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Newport Historical Society

Company Details

Name: Newport Historical Society
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Entity type: Domestic Non-Profit Corporation
Status: Activ
Date of Organization in Rhode Island: 02 Jan 1854 (171 years ago)
Identification Number: 000027559
ZIP code: 02840
County: Newport County
Purpose: ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DURING THE JANUARY SESSION OF 1854. TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY MAINTAIN HISTORIC COLLECTIONS PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS JANUARY SESSION 1854
Principal Address: Google Maps Logo 82 TOURO STREET, NEWPORT, RI, 02840, USA

Industry & Business Activity

NAICS

712110 Museums

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of objects of historical, cultural, and/or educational value. Learn more at the U.S. Census Bureau

Agent

Name Role Address
REBECCA BERTRAND Agent 82 TOURO STREET, NEWPORT, RI, 02840, USA

PRESIDENT

Name Role Address
DOUGLAS NEWHOUSE PRESIDENT 7 OLD REDDING ROAD WESTON, CT 06883 USA

TREASURER

Name Role Address
NANCY BRINCKLEY TREASURER 9 OCEAN HEIGHTS NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA

SECRETARY

Name Role Address
ANNE HAMILTON SECRETARY 31 RIDGE ROAD NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA

VICE PRESIDENT

Name Role Address
DWIGHT SIPPRELLE VICE PRESIDENT 193 INDIAN AVENUE MIDDLETOWN, RI 02842 USA

DIRECTOR

Name Role Address
NANCY CUSHING EVANS DIRECTOR 119 EVANS LANE MANALAPAN, FL 33462 USA
LISA STUART DIRECTOR 107 WASHINGTON STREET NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
ELIZABETH LEATHERMAN DIRECTOR 140 BRENTON ROAD NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
HARRIET HARRIS DIRECTOR 29 BRENTON ROAD NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
DIANA PEARSON DIRECTOR 40 SCHOOL STREET NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
DORIENNE FARZAN DIRECTOR 38 LEDGE ROAD NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
PAM KELLEY DIRECTOR 20 WILLOW STREET NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
:LEILA RAY DIRECTOR 24 JOHN STREET NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
NANCY PARKER WILSON DIRECTOR 582 WAPPING ROAD PORTSMOUTH, RI 02871 USA
DANIEL BENSON DIRECTOR 132 WEBSTER STREET NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA

Filings

Number Name File Date
202454278620 Statement of Change of Registered/Resident Agent 2024-05-13
202445222580 Annual Report 2024-02-01
202328711880 Annual Report 2023-02-17
202221023350 Annual Report 2022-07-11
202220397290 Revocation Notice For Failure to File An Annual Report 2022-06-28

Uniform Commercial Code

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A UCC filing is a public notice of a secured transaction. A financing statement indicates a commercial agreement between a debtor and a secured party.

Uniform Commercial Code Summary

Type:
UCC-1 Standard
UCC Filing Number:
Filing Date:
2023-10-06
Action:
InitialFiling

Parties

Party Name:
Newport Historical Society
Party Role:
Debtor(s)
Party Name:
Party Role:
Secured Parties

