2025-06-05T13:31:10-07:00 2024-08-31 061609121 Adam P Cohen CPA LLC 81 South Main St Suite 9 West Hartford CT 06107 990 2023-09-01 455404888 Connecticut Explored Inc CONN 8608322805 1615 Stanley St History Dept New Britain CT 06050 Katherine Hermes Publisher 2025-04-11 true true Adam P Cohen P00046319 8605216400 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Katherine Hermes Publisher 322548 false X www.ctexplored.org X 2012 CT 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. 6 6 6 5 28412 215496 150520 153635 165457 -4285 6571 0 364846 322548 0 0 168494 207539 0 50702 247624 195053 416118 402592 -51272 -80044 345810 219789 114031 52939 231779 166850 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. false false 278128 165457 Connecticut Explored, Inc.Form 990-EZ, FYE 8/31/2024Part III, Program Service AccomplishmentsExplanation of program activities and accomplishmentsProgram Accomplishments FY 2023-2024 Four issues of Connecticut Explored, circulation 6,000 per issue Volume 22, Number 1: Winter 2022-24: theme of history in the sky. Articles included the artist Yvonne Jacquette, Indigenous cosmology, barrage balloons and gliders produced for WWII, and astronomy at Wesleyan. Volume 22, Number 2: Spring 2024: theme of historical preservation in the digital age. Stories on various digital projects including the Veterans History Project at CCSU, Newgate Prison, Glastonbury Historical Societys Covid 19 project, and technology like ground penetrating radar more. Volume 22, Number 3: Summer 2024: theme of monuments and memory. Included stories about various monuments, including John Mason, Civil War soldiers and enslaved people, the Soldiers and Sailors Arch, and Gallaudet. Volume 22, Number 4: Fall 2024: theme of history under foot. Included stories about archaeological sites, a mans civil rights marching, the Ball & Socket factory, and nuclear power protests. Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history, had 19,371 unique downloads in one year and 117,424 total. The staff created new social media pages for the podcast and published 24 semi-monthly episodes on topics including: Revolutionary War Hero Lafayette Makes a Triumphal Return Tour (547); The Hartford Circus Fire Tragedy (602); Sherlock Holmes and William Gillette's Castle (630). 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. 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