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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FAIRBANKS CHILDRENS MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$873,400
Total expenses
$677,229
Contributions and grants received
$392,100
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$381,168
Investment income
$8,606
Other revenue
$91,526
Total assets, end of year
$691,673
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,976
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$678,697
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$486,762
Management and general expenses
$131,643
Fundraising expenses
$58,824
Program service expenses (Part III)
$486,762

Program services were 71.9% 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

    $12,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $374,700

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,179

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Membership Revenues

    total $123,605 · related or exempt $123,605

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Admission Fees

    total $111,723 · related or exempt $111,723

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Party Rentals

    total $57,778 · related or exempt $57,778

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Camp Tuition

    total $62,002 · related or exempt $62,002

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Class Registrations

    total $11,050 · related or exempt $11,050

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $15,010 · related or exempt $15,010

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,479 · excluded $8,479

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $127

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $127

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $127 · related or exempt $127

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $15,345

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

    $12,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,420

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,925 · excluded $5,925

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $613,098

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $545,747

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $67,351 · unrelated business $67,351

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $41,800

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $23,550

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $18,250 · related or exempt $18,250

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $67,184 · management and general $49,499 · fundraising $17,685

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $291,842 · program services $264,536 · fundraising $27,306

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,260 · management and general $6,260

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,787 · program services $22,416 · management and general $4,161 · fundraising $4,210

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,203 · management and general $16,203

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $937 · management and general $937

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,300 · program services $300 · management and general $1,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,514 · program services $2,514

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,584 · management and general $4,584

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,888 · program services $50 · management and general $12,838

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $143,619 · program services $129,257 · management and general $7,181 · fundraising $7,181

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,094 · program services $12,341 · management and general $5,753

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,705 · program services $6,531 · management and general $174

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,445 · program services $15,445

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,759 · program services $10,081 · management and general $3,236 · fundraising $2,442

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses

    total $23,012 · program services $23,012

  • 24b · Other expenses: Merchant Service Fees

    total $13,151 · program services $279 · management and general $12,872

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $2,860 · management and general $2,860

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $4,085 · management and general $4,085

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $95,249 · end of year $145,252

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $146,710 · end of year $250,581

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $40,593 · end of year $6,255

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $10,358 · end of year $13,109

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,766 · end of year $17,658

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

    $353,497

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

    $195,523

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $163,486 · end of year $157,974

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $37,935 · end of year $100,844

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,856 · end of year $12,976

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $432,136 · end of year $622,853

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $44,105 · end of year $55,844

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of the Fairbanks Childrens Museum is to inspire and connect families through discovery and the power of play.

  • Programs provide educational activities for children and their families with hands-on, explorative exhibits and programs, serving approximately 40,000 adults and children per year.

    Expenses $486,762 · Revenue $381,168

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Meredith Maple

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $67,184
    From this org
    $67,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brooke Freeburg

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nikole Schick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kalene Anundson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Luper

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellen Evans

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi Wood

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaime Jones

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Lewis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caroline Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
20 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532949349300108

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