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Nonprofit · EIN 04-2104324

HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION

Tax-exempt · SALEM, MA 01970

Financials

$3.2M$2.9M2023$3.3M$3M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$3,336,725$2,956,266$380,459$5,520,584$498,590$5,021,994
December 31, 2023990$3,197,043$2,873,488$323,555$4,701,486$273,650$4,427,836
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$606,776
Membership dues
$49,963
Program service revenue
$1,940,200
Investment income
$170,555
Net rental income
$132,958
Net gain from sales of assets
$76,492
Net income from fundraising events
$30,937
Net income from sales of inventory
$454,825
Other revenue
$619,194

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$122,740
Other salaries and wages
$1,505,638
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,917,870
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$33,244
Occupancy
$416,547
Travel
$7,260
Depreciation
$94,908
Program services (functional)
$2,202,753
Management and general (functional)
$415,393
Fundraising (functional)
$338,120

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$4,701,486
Total assets, end of year
$5,520,584
Total liabilities, end of year
$498,590
Net assets, end of year
$5,021,994
Land, buildings and equipment
$1,091,562
Publicly traded securities
$2,832,255
Net assets without donor restrictions
$3,801,382
Net assets with donor restrictions
$1,220,612
Gross unrelated business income
$5,306
Gross receipts
$4,575,633
Employees
90
Volunteers
17
Year formed
1910
State of legal domicile
MA

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
DAKOTA RUSSELLEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
40$112,879$16,900
ELIZABETH MCKEIGUETRUSTEE, PRE
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
STEPHEN IMMERMANTRUSTEE, VIC
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
CHRISTOPHER HALETRUSTEE, TRE
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
TRENTON CARLSTRUSTEE, SEC
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
NINA S ANDERSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
DIANN SLAVIT BAYLISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MADDEN BROWNSTUDENT TRUS
Trustee or director
3$0$0
KATE CRISCITIELLOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
REGINA ZARAGOZA FREYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
CHERI GRISHINTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JAVIER F MARQUEZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ALISON MCCARTHYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
SHARON D MEYERSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JOSE NIETOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
3 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
PAULA A OCCHINOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0
KURT STEINBERGTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0
CHRISTINE P THOMSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 20 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
DAKOTA RUSSELLEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
40$105,367$17,148
ELIZABETH MCKEIGUETRUSTEE, PRE
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
STEPHEN IMMERMANTRUSTEE, VIC
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
CHRISTOPHER HALETRUSTEE, TRE
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
IRENE V AXELRODTRUSTEE, SEC
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
NINA S ANDERSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MADDEN BROWNSTUDENT TRUS
Trustee or director
3$0$0
DAVID M HARTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
PATRICIA FAE HOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JAVIER F MARQUEZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
SHARON D MEYERSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
CHRISTINE P THOMSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ROBIN WOODMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ALISON MCCARTHYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
CHERI GRISHINTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
DIANN SLAVIT BAYLISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
KATE CRISCITIELLOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
KURT STEINBERGTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
REGINA ZARAGOZATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
TRENTON CARLSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
115 DERBY ST, SALEM, MA 01970-5640
In care of
% SANDI GOREN/STACEY
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ELIZABETH MCKEIGUE, 115 DERBY STREET, SALEM, MA 01970
Signed the 990
CHRISTOPHER HALE, TRUSTEE, TREASURER
Phone
(978) 744-0991
Return prepared by
SHAHEEN PALLONE & ASSOCIATES PC

