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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,426,303
Total expenses
$4,615,804
Contributions and grants received
$1,476,026
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,710,638
Investment income
$817,392
Other revenue
$422,247
Total assets, end of year
$37,645,468
Total liabilities, end of year
$756,493
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$36,888,975
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,745,813
Management and general expenses
$541,760
Fundraising expenses
$328,231
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,745,813

Program services were 81.2% 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

    $530,736

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $432,373

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $512,917

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $59,329

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $2,473,102 · related or exempt $2,473,102

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES AND RENTS

    total $128,468 · related or exempt $128,468

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLIC EVENTS, CLASSES, AND FIELD

    total $109,068 · related or exempt $109,068

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $808,407 · excluded $808,407

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,904,325

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,895,340

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,985

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,985 · excluded $8,985

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $50,570

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

    $432,373

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $175,603

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$125,033 · excluded -$125,033

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,042,392

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $495,112

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $547,280 · related or exempt $543,869 · unrelated business $3,411

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $52,346 · management and general $52,346

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $455,634 · program services $314,679 · management and general $127,005 · fundraising $13,950

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $201,693 · program services $108,716 · management and general $82,477 · fundraising $10,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $153,963 · program services $118,443 · management and general $27,290 · fundraising $8,230

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $357,325 · program services $340,109 · fundraising $17,216

  • 17 · Travel

    total $133,015 · program services $119,830 · management and general $11,415 · fundraising $1,770

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,617 · program services $28,004 · management and general $1,613

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $181,559 · program services $173,830 · management and general $6,859 · fundraising $870

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,744 · program services $5,118 · management and general $3,626

  • 24a · Other expenses: REIMBURSEMENT TO MSU FO

    total $2,418,722 · program services $2,039,115 · management and general $114,782 · fundraising $264,825

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $265,826 · program services $223,712 · management and general $38,027 · fundraising $4,087

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $201,792 · program services $142,021 · management and general $56,719 · fundraising $3,052

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES, BANK FEES, AND C

    total $124,807 · program services $113,709 · management and general $7,905 · fundraising $3,193

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $30,761 · program services $18,527 · management and general $11,696 · fundraising $538

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,000 · end of year $7,260

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,114,179 · end of year $3,482,005

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $10,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $194,184 · end of year $188,832

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $222,028 · end of year $1,177,420

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

    $9,894,122

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

    $7,997,692

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $573,569 · end of year $1,896,430

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $20,486,457 · end of year $27,613,981

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,366,194 · end of year $3,268,623

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $920 · end of year $917

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $241,738 · end of year $231,228

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $246,676 · end of year $327,147

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $164,436 · end of year $198,118

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,090,243 · end of year $18,343,800

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,221,438 · end of year $18,545,175

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INVITES ALL PEOPLE TO DISCOVER NATURAL SCIENCE AND CULTURAL HISTORY. THE MUSEUM'S EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH CREATE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE THAT BRINGS THE WORLD TO MONTANA AND SHARES THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH THE WORLD.

  • CONSTRUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITS THAT INFORMS THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE MUSEUM'S RESEARCH. THE MUSEUM CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND ACQUIRES AND MAINTAINS COLLECTIONS FOR PUBLICATION, EXHIBITION, AND TEACHING.

    Expenses $2,110,744 · Revenue $2,473,102

  • THE MUSUEM DEVELOPS AND PROVIDES EDUCATION PROGRAMS INTERNALLY AND THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS.

    Expenses $515,946 · Revenue $109,068

  • THE MUSEUM OPERATES A BOOKSTORE AND GIFT SHOP IN THE MUSEUM. BOOKS, SCIENCE KITS, AND OTHER INVENTORY ARE SELECTED WITH CONSIDERATION OF HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE MUSEUM'S MISSION. EXPENSES REPORTED ABOVE ON LINE 4C REPRESENT FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES ONLY. AS PRESENTED IN PART IX EXPENSES REPORTED ABOVE ON LINE 4C DO NOT INCLUDE COST OF GOODS SOLD AMOUNTING TO $495,112 AS PRESENTED IN PART VIII, LINE 10B.

    Expenses $322,364 · Revenue $543,869

  • THE MUSEUM OFFERS MEMBERSHIPS THAT PROVIDE FREE, UNLIMITED ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM AND THE PLANETARIUM, DISCOUNTS ON CLASSES, PROGRAMS, FIELD TRIPS, AND STORE MERCHANDISE

    Expenses $796,759 · Revenue $128,468

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • James McCray

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stephanie Dickson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carl Nystuen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melodee Hanes

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Waded Cruzado

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dean Adams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aimee Dendrinos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Dornberger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Fagin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charley Franklin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carl Gardiner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alison Harmon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Makarechian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Miller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacob Zink

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Denise Sheehy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jenny Younger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Dobbs

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,629
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,526
    Other
    $21,103
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $159,526 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,191 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,912 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $180,629 related

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

None.

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442609349301729

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