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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BUTTERFLY HOUSE & AQUARIUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$840,656
Total expenses
$4,755,939
Contributions and grants received
$210,959
Grants paid
$3,989,001
Program service revenue
$437,962
Investment income
$211,135
Other revenue
-$19,400
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,582,944
Management and general expenses
$122,567
Fundraising expenses
$50,428
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,582,944

Program services were 96.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $77,467

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $133,492

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION INCOME

    total $399,740 · related or exempt $399,740

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $27,529 · related or exempt $27,529

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $10,693 · related or exempt $10,693

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $104 · excluded $104

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $500

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $500

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $500 · excluded $500

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $2,708,955

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

    other assets $2,497,924

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $211,031

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $211,031 · related or exempt $211,031

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,448

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

    $77,467

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $35,867

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$32,419

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $107,652

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $95,133

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $12,519 · related or exempt $12,519

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,989,001 · program services $3,989,001

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $55,076 · program services $16,523 · management and general $27,538 · fundraising $11,015

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $327,350 · program services $278,247 · management and general $32,735 · fundraising $16,368

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,620 · program services $13,581 · management and general $2,777 · fundraising $1,262

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,248 · program services $22,545 · management and general $4,609 · fundraising $2,094

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,329 · management and general $6,329

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,895 · management and general $7,895

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $10,933 · fundraising $10,933

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,244 · program services $2,659 · management and general $9,585

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,591 · program services $6,591

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,524 · program services $32,152 · management and general $14,777 · fundraising $595

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $63,972 · program services $54,375 · management and general $6,398 · fundraising $3,199

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $82,927 · program services $70,488 · management and general $8,293 · fundraising $4,146

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,325 · program services $13,878 · management and general $1,631 · fundraising $816

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF BUTTERFLIES

    total $40,105 · program services $40,105

  • 24b · Other expenses: COST OF FISH

    total $37,638 · program services $37,638

  • 24c · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSE

    total $1,714 · program services $1,714

  • 24d · Other expenses: CULTIVATION & STEWARDSHIP

    total $1,047 · program services $1,047

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,400 · program services $2,400

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $354,418

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,001,457

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,308

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $68,606

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,394,350

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $168,862

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,813

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,430

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $31,475

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,913,826

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,001,457

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

INSPIRING CONSERVATION OF THE VITAL BUILDING BLOCKS OF SEA, SKY, AND LAND.

  • THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE & AQUARIUM HAD 40,546 VISITORS DURING THE JULY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2022, TIMEFRAME. OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS ARE MINIMAL TO NONEXISTENT FOR MOST RESIDENTS IN THE LANDLOCKED, ALL-SEASON MIDWEST. A REPRIEVE FROM THE COLD, ENCOUNTERS WITH COLORFUL BUTTERFLIES AND FISH, AND THE TRANQUILITY OF THE EXHIBITS ESTABLISH OUR FACILITY AS A ONE-OF-A-KIND DESTINATION IN THE DAKOTAS. WITH OVER 800 TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES IN A YEAR ROUND 80-DEGREE OASIS, AND TWELVE SALTWATER AQUARIUMS, WE STRIVE TO LEAVE AN IMPACT ON EVERY GUEST THROUGH INTERACTIVE LEARNING AND HEALING EXPERIENCES WITH NATURE. IN ADDITION, FREE ADMISSION IS PROVIDED TO VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICE NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL AND RELAX YEAR ROUND SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES AND AQUARIUMS. THROUGHOUT THE JULY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2022, TIMEFRAME, 132 VOLUNTEERS GAVE 2,784 HOURS OF THEIR TIME.

    Expenses $4,582,944 · Grants $3,989,001 · Revenue $437,962

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Audrey Otto-Pepper

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $90,478
    From this org
    $89,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,123
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrea Smith

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David O'Hara

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Mitchell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Fossel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tina Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Dold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alissa Bretsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anita Wetsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Zuercher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Podhradsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Ditmanson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

5 distributions to recipients named as people, $3,989,001 in total. Counted where the filer named the recipient as a person, as filed. Who received them, and what, are not published.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349316386

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