Nonprofit · EIN 04-2281657
HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC
Tax-exempt · PITTSFIELD, MA 01202
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $5,002,239 | $2,701,566 | $2,300,673 | $18,681,081 | $517,947 | $18,163,134 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $6,382,085 | $2,507,168 | $3,874,917 | $16,060,370 | $120,617 | $15,939,753 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,520,279 | $2,631,952 | -$111,673 | $12,324,832 | $365,610 | $11,959,222 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,196,835
- of which government grants
- $483,132
- Membership dues
- $94,795
- Program service revenue
- $575,722
- Investment income
- $543,781
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $261,065
- Net income from fundraising events
- $79,822
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $183,839
- Other revenue
- $685,901
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $152,885
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,151,857
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,543,678
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $22,930
- Occupancy
- $175,765
- Depreciation
- $277,909
- Program services (functional)
- $1,829,996
- Management and general (functional)
- $597,858
- Fundraising (functional)
- $273,712
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $16,060,370
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,681,081
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $517,947
- Net assets, end of year
- $18,163,134
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,201,795
- Publicly traded securities
- $5,273,542
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $8,671,928
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $9,491,206
- Gross unrelated business income
- $40,418
- Gross receipts
- $7,575,542
- Employees
- 57
- Volunteers
- 149
- Year formed
- 1960
- 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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAROLINE HOLLAND | Director & CEO | 40 | $152,885 | $599 |
| ROBERT PLOTZ | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA JENKS | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHERINE HAND | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER VAN DEMARK | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER TAYLOR | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER CARLISLE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| XTINA PARKS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE EVENCHICK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTIAN GOODWILLIE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DARIN JOHNSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ORION HOWARD | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY WRBA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Vadnais | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM VOGT | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlow Murray | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHERYL MURRAY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA ERNST PREY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DIANE ESHLEMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LISA CUSHMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAROLINE HOLLAND | Director & CEO | 40 | $147,116 | $599 |
| ROBERT PLOTZ | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA JENKS | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC PROUTY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHERINE HAND | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER VAN DEMARK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| XTINA PARKS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE EVENCHICK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTIAN GOODWILLIE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DARIN JOHNSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ORION HOWARD | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY WRBA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| REGGIE WILSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Vadnais | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM VOGT | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Harlow Murray | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERYL MURRAY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA ERNST PREY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANE ESHLEMAN | TRUSTEE EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY RENTZ | TRUSTEE EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN SKAVLEM | DEVELOPMENT DIR | 40 | $122,000 | $3,703 |
| Nathaniel E Silver | Director & CEO (THRU 9/23) | 40 | $116,443 | $0 |
| CAROLINE HOLLAND | Director & CEO (EFF 9/23) | 40 | $49,500 | $0 |
| ROBERT PLOTZ | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA JENKS | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC PROUTY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robin Lazarow | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA CUSHMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER VAN DEMARK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANE ESHLEMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE EVENCHICK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTIAN GOODWILLIE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHERINE HAND | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ORION HOWARD | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Carina Liebeknecht | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| REGGIE WILSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Vadnais | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM VOGT | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Harlow Murray | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERYL MURRAY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA ERNST PREY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY RENTZ | TRUSTEE EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 927, PITTSFIELD, MA 01202-0927
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- KATHERINE HAND, PO Box 927, Pittsfield, MA 01202
- Signed the 990
- KATHERINE HAND, Treasurer
- Phone
- (413) 443-0188
- Website
- www.hancockshakervillage.org
- Return prepared by
- Lombardi & Keegan
Mission
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.
Program accomplishments
- 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.Expenses $845,493
- 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.Expenses $353,303
- 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.Expenses $299,527
- Shop operations and visitor centerExpenses $235,250
- Weddings and other functionsExpenses $96,423
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 year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-2281657
- 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
- 1963
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $18,681,081
- Income (IRS master file)
- $7,575,542
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $5,002,239 | $2,701,566 | $18,681,081 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $6,382,085 | $2,507,168 | $16,060,370 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,520,279 | $2,631,952 | $12,324,832 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2022 | $5,133,759 | $2,670,154 | $12,245,589 | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 04-2281657).
Questions about HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC
- What is the EIN of HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC is 04-2281657.
- Is HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1963.
- Are donations to HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC 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 HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names KATHERINE HAND.
- Who are the officers and directors of HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 20 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $152,885 (CAROLINE HOLLAND, Director & CEO).
- How much revenue does HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,002,239, expenses of $2,701,566 and total assets of $18,681,081 at year end.
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