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Nonprofit · EIN 54-0964184

JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC

Tax-exempt · WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23188

Financials

$408K$395K2023$491K$383K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$491,201$383,210$107,991$2,544,491$112,325$2,432,166
December 31, 2023990$408,341$395,103$13,238$2,303,904$112,825$2,191,079
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$388,390
Membership dues
$112,122
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$60,459
Net gain from sales of assets
-$643
Net income from sales of inventory
$42,352
Other revenue
$42,352

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$155,572
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$62,274
Other salaries and wages
$24,578
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$101,142
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$5,240
Occupancy
$17,678
Travel
$2,004
Depreciation
$11,631
Program services (functional)
$264,323
Management and general (functional)
$99,966
Fundraising (functional)
$18,921

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$2,303,904
Total assets, end of year
$2,544,491
Total liabilities, end of year
$112,325
Net assets, end of year
$2,432,166
Land, buildings and equipment
$430,540
Publicly traded securities
$1,901,805
Net assets without donor restrictions
$173,246
Net assets with donor restrictions
$2,258,920
Gross receipts
$1,115,469
Employees
2
Volunteers
410
Year formed
1936
State of legal domicile
VA

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 / weekCompensation
BONNIE HOFMEYEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$62,275
NANCY REDMAN HILLGOVERNOR
Trustee or director, Officer
35$0
SHARON RENNARD SOWDERSSECRETARY OF STATE
Trustee or director, Officer
30$0
JOHN SHELTON MDSECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0
MICHAEL JAMES ELSTONCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0
WILLIAM GRIFFTHAUDITOR-GENERAL
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
LYNDON HOBBS HART IIIREGISTRAR
Trustee or director, Officer
40$0
ANNE CAUSSIN HENNINGERHISTORIAN/COUNCILOR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
REV JAMES WILBUR BROWDER IIICHAPLAIN
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
NANCY DURFLINGER LUKASCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HEYWARD CARITHERS HOSCH IIICOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARTHA CLEVELAND SOMMERCAMPCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DEETTE DUPREE NESBITTGOVERNOR EMERITA
Trustee or director
1$0
THOMAS BOULDIN LEITCHPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
REV DR ROY ABBOTT MARTIN JRPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
16 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
W HARRISON SCHROEDER ESQUIREPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
EDWARD BARRON WRIGHT JRPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JERRY WILLIAM ZILLIONPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FLORENCE POWELLCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL WALTERSCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HARRISON RUFFIN TYLERTREASURER EMERITUS
Trustee or director
1$0
DYLAN BISHOP ESQUIREATTORNEY-GENERAL
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
BRANTLEY BOLLING KNOWLESLT. GOVERNOR
Trustee or director, Officer
25$0
ANN ATKINSON SIMMONSCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DR MICHAEL DAVID FROSTPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HARRY COLEMAN REDD IIICOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID ALLEN FURLOWCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN RICHARD FERRISCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CAROLE CECILE GUNSTCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANN WARREN WILKERSONCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RICHARD HOLMES KNIGHT JRPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 29 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
BONNIE HOFMEYEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$60,278
NANCY REDMAN HILLGOVERNOR
Trustee or director, Officer
35$0
SHARON RENNARD SOWDERSSECRETARY OF STATE
Trustee or director, Officer
30$0
JOHN SHELTON MDSECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0
MICHAEL JAMES ELSTONCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0
WILLIAM GRIFFTHAUDITOR-GENERAL
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
LYNDON HOBBS HART IIIREGISTRAR
Trustee or director, Officer
25$0
ANNE CAUSSIN HENNINGERHISTORIAN/COUNCILOR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
REV JAMES WILBUR BROWDER IIICHAPLAIN
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
JAMES WILLIAM GRIFFITH JRCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMES HARRIS MCCALL JRCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PATRICIA WARNER GROGGCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CHRISTINA WOLFENDEN WOODSCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NANCY DURFLINGER LUKASCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HEYWARD CARITHERS HOSCH IIICOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARTHA CLEVELAND SOMMERCAMPCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DEETTE DUPREE NESBITTGOVERNOR EMERITA
Trustee or director
1$0
THOMAS BOULDIN LEITCHPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
REV DR ROY ABBOTT MARTIN JRPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
W HARRISON SCHROEDER ESQUIREPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
EDWARD BARRON WRIGHT JRPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JERRY WILLIAM ZILLIONPAST GOVERNOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FLORENCE POWELLCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL WALTERSCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HARRISON RUFFIN TYLERTREASURER EMERITUS
Trustee or director
1$0
DYLAN BISHOP ESQUIREATTORNEY-GENERAL
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
BRANTLEY BOLLING KNOWLESLT. GOVERNOR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
ANN ATKINSON SIMMONSCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DR MICHAEL DAVID FROSTCOUNCILOR
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
3901 MIDLANDS RD, WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23188-2575
In care of
% JOHN SHELTON
Mailing address (990-N for 2014)
28 Dutchmans Pipe Cove, Greensboro NC 27455
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
NANCY HILL, 3901 MIDLANDS ROAD, WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23188
Principal officer (990-N for 2014)
Thomas B Leitch, 28 Dutchmans Pipe Cove, Greensboro NC 27455
Signed the 990
NANCY HILL, GOVERNOR
Phone
(804) 353-1226
Return prepared by
BETH MOORE & ASSOCIATES CPAS

