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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ASSOCIATION OF THE LOS ALTOS HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$915,260
Total expenses
$725,250
Contributions and grants received
$810,313
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$29,745
Other revenue
$75,202
Total assets, end of year
$4,679,002
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,679,002
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$323,007
Management and general expenses
$261,753
Fundraising expenses
$140,490
Program service expenses (Part III)
$323,007

Program services were 44.5% 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

    $49,540

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $27,514

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $342,984

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $390,275

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,823 · excluded $31,823

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $91,235

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $13,658

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $77,577

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $77,577 · related or exempt $77,577

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

    securities $2,078

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,078

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,078 · excluded -$2,078

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,599

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

    $27,514

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $56,599

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $18,036

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $20,411

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$2,375 · related or exempt -$2,375

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,000 · program services $46,000 · management and general $23,000 · fundraising $23,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $320,596 · program services $154,420 · management and general $86,448 · fundraising $79,728

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $36,453 · program services $18,120 · management and general $17,972 · fundraising $361

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,625 · program services $17,314 · management and general $9,476 · fundraising $8,835

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,266 · management and general $48,266

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,421 · program services $27,250 · management and general $17,026 · fundraising $4,145

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,314 · program services $22,339 · management and general $6,220 · fundraising $1,755

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,550 · program services $429 · management and general $7,552 · fundraising $569

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,569 · program services $1,551 · management and general $18,379 · fundraising $6,639

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,113 · program services $1,765 · management and general $2,318 · fundraising $1,030

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $490 · program services $63 · management and general $427

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,471 · program services $9,471

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,259 · management and general $3,259

  • 24a · Other expenses: JANITORIAL

    total $14,015 · program services $320 · management and general $13,695

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $12,643 · program services $10,495 · fundraising $2,148

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGES

    total $11,348 · program services $5,072 · fundraising $6,276

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND MAILING

    total $7,359 · program services $3,066 · management and general $755 · fundraising $3,538

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,758 · program services $5,332 · management and general $6,960 · fundraising $2,466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $127,269 · end of year $70,557

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,820,965 · end of year $30,460

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

    $273,050

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

    $50,872

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $167,488 · end of year $222,178

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $801,359 · end of year $1,042,028

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,576,539 · end of year $3,313,779

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,588 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $35,736

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $4,426,296 · end of year $4,679,002

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE LOS ALTOS HISTORY MUSEUM GATHERS AND PRESENTS ARTIFACTS AND STORIES TO BRIDGE THE PAST AND THE PRESENT BY FOSTERING THE CREATIVE ENERGY OF VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF TO PRODUCE ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS THAT CHALLENGE ESTABLISHED NARRATIVES.

  • EXHIBITION PRODUCTIONLOS ALTOS HISTORY MUSEUM OPENED A MAJOR NEW PERMANENT EXHIBITION ON FEBRUARY 9, 2023. THIS PROJECT WAS THE CULMINATION OF THREE YEARS OF EXTENSIVE EFFORT FROM THE STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND COMMUNITY DONORS. IN ADDITION, DURING FY 2022/2023, WE MOUNTED SIX CHANGING EXHIBITIONS. THE SIGNATURE EXHIBITION DURING THIS PERIOD WAS WALLACE STEGNER: PATHWAY TO CONSERVATION, WHICH FOCUSED ON THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE WHO LIVED IN LOS ALTOS HILLS AND ESPOUSED A DEEP CONCERN WITH DWINDLING RESOURCES. IT WAS AN OUTDOOR EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY FROM OCTOBER 2022 TO MARCH 2023 THAT INCLUDED A KID-FRIENDLY SCAVENGER HUNT. IN THE J. GILBERT SMITH HOUSE, WE FOCUSED ON YOUTH WITH AN ART EXHIBITION FEATURING WINNING SUBMISSIONS FROM A COUNTY-WIDE YOUTH ART CONTEST ON THE THEME OF PEACE, LOVE, AND UNITY AND AN EXHIBIT ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR LOCAL PET PARADE. WE ALSO MOUNTED THREE EXHIBITS THAT HELPED ENGAGE VISITORS IN SPECIFIC MOMENTS IN HISTORY: FABULOUS FOODS OF THE 1940S LOOKED AT HOW COOKING HAS CHANGED WITH NEW FOOD OPTIONS, WHILE AN EXHIBIT ON WALLACE STEGNER'S FICTIONAL WRITING AND ON ANOTHER EXHIBIT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN IN 1960S ROUNDED OUT OUR OFFERINGS IN THE J. GILBERT SMITH HOUSE. TWO OTHER EXHIBITS WERE DISPLAYED IN THE MAIN GALLERY DURING THIS PERIOD: A TRAVELING EXHIBIT ENTITLED "HER SIDE OF THE STORY", FEATURING STORIES OF EARLY CALIFORNIA FEMALE PIONEERS, AND "THE PAST SHAPES THE FUTURE", A RETROSPECTIVE OF MANY OF THE MUSEUM'S PAST EXHIBITS.

