Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by THE COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $55,709,331
- Total expenses
- $59,642,200
- Contributions and grants received
- $29,855,159
- Grants paid
- $377,040
- Program service revenue
- $17,515,249
- Investment income
- $649,640
- Other revenue
- $7,689,283
- Total assets, end of year
- $34,399,828
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,629,894
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $25,769,934
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $45,378,348
- Management and general expenses
- $11,431,434
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,832,418
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $45,378,348
Program services were 76.1% 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.
-
1d · Related organizations
$4,631,836
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$14,885,346
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$10,337,977
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$675,643
-
2a · Program service revenue: Admissions
total $11,166,339 · related or exempt $11,166,339
-
2b · Program service revenue: Memberships
total $5,270,662 · related or exempt $5,270,662
-
2c · Program service revenue: Educational/outreach
total $1,078,248 · related or exempt $1,078,248
-
3 · Investment income
total $648,026 · excluded $648,026
-
5 · Royalties
total $38,240 · excluded $38,240
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,614
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,614
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,614 · excluded $1,614
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$9,539,557
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$3,021,610
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $6,517,947 · related or exempt $6,517,947
-
11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $883,096 · related or exempt $148,180 · excluded $734,916
-
11b · Other revenue: Administrative fees
total $250,000 · related or exempt $250,000
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$1,133,096
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $377,040 · program services $377,040
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,873,861 · program services $1,453,613 · management and general $313,569 · fundraising $106,679
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $27,455,190 · program services $21,297,857 · management and general $4,594,303 · fundraising $1,563,030
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $843,846 · program services $654,598 · management and general $141,208 · fundraising $48,040
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,041,199 · program services $1,583,422 · management and general $341,571 · fundraising $116,206
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $2,003,373 · program services $1,554,080 · management and general $335,241 · fundraising $114,052
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $16,000 · management and general $16,000
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $47,460 · management and general $47,460
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $21,973 · fundraising $21,973
-
11g · Fees: other
total $4,298,676 · program services $3,648,138 · management and general $529,393 · fundraising $121,145
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,870,972 · program services $73,602 · management and general $1,784,045 · fundraising $13,325
-
13 · Office expenses
total $4,655,076 · program services $2,275,428 · management and general $1,898,653 · fundraising $480,995
-
16 · Occupancy
total $4,979,910 · program services $4,735,596 · management and general $71,482 · fundraising $172,832
-
17 · Travel
total $987,907 · program services $820,885 · management and general $138,097 · fundraising $28,925
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $856,480 · program services $741,203 · management and general $107,480 · fundraising $7,797
-
23 · Insurance
total $472,143 · management and general $472,143
-
24a · Other expenses: Capital Improvements
total $5,618,568 · program services $5,584,397 · management and general $32,443 · fundraising $1,728
-
24b · Other expenses: Employee Development
total $749,652 · program services $221,361 · management and general $497,936 · fundraising $30,355
-
24c · Other expenses: Lease Expense
total $300,570 · program services $300,570
-
24d · Other expenses: Membership Dues
total $172,304 · program services $56,558 · management and general $110,410 · fundraising $5,336
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $18,513,327 · end of year $18,076,003
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $5,027,277 · end of year $5,156,789
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,001,229 · end of year $1,224,753
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $8,181,742 · end of year $4,342,962
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $492,280 · end of year $502,278
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,407,754 · end of year $1,890,323
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$22,684,940
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$19,478,220
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,377,812 · end of year $3,206,720
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,516,450 · end of year $5,070,018
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $2,782,168 · end of year $2,715,656
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $844,220
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $17,290,726 · end of year $16,142,691
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $12,412,077 · end of year $9,627,243
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
-
Exhibits & Digital Media: To advance its mission of igniting our community's passion for nature and science, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science presents a dynamic menu of permanent and temporary exhibits (Apollo, Unseen Oceans, Bugs, Planet Ice and Wild Color), films in the newly renovated Infinity theater, offsite science play areas and awe-inspiring shows in its digital Planetarium. In 2023, the Museum served 2.4 million adults, families, and students, including 1.1 million offsite in the community and virtually.
Expenses $27,713,991 · Grants $16,375 · Revenue $17,515,249
-
Educational Programs & Community Engagement: In 2023, diverse program offerings for people of all ages include exciting science facilitations, lectures, documentary film screenings, school break camps, and family activity programs. Programs included After Hours virtual lectures, in-person facilitated family programs, numerous virtual program offerings, themed celebrations focused on inclusion, Scientists in Action broadcasts from the field, and many more. ExciteEd programs for schools included teacher professional development classes, field trips and overnight stays at the Museum, virtual science labs, summer and school break camps and offsite programs. Our Museum on Wheels: Curiosity Cruiser and the community engagement team connected nearly 29,800 people with nature and science by going to their events and communities.