Mission

TO UNITE DESCENDANTS OF JAMESTOWN SETTLERS PRIOR TO 1700, SUPPORT ARCHAELOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT JAMESTOWN, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND PUBLICATIONS, CONSERVE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD, AND PROMOTE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORIC JAMESTOWNE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • JAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY- AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT OF JAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY INVESTIGATING THE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH SETTLEMENT AT JAMESTOWN ESTABLISHED IN THE VIRGINIA COLONY ON MAY 14, 1607. CRITICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: SMITHFIELD RESCUE EXCAVATIONS- THIS ARCHAEOLOGY DIG IS EXCAVATING ONE OF THE MOST THREATENED AREAS OF JAMESTOWN DUE TO CLIMATE-RELATED CHALLENGES. SMITHFIELD IS ONE OF THE LOWEST ELEVATION AREAS ON THE PROPERTY AND HAS ROUTINELY FLOODED DUE TO INCREASING STORM AND TIDAL EVENTS. STRUCTURAL FOOTPRINTS, BURIALS, AND THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS: REINTERPRETING 17TH-CENTURY WOMEN'S HISTORY AT JAMESTOWN THIS PROJECT RESULTED IN FOUR NEW FIRST-PERSON WOMEN'S HISTORY PROGRAMS. THESE LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS EXAMINES WOMEN'S PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES THROUGH CHARACTER-DRIVEN INTERPRETATIONS OF SPECIFIC FIGURES LIKE LADY FRANCES BERKELEY, SARAH DRUMMOND, VIRGINIA FARRAR, AND ANNE FLETCHER.
    Expenses $100,000 · grants $100,000
  • ALICE MASSEY-NESBITT FELLOWSHIP- EACH YEAR THE SOCIETY AWARDS A $10,000 FELLOWSHIP TO SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF A GRADUATE THESIS OR ESSAY ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF VIRGINIA BEFORE 1700.AWARDED TO REBECCA LOVELL, GRADUATE STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, FOR HER THESIS GENTLEMAN, SOLDIERS, DIVERS OTHERS: EARLY MODERN MASCULINITY AT JAMESTOWNE, 1607-1622
    Expenses $10,971 · grants $10,971
  • TWO PROJECTS WERE FUNDED IN 2024.BRUNSWICK COUNTY CHANCERY RECORDS WERE DIGITIZED AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE IN VIRGINIA MEMORY. THE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1781 AND HAVE BEEN SCANNED THROUGH 1857. SURRY COUNTY MISSING WILL BOOK 10 1834-1839. BOOK 10 WAS STOLEN AND BURIED IN A WOODED AREA AND DISCOVERED IN 1869. ONLY TO BE STOLEN AGAIN. NEWLY REDISCOVERED IN 2024, THE BOOK NEEDED CLEANING AND PAGES DEACIDIFIED. NECESSARY MENDING WILL BE NEEDED FOR SEVERAL PAGES. THE BOOK WAS SCANNED AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
    Expenses $44,601 · grants $44,601
  • Expenses $108,751

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
54-0964184
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Group exemption
Exempt since
2014
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Group exemption
6112 (29 member organizations)
Assets (IRS master file)
$2,544,491
Income (IRS master file)
$1,115,469

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$491,201$383,210$2,544,491XML
990December 2023$408,341$395,103$2,303,904XML
990December 2022$467,115$378,959$2,087,362IRS
990December 2021$779,787$395,514$2,335,020IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-N for 2014
Officer: Thomas B Leitch
December 31, 2014≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

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 54-0964184).

Questions about JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC

What is the EIN of JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC is 54-0964184.
Is JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
Are donations to JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Group exemption).
Which annual return does JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY 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 JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC 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 JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC 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 JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names NANCY HILL.
Who are the officers and directors of JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 31 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $62,275 (BONNIE HOFMEYER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does JAMESTOWNE SOCIETY INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $491,201, expenses of $383,210 and total assets of $2,544,491 at year end.

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