Civic Intelligence

Telecommunications History Group Incorporated

990 • Fiscal year 2017 • EIN 84-1205096

Jan 01, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017 • Filed on Jul 16, 2018

Organization ProfileWWW.TELCOMHISTORY.ORG
P O Box 8719Denver, CO 80201-8719

(303) 296-1221

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

32nd percentile

0.00x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 32% of similar nonprofits.

2017 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2017

Liabilities / Revenue

51st percentile

0.04x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 51% of similar nonprofits.

2017 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2017

Net Margin

3rd percentile

-102%

Higher net margin than 3% of similar nonprofits.

2017 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2017

Top Officer Pay

49th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 49% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2017 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2017

Asset Growth

17th percentile

-8.3%

Faster asset growth than 17% of similar nonprofits.

2017 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Annualized from 2016 to 2017

Revenue Growth

32nd percentile

-3.5%

Faster revenue growth than 32% of similar nonprofits.

2017 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Annualized from 2016 to 2017

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets32nd percentile

Assets

Down

$699,068

Down $63,330 (-8.3%) from 2016

Net Assets

Down

$696,776

Down $63,462 (-8.3%) from 2016

Liabilities

Up

$2,292

Up $132 (+6.1%) from 2016

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue51st percentileNet Margin3rd percentile

Revenue

Down

$61,961

Down $2,227 (-3.5%) from 2016

Expenses

Up

$125,422

Up $20,827 (+20%) from 2016

Net Income

Down

-$63,461

Down $23,054 (-57%) from 2016

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth17th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$1.0M$500K$0Assets 2011: $701,783Liabilities 2011: $304Net Assets 2011: $701,4792011Assets 2012: $782,506Liabilities 2012: $1,405Net Assets 2012: $781,1012012Assets 2013: $851,073Liabilities 2013: $352Net Assets 2013: $850,7212013Assets 2014: $845,162Liabilities 2014: $1,727Net Assets 2014: $843,4352014Assets 2015: $803,985Liabilities 2015: $2,354Net Assets 2015: $801,6322015Assets 2016: $762,398Liabilities 2016: $2,160Net Assets 2016: $760,2382016Assets 2017: $699,068Liabilities 2017: $2,292Net Assets 2017: $696,7762017Assets 2018: $43,994Liabilities 2018: $4,215Net Assets 2018: $39,7792018Assets 2019: $45,411Liabilities 2019: $552Net Assets 2019: $44,8592019Assets 2020: $66,698Liabilities 2020: $507Net Assets 2020: $66,1912020Assets 2021: $118,601Liabilities 2021: $1,614Net Assets 2021: $116,9872021Assets 2022: $145,077Liabilities 2022: $892Net Assets 2022: $144,1852022Assets 2023: $139,523Liabilities 2023: $792Net Assets 2023: $138,7312023Assets 2024: $158,691Liabilities 2024: $893Net Assets 2024: $157,7982024

Highlighted filing

2017

Assets$699,068
Liabilities$2,292
Net Assets$696,776
Open 2017 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth32nd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$300K$200K$100K$0-$100KRevenue 2011: $288,454Expenses 2011: $58,959Net Income 2011: $229,4952011Revenue 2012: $131,573Expenses 2012: $51,948Net Income 2012: $79,6252012Revenue 2013: $130,410Expenses 2013: $60,792Net Income 2013: $69,6182013Revenue 2014: $74,411Expenses 2014: $81,697Net Income 2014: -$7,2862014Revenue 2015: $60,738Expenses 2015: $102,541Net Income 2015: -$41,8032015Revenue 2016: $64,188Expenses 2016: $104,595Net Income 2016: -$40,4072016Revenue 2017: $61,961Expenses 2017: $125,422Net Income 2017: -$63,4612017Revenue 2018: $105,406Expenses 2018: $140,567Net Income 2018: -$35,1612018Revenue 2019: $89,669Expenses 2019: $84,589Net Income 2019: $5,0802019Revenue 2020: $110,511Expenses 2020: $89,179Net Income 2020: $21,3322020Revenue 2021: $164,814Expenses 2021: $114,018Net Income 2021: $50,7962021Revenue 2022: $145,345Expenses 2022: $118,147Net Income 2022: $27,1982022Revenue 2023: $120,882Expenses 2023: $126,336Net Income 2023: -$5,4542023Revenue 2024: $148,543Expenses 2024: $129,476Net Income 2024: $19,0672024

