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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILDLIFE SCIENCE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$310,284
Total expenses
$468,602
Contributions and grants received
$127,718
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$176,857
Investment income
$80
Other revenue
$5,629
Total assets, end of year
$2,100,436
Total liabilities, end of year
$141,029
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,959,407
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$403,661
Management and general expenses
$61,941
Fundraising expenses
$3,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$403,661

Program services were 86.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $42,240

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $85,478

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WILDLIFE SCIENCE PROGRAMS

    total $176,857 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $80 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $80

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $559

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $42,240

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $559

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $9,076

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,698

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,378 · related or exempt $5,378

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $251 · related or exempt $251 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $251

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,000 · program services $51,000 · management and general $6,000 · fundraising $3,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $186,695 · program services $186,695 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,234 · program services $4,234 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,102 · program services $3,102 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,318 · program services $19,318 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,073 · program services $0 · management and general $3,073 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,034 · program services $5,034 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,987 · program services $0 · management and general $3,987 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,800 · program services $1,800 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,932 · program services $0 · management and general $2,932 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $11,315 · program services $0 · management and general $11,315 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $62,530 · program services $59,872 · management and general $2,658 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,555 · program services $0 · management and general $27,555 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: WILDLIFE SCIENCE PROGRAMS

    total $16,578 · program services $16,578 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE AND FOOD

    total $13,893 · program services $13,893 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $16,892 · program services $16,892 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $21,535 · program services $21,535 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,129 · program services $3,708 · management and general $4,421 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $72,845 · end of year $4,876

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $15,857

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,710 · end of year $56,455

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,773 · end of year $3,761

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

    $2,751,094

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

    $731,607

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,082,017 · end of year $2,019,487

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $84,239 · end of year $88,511

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $381 · end of year $52,518

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,117,725 · end of year $1,959,407

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SERVE AS AN EDUCATONAL RESOURCE FOR ALL AGES; BY: PROVIDING EXPOSURE TO WILD ANIMALS AND THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE GENERATED FOR THEIR CONVERSATION; TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF WILD ANIMAL BIOLOGY THROUGH LONG-TERM, HUMANE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON CAPTIVE POPULATIONS, THUS

  • EDUCATION: THE WILDLIFE SCIENCE CENTER PROVIDED PROGRAMS FOR OVER 15,000 VISITORS. PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NON-SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOL GROUPS AGES PRE-K THROUGH 12 AND POST SECONDARY. EVERY WILDLIFE SCIENCE CENTER EDUCATION PROGRAM IS ALIGNED WITH NATIONAL AND STATE SCIENCE STANDARDS, BUT THE FOCUS OF PRESENTATION DOES NOT INVOLVE SCIENCE. THE SUBJECT OF WOLVES AND WILDLIFE LENDS ITSELF TO DISCUSSIONS OF HISTORY, CULTURE, MATHMATICS, LITERATURE, ART, AND OTHER TOPICS. CLOSE-UP OBSERVATION OF OUR WILDLIFE AFFORDS UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FROM COLOR AND SIZE VARIATION TO A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT ADAPTATIONS, BEHAVIORS, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION. TRAINING: WILDLIFE SCIENCE CENTER CONTINUED A LONG TRADITION OF PROVIDING HANDS-ON TRAINING TO WILD LIFE PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS USING OUR REAL WOLVES AND BEARS. RESEARCH: BIOLOGISTS HAVE SPENT TIME RESEARCHING ANIMALS IN NATURAL HABITAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY WOLF AND BEAR POPULATIONS.

    Expenses $403,661 · Revenue $310,284

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peggy Callahan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Mark Beckel

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Solem

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Christianson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Piersak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nathan Lance

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349303919

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