OIL REGION MUSIC PRESERVATION MUSEUM
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
properly fund an endowment to assure future financial stability
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Monthly Mini- Event
Mini-Events
A one hour free program on the third Sunday of each month featuring a local musical group or performer, or one or more of our machines. Followed by a short reception
4th grade music ,history, and science
A no charge tour is offerred to all county 4th grade classes. It is tailored to the PA 4th grade cirrucullum for music science and history. We also cover the bus transportation costs
Guided tours
a one hour paid tour during which docents will play the machines and relate their history and relationship to the period in time they represent
Free exhibit area
The lower levl which contains coin operated self playing nickelodeons, radio ad reed organs has been made available to the public at no charge
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Guidestar 2019
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of free participants on field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
4th grade music ,history, and science
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
broadened requirements to allow more participation beyond 4th grade level Canceled for 2020
Number of people working at the SME/Coop/Enterprise on a part-time basis (< 35 hours per week) as a result of the nonprofit's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Guided tours
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These are volunteers to give guided tours, work gift shop, maintain machines and maintain building
Total number of paid admissions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Guided tours
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
these are only paid admissions and do not include unguided free area access or free events COVID closure severely affected attendance in 2020
Total number of free admissions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Monthly Mini- Event
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Monthly free events and free self guided areas are included in these numbers COVID closures severely affected 2020 number
Total dollars loaned to organizations
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
By 2012 we had reduced our outstanding debt from a maximum total of $125,000 in 2009 to zero
Total number of free seats filled for performances
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Monthly Mini- Event
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Monthly free music related events by outside performers or our volunteers with our instruments Due to COVID closures only 5 of the 12 monthly events were held
Total number of fields trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
4th grade music ,history, and science
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Attendance depends on school schedules and weather additional spring testing interferes with field trips no field trips due to school cancelation
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
""The Oil; Region Music Preservation Museum will provide education and enjoyment for the public by sustaining, preserving, exhibiting, and demonstrating an extensive collection of mechanical music instruments and other music related items, in an environment appropriate to the age of the instruments. The Museum will serve as a ""see and hear"" experience for all visitors
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We have identified nine visitor segments: Tour Planners, Area Residents, Gift shop Customers, People interested in a special class of our machines, Teachers, Destination Visitors, Accidental or Walk In Visitors, Machine Repair Customers, Local/Regional Organizations. We have tailored advertising and information for each of these markets.With help from local grants we offer tours to all are 4th grade students each year hoping to educate and interest a younger generation. We hold monthly free one hour musical events to raise local awareness of our capabilities. We have a Facebook page. Our annual report is posted on our website.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a collection of over 250 music machines, many of them self playing. The first floor area where we give guided tours has over 90 self playing machines, all in working condition, some of which are played for each visitor. They range from small music boxes to large band organs. We have volunteers with the ability to repair the instruments, give the guided tours, and perform much of the maintenance on the building. We have a 1907 building with an occupancy permit allowing the public access to all 4 floors. We have two meeting areas which can be used by various groups for meetings or performances.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since opening in 1995 we have brought the building to current PA building code allowing use of the whole 4 floors totaling approximately 20,000 square feet. The building is almost totally rehabbed from the condition it was in when we acquired it. We are fully handicapped accessible. We have eliminated all debt incurred when buying the collection from Elizabeth DeBence and purchasing and renovation the building. Through donations from individuals as far distant as California we have added over 300 items to the collection. We have repaired many machines and all those on the first floor, which is the guided tour area, play. We have reduced utility expense to half what they were in 2002. In recent years we have covered up to 20% of our current expense budget from admissions. Attendance has now exceeded 3000 for the past 3 years before the 2020 closures forced by COVID restrictions
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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OIL REGION MUSIC PRESERVATION MUSEUM
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Prescott Greene
Retired Joy Mining Machinery Manager
Term: 2009 - 2012
Dr Richard Eshelman
retired optometdist
Term: 2010 - 2013
Prescott Greene
Retired manager, Joy Mining Machinery
Rachel Ashbaugh
retired school teacher
Edmund Bottegal
retired Joy Minig Machinery Engineer
Richard Eshelman
Retired Optometrist
Board leadership practices
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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 -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.