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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF SHELDON JACKSON MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$83,010
Total expenses
$63,934
Contributions and grants received
$74,098
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$8,227
Investment income
$685
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$244,975
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$244,975
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$63,934
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$63,934

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $20,833

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,265

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $8,227 · related or exempt $8,227

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $685 · excluded $685

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $628 · program services $628

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,025 · program services $16,025

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,544 · program services $2,544

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,139 · program services $11,139

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,016 · program services $1,016

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRESENTER COSTS

    total $22,582 · program services $22,582

  • 24b · Other expenses: AQUISITIONS

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $109,795 · end of year $28,186

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $116,104 · end of year $216,789

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $225,899 · end of year $244,975

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FRIENDS OF SHELDON JACKSON MUSEUM IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE SHELDON JACKSON MUSEUM AND ITS UNIQUE ALASKA NATIVE ETHOGRAPHIC COLLECTION THROUGH ADVOCACY, ACQUISITION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING.

  • THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES OF THE FRIENDS OF SHELDON JACKSON MUSEUM ( FRIENDS) IS TO PURCHASE ARTIFACTS SUBSEQUENTLY DONATED TO THE SHELDON JACKSON MUSEUM. THE FRIENDS ALSO PROVIDE AN ARTIST DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AT THE MUSEUM DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, AND LECTURES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $63,934 · Revenue $8,227

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Melissa Fouse

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Steve Johnson

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Roby Littlefield

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Christopher Berk

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Justin Ketah

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513189349310681

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