Bruce Museum Inc.

“Bruce museum, inc. Can have the following classes of membership as the board has authorized in the by laws: a) individual membership b) corporate membership (which may include a partnership, trust or other legal entity) c) family membership d) patron membership e) benefactor membership f) robert bruce circle membership each membership in good standing is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members. The persons who comprise a family membership - together is entitled to one vote on each matter. A membership may vote in person (through a duly authorized representative in the case of a corporate membership) or by valid proxy. Members are not entitled to receive a share of the organization's profits or excess dues or a share of the organization's net assets upon the organization's dissolution. The board may, from time to time, modify or eliminate classes of membership, may establish other classes of membership, and qualifications and privileges applicable to each membership class.”

“The members of the bruce museum, inc. Elect the trustees, other than the ex-officio trustees, at the annual meeting of the members, by a majority vote of the members entitled to vote who are present in person or by written proxy.”

“The form 990 is provided to the audit committee for review, comments, and approval before being filed with the irs. The form 990 is made available to all board members after the 990 is filed with the irs.”

“It has been the duty of the board to monitor any conflicts of interest that may arise. The staff notifies the board if there are any concerns.”

“The executive committee conducts an annual performance review of the executive director. Compensation is based on the employee's performance and comparability data to the industry standards. The board approves the executive director's compensation. The board approves compensation of other employees indirectly through approval of each fiscal year's budget.”

“Financial statements, governing documents, conflict of interest policy, form 990, and form 1023 are made available for public viewing upon written request at bruce museum, inc. Headquarters located at 1 museum drive, greenwich, connecticut, 06830. Form 990 is available on www.guidestar.org, www.charitynavigator.org, and www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com form 990 is also available on our website: brucemuseum.org”

“The museum was built originally as a private home in 1853 and was bequeathed to the town of greenwich, ct in 1908 by textile merchant robert moffat bruce, who stipulated its use as a museum. The first exhibition at the bruce museum took place in 1912 and featured works by local artists known as the greenwich society of artists, several of whom were members of the cos cob art colony. The cos cob school of american painting is now well established as an important part of the history of american art and it forms the nucleus of the museum's holdings of paintings, watercolors, drawings, and notebooks by artists such as leonard and mina ochtman, george wharton edwards, and hobart jacobs. Paralleling an interest in connecticut painters and their works, early directors of the bruce museum pursued the development of the natural sciences, building particular strengths in the mineral and avian collections. The bruce museum was expanded in 1993 and includes nearly 8,000 square feet of exhibition space, comprised of one main gallery, three smaller galleries, and a lecture hall. The museum operates under accreditation by the american association of museums. In 2014-2015, the bruce museum upheld its reputation as a community-based, world-class institution featuring art, science and natural history for residents of fairfield county, ct and beyond. Building upon a solid foundation as a premiere destination for family and community activity and enrichment, the museum continued to fill an important role in educating, engaging and entertaining over 65,000 people of all ages this year. With a broad range of operations and programming spanning art, humanities, and the natural sciences, the bruce remains an anchor in the community - as it has for over 100 years. Greenwich collects: wyeth, italian renaissance drawings, chinese antiquities july 6, 2014 - august 31, 2014 greenwich is fortunate to be the one of the most active centers for the private collecting of art in the country, indeed in the world. This show served to illustrate the diversity of three local collections. One of these collections is comprised of splendid and exceedingly rare italian renaissance and baroque drawings. A second has a focus on american art with special strengths in andrew wyeth's art - a perennial favorite with modern museum-goers. Finally, the third collection offers an excellent array of ancient chinese ceramics, primarily from the tang dynasty (618-907 ad). Being, nothingness and much, much more: roz chast, beyond the new yorker july 12, 2014 - october 19, 2014 the exhibition presented approximately 30 works by the well-known cartoonist roz chast, including many examples of chast's iconic work from the new yorker magazine, as well as prints and drawings from other projects. Also on display were tapestries and painted eggs in the pysanky tradition decorated with the artist's signature images. Northern baroque splendor. The hohenbuchau collection from: liechtenstein. The princely collections, vienna september 20, 2014 - april 12, 2015 the hohenbuchau collection is one of the largest and most varied collections of northern baroque art assembled in recent years and is now on long-term loan to liechtenstein, the princely collections, vienna. The selective showing at the bruce museum was the inaugural venue in the u.s. Before it traveled to cincinnati. Primarily comprised of dutch and flemish seventeenth-century paintings, it exhibits all the naturalism, visual probity and technical brilliance for which those schools are famous. While many modern collections of old masters specialize in a single style or subject matter, the hohenbuchau collection is admirable for offering examples of virtually all the genres produced by lowland artists; the collection is distinguished for the many quality individual paintings executed by more than one artist, working in collaboration. Antarctica: photographs by diane tuft october 28, 2014 - february 1, 2015 selections from gondwana, images”

“The town of greenwich, connecticut owns the entire museum collection. The organization operates the facility and organizes the exhibits per an agreement with the town of greenwich. The organization provides security for the collection. It also performs restoration and preservation of collection as needed to maintain the collection for exhibition.”

“Unrelated business income revenue from pass-through entities -11,254. Unrelated business income expenses from pass-through entities 438.”

“The independent auditor is selected after a review and bidding process conducted by the audit committee. The audit committee reviews the financial statement and meets with the independent auditors before the audit report and financial statements are issued. Audit findings, if any, are communicated to the audit committee by the independent auditors. Audit committee considers the findings. Audit committee recommends corrective action, if in their judgement it is needed. There have been no changes in the process from the prior year.”