Ulster County Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141456816
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Kingston, NY, USA
Phone
8453771040
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,076
Expenses
$53,460
Assets
$323,102
Liabilities
$50

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marian McCorkle-Beckerman (President)
  • Eric Stewart (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Marian McCorkle-Beckerman (President)
  • Eric Stewart (Vice President)
  • Alison Buckley (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Founded in 1859, the Ulster County Historical Society UCHS is the oldest county historical society in New York State. Housed at the historic Bevier House Museum, UCHS is dedicated to bringing Ulster Countys history alive through dynamic storytelling, engaging exhibits, and collaborative programs. As both a steward of the regions rich historical resources and an educational hub for the community, UCHS fosters a vibrant civic spirit by inspiring greater understanding and involvement. With an extensive collection of artifacts, documents, and cultural items, UCHS provides invaluable insight into the Hudson Valleys past while ensuring that diverse stories from the region are preserved and shared for generations to come

What it reported doing in 2025

UCHS provided the community with programs and exhibits that brought Ulster County's history alive. Through the Sunday Salon Series, UCHS partnered with local historians, storytellers, musicians, and community groups to present a compelling series of presentations and lectures exploring the region's diverse cultural heritage. UCHS also continued a multi-year initiative to expand public access to its archives, including the rehousing and cataloging of its significant collection of documents, maps, photographs, and glass plate negatives. This ongoing work of preservation and access ensures that Ulster County's historical record remains available to researchers, educators, and the public for years to come.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -61.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.04; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.