2015-04-24T08:49:09-07:00 2014-12-31 990 2014-01-01 066070002 CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED CONN 8606276540 P O Box 360 58 North Road East Windsor CT 060880360 Frederick Stroiney Chairman 8606276540 2015-04-21 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z The Connecticut Trolley Museum Galen Semprebon 19 Ryan Drive Ellington CT 060293654 408932 0 X www.ct-trolley.org X 1940 CT Trolley Museum-education, restoration, preservation. 11 11 10 189 0 0 70485 167862 200523 213225 538 505 12603 14966 284149 396558 0 0 0 0 58839 51447 0 0 0 234100 280006 292939 331453 -8790 65105 1969088 2032078 288500 286385 1680588 1745693 Trolley Museum-education, restoration, preservation with concentration on the era from the late 1800s though mid 1900s. 0 0 118782 0 213225 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. 40448 0 11930 Restoration - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Restoration - To restore Trolleys, Railroad and related Equipment from this historical era. Over 2500 volunteer hours are used annually for this purpose. In addition contracted labor is being used to supplement the restoration of Trolley Car 1326 & 3100. In order to restore our collection, a quality Restoration/Repair Shop must be available. This year a contractor replaced the roof & much work was done to update and organize our shop through the efforts of our volunteers. 145391 0 3213 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 700 Volunteer hours were spent on the facilities plus moving the trolleys and other historical equipment into existing barns & the Visitor Center. Additionally, contracted labor was used to seal difficult areas to reach on the Visitor Center and to repair the Kelly Barn roof. 15165 0 42827 Preservation - Track reconstruction & Repairs. The repair portion is listed here. One section was completely replaced and is a Capital improvement. In addition to hiring a qualified rail/track replacement & repair company, over 200 volunteer hours were used for this effort. 15165 0 42827 319786 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 5 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CT X X X Connecticut Electric Railway Association Inc 8606236540 PO Box 360 58 North Rd East Windsor CT 060880360 X Frederick Stroiney Chairman 25.00 0 X X 0 0 0 James Miller Vice Chairman 7.00 0 X X 0 0 0 Galen Semprebon President/CEO 25.00 0 X X 0 0 0 Timothy Lesniak Vice President 7.00 0 X X 0 0 0 Stephen Taylor Corporate Secretary/Treasurer 5 0 X X 0 0 0 John Arel Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Xian Clere Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Theodore Coppola Board Member 6.00 0 X 0 0 0 Larry Bryan Board Member from May 2014 20 0 X 0 0 0 Jonathon Charow Board Member 6 0 X 0 0 0 Sara Garthwait Board Member from May 2014 5 0 X 0 0 0 Justin Chasse Board Member until May 2014 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21765 0 0 0 146097 0 167862 Winterfest Seasonal Rides & Exibits 712110 73033 73033 0 0 Youth Rails to the Dark Side Rails & Exibits 712110 56074 56074 0 0 Collection Viewing, Rides, Exibits 712110 41963 41963 0 0 Children Pumpkin Patch Rides & Exibits 712110 21859 21859 0 0 Children Fun Days & Parties Rides & Exibits 712110 14836 14836 0 0 5460 5460 0 0 213225 505 505 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24632 12374 12258 12258 0 0 Insurance Recovery 712110 2708 2708 0 0 0 0 0 0 2708 396558 228696 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46073 46073 0 0 0 0 0 0 1849 1849 0 0 3525 3525 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 16751 16751 0 0 16198 14523 1675 0 679 679 0 0 0 0 0 0 99917 89925 9992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15460 15460 0 0 0 0 0 0 55325 55325 0 0 10750 10750 0 0 Visitor Experiance & Event related 24632 24632 0 0 Restoration & Repairs - Trolleys & Rolling Stock 24423 24423 0 0 Track Repairs 15165 15165 0 0 Misc Volunteer Expenses 706 706 0 0 331453 319786 11667 0 13060 22867 196338 273934 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9836 10748 0 2407128 1118616 1313837 1288512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 436017 436017 1969088 2032078 2676 5261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 285824 281124 0 0 288500 286385 X 1554667 1530463 125921 215230 0 0 1680588 1745693 1969088 2032078 65105 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 36097 76094 52504 63117 167862 395674 161169 160141 167248 213126 225483 927167 6277 6291 28678 1288 505 43039 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203543 242526 248430 277531 393850 1365880 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1365880 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 203543 242526 248430 277531 393850 1365880 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5649 4351 0 0 0 0 10000 4142 1460 47 0 0 0 5649 3749 350 43 0 0 0 4142 2539 1170 40 0 0 0 3749 0 2530 9 0 0 0 2539 1 0 0 0 0 10000 0 10000 2029619 0 801088 1228531 10221 0 10221 0 150559 0 145793 4766 206729 0 161514 45215 1288512 Art Work Collection 7850 Contributed Information Systems 10000 Permanent Collection 418167 436017 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Restoration of Trolleys Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 CERA has no stockholders. CERA has Voting Members that 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 member of the Board during his/her term, 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 and require BOD action. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board of directors reviews the information furnished by the Treasurer and Volunteer Staff Accountant at the January Board of Directors Meeting. Any changes to the accounting records are reviewed at subsequent Board meetings as they are made. A draft IRS 990 report is sent to each Board member. At the next Board meeting the final IRS 990 report is reviewed and approved. At the Annual Meeting the members approve the actions of the Board of Directors including the final IRS 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available upon written request to the Corporate Secretary. Some documents are placed on the CERA website (www.ct-trolley.org) and are also available at the CERA Visitor Center. The final IRS 990 is also available on the Guide Star website.