2024-05-13T21:47:05-05:00 2023-06-30 873231666 PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLC 3001 SUMMER STREET 5TH FLOOR EAST STAMFORD CT 06905 990 2022-07-01 237105904 BRUCE MUSEUM INC BRUC 2038690376 ONE MUSEUM DRIVE GREENWICH CT 06830 ROBERT P WOLTERSTORFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO 2038690376 2024-05-13 1 ROBERT WOLTERSTORFF 999009999 1 EVA MRUK P00543254 2033232400 2024-05-13 3 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ROBERT P WOLTERSTORFF ONE MUSEUM DRIVE GREENWICH CT 06830 22167829 0 X WWW.BRUCEMUSEUM.ORG X 1970 CT THE BRUCE CULTIVATES DISCOVERY AND WONDER, ENGAGING A BROAD AUDIENCE THROUGH THE POWER OF ART AND SCIENCE. 43 43 55 236 80914 0 12141247 15776981 114915 252733 1756347 845501 117756 71901 14130265 16947116 0 0 0 0 3340425 4053613 110000 50000 1334079 2129529 4313854 5579954 8417467 8550311 8529649 87479834 95775094 10456981 6950657 77022853 88824437 X THE BRUCE CULTIVATES DISCOVERY AND WONDER, ENGAGING A BROAD AUDIENCE THROUGH THE POWER OF ART AND SCIENCE. 0 0 6226335 0 282274 IN APRIL 2023, THE BRUCE OPENED WITH TRIPLE THE EXHIBITION SPACE THAT IT PREVIOUSLY HAD. THE MUSEUM IS NOW A SIGNATURE CULTURAL ATTRACTION. WE ALSO OFFERED FIVE UNIQUE AND VARIED ART EXHIBITS, TWO SCULPTURE EXHIBITS AND A SCIENCE EXHIBIT. WE ALSO HAVE A SEMI PERMANENT GALLERY FOR FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM, A PERMANENT GALLERY FOR CT IMPRESSIONISM AS WELL AS A PERMANENT SCIENCE GALLERY A MINERAL GALLERY. THESE WORLD CLASS EXHIBITS PROVIDE THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE CREATIVITY, CONNECTION AND WONDER OF ART AND SCIENCE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HAS THREE NEW CLASSROOMS.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A LIST OF THE EXHIBITIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2022-2023. 6226335 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 0 55 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 43 43 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X CAROLYN HAMRAK 2034137525 ONE MUSEUM DRIVE GREENWICH CT 06830 JAMES B LOCKHART III CO-CHAIR 7.50 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM DEUTSCH CO-CHAIR 7.50 X X 0 0 0 SIMONE MCENTIRE VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 HEIDI B SMITH VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLES M ROYCE VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PATRICIA W CHADWICK TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 REBECCA GILLAN ASSISTANT TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ELLEN A FLANAGAN SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SUE MORETTI BODSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 FRED CAMILLO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MAURICE J CUNNIFFE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHEN CORMAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHY C EPSTEIN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 VICKI NETTER FITZGERALD TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIN GLASEBROOK TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 SACHIKO GOODMAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN GROSSMAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN C HART TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 TRACY BISHOP HOLTON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN S KEEGAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 FELICITY KOSTAKIS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL A KOVNER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 NISHA KUMAR TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT H LAWRENCE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAMIE LIGHTBURN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN E LYNCH TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN L METINKO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIST WOLFE NICHOLS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JULIA B NUSSEIBEH TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAN