DETROIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: DETROIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY (EIN 38-1381144)
Tax period: 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30
Filed: 2026-01-19
IRS object ID: 202610199349301006
Schema version: 2024v5.5
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-01-19T11:21:18-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	382706146	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	YEO & YEO PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1450 Eisenhower Place	AddressLine1Txt
City	Ann Arbor	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	481083283	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	381381144	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Detroit Historical Society	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	DETR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3138331805	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5401 Woodward Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	Detroit	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	482024009	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Elana Rugh	PersonNm
Person Title	President & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3138331805	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-01-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Timothy P Crosson Jr	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01442508	PTIN
Phone	7347691331	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-01-13	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Elana Rugh	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5401 Woodward Ave	AddressLine1Txt
City	Detroit	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	482024009	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$8,139,821	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	detroithistorical.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1921	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MI	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	46	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	45	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	92	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	51	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$1,404	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,558,369	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,199,877	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$631,907	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$923,010	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$77,713	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$242,680	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$56,554	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$226,123	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$7,211,435	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,591,690	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,900,514	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,378,965	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$1,096,838	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,870,528	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,745,354	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,771,042	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$7,124,319	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$440,393	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,532,629	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$9,505,595	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,298,497	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$493,746	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,699,397	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$9,011,849	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,599,100	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,418,612	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$367,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	Management and oversight of the Detroit Historical Museum and Dossin Great Lakes Museum - the Detroit Historical Museums provide opportunities for individuals of all ages to experience a variety of historical stories and artifacts. The Detroit Historical Museum is open five days a week, 52 weeks per year. The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is open three days per week for 28 weeks per year and five days per week for 24 weeks per year. Both museums are open for private tours on days they are not open to the public. Together, the museums serve more than 180,000 people annually.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,840,035	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$476,023	RevenueAmt
Desc	Public programs - the Detroit Historical Museums' goal is to offer opportunities for constituents to go in-dept on certain historical topics, either through lectures, workshops, films, or tours. The organization hosts approximately 30 community tours annually and approximately 25 in-museum programs. Generally, these programs are targeted at adults and seniors; however, there are special events and programs throughout the year aimed at students and families. The average community tour attendance is 30 people, and the average in-museum program attracts 40 individuals.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,396,441	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$361,264	RevenueAmt
Desc	Maintaining more than 300,000 artifacts in the City of Detroit's collection, the Detroit Historical Society ensures the conservation and preservation of artifacts related to the history of the people, places, and events critical to the City of Detroit's history. A team of staff, interns, and volunteers is working to digitize aspects of the collection and place the information online. Even with the abatement of COVID-19, the appetite for digital content continues, and the organization is now focused on digitization as a way to increase accessibility to these artifacts for those that cannot come to the museums. The organization continues to receive several thousand items annually.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$4,655,088	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	51	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	92	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	46	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	45	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Elana Rugh	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3138331805	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5401 Woodward Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	Detroit	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	482024009	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (53 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
John P Decker
Chairperson	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas C Buhl
Past Chairperson	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Linda Schlesinger-Wagner
1st Vice Chairperson	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark J Albrecht
2nd Vice Chairperson	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Elana Rugh
President & CEO	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$275,269	$0	$19,076
Greg Nowak
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dante Stella
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lawrence N Bluth
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lindsay Joseph
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey Lambrecht
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Francis W McMillan II
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kenneth J Svoboda
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Camille Walker Banks
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Markeith Weldon
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Akosua Barthwell Evans
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marc Bland
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul Boehms
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gary Brown
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jim Deutchman
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Douglas Dossin
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lena Epstein
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Fisher Jr
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert Gillette Jr
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
F Neal Gram III
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sean Gray
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Frederick Hall
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rainy Hamilton
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Daniel Kaufman
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bernie Kent
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jin-Kyu Koh
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Kosonog
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Margery Krevsky-Dosey
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Chauncey Mayfield II
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Chris Onwuzurike
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph Parke
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeanette Pierce
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Leslye Rosenbaum
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rick Ruffner
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jonathan B Rumley
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lois Shaevsky
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dana Sorensen
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Coriel Taylor
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ron Taylor
