Connecticut Explored Inc

TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT AND THE ROLE THE STATE AND ITS CITIZENS HAVE PLAYED AS PART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

CONNECTICUT EXPLORED, INC.FORM 990-EZ, FYE 8/31/2021PART III, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSEXPLANATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTSPROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS FY 2020 - 2021 FOUR ISSUES OF CONNECTICUT EXPLORED, CIRCULATION 6,000 PER ISSUE VOLUME 19, NUMBER 1: WINTER 2020-2021: THEME OF WAYS WE COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING STORIES: MARK TWAIN AND THE PHENOMENON OF SCRAPBOOKS, MEMORIES OF STARTING WHC-TV, A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT GAY MEDIA, AMATEUR RADIO AND THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE. VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2: SPRING 2021: THEME OF CONNECTICUTS ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, INCLUDING STORIES: TREES AS MEMORIALS AND WITNESSES TO HISTORY, WHEN CONNECTICUTS RIVERS RAN BLACK, OUR HISTORIC SALTMARSHES, STEWART B. MCKINNEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3: SUMMER 2021: THEME OF CITIES AND TOWNS, INCLUDING STORIES: ED LOGUE AND URGAN RENEWAL IN NEW HAVEN, NORWICHS MILLIONAIRES TRIANGLE, SEEKING RACIAL EQUALITY IN NORWALKS VILLAGE CREEK, CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEYS CHESTER RETREAT. VOLUME 19, NUMBER 4: FALL 2021: THEME OF VICTORIAN CONNECTICUT, INCLUDING STORIES: ALBERT POPE AND THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY, TIFFANYS STUNNING CHURCH WINDOWS, STOWES VICTORIAN HOME FOR OUR TIME, FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH THE DAGUERREOTYPE. GRATING THE NUTMEG, THE PODCAST OF CONNECTICUT HISTORY, TOTAL UNIQUE DOWNLOADS: 28,836. 24 SEMI-MONTHLY EPISODES ON TOPICS INCLUDING: CANNONBALLS AND SKYCRAPERS: KEELER TAVERN MUSEUM, CONNECTICUTS ROSIE THE RIVETER: WORKING WOMEN IN WORLD WAR II, A JEWISH CHILDS SURVIVAL IN WORLD WAR II, AMERICAS FIRST PUBLIC ROSE GARDEN, AND MORE. WHERE I LIVE: CONNECTICUT, A SOCIAL STUDIES BOOK, E-BOOK, AND WEBSITE FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS, PUBLISHED IN FALL 2017 AND IN USE BY MORE THAN 20,000 STUDENTS. USE BY STUDENTS IN REMOTE LEARNING CLASSROOMS EXPANDED GREATLY WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC. VENTURE SMITHS COLONIAL CONNECTICUT, A SOCIAL STUDIES BOOK, E-BOOK, AND WEBSITE FOR GRADES 5 8, PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2019. ADDED THREE LESSON PLANS TO THE WEBSITE; CONDUCTED TWO VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS FOR STUDENTS. PRESENTED VIRTUAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR THE GILDER LERHMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SLAVERY, RESISTANCE, AND ABOLITION AND THE SUFFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ADDITIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR K-12 PROVIDED VIA CTEXPLORED.ORG/TEACH AND CTHISTORYFORKIDS.ORG.CONNECTICUT EXPLORED RECEIVES THE BENEFIT OF SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTED SERVICES IN PRODUCING THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, WHICH ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES REPORTED IN FORM 990, PART IX.THE PUBLISHER PROVIDES ABOUT 1,400 HOURS PER YEAR, WITHOUT COMPENSATION; DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. MANY OF THE ARTICLES IN THE MAGAZINE ARE WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHS REPRINTED WITH NO COMPENSATION OR MINIMAL HONORARIA OR RIGHTS FEES, INCLUDING THE STATE HISTORIAN WHO PROVIDES A QUARTERLY COLUMN WITHOUT COMPENSATION.$70,000LESS IN-KIND SERVICES NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES ON FORM 990, PART IX.

CONNECTICUT EXPLORED RECEIVES THE BENEFIT OF SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTED SERVICES IN PRODUCING THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, WHICH ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES REPORTED IN FORM 990, PART IX.THE PUBLISHER PROVIDES ABOUT 1,400 HOURS PER YEAR, WITHOUT COMPENSATION; DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. MANY OF THE ARTICLES IN THE MAGAZINE ARE WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHS REPRINTED WITH NO COMPENSATION OR MINIMAL HONORARIA OR RIGHTS FEES, INCLUDING THE STATE HISTORIAN WHO PROVIDES A QUARTERLY COLUMN WITHOUT COMPENSATION.$70,000

LESS IN-KIND SERVICES NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES ON FORM 990, PART IX.