PLATINUM2023

American Precision Museum Association

aka American Precision Museum, Inc.   |   Windsor, VT   |  http://www.americanprecision.org

Mission

We engage audiences in the stories of human ingenuity through the lens of manufacturing —learning from yesterday, exploring today, and imagining tomorrow.

Ruling year info

1966

Co-Executive Director

Mr. Steve Dalessio

Co-Executive Director

Greg DeFrancis

Main address

PO Box 679

Windsor, VT 05089 USA

Show more contact info

EIN

03-0218096

NTEE code info

History Museums (A54)

Educational Services and Schools - Other (B90)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Sign in or create an account to view Form(s) 990 for 2022, 2021 and 2020.
Register now

Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

This profile needs more info.

If it is your nonprofit, add a problem overview.

Login and update

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Exhibits

The museum's exhibits are open to the public daily from 10-5 from May 1st through the end of October. The museum is now open 10-4 on weekdays from Nov 1 through the end of April. We welcome 5,000 visitors, including adult tours and school groups, annually. In the off season, we are open on the weekends by appointment.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Academics
Retired people
Adolescents
Children

APM partnered with Sparkshop, a nonprofit from the Chicago area, to create a physical kit and digital lessons for students (and their teachers or parents) in grades 4 - 6.

These cross-disciplinary lessons are all focused on a theme, such as Energy Transfer or Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing, and link history, engineering, language, and more to that theme. These kits bring manufacturing and history to life in creative, exciting and interactive exercises, and are available to museum visitors and their families, schools, or homeschoolers.

Population(s) Served
Students
Children and youth

Each year since 2007 we have recruited, hired and trained high school student interns to do demonstrations for visitors on historic machines in our education collection, and increasingly, modern machines. Our interns learn workplace readiness skills and experience speaking with the public, working alongside the staff, as well as opportunities to learn more about manufacturing careers.

Visitors enjoy seeing the machines (such as gear shapers, turret lathes, 3D printers, and CNC mills) at work.

Population(s) Served
Adolescents

The show is held on the first Saturday in October at the museum. Fine craftsman/hobbyists share their tiny creations with the public.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Where we work

Awards

Official Site 2001

Save America's Treasures

Grant Award for Historic Preservation 2003

Save America's Treasures

Heritage Site and Collection 1986

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

selected as model project for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant program 2010

National Endowment for the Humanities

Videos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total number of free admissions

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Exhibits

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Total number of paid admissions

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Exhibits

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of paid participants of guided tours

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Exhibits

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of students educated through field trips

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

American Precision Museum Association
lock

Unlock financial insights by subscribing to our monthly plan.

Subscribe

Unlock nonprofit financial insights that will help you make more informed decisions. Try our monthly plan today.

  • Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
  • Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
  • Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations

Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights?
Learn more about GuideStar Pro.

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

lock

Connect with nonprofit leaders

Subscribe

Build relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.

  • Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
  • Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
  • Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations

Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.

lock

Connect with nonprofit leaders

Subscribe

Build relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.

  • Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
  • Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
  • Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations

Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.

American Precision Museum Association

Board of directors
as of 10/25/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Lee Morris

Lee Morris

Barbara George

Christopher Gray

Greg Jones

Richard Kline

Larry Schwartz

Greg Kaufman

Eric Hagopian

Don Thomas

Rob Caron

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section.

  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 10/25/2023
info Candid has made improvements to the race and ethnicity options.

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/25/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.