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Henry L Ferguson Museum

Fishers Island, NY · EIN 116015380 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE A560 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Medium ($1M-$10M)
revenue
$2.4M
expenses
$751K
net assets
$18.7M
employees
7
volunteers
175
program ratio
71%
mission · from form 990

Maintain and operate a museum and nature trails and sanctuary properties on Fishers Island, New York.

profile · synthesized from sources

Henry L Ferguson Museum maintains and operates a museum and nature trails on Fishers Island, New York. The organization focuses on conservation and public access to sanctuary properties, preserving natural habitats and wildlife. Its activities are centered on environmental stewardship and cultural preservation within a local island setting.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2020

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $51K
    MAINTAIN NATURE TRAILS IN THE MUSEUM'S SEVERAL SANCTUARY PROPERTIES FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND WILDLIFE.
named programs · 1 · from sources

What they call their work

Nature Trails and Sanctuary Maintenance
Maintains nature trails across multiple sanctuary properties on Fishers Island for conservation of wildlife and public environmental education
activities · 1 group

What they do

financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$2.36M
Contributions & grants$799K34%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$1.56M66%
Other revenue$-990
expenses
Total expenses$751K
Program expenses71%
Admin / overhead20%
Fundraising10%
Salaries & benefits$303K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$18.74M
Cash$564K
Investments$5.20M
Liabilities$3K
Net assets$18.74M
Liquid reserves92.1 mo
5 years on record · 2019–2024
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Pierce Rafferty Executive Dir. 40 $124K
board members · 21
  • Alice Cary Brown — Board Member
  • Barbie Riegel — Board Member
  • Elizabeth McCance — President
  • Faith Coolidge — Board Member
  • Genie McPherson Trevor — Secretary
  • Heather F Burnham — Vice President
  • Henry L Ferguson III — Board Member
  • James Baker — Board Member
  • Jeffrey Edwards — Board Member
  • Leslie Goss — Board Member
  • Marnie F Briggs — Board Member
  • Megan Raymond — Board Member
  • Michael McNamara — Board Member
  • Murray Fisher — Board Member
  • Robert J Miller — V. Pres - Land
  • Sarah Rose — Board Member
  • Scott Reid — Treasurer
  • Steve Malinowski — Board Member
  • Terry McNamara — Board Member
  • Theodore Dotson — Board Member
  • Wendy O'Neil — Board Member
strategies · 1

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Conservation Through Public Access
    methodology: conservation_through_public_access
    By providing public access to nature trails, the organization fosters stewardship and community investment in natural habitats, which in turn supports long-term conservation goals because public engagement increases protective behaviors and local advocacy.