Expenses $9,738,487 · Grants $150,000 · Revenue $6,914,552
-
Science Division: Museum scientists contribute knowledge about the earth, its inhabitants, and beyond by conducting research across multiple scientific disciplines including anthropology, earth sciences, health sciences, space sciences, and zoology. Staff also manage, curate, and provide access to the Museum's collection of 4.3 million objects and specimens. In 2023, Science Division staff published 37 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters, produced 21 popular books, book chapters, articles, and were cited 1,920 times. During this time, staff also hosted 196 researchers and fielded 253 research requests from the scientific community. The Science Division also engaged in abundant educational outreach by communicating science to almost 45,000 members of the public through courses, events, tours, lectures, and field trips. 6,557 of those guests attended collection open houses or behind-the-scenes tours of the Avenir Collections Center. Science staff supervised 35 interns, hosted 20 Teen Science Scholars, and mentored 15 undergraduate and graduate students. The division's volunteer program continued to rebound following the pandemic and in 2023, 900 volunteers contributed over 104,638 hours.
Expenses $7,925,870 · Grants $210,665 · Revenue $1,575
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Steve McConahey
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jena Hausmann
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steven C Halstedt
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jenny Hopkins
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alice Jackson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John M Levisay
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kristin Richardson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Spiecker
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paul Washington
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard Ambrose
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matthew Burkett
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher S Chavez
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John M Couzens
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Jandell Allen-Davis
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Henry H Gordon
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Happy Haynes
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hayden Hirschfeld
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Don Law
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David L Liniger
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Harold R Logan Jr
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Donna Lynne
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Naresh Mandava MD
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christine Marquez-Hudson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan B McIntire
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bruce Oreck
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jesus Salazar
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leo M Tilman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark S Sexton
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter A Dea
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John E Freyer
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Lisa Levin Appel
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Montgomery C Cleworth
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
George Sparks
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $504,283
- From this org
- $487,202
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,081
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $406,555
- Bonus
- $80,647
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $581
- Filer's total
- $504,283
-
Edward Scholz
Executive Vice President, Finance & Business Opera
- Total calculated
- $335,538
- From this org
- $311,355
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,183
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $246,074
- Bonus
- $65,143
- Other
- $138
- Deferred
- $13,615
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,568
- Filer's total
- $335,538
-
Nancy Walsh
Executive Vice President, Experiences & Partnershi
- Total calculated
- $295,076
- From this org
- $266,353
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,723
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $215,814
- Bonus
- $50,143
- Other
- $396
- Deferred
- $13,895
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,828
- Filer's total
- $295,076
-
Freeda Warren
Senior Vice President, Development
- Total calculated
- $343,241
- From this org
- $339,355
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,886
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $89,080
- Bonus
- $20,143
- Other
- $230,132
- Deferred
- $3,628
- Nontaxable benefits
- $258
- Filer's total
- $343,241
-
Christina Fritts
Vice President, Development
- Total calculated
- $193,856
- From this org
- $187,419
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,437
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $163,683
- Bonus
- $23,176
- Other
- $560
- Deferred
- $5,656
- Nontaxable benefits
- $781
- Filer's total
- $193,856
-
John Demboski
Senior Vice President, Science
- Total calculated
- $201,865
- From this org
- $179,021
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,844
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $168,620
- Bonus
- $10,143
- Other
- $258
- Deferred
- $9,393
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,451
- Filer's total
- $201,865
-
Eric Boen
Vice President, Technology
- Total calculated
- $203,095
- From this org
- $178,954
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,141
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $168,553
- Bonus
- $10,143
- Other
- $258
- Deferred
- $9,431
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,710
- Filer's total
- $203,095
-
Nicole Lucero-Holub
Vice President, Human Resources
- Total calculated
- $203,178
- From this org
- $179,123
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,055
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $168,842
- Bonus
- $10,143
- Other
- $138
- Deferred
- $9,297
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,758
- Filer's total
- $203,178
-
Jeffrey Joplin
Vice President, Operations
- Total calculated
- $192,193
- From this org
- $177,463
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,730
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $158,242
- Bonus
- $19,083
- Other
- $138
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,730
- Filer's total
- $192,193
-
Ashley Bassim
Vice President, Finance & Revenue
- Total calculated
- $193,571
- From this org
- $187,704
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,867
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $177,471
- Bonus
- $10,143
- Other
- $90
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,867
- Filer's total
- $193,571
-
Elizabeth Davis
Vice President, Exhibitions, Experiences & Innovat
- Total calculated
- $184,514
- From this org
- $164,076
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,438
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,906
- Bonus
- $16,732
- Other
- $438
- Deferred
- $8,485
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,953
- Filer's total
- $184,514
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 committee
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 4a
- Freeda Warren received severance in the amount of $230,000.
- Part I, Line 7
- Each year, bonuses are discussed and approved by the Compensation Committee. Decisions are based on general performance by personnel.
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.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
-
501(c)(3) · Support the activities of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science · CO
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 11 September 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202402719349301320
Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.
The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.