    Expenses $323,007

  • COLLECTION CARELOS ALTOS HISTORY MUSEUM PROCESSED 140 DONATIONS OF ITEMS DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING ADDING ITEMS TO OUR LIBRARY, PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION, AND 3-D ARTIFACT COLLECTION. WE SCANNED A LARGE COLLECTION OF COLOR SLIDES FROM THE 1930S AND 1940S AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR MAPS. WE ADDED PHOTOGRAPHS OF OVER 100 ITEMS TO OUR DATABASE, IN PREPARATION FOR MAKING THE DATABASE SEARCHABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. WE ALSO PREPARED ORAL HISTORIES FOR PUBLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE BY CREATING INDEXES, ABSTRACTS, AND SEARCH TERMS, AS WELL AS REVIEWING ALL OF OUR EXISTING 200 ORAL HISTORIES.

  • EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH LOS ALTOS HISTORY MUSEUM OFFERED FOUR FAMILY-FRIENDLY FESTIVALS THIS YEAR, DRAWN FROM THE FOUR SECTIONS OF THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION: HILLS, VALLEY, TOWN AND CREEKS. IN MAY OF 2022, WE HELD RANCHO DAY: HORSEMANSHIP OF THE HILLS FEATURING OUR FRIENDS FROM THE LOS ALTOS HILLS HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND TALENTED PERFORMANCES BY FOLKLORICO DANCERS. IN EARLY JULY, 2022, THE APRICOT STEM FAIR HAD A THEME OF "A TALE OF TWO VALLEYS" AS WE GAVE VISITORS PEAKS INTO THE EXPERIENCE OF BOTH THE VALLEY OF HEARTS DELIGHT AND SILICON VALLEY. TRAIN DAY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 HAD THE THEME OF "A TRAIN MAKES A TOWN", AND WE HELPED VISITORS UNDERSTAND THAT LOS ALTOS STARTED AS A TRAIN STOP THROUGH INFORMATIONAL PLACARDS. AND FINALLY, THE MUSEUM HELD CREEK FEST, WHICH ALLOWED KIDS TO GET WET AND A LITTLE MUDDY WHILE EXPLORING THE HISTORY AND ECOSYSTEM OF RIPARIAN LANDSCAPES. THESE FAMILY-FRIENDLY FESTIVALS BROUGHT IN OVER 3,000 VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM AND GAVE EACH SECTION OF THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION A CHANCE TO SHINE.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Hedden

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Gerri Acers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Larry Lang

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    17.5

  • John Beman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Vicki Holman

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kelly Davis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

  • Nicole Andrews

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Wang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Catherine Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tyler Furuichi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Wayne Hooper

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Janet Klinke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.5

  • Margo Horn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jan Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kuljeet Kalkat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Elisabeth Ward

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,477
    From this org
    $90,477
    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
2022
Filed
24 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411209349301596

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