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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL LIBERTY SHIP MEMORIAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,276,185
Total expenses
$1,502,625
Contributions and grants received
$589,068
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$636,053
Investment income
$31
Other revenue
$51,033
Total assets, end of year
$385,865
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,189
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$356,676
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$847,078
Management and general expenses
$629,101
Fundraising expenses
$26,446
Program service expenses (Part III)
$847,078

Program services were 56.4% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,990

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,287

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $580,791

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOUR ADMISSIONS

    total $346,545 · related or exempt $346,545

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CRUISE TICKETS

    total $289,008 · related or exempt $289,008

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OVERNIGHT PROGRAM

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31 · excluded $31

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $28,230

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $28,230

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $28,230 · related or exempt $28,230

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

    $3,287

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $49,338

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $26,535

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $22,803 · related or exempt $22,803

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $80,000 · management and general $80,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $290,023 · management and general $290,023

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,877 · management and general $39,877

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,070 · management and general $28,070

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,230 · management and general $13,230

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,157 · management and general $11,157

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,446 · fundraising $26,446

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,994 · program services $14,246 · management and general $4,748

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,000 · management and general $26,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $382 · management and general $382

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $197,503 · program services $188,087 · management and general $9,416

  • 24a · Other expenses: DOCKING, REPAIR, & MAINT.

    total $514,749 · program services $514,749

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONS & UTILITIES

    total $84,443 · management and general $84,443

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD FOR CREW

    total $71,607 · program services $71,607

  • 24d · Other expenses: SHIP SUPPLIES

    total $41,691 · program services $41,691

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $58,453 · program services $16,698 · management and general $41,755

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,600 · end of year $369,703

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $565,354

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,103 · end of year $3,103

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,059 · end of year $13,059

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $29,339

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year -$150

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $537,616 · end of year $311,176

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,500 · end of year $45,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL LIBERTY SHIP MEMORIAL IS TO RESTORE, PROMOTE AND OPERATE THE LIBERTY SHIP, SS JEREMIAH OBRIEN, AS A LIVING MUSEUM. THE GOAL OF THIS MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, THE STORY OF THE PATRIOTIC AND BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT, SAILED AND DEFENDED THE 2,710 AMERICAN-BUILT WORLD WAR II SHIPS KNOWN AS LIBERTIES.

  • THE NLSM IS A FULLY FUNCTIONAL WORLD WAR II LIBERTY SHIP, THE SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN, DOCKED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. THE TOURS AND DISPLAYS ARE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF LIBERTY SHIPS, THE MERCHANT MARINE, THE HOMEFRONT EFFORT, AND THE US MARITIME HISTORY. THE CRUISES ARE A RICH LIVING HISTORY LESSONS IN HOW THESE SHIPS WERE BUILT, SAILED, AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE SHIP'S PROGRAM IS THE EDUCATION OF THE YOUTH ABOUT WORLD WAR II, PARTICULARLY THE CIVILIAN SHIPBUILDING EFFORT, THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC, D-DAY, ETC. THE NLSM OFFERS A HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP AND AN ONLINE HISTORY COURSE AS WELL AS AN OVERNIGHT STAY ABOARD WITH AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND SPECIAL TOUR IF THE SHIP. THE PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL LIBERTY SHP MEMORIAL IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND PRESENT THE LIBERTY SHIP, SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN, AS A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT, SAILED, AND DEFENDED THE SHIPS KNOWN AS LIBERTY SHIPS. ADDITONALLY, THE CHIP CONTINUES TO SERVER HER COUNTRY EACH YEAR AS A TRAINING PLATFORM FOR SEVERAL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES; INCLUDING HOMELAND SECURITY, THE US COAST GUARD, US NAVY, US ARMY, ALCOHOL FIREMARMS AND TOBACCO, AND SHERIFF AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

    Expenses $847,078

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ken Wright

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $80,000
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ross Dykes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jon Eaton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Brian Goldman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Jarvis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lynn Korwatch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cevan Lesieur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Keith Madding

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael O'Callaghan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Coleman Rodenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Bernard

    VICE-CHARIMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Forrest Booth

    CHAIRMAN & C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • William Greig

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Josi Jose-Holleman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503219349323515

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