Quoddy Tides Foundation

“Hugh french kristin mckinlay exec dir key employee spouses”

“Form 990 was reviewed with the governing board to ensure that all board members had the opportunity to ask questions and obtain a complete understanding of the financial informaton contained in form 990 prior to the form 990 being filed.”

“The organization put in place a conflict of interest policy in 2012. Board members and key employees will be required to disclose annually interests that could give rise to conflicts.”

“The executive director's salary is reviewed annually by the governing board to ensure it is reasonable for hours worked and comparable with similar organizations. Any pay or benefit increases are reviewed by the governing board and submitted for approval to trustees. A formal compensation policy was formalized in 2015.”

“All governing documents, policies and financial statements are made available to the public on request. Some financial documents are available on the organization's website. The organization has adopted or is in the process of adopting a conflict of interest policy, a records retention policy and other policies as required. These will be available on request for public inspection.”

“Trustees are not compensated.”

“Bridging boundaries, exploring borders founded in 2002 in eastport maine, the tides institute & museum of art is located on long standing traditional and continuing passamaquoddy homelands along the atlantic coast at the united states/canada border. This boundary location shapes its perspective on the region and the broader world: through its initiatives and programs to foster new innovative and cross-sector works; through its wide ranging collections, education and preservation efforts; and through its partnerships and endeavors to strengthen the region's economic prosperity, vitality and wider connections.”

“4c -education the organization presented three exhibitions in 2023. The organization presented an exhibition of historic photographs in lubec, and two major exhibitions at the museum building which set attendance records. "peter powning: a retrospective" was borrowed from the beaverbrook art gallery in fredericton, new brunswick, canada, and featured 23 career- defining sculptures. "wabanaki presence" featured a selection of wabanaki works from our collections, plus two items from the passamaquoddy cultural heritage museum. Foster new work in 2023, the organization's studioworks artist-in-residence program hosted 13 artists, including the first alumni of the program to return for a second residency. The artists came from new zealand, england, and states including california, new york, and michigan. Their projects that engaged community members included sculpture, night photography, printmaking, drawing, environmental awareness through art. Their projects including hosting school group visits and with volunteering with community groups, such as a local birding organization. Partnerships in 2023, the organization continued partnerships with area organizations, including the downeast rainbow alliance, eastport artwalk, eastport senior center, area schools and regional organizations.in collaboration with the passamaquoddy cultural heritage museum, the sipayik museum and the passamaquoddy tribal historic preservation office we sponsored a concert and workshop by acclaimed wolastoquiyik nation/maliseet singer, jeremy dutcher, winner of the 2018 polaris music prize, canada's top music award. The concert was held at our north church building to a capacity crowd and the workshop was held at the tribal office building in sipayik. We also hosted a lecture at our seaman's church building by maine state historian, earle shettleworth, jr., on area architecture. The lecture spurred shettleworth's interest to subsequently write an essay on architect, daniel low, who designed several public buildings and residences in eastport in the early 19th century.”