CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED (EIN 06-6070002)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-04-23
IRS object ID: 201231149349300603
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-04-23T09:48:39-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	066070002	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CONN	NameControl
Phone	8606276540	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O Box 360	AddressLine1
Address Line2	58 North Road	AddressLine2
City	East Windsor	City
State	CT	State
ZIP Code	060880360	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Frederick Stroiney	Name
Title	Chairman	Title
Phone	8606276540	Phone
Date Signed	2012-04-23	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As DoingBusinessAs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Connecticut Trolley Museum	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Galen Semprebon	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	19 Ryan Drive	AddressLine1
City	Ellington	City
State	CT	State
ZIP Code	060293654	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	256997	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.ct-trolley.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1940	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	CT	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Trolley Museum-education, restoration, preservation.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	12	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	12	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	4	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	245	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	36097	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	76094	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	133281	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	149158	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	6277	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	4490	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	12272	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	12784	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	187927	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	242526	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	35381	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	38375	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	184395	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	212340	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	219776	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	250715	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-31849	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-8189	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	2011195	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1998890	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	302137	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	298021	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	1709058	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	1700869	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Trolley Museum-education, restoration, preservation.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	73308	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	160141	Revenue
Description	Education - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Education - 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.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	17669	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	2491	Revenue
Description	Restoration - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Restoration - To restore trolleys, Railroad and related equipment from this historical era. Over 125 hours of volunteer time per month is used for this purpose.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	148688	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	3800	Revenue
Description	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 650 hours were spent on the facilities, moving trolleys into existing barns & the Visitor Center plus tarping other exposed equipment.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	239665	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	1	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	1	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	0	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	0	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	0	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	0	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	4	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	12	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	12	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	1	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	1	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	1	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	0	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	0	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Connecticut Electric Railway Association Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	8606236540	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 360	AddressLine1
Address Line2	58 North Rd	AddressLine2
City	East Windsor	City
State	CT	State
ZIP Code	060880360	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
Frederick Stroiney
Chairman	20	X	X	0	0	0
James Miller
Vice Chairman	15	X	X	0	0	0
Timothy Lesniak
Corporate Secretary	25	X	X	0	0	0
Galen Semprebon
President/CEO	35	X	X	0	0	0
Theodore Coppola
Vice President	10	X	X	0	0	0
Steven Taylor
Treasurer	5	X	X	0	0	0
Dorothy C Allen
Board Member	5	X		0	0	0
John Arel
Board Member	5	X		0	0	0
Michael Caputo
Board Member	5	X		0	0	0
Justin Chasse
Board Member	5	X		0	0	0
Xian Clere
Board Member	15	X		0	0	0
Marilyn Rodriguez
Board Member	5	X		0	0	0
Brian O'Leary
Chairman until May 2011	5.00	X	X	0	0	0
Hugh Brower
Board Member until May 2011	5	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	0	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns	0	FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues	17215	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	0	FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations	0	RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants	0	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	58879	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	0	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	76094	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	ExclusionExclusionAmount
Winterfest Seasonal Rides & Viewing	712110	50823	50823	$0
Collection View, Rides, Education	712110	39658	39658	$0
Youth Rails to Dark Side Rides & Viewing	712110	32151	32151	$0
Children's Pumpkin Patch Rides & Viewing	712110	16926	16926	$0
Children's Birthday Parties on Trolley & Viewing	712110	5894	5894	$0

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3706	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	3706	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	149158	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	690	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	690	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	3800	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	0	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	3800	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3800	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	3800	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	0	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	0	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	0	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Gaming	0	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	0	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	25454	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	14471	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10983	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10983	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Insurance Recovery - Damaged Signal	Description
Business Code	712110	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	1801	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1801	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1801	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	242526	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	166432	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34283	Total
Program Services	34283	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1036	Total
Program Services	1036	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3056	Total
Program Services	3056	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10447	Total
Program Services	10447	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10945	Total
Program Services	9705	ProgramServices
Management And General	1240	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	98298	Total
Program Services	88488	ProgramServices
Management And General	9810	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	54000	Total
Program Services	54000	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8294	Total
Program Services	8294	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
Collection (Rolling Stock) repair & maint.	7060	7060
Track & Signals - Repair & Maint.	5461	5461
Security	3436	3436
Event Related Expenses	12016	12016

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2383	Total
Program Services	2383	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	250715	Total
Program Services	239665	ProgramServices
Management And General	11050	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4865	BOY
EOY	2805	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	98690	BOY
EOY	142242	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9969	BOY
EOY	10172	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	2362120	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	954466	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1461654	BOY
EOY	1407654	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	436017	BOY
EOY	436017	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2011195	BOY
EOY	1998890	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3697	BOY
EOY	3575	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	298440	BOY
EOY	294446	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	302137	BOY
EOY	298021	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1646374	BOY
EOY	1588545	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	62684	BOY
EOY	112324	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1709058	BOY
EOY	1700869	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2011195	BOY
EOY	1998890	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-8189	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	0	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	48406	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	51328	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	50444	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	36097	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	76094	CurrentTaxYear
Total	262369	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	115028	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	150199	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	150785	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	161169	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	160141	CurrentTaxYear
Total	737322	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	108	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	9578	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	87	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	6277	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	6291	CurrentTaxYear
Total	22341	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit509 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Value Of Svcs Fclts Furnishd By Govt ValueOfSvcsFcltsFurnishdByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	163542	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	211105	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	201316	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	203543	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	242526	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1022032	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	1022032	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	0	Total

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	163542	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	211105	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	201316	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	203543	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	242526	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1022032	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	1	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	1	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	10000	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	10000	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2020577	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	653638	Depreciation
Book Value	1366939	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	10221	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	10221	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	144593	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	144593	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	176729	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	146014	Depreciation
Book Value	30715	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	1407654	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue
Art Work Collection	7850
Contributed Information Systems	10000
Permanent Collection	418167

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	436017	TotalBookValueOtherAssets

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0A_L06	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	CERA has no Stockholders and has Voting Members that meet at least annually each year.
F990_P06_S0A_L07a	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 resignation or death of a member of the Board during his/her term, the Board may appoint a replacement to fill the remaining term.
F990_P06_S0A_L07b	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b	Members approve the actions of the Board and Officers at the Annual Meeting.
F990_P06_S0A_L08b	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b	All committees are advisory in nature and require BOD action.
F990_P06_S0B_L11b	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 Meeting. Any changes to accounting records are reviewed at subsequent Board Meetings as they are made. The final IRS 990 is prepared and then sent to each Board Member. At the next Board Meeting the final IRS 990 is reviewed and approved. At the next Annual Meeting the members approve the actions of the Board and Officers including the final IRS 990.
F990_P06_S0C_L19	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	All documents are available upon written request to the Corporate Secretary. Some documents have been 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.
SchB_P01_S00_L00	Schedule B, Part I	The Windsor Lock Preservation Association, Inc. was in the process of dissolving. They considered donating the remaining funds to three "not for profit" organizations. CERA was awarded the funds for it's "Isle of Safety" and "B & A Caboose" projects with the stipulation that any remaining funds be used for other railroad related restoration related projects.