Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,359,245
- Total expenses
- $360,908
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,335,499
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $23,030
- Other revenue
- $716
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,780,393
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,523
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,777,870
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $194,899
- Management and general expenses
- $78,007
- Fundraising expenses
- $88,002
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $194,899
Program services were 54.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$5,335,499
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3 · Investment income
total $19,144 · excluded $19,144
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $11,695
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $7,809
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $3,886
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $3,886 · excluded $3,886
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $716 · excluded $716
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11e · Other revenue, total
$716
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $57,103 · program services $28,551 · management and general $14,276 · fundraising $14,276
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $154,780 · program services $61,912 · management and general $30,956 · fundraising $61,912
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $6,391 · program services $2,729 · management and general $1,364 · fundraising $2,298
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $19,660 · program services $8,394 · management and general $4,197 · fundraising $7,069
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $290 · management and general $290
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11g · Fees: other
total $2,522 · program services $2,522
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $12,963 · program services $12,963
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13 · Office expenses
total $17,476 · program services $5,767 · management and general $9,262 · fundraising $2,447
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14 · Information technology
total $34,613 · program services $20,768 · management and general $13,845
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16 · Occupancy
total $10,742 · program services $10,742
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17 · Travel
total $7,081 · program services $7,081
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,546 · management and general $1,546
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $14,521 · program services $14,521
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23 · Insurance
total $2,388 · program services $2,388
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING EXPENSE
total $16,561 · program services $16,561
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24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE
total $1,673 · management and general $1,673
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24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP EXPENSE
total $348 · management and general $348
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24d · Other expenses: TRAINING EXPENSE
total $250 · management and general $250
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $720,230 · end of year $28,642
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $682,464
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $5,000,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $566
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,558
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$72,605
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$38,294
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $48,832 · end of year $34,311
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $7,809
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $34,410
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,396 · end of year $2,523
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $722,011 · end of year $477,870
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $57,522 · end of year $5,300,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
BREAKING BARRIERS TO IGNITE THE CURIOSITY IN ALL OF US.
Activities or mission (Part I)
FMSM IS COMMUNITY PROJECT TO DESIGN AND BUILD A DESTINATION SCIENCE MUSEUM FOR THE FM REGION.
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THE FARGO-MOORHEAD SCIENCE MUSEUM OUTREACH PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO THE FM REGION, WHICH IGNITES CURIOSITY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND MEDICINE (STEMM). WE ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT FREE PUBLIC EVENTS AND TARGET UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH MOBILE STEMM OUTREACH AND STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. IN 2024, FMSM PROVIDED NINETY-SEVEN HOURS OF STEM PROGRAMMING ACROSS TWENTY-EIGHT EVENTS TO 6,878 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THESE PROGRAMMING EFFORTS WERE SUPPORTED BY EIGHTEEN DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS COMMITTED TO BRINGING FREE STEM OUTREACH TO AREA EVENTS. OUR PROGRAMS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HANDS-ON INTERACTIONS WITH REAL SCIENCE, WHICH MAKES SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS CONCRETE FOR PARTICIPANTS AND CAN CREATE LIFE-LONG ENTHUSIASM FOR SCIENCE.TOTAL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER + VOLUNTEER BOARD HOURS: 1,643 HOURS IN 2024.
Expenses $194,899
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Thad SwansonTHAD SWANSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Sandi PiatzSANDI PIATZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Jessica HoppeJESSICA HOPPE
DIRECTOR (STARTED 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Gwen McCartneyGWEN MCCARTNEY
CHAIR (LEFT 4/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
-
Jessie RockJESSIE ROCK
PAST CHAIR/CHAIR/EXECUTIVE DIR
- Total calculated
- $56,577
- From this org
- $55,769
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $808
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Anne StollANNE STOLL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Danni MelquistDANNI MELQUIST
SECRETARY (LEFT 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Christina SniderCHRISTINA SNIDER
DIRECTOR (LEFT 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jae DewaldJAE DEWALD
DIRECTOR (LEFT 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Breanna KompelienBREANNA KOMPELIEN
DIRECTOR (LEFT 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
David SchlossmanDAVID SCHLOSSMAN
DIRECTOR (LEFT 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Ken BrazerolKEN BRAZEROL
PAST CHAIR (LEFT 1/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
James HandJAMES HAND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Sandy KorbelSANDY KORBEL
DIRECTOR (LEFT 8/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Susan MathisonSUSAN MATHISON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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
- 27 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513009349300496
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