Highlighted filing

2017

Revenue$61,961
Expenses$125,422
Net Income-$63,461
Open 2017 Filing
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017
Signed
Jul 16, 2018
Return Version
2017v2.3
Gross Receipts
$62,018
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Educating and demonstrating how communications changes lives and our world.To Preserve, Protect and display telecommunication artifacts and documents

Educating and demonstrating how communications changes lives and our world To preserve protect and display telecommunication artifacts

Balance Sheet Detail
LineBeginningEndChange
Assets
Investments in Publicly Traded Securities$664,698$621,937▼ $42,761
Cash and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts$59,218$73,214▲ $13,996
Savings and Temporary Cash Investments$38,482$3,917▼ $34,565
Total Assets$762,398$699,068▼ $63,330
Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses$2,160$2,292▲ $132
Total Liabilities$2,160$2,292▲ $132
Net Assets / Fund Balance
Temporarily Rstr Net Assets$664,698$621,937▼ $42,761
Unrestricted Net Assets$95,540$74,839▼ $20,701
Total Net Assets Fund Balance$760,238$696,776▼ $63,462
Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance$762,398$699,068▼ $63,330

Endowment Activity

PeriodBeginningContrib.Gain/LossOther UsesEnd
2017$664,698-▲ $35,368$60,000$621,937
2016$710,719-▲ $34,827$65,000$664,698
2015$766,705$10,000▲ $20,914$72,000$710,719
2014$766,014$19,810▲ $26,954$32,500$766,705
2013$715,765$75,000▲ $16,794$31,000$766,014
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay49th percentile

Board Members and Trustees

NameTitle
Jack SheaPresident
John C DarrowVice President
Michael W NearingVice President
Cliff SticeDirector
David DintenfassDirector
Edwin W MattsonDirector
John J HerbolichDirector
Laurence W Demuth JrDirector
Lisa Hensley EckertDirector
Mary RetkaDirector
Pamela W LairdDirector
Peter AmsteinDirector
Phil GrateDirector
Philip LinseDirector
Roger ChristensenDirector
Scott McclellanDirector
Jody GeorgesonSecretary
John KureTreasurer
Revenue and Support

Revenue Composition

Contributions and Grants
$19,641
Program Service Revenue
$5,996
Investment Income
$36,324
Other Revenue
$0
Change in Net Assets
$-63,461
Expenses and Functional Allocation

Major Expense Lines

Line ItemAmount
Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits$66,555
Other Expenses$58,867
Total Fundraising Expense$19,554
Grants and Similar Amounts Paid$0
Professional Fundraising Fees$0

Functional Expense Allocation

Line ItemProgramManagementFundraisingTotal
Other Salaries and Wages$30,865$15,433$15,432$61,730
Fees for Service Investment Mgmnt Fees-$18,129-$18,129
Office Expenses$2,532$5,064$2,532$10,128
Payroll Taxes$2,413$1,206$1,206$4,825
Fees for Services Management-$2,556-$2,556
Travel$913$913-$1,826
Fees for Services Accounting-$1,360-$1,360
Information Technology$282$564$282$1,128
Advertising$1,116--$1,116
Insurance-$678-$678
Other Expenses$324-$102$324
Total Functional Expenses$59,965$45,903$19,554$125,422
Fundraising, Events, and Gaming
Fundraising activities
No
Gaming activities
No
Professional fundraiser used
No

Fundraising and Gaming Totals

Line ItemAmount
Professional Fundraising Fees$0
Political and Lobbying Activity
Political campaign activity
No
Lobbying activity
No
Subject to proxy tax
No
Governance and Compliance

Governance Checklist

Compiled or reviewed by an accountant
No
Backup withholding compliance
No
Business relationship with family members
No
Business relationship with organization members
No
Material changes to governing documents
No
Compensation from other sources disclosed
No
CEO compensation reviewed
No
Other officer compensation reviewed
No
Conflict-of-interest policy
No
Audited financial statements prepared
No
Key decisions subject to board approval
No
Management duties delegated
No

Governance Explanations

Part VI Line 11B

“The form 990 is reveiwed by the president, treasurer and”

Part VI Line 11B

“executive director before being signed.”