OZIZMIR TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE REYNOLDS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAURIE RUBIN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 BETSY RUPRECHT TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 BOB SELANDER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANNE C SHERRERD TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH SIMON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH K STEIN MD TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANGELA TIMASHEV TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALEXIS VOULGARIS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JACQUELINE WALKER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUE ANNE WEINBERG TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID YUDAIN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARTHA R ZOUBEK TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN HAMRAK CFO 35.00 X 78237 0 3523 SUZANNE LIO COO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR 35.00 X 160401 0 35540 ROBERT WOLTERSTORFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO 35.00 X 262500 0 13805 DANIEL KSEPKA CURATOR OF SCIENCE 35.00 X 110345 0 39679 WHITNEY ROSENBERG DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 35.00 X 150000 0 8444 ANNE VON STUELPNAGEL DIRECTOR OF EXHIBITIONS 35.00 X 120633 0 8409 GARY STRAIN BUILDING MAINTENANCE 35.00 X 104192 0 30479 MARGARTIA KARASOULAS DIRECTOR OF ART 35.00 X 100871 0 16696 1087179 0 156575 7 0 1 0 TURNER CONSTRUCTION 50 WATERVIEW DRIVE SUITE 220 SHELTON CT 06484 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 24757842 ESKEW DUMEZ RIPPLE ONE CANAL PLACE SUITE 3150 NEW ORLEANS LA 70130 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 908274 SIGHT & SOUND SOLUTIONS 60 MARBLEDALE ROAD TUKAHOE NY 10707 AUDIO VISUAL SERVICES 222309 SARRACCO MECHANICAL SERVICES INC 61 MATTATUCK HEIGHTS ROAD WATERBURY CT 06705 MECHANICAL SERVICES 202413 CHARLES IT LLC 150 WILLIAM STREET MIDTOWN CT 06457 IT SERVICES 184846 9 516701 579193 1163705 13517382 3405458 15776981 ADMISSIONS 611710 158237 158237 WORKSHOP/PROGRAM FEES 611710 65008 65008 MEMBERSHIP DUES 611710 29488 29488 252733 682299 478 681821 34960 0 34960 34960 34960 5054047 4890845 163202 163202 -1361 164563 190325 579193 272229 -81904 -81904 168977 57639 111338 29541 81797 MISC - COMMISSIONS 900099 7507 7507 7507 16947116 282274 80914 806947 653572 467908 75123 110541 2621412 1876733 301309 443370 112237 80353 12901 18983 402467 288136 46260 68071 263925 188950 30336 44639 13233 10138 1220 1875 51804 16036 35346 422 50000 50000 137396 137396 500207 399387 16324 84496 183460 133430 614 49416 542696 389972 14704 138020 284868 281274 572 3022 316829 268376 32302 16151 41611 39514 171 1926 248165 27035 678 220452 73893 73893 1173103 993700 119602 59801 52352 43058 3806 5488 EXHIBITIONS/COLLECTIONS 402450 402450 CLEANING & MAINTENANCE 259832 215254 27818 16760 MISC OPERATING EXPENSES 20859 19742 546 571 HONORARIUM 11096 10996 25 75 8417467 6226335 857053 1334079 859670 372666 1697604 598226 10079928 4564722 6257 108646 115297 127422 62658341 1430556 2945968 61227785 22347747 25264325 4436233 3511302 44991130 0 87479834 95775094 7364446 3158137 92535 285095 3000000 2000000 1507425 10456981 6950657 X 6341125 56924385 70681728 31900052 77022853 88824437 87479834 95775094 X 8529649 1332862 2064675 -125601 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 6035832 7068812 16423671 12141247 15776981 57446543 246652 259662 330754 330754 1115510 2283332 6282484 7328474 16754425 12472001 16892491 59729875 6520925 53208950 724615 927084 738322 1432881 716781 4539683 7507 7507 64277065 1651194 0.82780 0.82330 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MISCELLANEOUS - 2022 AMOUNT: $ 7,507. 