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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by VISITORS CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,908,393
Total expenses
$1,873,048
Contributions and grants received
$1,532,515
Grants paid
$149,150
Program service revenue
$211,037
Investment income
$116,877
Other revenue
$47,964
Total assets, end of year
$4,101,868
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,328
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,061,540
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,617,999
Management and general expenses
$255,049
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,617,999

Program services were 86.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,530,291

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,224

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BUS TOURS

    total $209,749 · related or exempt $209,749

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $1,288 · related or exempt $1,288

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $116,877 · excluded $116,877

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $138,928

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $90,964

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $47,964 · related or exempt $47,964

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $149,150 · program services $149,150

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $157,072 · program services $110,023 · management and general $47,049

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $510,839 · program services $372,667 · management and general $138,172

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $91,639 · program services $75,592 · management and general $16,047

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,569 · management and general $3,569

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,300 · management and general $16,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $27,814 · program services $26,170 · management and general $1,644

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $410,379 · program services $410,379

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,369 · program services $33,569 · management and general $2,800

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,595 · program services $27,760 · management and general $4,835

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,664 · program services $18,443 · management and general $1,221

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $43,264 · program services $38,902 · management and general $4,362

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $66,003 · program services $54,122 · management and general $11,881

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,156 · program services $15,708 · management and general $3,448

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPORTS TOURISM

    total $150,676 · program services $150,676

  • 24b · Other expenses: IMA TOUR EXPENSES

    total $60,704 · program services $60,704

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $46,988 · program services $45,688 · management and general $1,300

  • 24d · Other expenses: SATELLITE OPERATION

    total $12,000 · program services $12,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,867 · program services $16,446 · management and general $2,421

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $600 · end of year $600

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,560,954 · end of year $3,469,782

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $52,781 · end of year $50,638

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,849 · end of year $45,568

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

    $2,304,240

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

    $1,768,960

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $460,339 · end of year $535,280

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,328 · end of year $40,328

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,949,008 · end of year $3,992,005

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $77,187 · end of year $69,535

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO INSPIRE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE COLUMBUS AND BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY AS AN IDEAL DESTINATION FOR LEISURE, SPORTS, AND TRAVEL WHILE SHARING THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE MEMORABLE AND MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES.

  • PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. MAINTAINS A VISITORS CENTER TO PROMOTE TOURISM OF THE COUNTY AND PROVIDE FUNDING TO LOCAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $1,617,999 · Grants $149,150 · Revenue $259,001

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Kaiser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brittany Gray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Danielle Nickerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frank Griffin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • C Jordan Hilber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jake Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jan Sprague

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Kreutzjans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kiley Broad

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Jewell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tyler Hodge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diane Robbins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pete King

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Payne

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Misty Weisensteiner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $157,073
    From this org
    $138,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,803
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,039
    Bonus
    $18,231
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,062
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,741
    Filer's total
    $157,073

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 · 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
3 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202620669349300312

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