Mission

VISION: TO PRESERVE, SHARE AND CONTINUE THE AMERICAN STORY MISSION: TO BE A WELCOMING, THRIVING, HISTORIC SITE AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE THAT ENGAGES PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS IN OUR INCLUSIVE AMERICAN STORY. VALUES: - WE VALUE CAROLINE EMMERTON'S FOUNDING MISSION OF PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF OUR SITE TO SUSTAIN OUR SETTLEMENT PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL IMMIGRANTS. - WE VALUE OUR DESIGNATION AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR BUILDINGS, COLLECTIONS AND GARDENS. - WE VALUE THE LITERARY LEGACY OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. - WE VALUE BEING A CENTER OF AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. - WE VALUE EDUCATION AS A CENTRAL TENET OF OUR PROGRAMMING.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES HISTORIC SITE: THE GABLES WAS FOUNDED IN 1910 AS A HISTORIC SITE AND MUSEUM WITH A TWO-PART PURPOSE. OUR FOUNDER, CAROLINE EMMERTON, PURCHASED THE GABLES TO PRESERVE SOME OF SALEM'S MOST HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND THE LITERARY LEGACY OF AUTHOR NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. REVENUES FROM THE MUSEUM FUNDED SETTLEMENT HOUSE WORK WITH LOCAL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. TODAY, THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES' CAMPUS CONSTITUTES ITS OWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND WAS DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 2007. NEARLY 100,000 VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE VISIT AND TOUR THE HISTORIC SITE ANNUALLY. VISITORS ARE ESCORTED ON GUIDED TOURS THROUGH THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES (TURNER-INGERSOLL MANSION, C. 1668) AND NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S BIRTHPLACE, C. 1750. THESE HISTORIC HOUSES SERVE AS THE BACKDROP FOR STORIES ABOUT SALEM'S MARITIME HISTORY, THE LIFE AND WORK OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, AND THE AMERICAN SETTLEMENT HOUSE MOVEMENT. OTHER MAJOR THEMES INCLUDE EARLY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, THE COLONIAL REVIVAL PERIOD (WHEN THE GABLES WAS RESTORED), AND MATERIAL CULTURE OVER A THREE-HUNDRED YEAR PERIOD. LOCATED ON THE WATERFRONT, THE HISTORIC SITE FEATURES COLONIAL REVIVAL GARDENS AND VIEWS OF SALEM HARBOR THAT PLACE THE MANSION IN ITS HISTORIC CONTEXT. OVER 103,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE GABLES IN 2024, AN INCREASE OF 5,000+ VISITORS FROM 2023.
    Expenses $1,740,660 · revenue $1,928,075
  • THE SETTLEMENT HOUSE PROGRAM: IN 1910, THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES' SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION OFFERED PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SALEM'S NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS. THE GABLES AND ITS TRUSTEES REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING CAROLINE EMMERTON'S VISIONARY SETTLEMENT MODEL, WHILE REFLECTING THE NEEDS OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN 21ST CENTURY SALEM. THE GABLES WORKS WITH A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY UNMET COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ADVISE ON HOW THE GABLES CAN BEST HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS. IN 2024, THE GABLES PROVIDED ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES AND CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION CLASSES TO OVER 500 NORTH SHORE RESIDENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE GABLES ALSO ORGANIZED AND HOSTED SEVERAL FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTING IMMIGRANT CAUSES AND THE DIVERSITY OF SALEM, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL FUSION FEST EVENT IN AUGUST, WHICH DREW OVER 1,100 ATTENDEES.
    Expenses $232,825
  • MUSEUM EDUCATION: THE GABLES VALUES EDUCATION AS A CENTRAL TENET OF OUR PROGRAMMING. THE GABLES OFFERS STRUCTURED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS RANGING FROM GRADES K-8. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ENGAGING ACTIVITIES THAT FOCUS ON EARLY MARITIME TRADE, NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, AND DAILY LIFE IN THE PAST. THESE PROGRAMS MEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS AND COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY IN HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES. WE ALSO OFFER OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO ENGAGE DIVERSE AUDIENCES WITH OUR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT IN UNIQUE WAYS. EDUCATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDE LECTURES, SPECIAL EXHIBITS, THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, COMMUNITY DAYS, HANDS-ON HISTORY FAMILY PROGRAMS, SPECIALTY TOURS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.
    Expenses $37,928 · revenue $12,125
  • THE GABLES IS COMMITTED TO CAREFULLY STEWARDING THE COLLECTIONS, HISTORIC HOUSES AND GARDENS LOCATED ON THE HISTORIC SITE/MUSEUM. THESE COMPONENTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR MISSION AND ARE WHAT MAKE THE GABLES A NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY VISITED HISTORIC LANDMARK SITE.
    Expenses $191,340

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
04-2104324
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1927
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$5,520,584
Income (IRS master file)
$4,575,633

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$3,336,725$2,956,266$5,520,584IRS
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$3,197,043$2,873,488$4,701,486XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$2,525,501$2,312,036$4,164,769IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––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 04-2104324).

Questions about HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION

What is the EIN of HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION is 04-2104324.
Is HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1927.
Are donations to HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION 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 HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ELIZABETH MCKEIGUE.
Who are the officers and directors of HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 18 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $112,879 (DAKOTA RUSSELL, EXECUTIVE DI).
How much revenue does HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,336,725, expenses of $2,956,266 and total assets of $5,520,584 at year end.

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