Organizations Filed Purposes:
Trolley Museum-education, restoration, preservation with concentration on the era from the late 1800s though mid 1900s.
Trolley Museum-education, restoration, preservation.
Education - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Operation and Display of Trolley Cars and related equipment with the expressed purpose to educate all ages about this historical era. Over 170 hours of volunteer time per week during the season is used for this purpose. An additional 1000 volunteer hours or more is spent during the year setting up and revising the displays. Of the 16,811 volunteer hours recorded in 2019, over 10,000 hours were spent interacting with the public. Two educators were hired to interact with the public during the regular season. They were trained to operate and understand the functions of the trolleys & the history their operation in the United States.
Restoration - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Restoration - To restore Trolleys, Railroad and related Equipment from this historical era. Over 1200 volunteer hours were used in 2019 for this purpose. In addition contracted labor is being used to supplement the restoration of Trolley Car 3001, and Car 3100. Car 169 continues to be restored. In order to restore our collection, a quality Restoration/Repair Shop must be available. In 2017 it was decided that a full restoration of car 3001 would be the goal of CERA. A major fundraising campaign was started for 3001. In addition to numerous smaller donations/grants, a $25,000 matching grant was awarded (received in 2020) and the State of CT awarded a grant in December 2019 of $50,000 . Because of the moneys committed, two motors and a compressor were purchased & additional contracted labor was hired in 2019.
Preservation - Historical Museum Programs, General/Other: Preservation - Trolley Cars, Railroad and related equipment through the proper storage with the expressed purpose of preserving the equipment from this historical era. Although Volunteer time varies each year for this purpose, over 1000 Volunteer hours per year is spent on the facilities plus moving the trolleys and other historical equipment into existing barns & the Visitor Center.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Melissa Seville | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Justin Chasse | Director | 14 | $0 |
| Galen Semprebon | Director | 10 | $0 |
| James Miller | Director | 6 | $0 |
| Kelly Buffum | Director | 10 | $0 |
| John Arel | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Larry Bryan | Director/Vice President | 31 | $0 |
| Rob Brogle | Director/President/CEO | 8 | $0 |
| Stephen Taylor | Director/Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Sara Garthwait | Director/Corporate Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Chris Shaw | Director/Vice Chairman | 3 | $0 |
| Timothy Lesniak | Director/Chairman | 9 | $0 |
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