Program areas at The Wren's Nest
House tours and storytelling: each saturday and during private bookings and field trips throughout The year. The Wren's Nest offers guided museum tours, interpreting The significance of our national historic landmark and atlanta's oldest house museum. As part of our mission to preserve storytelling perform brer rabbit folktales and folktales from global storytelling each week for live audiences. House tours were offered to The community at no cost during The month of march, when The city-wide phoenix flies program is observed.
Youth education programs - The Wren's Nest is an affiliate of dolly parton's imagination library, and we help connect children ages 0-5 in The 30310 and 30315 zip codes to this monthly free book service. The Wren's Nest is a program partner of The mayor's summer reading club and in 2022 hosted a free book giveaway and special guest story hour featuring live readings of The 2022 selected titles. The scribes youth writing program was revived and featured a five-part creative writing workshop series for middle school students, each lead by a professional writer.
Special events and programs: The Wren's Nest partnered with The southern literary trail to host a traveling exhibit in The summer of 2022 featuring The photograph of p.h. Polk, The official photographer of tuskegee university from 1939 - 1984. In november and december we hosted a special program called "home for The holidays" which paired victorian-inspired holiday decor with guided architecture tours of The house museum.
Who funds The Wren's Nest
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at The Wren's Nest
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Dean Baker | Executive Director | $39,808 | 2021-12-31 |
| Zachary Pion | Treasurer | $0 | 2022-10-25 |
| James Auchmutey | Secretary | $0 | 2021-12-31 |
| Phil Walsh | Chairman | $0 | 2021-12-31 |
| Jim Auchmutey | Secretary / Director | $0 | 2020-12-31 |
| ...and 10 more key personnel |
Financials for The Wren's Nest
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $97,264 | $131,415 | -26% |
| Program services | $8,660 | $0 | 999% |
| Investment income and dividends | $0 | $0 | - |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $31,895 | $10,200 | 212.7% |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $1,676 | -100% |
| Total revenues | $137,819 | $143,291 | -3.8% |
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Data update history
July 7, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 23, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
June 27, 2022
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from Emory University December 8, 2021
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesHistory
Characteristics
State / local levelReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsNo full-time employees
General information
- Address
- 1050 Raplh David Abernathy Blvd SW
- Atlanta, GA 30310
- Metro area
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
- County
- Fulton County, GA
- Website URL
- linktr.ee/wrensnestatlÂ
- Phone
- (404) 753-7735
IRS details
- EIN
- 58-0966186
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1984
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A54: History Museums
- NAICS code, primary
- 7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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