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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DALLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,846,959
Total expenses
$6,528,787
Contributions and grants received
$485,336
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,491,908
Investment income
$605,155
Other revenue
$1,264,560
Total assets, end of year
$22,262,984
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,453,991
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,808,993
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,325,498
Management and general expenses
$2,846,088
Fundraising expenses
$357,201
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,325,498

Program services were 50.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $35,948

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $289,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $159,788

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION FEES

    total $5,418,904 · related or exempt $5,418,904

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIONS

    total $73,004 · related or exempt $73,004

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $605,155 · excluded $605,155

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,500

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,500

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,500 · excluded $2,500

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,005,546

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $340,938

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $664,608 · related or exempt $623,252 · unrelated business $41,356

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARKING FEES

    total $575,764 · unrelated business $73,545 · excluded $502,219

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $21,688 · related or exempt $21,688

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $597,452

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $524,950 · program services $168,559 · management and general $252,259 · fundraising $104,132

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,713,958 · program services $1,133,436 · management and general $442,659 · fundraising $137,863

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $157,360 · program services $75,265 · management and general $72,631 · fundraising $9,464

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $207,903 · program services $147,130 · management and general $48,556 · fundraising $12,217

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $174,086 · program services $106,697 · management and general $48,709 · fundraising $18,680

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $95,990 · program services $89,392 · management and general $6,598

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $369,968 · management and general $369,968

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,443 · management and general $12,443

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $900,401 · program services $496,448 · management and general $396,858 · fundraising $7,095

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $146,095 · program services $107,309 · fundraising $38,786

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $336,243 · program services $239,612 · management and general $75,510 · fundraising $21,121

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $873,048 · program services $257,192 · management and general $615,856

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,850 · program services $26,166 · management and general $6,037 · fundraising $3,647

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $391,290 · management and general $391,290

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $119,695 · program services $101,290 · management and general $18,405

  • 24a · Other expenses: UBIT EXPENSE

    total $8,888 · program services $0 · management and general $8,888 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $192,537 · program services $137,887 · management and general $54,650 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMISSIONS AND FEES

    total $150,000 · program services $150,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBIT ENHANCEMENTS

    total $56,735 · program services $56,735 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $61,347 · program services $32,380 · management and general $24,771 · fundraising $4,196

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,444,651 · end of year $9,662,719

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $550,565 · end of year $567,752

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $29,610 · end of year $32,699

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $159,016 · end of year $15,293

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $203,174 · end of year $131,752

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $121,472 · end of year $168,549

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

    $5,827,471

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

    $4,033,542

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,979,772 · end of year $1,793,929

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,933,408 · end of year $6,438,237

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,040,669 · end of year $3,452,054

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $939,455 · end of year $667,846

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $60,764 · end of year $203,155

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,071,309 · end of year $3,582,990

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,390,809 · end of year $17,808,993

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DEALEY PLAZA CHRONICLES THE ASSASSINATION AND LEGACY OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY; INTERPRETS THE DEALEY PLAZA NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT AND THE JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL PLAZA; AND PRESENTS CONTEMPORARY CULTURE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.

