2022-04-09T09:31:05-07:00 2021-12-31 990 2021-01-01 066070002 CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED CONN 8606276540 P O Box 360 58 North Road East Windsor CT 060880360 Robert Brogle President 8606276540 2022-04-09 1 11 1 AAL2 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z The Connecticut Trolley Museum Robert Brogle 58 North Road PO Box 0360 East Windsor CT 060880360 612092 0 X www.ct-trolley.org X 1940 CT Trolley Museum-Provide a historically accurate educational experience of the trolley era though interpretation, preservation, restoration, and operation of an electric railway. 13 13 10 145 0 0 180290 258961 136816 305216 5015 14684 5931 16285 328052 595146 0 0 0 0 108283 124049 0 0 0 298834 373827 407117 497876 -79065 97270 1859851 1966645 278226 287750 1581625 1678895 Trolley Museum-Provide a historically accurate educational experience of the trolley era though interpretation, preservation, restoration, and operation of an electric railway. 0 0 335396 0 43763 Education - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Operation and Display of Trolley Cars and related equipment with the expressed purpose to educate all ages about this historical era. Over 100 hours of volunteer time per week during the season is used for this purpose. An additional 1000 volunteer hours or more is spent during the year setting up and revising the displays. Of the 19,029 volunteer hours recorded in 2021, over 10,445 hours were spent interacting with the public. The State of Connecticut created a Grant to encourage attendance in the summer months of 2021. Our share was $42,763 The attendance exceeded both their expectation and ours. It more than tripled the 2019 guests equaling 15170 attendees in the summer of 2021. 51324 0 37251 Restoration - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Restoration - To restore Trolleys, Railroad and related Equipment from this historical era. Over 252 volunteer hours were used in 2021 for this purpose. Due to Covid, volunteer hours were down. Contracted labor is being used to supplement the restoration of Trolley Car 3001 and maintain the Operating Historical Fleet. In order to restore our collection, a quality Restoration/Repair Shop must be available. In 2017, it was decided that a full restoration of car 3001 would be the goal of CERA. A major fundraising campaign continues for 3001. In addition to numerous smaller donations, $19,000 in grants was awarded & received for Car 3001 in 2021. The State of CT awarded a grant in December 2019 of $50,000. Another small grant was received to replace the floor on Car 4. 105819 0 16300 Preservation - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Preservation - Trolley Cars, Railroad and related equipment through the proper storage with the expressed purpose of preserving the equipment from this historical era. Although Volunteer time varies each year for this purpose, over 1000 Volunteer hours was spent on the facilities plus moving the trolleys and other historical equipment into existing barns & the Visitor Center. Concentration in 2021 continued on Pole Replacement. More than 3,636 volunteer hours plus special equipment was rented for this purpose. Over 814 volunteer hours & two qualified companies completed much needed track work. Normal maintenance was done on buildings. 0 0 0 492539 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X Connecticut Electric Railway Association Inc Connecticut Trolley Museum 8606236540 P O Box 360 58 North Road East Windsor CT 060880360 X James Miller Director/Chairman 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Robert Brogle Director/President/CEO 10 0 X X 0 0 0 Justin Chasse Director/Vice President 10 0 X X 0 0 0 Sara Garthwait Director/Corporate Secretary 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Charles Gross Director/Treasurer 10 0 X X 0 0 0 James Borrup Director 5 0 X 0 0 0 Larry Bryan Director 20 0 X 0 0 0 Chris Shaw Director 5 0 X 0 0 0 Michael Luzzi Director 10 0 X 0 0 0 Bryan Soltis Director 5 0 X 0 0 0 John Perlstein Diresctor 5 0 X 0 0 0 Stephan Taylor Director 5 0 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Weiner Director 5 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20873 0 0 112651 125437 0 258961 Winterfest Seasonal Rides & Exhibits 712110 115659 115659 0 0 Youth Rails to the Dark Side Rides & Exhibits 712110 56543 56543 0 0 Children Pumpkin Patch Rides & Exhibits 712110 44616 44616 0 0 General Admissions including Summer at the Museum 712110 35018 35018 0 0 Easter Bunny Fun Day 712110 17852 17852 0 0 35528 35528 0 0 305216 196 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14488 0 0 0 14488 0 14488 14488 0 0 0 33231 16946 16285 16285 0 0 0 595146 336185 0 0 105887 105887 9013 9013 9149 9149 0 1000 1000 9301 9301 13241 10211 3030 6697 6697 105817 105817 50 50 0 73274 73274 15335 14028 1307 Restoration & Repairs - Trolley & Rolling Stock 51324 51324 0 0 Visitor Experience & Event ReLATED 58290 58290 0 0 Track, overhead & Signal Related 35573 35573 0 0 Volunteer Meetings & Related Expenses 3925 3925 0 0 0 0 0 0 497876 492539 5337 0 37120 55573 218976 292435 0 0 0 0 0 7131 5769 0 2730047 1543196 1170607 1186851 0 0 0 0 426017 426017 1859851 1966645 8568 48245 0 0 0 0 0 246458 239505 23200 0 0 278226 287750 X 1581625 1610493 0 68402 1581625 1678895 1859851 1966645 97270 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 69313 85929 291215 180290 258961 885708 359162 305569 278023 142747 305216 1390717 2084 2728 4744 5015 14684 29255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 430559 394226 573982 328052 578861 2305680 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2305680 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 430559 394226 573982 328052 578861 2305680 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 11474 75 20 0 0 0 11569 11270 0 204 0 0 0 11474 11040 50 180 0 0 0 11270 10805 50 185 0 0 0 11040 10677 0 128 0 0 0 10805 1 0 0 0 0 10000 0 10000 2143908 0 1155552 988356 48116 0 14518 33598 243509 0 184366 59143 284514 0 188760 95754 1186851 Permanent Collection 418167 Art Work Collection 7850 426017 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Restoration of Trolleys Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Family Relationship - James Miller, James Borrup Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 In 2021, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws were amended & restated to be compliant with Connecticut and other legal requirements. Some changes were made to the management structure. The revised documents changes have been filed with the Connecticut Secretary of State and are available by written request to the CERA Corporate Secretary. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 CERA has no stockholders. CERA has Voting Members who meet at least once each year. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a CERA Members vote annually for approximately 1/3 of the Board of Directors. However, in the event of the resignation or death of a Director, the Board may appoint a replacement to fill the remaining term. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b CERA members approve the actions of the Board of Directors and Officers at the Annual Meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b All CERA Committees are advisory in nature. All recommendations made at the committee level require Board approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board of Directors reviews the information provided by the Treasurer and the Volunteer Staff Accountant at the January Board meeting. Any changes to the accounting records are reviewed at subsequent Board meetings as they are made. A final draft of the IRS 990 report is sent to each Board member for review. At the next board meeting, the draft IRS 990 report is reviewed and approved. At the Annual Meeting, the members approve the actions of the Board, including the final IRS 990 report. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available upon request to the Corporate Secretary. Some documents are placed on the CERA website (CT-Trolley.org) and are also available at the CERA Visitor Center. The IRS 990 is also available on the Guide Star and other websites.