Nonprofit · EIN 02-0233250
NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Tax-exempt · CONCORD, NH 03301
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $5,784,592 | $2,337,895 | $3,446,697 | $31,509,969 | $281,386 | $31,228,583 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,571,449 | $2,392,969 | $178,480 | $28,586,469 | $367,662 | $28,218,807 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,731,658 | $2,485,913 | -$754,255 | $25,766,319 | $545,993 | $25,220,326 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,904,536
- of which government grants
- $194,598
- Membership dues
- $391,341
- Program service revenue
- $99,299
- Investment income
- $3,563,156
- Royalties
- $493
- Net rental income
- $158,084
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $2,045,897
- Net income from gaming
- $56,272
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $2,752
- Other revenue
- $217,601
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $173,299
- Other salaries and wages
- $781,339
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,105,288
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $26,911
- Occupancy
- $192,462
- Travel
- $10,402
- Depreciation
- $320,693
- Program services (functional)
- $1,584,377
- Management and general (functional)
- $560,169
- Fundraising (functional)
- $193,349
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $28,586,469
- Total assets, end of year
- $31,509,969
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $281,386
- Net assets, end of year
- $31,228,583
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $4,912,537
- Publicly traded securities
- $15,060,464
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $18,667,431
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $12,561,152
- Gross receipts
- $8,179,257
- Employees
- 35
- Volunteers
- 43
- Year formed
- 1823
- State of legal domicile
- NH
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Dunlap | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $165,047 | $8,252 |
| Joan Desmarais | Vice President Highest-paid employee | 40 | $113,532 | $5,665 |
| Michael Marr | Director of Finance Highest-paid employee | 40 | $100,570 | $5,029 |
| Marcia Schmidt Blaine | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Colin Cabot | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert J Dietel | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Helen H Frink | Trustee (end 4/2025) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Goldstein | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Anne L Hamilton | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca WS More | Trustee (end 4/2025) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara A Pitsch | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann G Remus | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marilyn G Soper | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kurt M Swenson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Roberta EC Tenney | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
11 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant F Tolles Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| William W Upton | Trustee (start 5/2025) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| William P Veillette | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Ware | Trustee (start 9/2025) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Robert A Wells | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Benjamin H Wilson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Joseph L Taggart | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Sylvia B Larsen | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Gregg R Tewksbury | Treasurer (end 4/2025) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| David B Ruedig | Treasurer (start 5/2025) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Terry M Knowles | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 26 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Dunlap | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $160,256 | $8,013 |
| Joan Desmarais | Vice President Highest-paid employee | 40 | $109,807 | $5,942 |
| Michael Marr | Director of Finance Officer | 40 | $97,873 | $4,882 |
| Marcia Schmidt Blaine | Trustee (start 6/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Colin Cabot | Trustee (start 6/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert J Dietel | Trustee (start 6/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John E Friberg Jr | Trustee (end 6/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Helen H Frink | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Goldstein | Trustee (start 3/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Anne L Hamilton | Trustee (start 6/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca WS More | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara A Pitsch | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann G Remus | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marilyn G Soper | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kurt M Swenson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Roberta EC Tenney | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bryant F Tolles Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William P Veillette | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert A Wells | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Benjamin H Wilson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David B Ruedig | Chair (end 6/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph L Taggart | Vice Chair/Chair (start 6/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sylvia B Larsen | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gregg R Tewksbury | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William W Upton | Secretary (end 6/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry M Knowles | Trustee; Secretary (start 6/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 27 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Dunlap | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $153,360 | $7,668 |
| Joan Desmarais | Vice President Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,522 | $8,794 |
| Michael Marr | Director of Finance Officer | 40 | $93,635 | $4,670 |
| David B Clark | Trustee (end 6/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John E Friberg Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Helen H Frink | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry M Knowles | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca WS More | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara A Pitsch | Trustee (start 6/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Pride | Trustee (end 4/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann G Remus | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Carol M Rymes | Trustee (end 6/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marilyn G Soper | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kurt M Swenson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Roberta EC Tenney | Trustee (start 6/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bryant F Tolles Jr | Trustee (start 6/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William P Veillette | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert A Wells | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Benjamin H Wilson | Trustee (start 6/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Philip Zea | Trustee (end 6/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David B Ruedig | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sylvia B Larsen | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph L Taggart | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael R Reopel | Treasurer (end 6/2023) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gregg R Tewksbury | Trustee; Treasurer (start 6/2023) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James L Garvin | Secretary (end 6/2023) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William W Upton | Trustee; Secretary (start 6/2023) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 30 PARK ST, CONCORD, NH 03301-6316
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- William Dunlap, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301
- Signed the 990
- William Dunlap, President & CEO
- Phone
- (603) 856-0602
- Website
- https://www.nhhistory.org/
- Return prepared by
- Baker Newman & Noyes
Mission
To educate a diverse public about the significance of New Hampshire's past and its relationship to our lives today. To this end, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets material pertaining to New Hampshire history.
Program accomplishments
- Library and Museum: the New Hampshire Historical Society collects and preserves the most extensive collection of objects, books, manuscripts, and images related to New Hampshire history that can be found anywhere. These collections offer the most complete picture available of the social, economic, political, and cultural history of New Hampshire over nearly four centuries.Expenses $941,141 · revenue $27,490
- Education: the Society offers a diverse range of educational programs, including research services, exhibitions, publications, school programs, public programs, technical services, and support of local historical societies. The Society's website and online collections catalog provide broad access to information on library, archival, and museum collections. The Society also offers the New Hampshire History Network (NHHN), a digital gateway that provides centralized access to New Hampshire's history and historical collections through partnerships with local historical societies and other collecting institutions. In 2017, the Society launched "The Democracy Project: Renewing History and Civics Education in New Hampshire Schools," an initiative to address the growing knowledge deficit in history and civics.Expenses $369,412 · revenue $71,310
- The Society offers public relations and member services for various visitors and patrons. Other programs include publications, exhibits, facilities, buildings, grounds, and security. The Society also operates a store which sells books and goods related to New Hampshire and its history.Expenses $273,824 · revenue $3,251
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 02-0233250
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1945
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A540)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $31,509,969
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,179,257
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $5,784,592 | $2,337,895 | $31,509,969 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $2,571,449 | $2,392,969 | $28,586,469 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $1,731,658 | $2,485,913 | $25,766,319 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $4,524,384 | $2,197,234 | $25,324,321 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 02-0233250).
Questions about NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY is 02-0233250.
- Is NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1945.
- Are donations to NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names William Dunlap.
- Who are the officers and directors of NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 26 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $165,047 (William Dunlap, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,784,592, expenses of $2,337,895 and total assets of $31,509,969 at year end.
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