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul Van Tol
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jean Vernor
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Waters
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matthew Greenough
Chief Financial Officer	40.00		Yes (X)	$113,565	$0	$23,409
Tracy Irwin
Chief Exhibition Officer	40.00		Yes (X)	$128,903	$0	$17,752
Rebecca Witt
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer	40.00			$172,500	$0	$2,095	Yes (X)
Douglas Czajkowski
VP of Development	40.00			$198,216	$0	$13,207	Yes (X)
Alicia Jeffreys Ended
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Judith Knudsen Christie Ended
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ned Staebler Ended
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$888,453	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$75,539	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$215,841	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$2,138,194	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,845,842	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$121,254	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,199,877	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Tickets & Admissions	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$923,010	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$923,010	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$923,010	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$166,269	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$166,269	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,977,658	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,901,247	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$76,411	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$76,411	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$76,411	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$125,654	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$215,841	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$182,212	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$56,558	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$56,558	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$747,353	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$464,672	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$282,681	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$281,277	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$1,404	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,591,690	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,204,287	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$1,404	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$186,122	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$950,519	TotalAmt
Program Services	$317,682	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$428,530	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$204,307	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,820,311	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,006,180	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$285,389	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$528,742	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,610	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,327	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,475	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,808	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$311,735	TotalAmt
Program Services	$219,141	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,154	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$62,440	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$275,790	TotalAmt
Program Services	$171,868	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$50,011	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$53,911	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,858	TotalAmt
Management And General	$55,858	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,250	TotalAmt
Management And General	$45,250	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,005	TotalAmt
Management And General	$25,005	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$477,290	TotalAmt
Program Services	$256,363	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$97,829	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$123,098	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$701,262	TotalAmt
Program Services	$562,761	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$85,239	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$53,262	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$668,560	TotalAmt
Program Services	$608,167	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,054	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$31,339	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,355	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,866	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,151	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,338	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,239	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,032	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,322	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,885	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$457,612	TotalAmt
Program Services	$411,851	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,761	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,683	TotalAmt
Management And General	$83,683	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Miscellaneous	$83,526	$7,971	$52,984	$22,571
Tours	$51,714	$50,879	$698	$137

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,124,319	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,655,088	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,372,393	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,096,838	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$529,358	BOYAmt
EOY	$577,665	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$942,868	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,529,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$369,243	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$255,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$339,667	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$128,220	BOYAmt
EOY	$131,479	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$8,317,904	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$5,903,157	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,872,359	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,414,747	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,219,892	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,371,465	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,769	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,231	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,505,595	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,298,497	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$431,361	BOYAmt
EOY	$442,392	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,616	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,239,774	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,769	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,231	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$493,746	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,699,397	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,928,015	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,840,495	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,083,834	BOYAmt
EOY	$758,605	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,011,849	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,599,100	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,505,595	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,298,497	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,532,629	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$119,880	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,150,349	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,879,921	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,988,697	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,558,369	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,199,878	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$24,777,214	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$309,973	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$600,572	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$680,762	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,084,155	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,204,287	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,879,749	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$300,638	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$300,638	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$300,638	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$300,638	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$300,638	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,503,190	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,760,960	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,781,131	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,970,097	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,943,162	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,704,803	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,160,153	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$69,436	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$101,191	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$102,864	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$100,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$200,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$573,491	