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PART V, LINE 4: BMI MAINTAINS VARIOUS DONOR-RESTRICTED AND BOARD-DESIGNATED FUNDS WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE LONG TERM SUPPORT FOR THE MUSEUM'S MISSION AND CHARITABLE PROGRAMS. PART X, LINE 2: BMI RECOGNIZES THE EFFECT OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO BE SUSTAINED. MANAGEMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT BMI HAD NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE. FOR INFORMATION RETURNS, BMI IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATIONS BY THE APPLICABLE TAXING JURISDICTIONS FOR PERIODS PRIOR TO YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 2019. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENTS EXPENSES REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 8B 15,776. COST OF GOODS SOLD REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 10B 57,639. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: LOSS ON UNCOLLECTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVABLE 110,351. LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT 15,250. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENTS EXPENSES REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 8B 15,776. COST OF GOODS SOLD REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 10B 57,639. CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0 0 INVESTMENTS 2292380 0 0 0 0 0 0 2292380 0 2292380 0 0 1 0 0 0 PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD: PART IV, FOREIGN FORMS, LINE 3: BMI IS NOT REQUIRED TO FILE FORM 5471 AS IT DOES NOT MEET THE APPLICABLE OWNERSHIP THRESHOLD OR OTHER FILING REQUIREMENTS. X X X X X X 1 BJ TAVROW CONSULTING 300 EAST 75TH STREET SUITE 23B NEW YORK NY 10021 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT 0 700000 50000 650000 700000 50000 650000 CT ANNUAL GALA 769518 579193 190325 91381 85332 61871 33645 769518 579193 190325 91381 85332 61871 33645 272229 -81904 SCHEDULE G, PART I, LINE 2B, COLUMN (V) THE AGREEMENT WITH THE PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISER PROVIDED FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES FOR SERVICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000/MONTH. THE AGREEMENT SEPARATELY PROVIDES FOR THE PAYMENT OF OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR MATERIALS AND TRAVEL, WHICH MUST BE APPROVED BY THE ORGANIZATION AND ARE SEPARATELY BILLED. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ROBERT WOLTERSTORFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO 240000 0 22500 0 0 0 12664 0 1141 0 276305 0 0 0 SUZANNE LIO COO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR 159401 0 1000 0 0 0 8225 0 27315 0 195941 0 0 0 WHITNEY ROSENBERG DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 150000 0 0 0 0 0 7500 0 944 0 158444 0 0 0 DANIEL KSEPKA CURATOR OF SCIENCE 110345 0 0 0 0 0 5865 0 33814 0 150024 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 THE ORGANIZATION PAID DISCRETIONARY BONUSES TO INDIVIDUALS REPORTED IN PART VII OF THE FORM 990, AND PART II OF SCHEDULE J. THESE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN THEIR REPORTABLE COMPENSATION. X 5 0 X 13 3258433 AVG. SELLING PRICE X AUCTION ITEMS 31 147025 DONOR PROVIDED VALUE 0 0 1 0 PART I, COLUMN (B): THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS IN PART I, COLUMN (B) OF SCHEDULE M. PART I, LINE 33: VARIOUS COLLECTION ITEMS WERE DONATED TO THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE TOWN, DURNG THE TAX YEAR. TITLE TO ALL OBJECTS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM, AND ALL ADDITIONS THERETO, IS VESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE TOWN AND IS HELD IN PUBLIC TRUST. ACCORDINGLY, THE MUSEUM DID NOT REPORT INCOME FROM THE DONATIONS OF OBJECTS TO THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION ON THE FORM 990, PART VIII. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 123 TOTAL PIECES OF ART WERE DONATED BY FOUR CONTRIBUTORS TO BECOME PART OF THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A TIM PRENTICE GRIDLOCK 2006 GREAT ART WALL ON LOAN UNTIL MARCH 2025 ALUMINUM TILES AND WIRE. TIM PRENTICE AND HIS LONG-TIME ASSOCIATE DAVID COLBERT FORMED PRENTICE COLBERT IN 2012. THEY DESIGN, PRESENT, CONTRACT AND INSTALL KINETIC SCULPTURES. TIM'S INSPIRATION GROWS OUT OF THE TRADITION OF ALEXANDER CALDER AND GEORGE RICKEY. STILL HIS WORKS ARE VERY MUCH HIS OWN. PERMANENT SCIENCE GALLERIES: NATURAL CYCLES SHAPE OUR LAND OPENED NOVEMBER 7, 2021 DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS THAT COVER BASIC NATURAL CYCLIC ACTIVITY: 1.GLOBAL SCALE CYCLES SHAPE THE LANDSCAPE, BUT ANIMALS ALSO INCORPORATE CYCLES INTO THEIR ACTIVITIES. 