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MEMBERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
AND
AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES


This section covers plans, changes in activities, and resource estimates for membership and development, and certain auxiliary activities with the exception of the revenue-producing activities of the Division of Performing Arts, Smithsonian Press, Traveling Exhibition Service, Office of Printing and Photographic Services, and the Exposition Books Program.  These activities are presented in appropriate chapters and tables corresponding to the organization of the Institution and the FY 1981 budget submission to Congress.  Included here are the separate activities of the Office of Membership and Development (which includes the Development Office, the National Associate Program, and the Resident Associate Program), the Magazine, and the Business Management Office (which includes the following auxiliary activities:  Museum Shops, Mail Order Division, Product Development Program, Concessions, and the Belmont Conference Center).

Current Resources and Support

These trust funded operations have FY 1979 resources totaling approximately $53,950,000 and 298 employees.  As a group they are expected to generate approximately $7,713,000 in income for the Institution in FY 1979 after the cost of sales, payroll, and other operating expenses.  Gross expenses amount to about $46,237,000.

Membership and Development activities are wholly supported by trust funds with the only exception being occasional foundation or federal agency grants to the Resident Associate Program.  The Resident Associate Program, with its popular offerings of various classes, lectures, tours, and other activities, is expected to produce a surplus of $100,000 in FY 1979.  The National Associate Program is not expected to produce new income except from two components:  the travel and contributing membership activities.  Travel programs are budgeted for a surplus of $129,000 in FY 1979, while contributing membership activities are expected to produce net income of about $135,000.  The regional events of the National Associates are wholly subsidized, and the new selected studies program is projected to break even in FY 1979.  Overall, the National Associate Program will run a slight deficit of about $50,000 in FY 1979.  The administrative costs of the central Development Office are treated as an expense item against unrestricted trust income.

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