  • EXHIBITIONSTHE MUSEUM OPENED IN 1989 FEATURING THE CORE EXHIBIT, JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE MEMORY OF A NATION. LOCATED ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE FORMER TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY BUILDING, CRITICAL EVIDENCE WAS FOUND LINKED TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963. THE EXHIBIT IS DIVIDED INTO KEY HISTORICAL SECTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL OVERLAYS FOLLOWING THE PATH OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S LIFE, POLITICAL CAREER, 1960 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, ELECTION, AND INAUGURAL ADDRESS; HIS YOUNG FAMILY AND LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND KEY ADMINISTRATIVE CRISES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE INITIAL REASONS LEADING TO KENNEDY'S NOVEMBER 1963 VISIT TO TEXAS ARE ADDRESSED; RECEPTION IN DALLAS; MOTORCADE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS; DETAILS OF THE ASSASSINATION AND ITS AFTERMATH; MEDIA COVERAGE; MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS SURROUNDING THE CASE; EYEWITNESS TESTIMONIALS AND EVIDENCE CAPTURED ON STILL AND HOME MOVIE CAMERAS; FORENSIC AND BALLISTIC EVIDENCE; ETC., ONGOING QUESTIONS TODAY, AND IMPACT OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY.COLLECTIONSAN INTENSIVE THREE-YEAR, WALL-TO-WALL INVENTORY PROJECT OF THE ARTIFACT COLLECTIONS RESULTED IN A MORE ACCURATE COUNT OF LARGER SUB-COLLECTIONS THAN PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED. THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DEALEY PLAZA'S COLLECTIONS HOLDS MORE THAN 90,000 ITEMS RELATED TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL AFTERMATH OF HIS TRAGIC DEATH AND THE LEGACY OF HIS PRESIDENCY, WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOCUSED ON THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF MID-20TH CENTURY DALLAS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE ASSASSINATION, THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE ASSASSINATION, AND THE HISTORY OF DEALEY PLAZA, THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY BUILDING AND THE JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS INCLUDE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTIFACTS, ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND AUDIO-VISUAL RECORDINGS INCLUDING EARLY 1960S TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTS, AMATEUR HOME MOVIES AND NEARLY 2,000 ORAL HISTORIES. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION STRENGTHS RELATE DIRECTLY TO THE SUBJECT OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S LIFE, DEATH AND LEGACY, AND THE MUSEUM STRIVES TO ACQUIRE MATERIALS THAT ARE UNIQUE, ENDANGERED, AND/OR PERTINENT TO THOSE SUBJECTS. IN KEEPING WITH THE MUSEUM'S MISSION AND VISION, THE COLLECTION PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES MATERIALS RELATED TO KENNEDY'S LEGACY-SUCH AS CIVIL RIGHTS, THE SPACE RACE, ETC., AS WELL AS LOCAL DALLAS HISTORY. THE ONGOING ORAL HISTORY PROJECT ACTIVELY COLLECTS INTERVIEWS THAT OFFER NEW DIMENSIONS TO THE VAST VARIETY OF RELATED TOPICS. THE MUSEUM PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF ACCESS TO ITS COLLECTIONS, THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND WORKSHOPS, ON-SITE RESEARCH IN THE READING ROOM, AND INTERNET-BASED ACCESS THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S SEARCHABLE ON-LINE COLLECTIONS DATABASE. COLLECTION ITEMS ARE ALSO REGULARLY FEATURED IN SOCIAL MEDIA INITIATIVES. THE MUSEUM'S READING ROOM OVERLOOKS DEALEY PLAZA AND OFFERS A REFLECTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES SEEKING INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION AND LEGACY OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. RESEARCHERS HAVE ACCESS TO MORE THAN 8,000 BOOKS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND VIDEOS, COVERING TOPICS RANGING FROM KENNEDY'S LIFE AND LEGACY TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES TO 1960S POP CULTURE. ACCESS TO THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION ITEMS IS AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT. RESEARCHERS DETERMINE WHICH ASPECTS OF THE COLLECTION THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BY ACCESSING THE MUSEUM'S ONLINE COLLECTION DATABASE, A DIGITAL RESOURCE WITH LINKS TO FILMS, NEWSPAPERS, ARTIFACTS, ORAL HISTORIES AND OTHER PERMANENT COLLECTION ITEMS, OR VIA DIRECT CONTACT WITH MUSEUM STAFF. EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMSCREATIVE AND ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING ARE INTRINSIC TO THE MUSEUM'S MISSION TO SERVE A DIVERSE PUBLIC AND FULFILL A RESPONSIBILITY TO EMPOWER STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADULTS, YOUTH, AND FAMILY AUDIENCES TO UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY THE PAST IS ALWAYS RELEVANT TODAY. LECTURES, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES, PANEL CONVERSATIONS, LIVE ORAL HISTORY PRESENTATIONS, AUTHOR EVENTS, FAMILY PROGRAMS, STUDENT CONTESTS, TEACHER TRAININGS AND INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCES HELP ENGAGE SCHOOL AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT TEXAS, THE UNITED STATES AND BEYOND. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ALLOW AUDIENCES TO EXPLORE SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY PRESIDENCY, ASSASSINATION AND LEGACY. IN FY2024, 131 GROUPS PARTICIPATED IN SELF-GUIDED TOURS, WHICH SERVED 5,369 STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, 44 STUDENT WORKSHOPS WERE PROVIDED, WHICH SERVED 1,320 STUDENTS. THERE WERE 6 VIRTUAL DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS WHICH SERVED 653 STUDENTS DURING FY2024.

    Expenses $3,325,498 · Revenue $6,136,848

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Lowenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John K McCaa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Mong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Gumby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dom Haskeh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jearlene Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elaine M Wiant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jj Ponce

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victor J Elmore

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • J Ken Menges

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard G Stewart Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • E Keith Pomykal

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicola Longford

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $234,788
    From this org
    $219,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,360
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,428
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,360
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $234,788

  • Tim Case

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $154,013
    From this org
    $143,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,937
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,076
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $154,013

  • Kim Bryan

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $103,585
    From this org
    $96,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,777
    Hours/week
    40

  • Megan Bryant

    DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS

    Total calculated
    $119,376
    From this org
    $111,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,810
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202512259349302801

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