Part VI Line 19

“Upon demand at the Corporate Headquarters.”

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Telecommunications History Group Inc
EIN
84-1205096
In Care Of
% Lisa Berquist
Phone
3032961221
Address
P O BOX 8719, DENVER, CO 80201-8719

Signing Officer

Name
Lisa Berquist
Title
Executive Director
Phone
3032961221
Signed
2018-07-16

Organization Details

Principal Officer
Jack Shea
Formed
1992
Legal Domicile
Co
Voting Board Members
18
Independent Board Members
18
Employees
2
Volunteers
45
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Part III Line 4D

“Expenses: $5997.00 including grants of: $0.00 Revenue: $135.00”

Part III Line 4D

“Tours, presentation, K-12 program”

Line 4C

“The Telecommunication History Group (THG) is an independent, nonprofit”

Line 4C

“educational institution dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of”

Line 4C

“the telecommunicatins industry. We promote a broad humanistic”

Line 4C

“understanding of telecommunication science and its role in society.”

Line 4C

“Our primarhy audiences are children, students,teachers, scholars”

Line 4C

“researchers and the general public”

Line 4C

“THG is a center for education and learning that furthers the”

Line 4C

“understanding of the legacy, cultural context and applications of”

Line 4C

“telecommunications, and of its benefits to contemporary life and”

Line 4C

“potential for the future. Our primary goal is to demonstrate to our”

Line 4C

“constituency how communications changes our lives and the world.”

Line 4C

“The Connections Museum Seattle features one of the nation's”

Line 4C

“finest collections of working communications equipment, including telegraph”

Line 4C

“sets, switchboards, teletype machines, central office switches, toll”

Line 4C

“transmission gear and subscriber telephone sets.”

Line 4C

“The archives facility in Denver holds a reasearch treasure of”

Line 4C

“telephone directories (dating from 1879 through the present), photographs”

Line 4C

“business documentation and manuscripts relating to the role of”

Line 4C

“telecommunications in our world. We also have displays of artifacts in the”

Line 4C

“archives and in a small museaum in downtown Denver.”

Financial Statement Notes

P3, Ln 1A

“ARTIFACTS * $2,981,000 * This is an estimated value of the”

P3, Ln 1A

“artifacts of the history group. It is not included as part”

P3, Ln 1A

“of balance sheet assets”

P3, Ln 4

“The Telecomunications History Group maintaines two museums”

P3, Ln 4

“of communication equipment,telephone directories,”

P3, Ln 4

“photographs,documents and manuscripts relating to the roll of”

P3, Ln 4

“telecomunications in the world.”

P5, Ln 4

“The income from the endowment fund is to be used to maintain”

P5, Ln 4

“the organizations present mission and facilities for the”

P5, Ln 4

“foreseeable future.”

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2017 • Form 990Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$699,068
Liabilities
$2,292
Net assets
$696,776
Revenue
$61,961
Expenses
$125,422
Net income
-$63,461
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$1.59$0.01$1.58$1.49$1.29$0.19
2023XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$1.40$0.01$1.39$1.21$1.26$0.05
2022Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.45$0.01$1.44$1.45$1.18$0.27
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.19$0.02$1.17$1.65$1.14$0.51
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.67$0.01$0.66$1.11$0.89$0.21
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.45$0.01$0.45$0.90$0.85$0.05
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.44$0.04$0.40$1.05$1.41$0.35
2017Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$6.99$0.02$6.97$0.62$1.25$0.63
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$7.62$0.02$7.60$0.64$1.05$0.40
2015XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$8.04$0.02$8.02$0.61$1.03$0.42
2014Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$8.45$0.02$8.43$0.74$0.82$0.07
2013Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$8.51$0.00$8.51$1.30$0.61$0.70
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$7.83$0.01$7.81$1.32$0.52$0.80
2011Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$7.02$0.00$7.01$2.88$0.59$2.29