2.HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAN DISRUPT NATURAL CYCLES. 3.GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF THIS GALLERY IS REGIONAL (CT TO NEW ENGLAND). 4.EXHIBITION FLOWS FROM LARGE SCALE TO SMALL-SCALE SHORT-TERM CYCLES. GEOLOGY GALLERY EXPLAINS THE ROCK CYCLES, DEMONSTRATES PROPERTIES OF ROCKS AND MINERALS AND THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CT. PALEONTOLOGY GALLERY EXPLORES PLATE TECTONIC CYCLES AND HOW THEY PROFOUNDLY EFFECTED LIFE ON EARTH. AS THE TRIASSIC PERIOD ENDED AND THE JURASSIC PERIOD BEGAN VOLCANIC ACTIVITY CAUSED A MASS EXTINCTION. DINOSAURS TOOK OVER. CT FOSSILS IN THIS EXHIBIT TELL A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THIS TIME. ICE AGE GALLERY EARTH'S ORBITAL CYCLES CAUSED GLACIERS TO ADVANCE AND RETREAT MANY TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. GLACIERS GREATLY INFLUENCED OUR LANDSCAPE. MANY LARGE MAMMAL SPECIES LIVED HERE DURING THE ICE AGE BUT DISAPPEARED FOR NATURAL AND HUMAN DRIVEN REASONS. MARINE ECOSYSTEM AND TERRESTRIAL GALLERIES WATER IS ALWAYS ON THE MOVE AND SO TOO ARE THE MANY INHABITANTS OF THE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. EXPLORE DIORAMAS AND LIVE WATER CREATURES AS THEY EMERGE TO LIVE AND LOOK FOR FOOD. BACKYARD GALLERY EXPLORE THE DIORAMAS OF ANIMALS IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. SEE HOW ANIMALS THRIVE WHETHER THEY LIVE ON A DIURNAL OR NOCTURNAL CYCLE. A VARIETY OF LIFE PROCESSES ARE EXPLORED AS INSECTS CHANGE IN APPEARANCE, DIET, AND HABITAT AS THEY GROW FROM LARVAE TO ADULTS. ROBERT R. WEINER MINERAL GALLERY OPENED APRIL 2, 2023 MINERALS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND FASCINATING. THIS EXHIBITION SHOWCASES TWO HUNDRED SPECTACULAR SPECIMENS THAT SHOW OFF THEIR MYRIAD SHAPES, COLORS, AND LIGHT-CATCHING EFFECTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 PATRICIA W. CHADWICK, TREASURER, AND CHARLES M. ROYCE, VICE CHAIR, HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE ORGANIZATION AMENDED ITS BY-LAWS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE FOLLOWING CHANGES WERE MADE: 1. A NEW CODE OF ETHICS WAS ADOPTED, THE FIRST UPDATE SINCE 2009, WHICH CONFORMS TO CURRENT BEST PRACTICES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 BMI HAS VARIOUS CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. EACH CLASS IS ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE ON EACH MATTER SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF THE MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS. THE PERSONS WHO COMPRISE A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP ARE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE ON EACH MATTER. MEMBERS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PROFITS OR EXCESS DUES, OR A SHARE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S NET ASSETS UPON THE ORGANIZATION'S DISSOLUTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A PURSUANT TO THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BMI AND THE TOWN OF GREENWICH, THE TOWN OF GREENWICH DESIGNATES THREE TRUSTEES WITH VOTING RIGHTS TO THE BOARD OF BMI. THE MEMBERS OF BMI ELECT THE REMAINING TRUSTEES AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS, BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS ENTITLED TO VOTE WHO ARE PRESENT IN PERSON OR BY WRITTEN PROXY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION HAS ITS FORM 990 PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING FIRM. ONCE THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED, IT IS REVIEWED BY THE CFO AND IS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. ONCE