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 8/31/2023PART III, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSEXPLANATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTSPROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS FY 2022 - 2023FOUR ISSUES OF CONNECTICUT EXPLORED, CIRCULATION 6,000 PER ISSUE VOLUME 21, NUMBER 1: WINTER 2022-23: THEME OF CITIZEN HISTORIANS. INCLUDED STORIES ON THE NEW LONDON BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL AND THE IRISH HERITAGE TRAIL; ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY; PRESERVING THE HISTORIES OF ATTORNEYS OF COLOR, CEMETERIES, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.S TIME IN THE TOBACCO FIELDS; AND SHAKER FURNITURE. VOLUME 21, NUMBER 2: SPRING 2023: THEME OF THE POWER OF PLACE. INCLUDED STORIES ON HARTFORDS VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY, ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE EASTERN PEQUOT RESERVATION, ZONING AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN WEST HARTFORD, SHADE TOBACCO, AND HUBBARD PARK IN MERIDAN. VOLUME 21, NUMBER 3: SUMMER 2023: THEME OF ISLANDS. INCLUDED STORIES ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS EFFORT TO PRESERVE OWNERSHIP OF THIRTY MILE ISLAND; PINE ISLANDS MENHADEN INDUSTRY; THE PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION TO WILLIMANTIC; AND OUTER ISLAND. VOLUME 21, NUMBER 4: FALL 2023: THEME OF LAW AND LEGALITIES. INCLUDED STORIES ABOUT YALE LOCKS AND TRADEMARK; A WITCHCRAFT ACCUSATION AGAINST A DOCTOR IN WETHERSFIELD; NEW HAVEN COURT RECORDS; P.T. BARNUMS TIME IN JAIL FOR LIBEL; IDA HOLMES BRAXTON, HARRIET BEECHER STOWES MAID WHO WENT ON TO BECOME AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN WOMENS CLUB ORGANIZATIONS; AND THE LITCHFIELD LAW SCHOOL. GRATING THE NUTMEG, THE PODCAST OF CONNECTICUT HISTORY, WON A CONNECTICUT LEAGUE OF HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS AWARD OF MERIT IN 2023. GTN HAD 30,106 UNIQUE DOWNLOADS IN ONE YEAR AND 159,324 TOTAL. THE STAFF CREATED NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR THE PODCAST AND PUBLISHED 24 SEMI-MONTHLY EPISODES ON TOPICS INCLUDING: CONNECTICUTS WOULD-BE WOODSTOCK (945 DOWNLOADS); STORIES FROM CONNECTICUTS WESTERN RESERVE IN OHIO (939); THE LEGENDARY TOADS PLACE NIGHTCLUB IN NEW HAVEN (913); CARBONATED CONNECTICUT (869); AND THEODATE POPE SURVIVES THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA (884). 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. VENTURE SMITHS COLONIAL CONNECTICUT, A SOCIAL STUDIES BOOK, E-BOOK, AND WEBSITE FOR GRADES 5 8, PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2019. 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.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.

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.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.

LESS IN-KIND SERVICES NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES ON FORM 990, PART IX.0