Nonprofit · EIN 54-6053001
STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC
Tax-exempt · WARWICK, RI 02886
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $705,777 | $632,878 | $72,899 | $852,278 | $400,160 | $452,118 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $626,904 | $614,324 | $12,580 | $1,065,232 | $457,488 | $607,744 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $276,888
- Membership dues
- $110,751
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $7,146
- Net income from fundraising events
- $403,563
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $10,711
- Other revenue
- $421,743
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $208,894
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $273,734
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $296
- Accounting fees
- $6,522
- Occupancy
- $13,660
- Travel
- $1,792
- Depreciation
- $653
- Program services (functional)
- $424,791
- Management and general (functional)
- $150,832
- Fundraising (functional)
- $57,255
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,065,232
- Total assets, end of year
- $852,278
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $400,160
- Net assets, end of year
- $452,118
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $692,155
- Publicly traded securities
- $130,975
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $452,118
- Gross receipts
- $705,777
- Employees
- 7
- Year formed
- 1935
- State of legal domicile
- RI
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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW S SCHULTE | EXECUTIVE DI Highest-paid employee | – | $145,750 |
| PATRICK DACEY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JIMMY ZATWARNICKI | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| ANDREW COGGINS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| BARRY EAGER | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| NICHOLAS LANGHART | VP / TREASUR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| DONALD LEAVITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BEN LYONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| WILLIAM MILLER JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DAVID PICKERING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| CHRISTIAN RODEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DARSHELL SILVA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| CLINT STRONG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ERIC TAKAKJIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| TERRY TILTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATE VESCERA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW S SCHULTE | EXECUTIVE DI Highest-paid employee | – | $135,000 |
| PATRICK DACEY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| BARRY W EAGER | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| NICHOLAS LANGHART | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| ANDREW COGGINS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| DONALD LEAVITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| THOMAS RAGAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ERIC WIBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DAVID PICKERING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ERIC TAKAKJIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DOUGLAS BRYAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| WILLIAM MILLER JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DARSHELL SILVA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JAMES ZATWARNICKI JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BEN LYONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| CLINT STRONG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| KATE VESCERA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2500 POST RD, WARWICK, RI 02886-2244
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MATTHEW S SCHULTE, 2500 POST ROAD, WARWICK, RI 02886
- Signed the 990
- MATTHEW S SCHULTE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (401) 463-3570
- Website
- WWW.SSHSA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- DEVINE & ASSOCIATES LLC
Mission
THE SOCIETY WAS ORGANIZED TO PRESERVE AND DISSEMINATE THE HISTORY OF ENGINE-POWERED VESSELS.
Program accomplishments
- THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROMOTES AND COORDINATES THE ACTIVITIES OF COLLECTORS AND HISTORIANS OF MATERIAL RELATED TO STEAM AND OTHER POWER DRIVEN WATER VESSELS. POWERSHIPS IS AN 88-PAGE FULL COLOR PRINTED MAGAZINE, WHICH IS PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED QUARTERLY. IT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCED SINCE 1940, WHEN IT BEGAN AS THE STEAMBOAT BILL OF FACTS. THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY CONSIST OF BOOKS, PRINTS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES, LITERATURE, MODELS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA RELATED TO ENGINE-POWERED WATER VESSELS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OPERATES THE 6,000+ SQUARE FOOT SHIP HISTORY CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES 10,000 VOLUME LIBRARY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF ENGINE-POWERED VESSELS. SSHSA EMPHASIZES THREE IMPORTANT MARITIME THEMES- IMMIGRATION, TRADE & LEISURE, AND FOCUSES ITS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO THE NEXT GENERATION BY HIGHLIGHTING "S.T.E.A.M."-SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH.
- THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROMOTES AND COORDINATES THE ACTIVITIES OF COLLECTORS AND HISTORIANS OF MATERIAL RELATED TO STEAM AND OTHER POWER DRIVEN WATER VESSELS. POWERSHIPS IS A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE THAT IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED, WHICH CONTAINS HISTORICAL AND CURRENT ARTICLES CONCERNING ENGINE-POWERED WATER VESSELS. THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY CONSIST OF BOOKS, PRINTS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES, LITERATURE, MODELS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA RELATED TO ENGINE-POWERED WATER VESSELS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO MAINTAINS A LIBRARY WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF ENGINE-POWERED WATER VESSELS.Expenses $424,791
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 | Not 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
- 54-6053001
- 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)
- Group exemption
- Exempt since
- 2010
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A80)
- Group exemption
- 5754 (1 member organizations)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $852,278
- Income (IRS master file)
- $705,777
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $705,777 | $632,878 | $852,278 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $626,904 | $614,324 | $1,065,232 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $593,693 | $550,314 | $1,246,849 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 54-6053001).
Questions about STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC
- What is the EIN of STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC is 54-6053001.
- Is STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.
- Are donations to STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Group exemption).
- Which annual return does STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 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 STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 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 STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 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 STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MATTHEW S SCHULTE.
- Who are the officers and directors of STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $145,750 (MATTHEW S SCHULTE, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $705,777, expenses of $632,878 and total assets of $852,278 at year end.
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