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$69,436	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$101,191	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$102,864	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$100,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$200,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$573,491	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$29,586,662	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$64,688	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$181,654	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$210,001	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$49,609	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$166,269	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$672,221	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$64,688	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$181,654	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$210,001	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$49,609	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$166,269	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$672,221	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,825,648	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,962,785	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,180,098	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,992,771	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,871,072	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,832,374	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.95960	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.95410	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.02180	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.02670	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$8,131,351	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,717,892	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,413,459	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$186,553	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$185,265	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,288	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,414,747	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ROU Liability	Desc
Amt	$17,231	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$17,231	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,229,326	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$119,879	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$362,847	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$154,910	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$637,636	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$5,591,690	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$5,591,690	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,109,044	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$362,847	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$621,878	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$984,725	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$7,124,319	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$7,124,319	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 4:	The Detroit Historical Society maintains the historical artifact collections owned by the City of Detroit. Those artifacts are catalogued and digitized for board dissemination to the public.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Investment Fees -25,005. Special Events Expense 179,915.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Special Events 179,915. Investment Fees -25,005. Cost of Goods Sold 466,968.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Golf Outing	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$90,802	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$49,862	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$40,940	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$12,358	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$23,700	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$5,177	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Society Ball	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$250,693	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$165,979	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$84,714	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$39,526	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$5,000	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$96,451	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$341,495	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$215,841	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$125,654	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$51,884	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$28,700	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$101,628	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$182,212	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$56,558	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Elana Rugh
President & CEO	$239,269	$0	$30,000	$0	$6,000	$0	$2,707	$0	$16,369	$0	$294,345	$0	$0	$0
Rebecca Witt
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer	$160,000	$0	$12,500	$0	$0	$0	$1,675	$0	$420	$0	$174,595	$0	$0	$0
Douglas Czajkowski
VP of Development	$179,616	$0	$15,000	$0	$3,600	$0	$1,911	$0	$11,296	$0	$211,423	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 7	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Annual bonus is performance-based.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (5 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Tiger Stadium Seats	1	$72,500	Fair Market Value
Yes (X)	Auction Items	69	$29,651	Fair Market Value
Yes (X)	Dessert Table & Specialty Bar	2	$9,113	Fair Market Value
Yes (X)	Red Wings Tickets	22	$6,790	Fair Market Value
Yes (X)	Talent Services for Actors/Models	1	$3,200	Fair Market Value

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6	The Detroit Historical Society is a membership organization. All members have the right to elect the members of the Board of Trustees, as well as certain officers of the organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	All members have the right to elect the members of the Board of Trustees, as well as to elect the organization's secretary, treasurer, and historian.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The Chief Executive Officer and the Director of Finance, as well as the Finance and Audit Committee Chair, review a draft copy of Form 990 before it is filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	The governance committee of the Detroit Historical Society board of trustees monitors and enforces an annual review and compliance with the organization's conflict of interest policy. Current trustees re-sign their agreement to the policy annually. New trustees sign the conflict of interest policy upon election to the board and annually thereafter. A file of all signed conflict of interest policies is retained by the Assistant to the President and Chief Executive Officer.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The Detroit Historical Society has adopted and utilizes an executive compensation policy for the determination of compensation of the Detroit Historical Society's President and Chief Executive Officer ("President/CEO"), as well as other top management officials earning $150,000 or more. Consistent with Detroit Historical Society's by-laws, the Human Resources Committee ("the Committee") serves as the compensation committee and maintains general oversight of the organization's human resource plan, including yearly evaluations of its top executives and the determination of their compensation. The committee will meet, independently of the President/CEO and top management officials, to discuss performance relative to the position description. During these deliberations, the Committee may consider input obtained from other board members, staff, professional advisors, grant recipients, and other informed community leaders. Once a consensus is reached regarding performance, a similar discussion will be held concerning compensation relative to annual benchmarks and established objectives. Only those members of the Committee who are independent may be involved in the process for determining compensation. An independent person is defined as a committee member who does not have a direct or indirect financial interest in the organization. A voting member of the Committee who receives compensation from the organization for services is precluded from voting on matters relating to compensation. However, that person may provide information to the Committee regarding compensation. The Committee's process for determining compensation will include the review of appropriate comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Competent salary surveys will be used to benchmark compensation for the position, including the Crain's Detroit Business Non-Profit Salary Survey, the Michigan Non-Profit Association Comparative Salary Survey, and others. The Discussion, deliberation, and substantiation of compensation will be documented in the minutes, with the comparability data attached. The committee will first present its findings and recommendations in an executive session without the President/CEO or top management official present. The Committee and/or the Board Chair (a member of the Committee) will then meet with the President/CEO or top management official to discuss and document the strengths, weaknesses, and goals for the upcoming year and its determination of compensation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The Organization's documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request in the Organization's public inspection file.