Arts, Culture & Humanities
Rhode Island Computer Museum Inc
NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI
Total revenue
$472K
Total expenses
$115K
Net assets
$593K
Grants received
$54K
9 grants
EIN
050493695
Tax year
2024
Mission
Our Mission is to inspire young people for the future workforce by saving old and new technology. The Rhode Island Computer Museum RICM is a nonprofit 501c3 organization established in 1999 in Rhode Island to preserve our rich vintage computer history and offer a glimpse of the past. RICMs mission statement is procuring and preserving items that relate to computer science and its history; disseminating knowledge and encouraging research in computer science by means of visits lectures discussions and publications. Inspiring young people for the future workforce by saving old and new technology.
Programs
3 programs
HISTORIC PRESERVATION: Procured and preserved items that relate to computer science and its history was our goal. This included disseminating knowledge research and the restoration of serval rare computers. Restorations included analog computer PDP 9 Intel machine and others. Employees from Dassault Systmes returned in September to volunteer for another day of service below re-organizing and inventorying the contents of several boxes from the RICM text collections. We held several seminars.
PARTNERSHIPS: In 2024 RICM completed several new partnerships including New England Tech and Dean College. 2024 was the fourth year of RICMs partnership with The Greenpower F24 program which aspires to advance education in the subjects of engineering and technology for young people ages 9 to 25. Students are introduced to the Greenpower Challenge with activities including the development of a program for their schools participation
expenses: Category: Accounting Advertising Office Operations & Legal Fees $6,362 Contract Services $33,243 ; Equipment Lease or Rental ; Food & Travel $1,455 ; Greenpower Project $17,736; Insurance Property $1274 ; New Technology Equipment $7,505; Rent Expense $37,050; Repairs & Maintenance $48 ; RIMOSA $6515; Stipend $3900
0Financials
FY 2024
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People
10 listed
Read Fleming
Director
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0.25 hrs/wk
Donald Stanford
Director
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0.25 hrs/wk
Bonnie Epstein
President
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1 hrs/wk
Russell Goodman
Vice President
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1 hrs/wk
Merle K Peirce
Treasurer
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1 hrs/wk
Daniel J Berman
Secretary
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32 hrs/wk
John Manock
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Adam Rheaume
Director
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0.25 hrs/wk
Michael Thompson
Director
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12 hrs/wk
John Carney
Director
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0.25 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$54K from 6 funders · 9 grants · 2020–2024
$22K · 2 grants · 2020–2022
$10K · 2 grants · 2022–2023
$8K · 1 grant · 2020
$6K · 1 grant · 2022
$6K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$3K · 1 grant · 2024