Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE@MUSEUM OF INFORMATION EXPLOSION.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,099,582
Total expenses: $647,027
Contributions and grants received: $1,069,099
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $30,483
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $4,373,411
Total liabilities, end of year: $2,194,032
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $2,179,379
Program services expenses (Part IX): $580,155
Management and general expenses: $50,947
Fundraising expenses: $15,925
Program service expenses (Part III): $580,155

Program services were 89.7% 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

$2,845
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,066,254
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$190,100
2a · Program service revenue: Admission

total $24,416 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue: Miscellaneous

total $6,067 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $63,680 · program services $63,680 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $46,329 · program services $46,329 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
10 · Payroll taxes

total $8,416 · program services $8,416 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $124,938 · program services $124,938 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $118,353 · program services $118,353 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: Bank fees

total $1,822 · program services $0 · management and general $1,822 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Computer software

total $3,333 · program services $3,333 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: Donor events

total $5,785 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $5,785
24d · Other expenses: Insurance

total $16,278 · program services $16,278 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $258,093 · program services $198,828 · management and general $49,125 · fundraising $10,140

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $106,247 · end of year $48,278
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $213,500 · end of year $202,992
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$3,788,215
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$118,353
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $3,072,256 · end of year $3,669,862
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $433,770 · end of year $452,279
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $23,170 · end of year $28,032
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $2,075,779 · end of year $2,166,000
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,724,625 · end of year $2,171,969
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,199 · end of year $7,410

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To educate the community and visitors on the history of scientists, engineers, and business leaders who brought about a series of technology advances beginning with the telegraph and leading to modern cell phones.

To finalize the capital campaign and museum exhibits, hire and train staff, create the marketing plan and prepare for grand opening.

Expenses $375,144 · Revenue $928,966
The museum opened on March 1, 2025 and presents a variety of exhibits and programs that uses a collection of over 2000 historical artifacts to educate guests on the subjects of science, the history of technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), while sharing the stories of the leaders, engineers, inventors and scientists who over 200 years helped to change communication from laborious hand delivered messages to modern day instantaneous hand-held electronic communication

Expenses $205,011 · Revenue $170,616

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Marc J Bendickson

Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40
Michael Scott Jones

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Howard Glenn Burton

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Cindy Griner

Vice Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Linda L Quinn

Member

Total calculated

$52,800

From this org

$52,800

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

16
Gina James

Executive Director

Total calculated

$63,680

From this org

$63,680

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 5 September 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202513049349301326

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