZURAITIS AND THE DAN PUGACH QUARTET; A MULTIMEDIA CELEBRATION FOR THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S THE SCARLET LETTER; WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERS OF ALL AGES; SKETCHING CLASSES; CROSS-CULTURAL POETRY EXCHANGES WITH IRAQI POET DUNYA MIKHAIL AND CHILEAN POET MANDY GUTMANN-GONZALEZ, PIRATE FACT AND FICTION WITH BESTSELLING HISTORICAL FICTION AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN KATHERINE HOWE. 34321 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MA X JEAN MARIE PROCIOUS 9787442540 337 ESSEX STREET SALEM MA 01970 BARBARA CLEARY VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW FRENCH VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JEAN MARIE PROCIOUS EXECUTIVE DIR. 40.00 X 62539 0 0 AUGUSTINE SOUSA TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE BUCK PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BARBARA TIMMONS CLERK 8.00 X 0 0 0 PAMELA HARTFORD TRUSTEE 10.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD GILLIGAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM LUNDREGAN TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JOYCE MARONEY TRUSTEE 10.00 X 0 0 0 JODIE SALASNY TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARY O'DONNELL TRUSTEE 10.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH VAGO TRUSTEE 3.00 X 0 0 0 STANLEY USOVICZ TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH KOHN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 EDWARD GRAHAM TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 62539 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66419 3754 122823 192996 TICKETS AND LECTURES 611710 29394 29394 BOOK SALES 459210 4609 4609 ADOPT A BOOK 459210 1112 1112 35115 42165 42165 1839 0 1839 1839 1839 209173 129073 80100 80100 80100 12506 8659 3847 3847 356062 159219 0 3847 62539 62539 65262 65262 9777 9777 7080 7080 17786 17786 1473 1473 1097 1097 13656 13656 15272 15272 PROGRAM EXPENSE 35761 30748 5013 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 14422 14422 COMPUTER AND INTERNET 13161 13161 CONTRACT LABOR 10649 10649 28934 3573 25361 296869 34321 257535 5013 136229 136675 65835 84517 4226 7943 466489 266147 199758 200342 1712431 1697540 16713 72439 2135192 2199456 0 0 X 1943464 1968124 191728 231332 2135192 2199456 2135192 2199456 59193 5071 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 195809 247333 204558 116184 112002 875886 195809 247333 204558 116184 112002 875886 875886 37030 33629 43117 40281 44004 198061 1073947 81743 0.81560 0.81950 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 0 0 0 191728 42982 3378 231332 142276 51760 350 1958 191728 162497 20532 40753 142276 141794 20703 162497 123203 18591 141794 0 0 71046 42946 28100 336574 171879 164695 41924 34377 7547 16945 16945 0 200342 PART III, LINE 1A: THE ATHENAEUM HAS MORE THAN 50,000 VOLUMES COLLECTED OVER THE PAST 200 YEARS, AND ALSO HAS A SMALL COLLECTION OF ART WORK APPROPRIATE TO THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF THE COLLECTIONS AND THE BUILDING. HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS - THE ATHENAEUM HAS FOUR COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS GATHERED IN THE 18TH CENTURY: THE SOCIAL LIBRARY (EST. 1760), THE PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY (EST. 1781), THE HOLYOKE COLLECTION, AND THE THEOLOGICAL COLLECTION. THE SOCIAL LIBRARY AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY COLLECTIONS CONTAIN VOLUMES THAT WERE COMBINED TO FORM THE INITIAL ATHENAEUM LIBRARY IN 1810. INCLUDED ARE A BROAD COLLECTION OF WORKS OF LITERATURE, HISTORY, SCIENCE, NATURAL HISTORY, VOYAGE AND TRAVEL, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND MORE. EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ATHENAEUM; THE HOLYOKE COLLECTION IS A GROUP OF BOOKS THAT WERE IN HIS PERSONAL LIBRARY. THE THEOLOGICAL COLLECTION INCLUDES COMMENTARIES, THEOLOGICAL TRACTS, AND SERMONS. 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY BOOKS - THE ATHENAEUM HAS A SIZEABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE EARLY DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION ARE WORKS OF LITERATURE, BIOGRAPHIES, TRAVEL BOOKS, HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORKS. A HIGHLIGHT IS A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. RECENT ACQUISITIONS - THE ATHENAEUM PURCHASES NEW FICTION, MYSTERIES, POETRY AND POPULAR NON-FICTION: ART, BIOGRAPHY, CURRENT AFFAIRS, HISTORY, SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, AND TRAVEL. A SPECIAL COLLECTION FOCUS IS ON BOOKS AND LIBRARIES. THE ATHENAEUM ALSO SUBSCRIBES TO PERIODICALS RELATED TO THE BOOK COLLECTIONS. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES MAY CIRCULATE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ATHENAEUM. X X X X X X ENTERTAINMENT EVENT 12506 12506 8659 12506 12506 8659 8659 3847 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 LINE 6 EXPLANATION - PROPRIETORS AND SUBSCRIBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A LINE 7A EXPLANATION - PROPRIETORS ARE FREE TO ELECT ANY PROPRIETOR AND UP TO 5 SUBSCRIBERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, INCLUDING THE TREASURER AND CLERK; THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ARE ELECTED BY THE BOARD. IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY OR ADDITIONAL BOARD SEATS, THE BOARD MAY ELECT NEW MEMBERS AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B LINE 11B EXPLANATION - RESPONSIBILITY IS GIVEN TO THE TREASURER AND DIRECTOR TO WORK WITH THE ACCOUNTANT TO REVIEW. THE BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE 990 BEFORE IT IS SUBMITTED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C TRUSTEES AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT. THE STATEMENTS ARE REVIEWED AND MONITORED BY THE EXECUTIVE AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES AND ARE KEPT ON FILE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (COMPRISED OF BOARD OFFICERS) CONSIDERS PERFORMANCE AND COMPARABLE SALARIES IN MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE SALEM ATHENAEUM MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE LIBRARY, 337 ESSEX STREET, SALEM, MA 01970.