APPROVED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COPY OF THE RETURN IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BMI HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WITHIN ITS CODE OF ETHICS WHICH COVERS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. ALL OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANNUALLY ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. PER THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY, A TRUSTEE MAY NOT VOTE ON, APPROVE, OR RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND THAT TRUSTEE OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, AND MUST DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT PRIOR TO A VOTE OR OTHER ACTION. IF SUCH TRUSTEE IS PRESENT WHEN A MATTER INVOLVING A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS CONSIDERED, HE OR SHE MUST LEAVE THE MEETING DURING THAT DISCUSSION AND/OR THE VOTE. ADDITIONALLY, THE POLICY REQUIRES CARE TO BE EXERCISED BY STAFF TO ASSURE THAT NO CONFLICT OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT ARISES BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THE ORGANIZATION, AND THE STAFF MUST NOT COLLECT FOR THEMSELVES IN COMPETITION WITH THE MUSEUM. CONFLICT OF INTEREST RESTRICTIONS ARE ALSO EXPLAINED TO VOLUNTEERS AND OBSERVED BY THEM. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO AND A COMMITTEE DETERMINE CONFLICTS AND REVIEW THE CONFLICTS ONCE DETERMINED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION INCLUDING BASE COMPENSATION AND POTENTIAL ANNUAL BONUS BASED ON PERFROMANCE GOALS. THE COMPENSATION WAS DOCUMENTED IN A 2019 OFFER LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023 BY THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS KEPT INFORMED AND APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION POSTS ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON ITS WEBSITE, AND ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: LOSS ON UNCOLLECTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVABLE -110,351. LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT -15,250. FORM 990. PART XI, LINE 2C: THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT. THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A THE NEW BRUCE OPENED APRIL 2, 2023, TO ACCOLADES OF AWE AND AMAZEMENT BY MEMBERS, VISITORS, DIGNITARIES, AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PRESS. WE HAD 1,469 VISITORS THAT DAY. THE EXPANSION HAS DOUBLED THE BRUCE'S SIZE AND TRIPLED ITS EXHIBITION SPACE. THE MUSEUM IS A CENTER FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE THE CREATIVITY AND DISCIPLINES OF ART AND SCIENCE. THIS DISTINGUISHES THE BRUCE FROM OTHER MUSEUMS SHOWCASING ONLY ART. OUR ACRONYM IS CASE (COMMUNITY, ART, SCIENCE, AND EDUCATION). WE ARE FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S SIGNATURE CULTURAL ATTRACTION AND A GATEWAY TO GREENWICH. THE BUILDING FEATURES STATE-OF-ART EXHIBITION, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY SPACES, INCLUDING A CHANGING GALLERY FOR ART AND FIVE NEW PERMANENT GALLERIES IN THE WILLIAM L. RICHTER ART WING, A CHANGING GALLERY FOR SCIENCE, A PERMANENT SCIENCE EXHIBITION TITLED "NATURAL CYCLES SHAPE OUR LAND, AND THREE CLASSROOMS IN THE COHEN EDUCATION WING, WITH THE OPENING THESE UNPARALLELED EXHIBITIONS AWED VISITORS: LOIS DODD: NATURAL ORDER (APRIL 2--MAY 28, 2023), CHANGING ART GALLERY FEATURING EIGHTY PAINTINGS CURATED BY DR. MARGARITA KARASOULAS, THIS WAS THE LARGEST EXHIBITION OF HER WORK TO DATE. THIS SHOW GARNERED MAJOR REVIEWS IN THE NY TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND THE WASHINGTON POST AS WELL AS LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRESS. DODD IS A LOCAL PAINTER (NYC, NEW JERSEY, AND MAINE). THE TITLE REFERS TO THE ARTIST'S ENDURING INTEREST IN NATURE AND THE UNDERLYING GEOMETRY THAT STRUCTURES HER WORK. JAMES CASTLE: THRESHOLDS (APRIL 2--MAY 28, 2023), VICKI NETTER FITZGERALD GALLERY FEATURING FIFTY WORKS INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE WILLIAM LOUIS-DREYFUS