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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$62,776
Total expenses
$46,580
Contributions and grants received
$41,580
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$21,196
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$904,212
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$904,212
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$46,580
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$46,580

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $41,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,196 · related or exempt $21,196

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,525 · program services $3,525

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $603 · program services $603

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,618 · program services $5,618

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $369 · program services $369

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,587 · program services $7,587

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT & EXHIBIT COSTS

    total $21,040 · program services $21,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: GIFT SHOP

    total $6,365 · program services $6,365

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES & TAXES

    total $1,174 · program services $1,174

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $299 · program services $299

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $66,963 · end of year $78,047

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $141,043 · end of year $139,467

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $667,134

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $146,519

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $528,201 · end of year $520,615

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $151,809 · end of year $166,083

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $665,196 · end of year $681,392

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $222,820 · end of year $222,820

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX FOUNDATION, INC'S PURPOSE IT TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE GROWTH, PROGRESS, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX AT FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (A REGIONAL BRANCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY). THE FOUNDATION SOLICITS AND RECEIVES GRANTS, DONATION, GIFTS AND BEQUESTS TO ASSIST THE MUSEUM IN THE EXECUTION OF ITS PROGRAMS. THE MUSEUM COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND INTERPRETS THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH EXHIBITS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. THE HISTORICAL COMPLEX IS COMPOSED OF THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR, 1897 POE HOUSE, AND ARSENAL PARK. THE COMPLEX RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PAST AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PRESENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX FOUNDATION, INC'S PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE GROWTH, PROGRESS, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX AT FAYETTEVILLE, NC (A REGIONAL BRANCH OF THE NC MUSEUM OF HISTORY). THE FOUNDATION SOLICITS AND RECEIVES GRANTS, DONATIONS, GIFTS AND BEQUESTS TO ASSIST THE MUSEUM IN THE EXECUTION OF ITS PROGRAMS. THE MUSEUM COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND INTERPRETS THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN NC THROUGH EXHIBITS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. THE HISTORICAL COMPLEX IS COMPOSED OF THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR, 1897 POE HOUSE, AND ARSENAL PARK. THE MUSEUM RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PAST AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PRESENT.

  • WHILE THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX IS A STATE AGENCY, THERE ARE MANY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT OUTSIDE FUNDS. THE MUSEUM FOUNDATION RELIES ON GRANTS, MEMBERSHIP DUES, DONATIONS, AND FUND-RAISING EVENTS TO OFFER A WIDE ASSORTMENT OF PROGRAMS. STAFF MEMBERS WORKED DILIGENTLY IN 2017, RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, PLANNING SPECIAL EVENTS AND HANDS-ON PROGRAMS, BRINING IN NEW EXHIBITS, REACHING OUT TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, PROMOTING THE MUSEUM COMPLEX, AND FINDING ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCES ALL IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS HISTORICAL AGENCY AND PROVE ITS VIABILITY AS A CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SOUTHERN NC.

    Expenses $46,580

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • KELLI CARDENAS WALSH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CHARLES ANDERSON JR

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • KAREN WALLACE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DORIS SMALL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • LOU BROOKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JOHN CALDWELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MARY DENNINGS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • NANCY FIELDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CASSANDRA MCMILLION

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DAVID REID

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • VICKI SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MATTHEW WYNNE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
12 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202630659349300313

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