USAspending Awards / Financial Assistance

Date:
2025-03-07
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of the Interior
Transaction Description:
2024 HPF CDS - NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WANTON-LYMAN-HAZARD HOUSE
Obligated Amount:
300000.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2024-09-18
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of the Interior
Transaction Description:
15.926 - P24AS00516 (FY2024 AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM - PRESERVATION PLANNING GRANTS): THE PRESERVATION PLANNING GRANTS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY, EVALUATE, INTERPRET, AND PROTECT HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS AND SITES ASSOCIATED WITH ARMED CONFLICTS ON AMERICAN SOIL THROUGH NON-ACQUISITION PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES. THE NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROJECT, TITLED INTERPRETIVE PLANNING FOR THEC. 1697 WANTON-LYMAN-HAZARD HOUSE AN ANCHOR SITE ON THE WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE HISTORIC TRAIL, WILL DEVELOP AN INTERPRETATION PLAN FOR THE WANTON-LYMAN-HAZARD HOUSE AND DETERMINE HOW BEST TO USE THE SITE TO TELL THE COMPLEX HISTORY AND STORIES OF BLACK AMERICANS IN RHODE ISLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1770-1783).
Obligated Amount:
91260.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2024-09-05
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of the Interior
Transaction Description:
THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM OBJECTIVES PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEVELOP THE COMPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM IS DONE BY PROMOTING GREATER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, AND BUILDING RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP ETHICS IN ITS PARTICIPANTS. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FRENCH IN NEWPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING THAT CORRELATES TO THE ARRIVAL OF FRENCH FORCES AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VISITORS TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TRAIL AND GAIN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ITS RESOURCES AND THROUGH WOMEN ON THE WATER PROGRAM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVE HANDS-ON LEARNING AND RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, THEREBY PROVIDING INTERACTIVE AND IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND REMOVING BARRIERS TO ACCESS. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, STATES AND OR THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, LANDOWNERS, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, OR INDIVIDUALS.
Obligated Amount:
65904.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2024-07-12
Awarding Agency Name:
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Transaction Description:
THE NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL USE FUNDS TO HIRE A FULL-TIME RESEARCH ASSISTANT TO CONTINUE WORK ON ITS DATABASE OF RECORDS REPRESENTING BLACK AND INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS. SINCE THIS WORK FIRST BEGAN IN 2021, THE SOCIETY HAS IDENTIFIED AND RECORDED MORE THAN 1,700 NAMES OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN AND INDIGENOUS DESCENT FROM THE ARCHIVES. THE RESEARCH ASSISTANT WILL CONTINUE THE REVIEW OF THE COLLECTION, DIGITIZE RECORDS, CREATE BIOGRAPHIES OF AFRICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVED AND WORKED IN NEWPORT DURING THE ERA OF SLAVERY, AND MAKE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE SOCIETY’S ONLINE DATABASE, ALLOWING RESEARCHERS AND THE PUBLIC TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CITY’S ROLE IN THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND SERVE AS A TOOL FOR DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES TO RESEARCH THEIR ANCESTORS.
Obligated Amount:
75000.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2024-07-17
Awarding Agency Name:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Transaction Description:
FLOOD MATERIAL REHOUSING AT NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY [THE NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS IMPACTED BY A FLOOD IN JANUARY 2024 WHICH SEVERELY DAMAGED A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 150,000 PHOTO NEGATIVES AND PHOTOGRAPHS DATING FROM 1950 - 2000 FROM THE NEWPORT DAILY NEWS, NEWPORT, RI'S LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THE COLLECTIONS WERE HELD IN A LOWER LEVEL STORAGE SPACE THAT WAS OVERTAKEN WITH WATER DUE TO A SUMP PUMP FAILURE IN THE SPACE. SINCE THE FLOOD (WHICH HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN DECLARED A FEDERAL DISASTER BY FEMA), THE NHS COLLECTIONS TEAM HAS DILIGENTLY BEEN WORKING TO RESTORE THE COLLECTION WITH A DISASTER REMEDIATION TEAM OF SPECIALISTS BASED IN TEXAS. THE COLLECTION WILL RETURN FROM THE SPECIALISTS IN JULY 2024 AND MUST BE REHOUSED ELSEWHERE IN THE NHS RESOURCE CENTER TO ENSURE ITS SAFE STORAGE. THIS GRANT WILL PREPARE THE COLLECTION FOR ITS RETURN TO NEWPORT THIS SUMMER WITH A REVISED SHELVING SYSTEM, PREPARED BY THE NHS TEAM AND STORAGE SPECIALISTS.]
Obligated Amount:
26478.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00

Tax Exempt

Employer Identification Number (EIN) :
05-0264532
In Care Of Name:
% RUTH TAYLOR / DEBBIE 103
Classification:
Educational Organization, Literary Organization, Local Association of Employees, Social Welfare Organization, Horticultural Organization, Labor Organization, Business League, Chamber of Commerce, Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Govt. Emps.), Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Co., Mutual Cooperative Telephone Co., Cemetery Company, Other Mutual Corp. or Assoc.
Ruling Date:
1928-04
Deductibility:
Type of organization and use of contribution: A public charity. Deductibility Limitation: 50% (60% for cash contributions)

Paycheck Protection Program

Date Approved:
2021-01-22
Loan Status:
Paid in Full
SBA Guaranty Percentage:
100
Initial Approval Amount:
133822.5
Current Approval Amount:
133822.5
Race:
White
Ethnicity:
Not Hispanic or Latino
Gender:
Female Owned
Veteran:
Non-Veteran
Forgiveness Amount:
134731.76
Date Approved:
2020-04-05
Loan Status:
Paid in Full
SBA Guaranty Percentage:
100
Initial Approval Amount:
145000
Current Approval Amount:
145000
Race:
Unanswered
Ethnicity:
Unknown/NotStated
Gender:
Unanswered
Veteran:
Unanswered
Forgiveness Amount:
146235.48

Date of last update: 17 May 2025

Sources: Rhode Island Department of State