COLLECTION IN MT. KISCO, NY. THE EXHIBITION FOCUSED ON THE ARTIST'S INTEREST IN THRESHOLDSTHE BOUNDARIES OR IN-BETWEEN SPACESTHAT REFLECT THE ARTIST'S ENDURING INTEREST IN ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THE IMAGES MAY ALSO REFLECT THE ARTIST'S OWN SENSE OF IN-BETWEENNESS AS HE NAVIGATED BETWEEN DEAF AND SPEAKING WORLDS, AND THE SELF-TAUGHT AND MAINSTREAM ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES TO WHICH HE BELONGED. COLLECTION INSTALLATION: AMERICAN MODERNISM (APRIL 2--OCTOBER 15, 2023), GROSSMAN FAMILY GALLERY FOR THIS INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, THIS GALLERY WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, EACH WITH WORKS ON LOAN FROM LOCAL AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION FOCUSED ON TEN MAJOR PAINTINGS BY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS (AAA) AND THE OTHER SECTION ALIGNING MORE CLOSELY WITH TRENDS IN REALISM AND ALIENATION FROM MODERNISM. THERE WERE TWO EDWARD HOPPERS (RECENTLY SEEN IN THE WHITNEY MUSEUM'S HOPPER EXHIBITION) AND AN ANDREW WYETH, ALL THREE ARE PROMISED GIFTS TO THE BRUCE. THERE WERE ALSO SIX PUEBLO BLACKWARE POTTERY FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION. THEN IS NOW: CONTEMPORARY BLACK ART IN AMERICA (APRIL 2--OCTOBER 15, 2023), BARBARA AND EDWARD NETTER FOUNDATION GALLERY THIS EXHIBITION EXPLORED HOW BLACK ARTISTS OF OUR TIME ENGAGE WITH THE PAST AND PRESENT. EIGHTEEN LOANS FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN GREENWICH SHOWCASE WORKS MADE IN OR AROUND 1968 (THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND SOMEWHAT EARLIER JOHN F. KENNEDY) AND CULMINATES WITH WORKS AS RECENT AS 2020, ENCOMPASSING THE HISTORICAL LEGACIES OF SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THE EXHIBITION, CURATED BY DR. MARGARITA KARASOULAS, REVEALED HOW ARTISTS REIMAGINE KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS TO FOCUS ON BLACK EXPERIENCES. PENGUINS! PAST AND PRESENT (APRIL 2--AUGUST 6, 2023), CHANGING SCIENCE GALLERY THIS EXHIBITION PORTRAYED THE STORY OF THESE REMARKABLE BIRDS WITH DIORAMAS, BREATHTAKING VIDEOS, INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS, AND TAXIDERMY SPECIES TO ENTERTAIN ALL. CURATED BY DR. DANIEL KSEPKA, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN PENGUIN EVOLUTION, THE PENGUIN JOURNEY STARTS OVER 60MM YEARS AGO WITH THE FOSSILS OF ANCIENT ANCESTORS. THE EXHIBITION SHOWED THE MANY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WAYS PENGUINS AND HUMANS INTERACT. MATERIAL MATTERS: THE SCULPTURES OF ELIE NADELMAN (APRIL 2--SEPTEMBER 24, 2023), SCULPTURE GALLERY THIS EXHIBITION FEATURED APPROXIMATELY TWENTY WORKS OF THE POLISH AMERICAN MODERNIST ELIE NADELMAN BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SCULPTURAL EXPLORATION OF PURE FORM. THE EXHIBITION SHOWCASED THE ARTIST'S EXPERIMENTATION WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING SCULPTURE. THE SCULPTURES WERE DISPLAYED IN THEMATIC GROUPS FEATURING VARIED MATERIALS SUCH AS MARBLE, BRONZE, CERAMIC, PAPER MCH, GALVANO-PLASTIQUE; AND FORM, FROM CLASSICAL TO STYLIZED AND ABSTRACT; SIZE, FROM BIG TO SMALL; AND CLASSICAL TO GENRE FIGURES. THE WILLIAM L. RICHTER COLLECTION (FROM APRIL 2, 2023), WILLIAM L. RICHTER GALLERY THIS INSTALLATION CELEBRATES THE EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF GREENWICH RESIDENT WILLIAM L. RICHTER. FEATURING A SELECTION OF FRENCH ART FROM THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES, IT TRACES SOCIAL CONNECTION AND LINEAGES AMONG A CORE GROUP OF ARTISTS: COROT, PISSARRO, GAUGIN, PICASSO, AND MATISSE. THE VIEWER CAN SENSE THE SPIRIT OF ARTISTIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN MENTORS AND MENTEES, COLLABORATORS, AND RIVALS. ELSEWHERE IN THE GALLERY, WORKS BY CAILLEBOTTE, CASSATT, CEZANNE, GIACOMETTI, KLEE, MASSON, AND MIRO, ALSO FROM GREENWICH COLLECTIONS, REPRESENT AN ARRAY OF STYLES AND SUBJECTS. SPANNING THE YEARS FROM 1833 TO 1957, THESE WORKS EXEMPLIFY THE BRILLIANT COLOR AND EXUBERANT BRUSHWORK OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS AND POST-IMPRESSIONISTS AS WELL AS THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SURREALISTS. THE WORKS ARE DISPLAYED IN THEMATIC GROUPING INCLUDING LANDSCAPES, THE HUMAN FIGURE AND PURE ABSTRACTION. COLLECTION INSTALLATION: AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM (APRIL 2--DECEMBER 6, 2023), GROSSMAN FAMILY GALLERY CONNECTICUT WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OR EPICENTER OF AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM. THE TRAIN FROM NEW YORK CITY PROVIDED EASY ACCESS TO THE FARMS, HILLS, RIVERS, AND APPEALING SHORELINE SUBJECT MATTER. THERE WERE TWO IMPORTANT ART COLONIESCOS COB'S BUSH HOLLEY HOUSE AND OLD LYME'S ENCLAVE AT FLORENCE GRISWOLD'S HOME. THE FOCUS OF THE EXHIBITION IS THE COS COB COLONY FROM 1890 TO 1920. THE BUSH HOLLEY HOUSE OFFERED CONGENIAL COMPANY, AFFORDABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, VARIED RECREATION, AND INSPIRING SUBJECT MATTER. SIX OF THE EIGHT PAINTINGS PURCHASED BY THE BRUCE AT THE 1919 GREENWICH SOCIETY OF THE ARTISTS EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM ARE DISPLAYED. THIS COLLECTION FORMED THE NUCLEUS OF THE BRUCE'S ART COLLECTION AFTER ROBERT BRUCE DONATED THE BUILDING TO THE TOWN. THE VIEWER WILL SEE THE BRUSHWORK, ATTENTION TO LIGHT (SHADOW AND SHIMMER), COLOR PALLET, AND IMPRESSION OF THE PLACE NOT JUST A REALISTIC TRANSCRIPTION. COLLECTION INSTALLATION: SELECTIONS FROM THE FRED AND JANE BROOKS COLLECTION OF CHINESE TOMB SCULPTURE (APRIL 2, 2023--APRIL 6, 2024), PETER C. SUTTON WALL, MEZZANINE THIS SMALL GROUPING OF TANG DYNASTY TOMB SCULPTURES WAS DONATED BY FRED AND JANE BROOKS. ON THE MEZZANINE, THIS INSTALLATION PROVIDES A TRANSITION FROM THE GRAND HALL TO THE GALLERY LEVEL. THESE SCULPTURES WERE BURIED WITH CHINESE DIGNITARIES AND EMPERORS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ITEMS, SERVICES, AND PROTECTION THEY WOULD NEED IN THE AFTERLIFE AS THEY BELIEVED THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO RULE AFTER THEIR DEATH. MANY DATE FROM THE LATE 200S BCE. MARK DION AND ALEXIS ROCKMAN: JOURNEY TO NATURE'S UNDERWORLD (JUNE 24 TO AUGUST 27, 2023), CHANGING ART GALLERY THIS EXHIBITION OF TWENTY-FIVE WORKS WAS THE FIRST TWO-PERSON SURVEY OF THESE CLOSELY ALLIED AND LIVING ARTISTS WHICH OFFERED A COMPELLING TOUR THROUGH THEIR CELEBRATED CAREERS EXPLORING THE SHADOWY DEPTHS OF THE THREATENED NATURAL WORLD. FRIENDS FOR OVER THREE DECADES, THE TWO ARTISTS ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE FOR WORKS THAT PROBE HUMANITY'S STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY WERE AMONG THE EARLIEST ARTISTS TO ANTICIPATE THE EPIC ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS NOW FACING THE EARTH. THE TWO ARTISTS WORK IN DIFFERENT MEDIA: ROCKMAN USES LARGE SCALE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS AND DION USES TAXIDERMY DIORAMAS AND SPECIMEN CABINETS OFTEN WITH FOUND OBJECTS. ICREATE (JUNE 24 TO AUGUST 30, 2023), VICKI NETTER FITZGERALD GALLERY THE MUSEUM'S ANNUAL, AND EXTREMELY POPULAR, JURIED SHOW OF HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS' CREATIONS IS SELECTED FROM OVER EIGHT HUNDRED ENTRIES BY A JURY OF PEERS AND FELLOW ARTISTS. GABRIEL DAWE: PLEXUS NO. 43 GALLERY STAIR WALL SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR STAIR LANDING ON LOAN UNTIL MARCH 2026 IN 2010 DAWE BEGAN PRODUCING THE LARGE-SCALE AND HIGHLY INTRICATE PLEXUS INSTALLATIONS FOR WHICH HE IS BEST KNOWN, AND IN WHICH HE USES THOUSANDS OF MULTICOLORED SEWING THREADS TO HARNESS THE FULL COLOR SPECTRUM OF LIGHT. EACH OF THESE INSTALLATIONS IS METICULOUSLY CONSTRUCTED. INDIVIDUAL STRANDS OF THREAD ARE INTERWOVEN THROUGH A SERIES OF HOOKS TO CREATE A UNIFIED NETWORKOR PLEXUS. PLEXUS NO. 43 ENVELOPS THE SPACE WITH KALEIDOSCOPIC COLOR. PART SCULPTURE AND PART TEXTILE, IT POSSESSES A KINETIC QUALITY, SHIFTING IN APPEARANCE ACCORDING TO THE VIEWER'S PERSPECTIVE AND CHANGING LIGHTING CONDITIONS FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM.