2026-08-26T06:44:30-07:00 2025-12-31 042511474 Lombardi & Keegan 35 Pearl Street Pittsfield MA 01201 990 2025-01-01 042281657 Hancock Shaker Village Inc HANC 4134430188 PO Box 927 Pittsfield MA 01202 KATHERINE HAND Treasurer 2026-08-26 true JOHN J KEEGAN P00496315 4134993733 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z KATHERINE HAND PO Box 927 Pittsfield MA 01202 7575542 false X www.hancockshakervillage.org X 1960 MA HSV brings the Shaker story to life and preserves it for future generations. Annually 50,000+ visitors are served on site, via guided tours, audio/film experiences, craft/trade demonstrations, special events/programs, exhibitions, publications, a graduate degree program, and restoration projects. The visitor experience is anchored by the intact Shaker site of 20 historic buildings, 35 period room spaces, gardens, farm animals, trails, and a 22,000 object permanent collection. 19 17 57 149 40418 4484734 3196835 651337 575722 434458 543781 811556 685901 6382085 5002239 0 0 1379625 1543678 0 273712 1127543 1157888 2507168 2701566 3874917 2300673 16060370 18681081 120617 517947 15939753 18163134 X HSV brings the Shaker story to life and preserves it for future generations. Annually 50,000+ visitors from all over the world are served onsite and 100,000 unique individuals use the website. Open from mid-April into December, HSV helps children and adults learn about the important influence the Shakers. false false 845493 On-site interpretive programs are provided by education staff for all visiting children, adults, and groups. Topics showcase how the Shakers relate to 21st century hot button issues, e.g. green environment, sustainable agriculture, and equality, and also delve into the history of Shaker life, beliefs and practices. Among daily offerings are guided tours, an acapella music performance, water powered operation of machines and tools, craft and trade demonstrations (oval box construction, blacksmithing, bee keeping, etc.), and hands-on farm and craft making experiences. Special topic tours, demonstrations, and lectures change daily with a schedule posted in the Visitors Center. Periodic large scale events include Themed Workshop Weekends, Baby Animals on the Shaker Farm, Spirit Houses and Woodland Wonders, Free Fun Friday, and Country Fair. Daily self-guided experiences include an orientation film/site map/ and audio curators tour, provided in four languages; woodland walks with interpretive signs; hand crank interpretive devices in various locations; text panels in historic buildings and special exhibitions. Staff members (paid and unpaid) are posted in key locations, e.g. Brick Dwelling, Round Stone Barn, and farm animal pastures and barns, to facilitate visitor experiences and answer questions. The HSV website includes a timeline of the Shakers, an interactive map of the historic site, a database of the permanent collection, school curriculum materials, interactive games, a genealogy of the Shakers who lived at Hancock, and more. HSV partners with other museums and organizations on special exhibitions, programs, workshops (e.g. timber frame construction), teacher training, marketing, and more. For five years, the University of Massachusetts and HSV have collaborated on a historic preservation graduate program, with some classes and field experiences offered at the Village. HSV provides free admission to children 12 and under on family visits, to handicapped individuals, for library pass holders, and to members; and admission discounts for seniors, military, teachers, AAA members, etc. Many programs are held offsite, e.g. Shaker Seminar, a five day lecture and study program that presents new scholarship, takes place at significant Shaker sites and communities and serves 45 to 75 individuals. HSV is an employer of 6- 10 learning disabled and special needs individuals, via community agencies such as Berkshire County ARC, Soldier On and Elder Services; and the museum sponsors interns and graduate fellows from various colleges and universities. 353303 An accredited museum, National Historic Landmark, and three-star Michelin destination, HSV stewards a world renowned 750 acre Shaker site with 20 Shaker buildings, and 22,000 permanent collection objects, many derived from the Shakers who inhabited the site from 1790s to 1960. Artifacts include 25 gift drawings, 6,600 tools, oval boxes, and household objects, 1,000 pieces of furniture, 1,200 textiles, 1,300 commercial graphic labels, seed packs and containers, and 10,000 photographs. Scholars (50 a year) perform research using our archives; we publish exhibition catalogues and other books; these titles and many Shaker-related products are sold in the Village Store. Building preservation and repairs, conservation supplies, and theft and fire detection systems are all necessary for proper stewardship. At HSV, children and adults learn how the Shakers were ahead of their time in regards to faith, community, innovation, sustainability, gender equality, land stewardship, architecture and furniture design, marketing and business practices. 299527 The HSV mission and budget also support and staff a working farm and extensive gardens. The farm is home to cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, with heritage breeds chosen according to Shaker tradition, and we maintain goats as well, which are not a Shaker tradition. Animals are displayed according to best practices in pens and pastures to the delight of visitors. HSV gardens are famous and cultivate heritage seeds common to the Shakers for food and medicinal uses. Gardens grow and showcase in an open air exhibition a wide range of herbs, flowers, and vegetables. The HSV Shaker Farm Share program (Community Supported Agriculture) has 50-80 household subscribers and also school kitchen and food pantry users. Our chemical-free garden products are wholesaled to restaurants and chefs in an effort to spread the brand and excellence of HSV. 235250 Shop operations and visitor center 96423 Weddings and other functions 331673 1829996 true true false false false false false true false true true false false false true false true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 22 0 true 57 true true true false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 19 17 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false MA NJ NY X X Suzanne Maslanka 4134430188 PO Box 927 Pittsfield MA 01202 X CAROLINE HOLLAND Director & CEO 40.00 0.00 152885 0 599 ROBERT PLOTZ CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 LISA JENKS Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHERINE HAND Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PETER VAN DEMARK CLERK 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PETER TAYLOR Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALEXANDER CARLISLE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 XTINA PARKS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE EVENCHICK Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTIAN GOODWILLIE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DARIN JOHNSON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ORION HOWARD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANDY WRBA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew Vadnais Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM VOGT Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Harlow Murray Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHERYL MURRAY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BARBARA ERNST PREY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DIANE ESHLEMAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LISA CUSHMAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 152885 599 1 false true false 0 94795 483132 2618908 15616 3196835 Admissions 452230 452230 Farm and garden 29832 29832 Programs and workshops 93660 93660 575722 282716 282716 0 0 0 2598571 2337506 261065 261065 261065 156977 77155 79822 0 342481 158642 183839 159321 24518 Facility rental 390453 374553 15900 Other income 20449 20449 Village cafe 11338 11338 422240 5002239 1141383 40418 543781 0 0 0 0 152885 107020 45865 0 1151857 808509 225616 117732 16994 9954 7040 104446 65989 33918 4539 117496 85144 21548 10804 0 0 22930 22930 0 0 14411 14411 0 66815 66765 50 6073 3061 2410 602 0 0 175765 164614 11151 0 0 0 0 0 277909 213982 47253 16674 100999 75749 25250 Outside labor 162215 41389 37307 83519 Other program expense 67951 67896 55 Restricted project expenses 63856 334 63522 Supplies 47404 44826 112 2466 151560 74764 39470 37326 2701566 1829996 597858 273712 2439266 1053980 2419268 6044206 573251 572127 149894 200949 0 0 0 99685 121587 50249 39831 12310835 7109040 4105259 5201795 6058281 5273542 0 0 0 165217 173064 16060370 18681081 28429 420759 2188 7188 90000 90000 120617 517947 X 7472286 8671928 8467467 9491206 15939753 18163134 16060370 18681081 2300673 -77292 X false true X true false X 2856113 3738993 1142708 4484734 3196835 15419383 0 0 2856113 3738993 1142708 4484734 3196835 15419383 5795810 9623573 48192 75678 206268 251676 282716 864530 0 0 16283913 5415741 0.59100 0.60430 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X false 1195288 751539 179494 67108 2059213 1086702 60000 104065 55479 1195288 1219050 67652 41623 41623 200000 1086702 811050 408000 44039 44039 1219050 801829 9221 52318 52318 811050 0.04850 0.87330 0.07820 false false false 175851 175851 8201819 5461158 2740661 716579 691387 25192 3216586 956495 2260091 5201795 SECURITY DEPOSIT PAYABLE 90000 90000 5155637 -77292 9304 235797 167809 4987828 14411 14411 5002239 2932256 9304 235797 245101 2687155 14411 14411 2701566 Part III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, o Collection items acquired either through purchase or donation are not capitalized. Purchases of collection items are recorded as decreases in net assets without donor restrictions. If items are purchased with net assets with donor restrictions, a transfer from the net assets with donor restrictions to net assets without donor restrictions would be made at that time. Contributions of collection items are not recognized in the Statement of Activities. Proceeds from de-accessions or insurance recoveries are reflected on the Statement of Activities based on the absence or existence and nature of donor imposed restrictions. Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose. The 22,000 objects and 20 historic buildings in HSV educate others on how the shakers lived. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. In accordance with donor requirements and Massachusetts general law chapter 180, HSV maintains the principle of endowment gifts in perpetuity and in accordance with its investment policy. Income earned from the endowment is used in support of museum operations in accordance with its spending policy. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 Cost of sales $158642 SPECIAL EVENTS $77155 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Cost of sales $158642 SPECIAL EVENTS $77155 false Gala 156977 156977 8010 51796 2000 15349 156977 156977 8010 51796 2000 15349 77155 79822 false false false false false false false false false CAROLINE HOLLAND Director & CEO 152885 599 153484 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 CHERYL MURRAY AND HARLOW MURRAY ARE BOTH ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MARRIED TO ONE ANOTHER. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Like the audit, the draft 990 return is reviewed by HSVs CEO and Finance Director, the Boards Audit and Finance Committee, and the full Board of Trustees. There is a thorough review process prior to the final filing of the document. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Annually Board members complete and sign a Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement. Staff members discuss and sign a Code of Conduct Policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The board chair, vice-chair and select board members review the CEO and recommend any pay increase to the finance commitee and treasurer. Once approved this becomes part of the annual budget which is approved by the entire board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The CEO reviews department heads and determnines pay increases. Department heads review thier staff and suggest any pay increases which then must be approved by the CEO. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 HSV Governance documents, Code of Ethics, Conflict of Interest Statement, and financial reports are available to the public upon request. The federal 990, MA form PC and other such reports are available through the MA Attorney Generals website and the 990 is on Guidestar.org as well.