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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FLYING HERITAGE & COMBAT ARMOR MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$521,151
Total expenses
$61,075,980
Contributions and grants received
$519,982
Grants paid
$54,490,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,169
Total assets, end of year
$44,350
Total liabilities, end of year
$294
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$44,056
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$54,490,000
Management and general expenses
$6,585,980
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$54,490,000

Program services were 89.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $519,982

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: TRANSACTION FX GAIN

    total $1,169 · excluded $1,169

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,169

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $54,490,000 · program services $54,490,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,643 · management and general $20,643

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $375,543 · management and general $375,543

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,360 · management and general $1,360

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: FEDERAL TAXES PAID

    total $6,188,434 · management and general $6,188,434

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $61,045,637 · end of year $44,350

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $82,219 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,917 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $279,231 · end of year $294

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,851,542 · end of year $44,056

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FLYING HERITAGE & COMBAT ARMOR MUSEUM WAS THE PREMEIRE MUSEUM OF OPERATING VINTAGE MILITARY TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDED UNIQUE SENSORY EXPERIENCES TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE DIVERSE AUDIENCES ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND HISTORY THROUGH EXPOSURE TO FLYING AND FIRING ICONIC ARTIFACTS AND SUPPORTIVE EXHIBITS. ARTIFACTS SOLD IN 2022

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATION OF VINTAGE MILITARY TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM

  • TO FUND A PRIVATE NON-OPERATING FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    Expenses $54,490,000 · Grants $54,490,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alison Ivey

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joyce Lee

    VP/TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Orndorff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Wangberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Maritz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Leigh Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stuart Ashman

    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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • AI2 INCUBATOR PARTNERS LLC

    N/A · CAPITAL INVESTMEN · DE · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by NA

  • AI2 HOLDINGS LLC

    N/A · CAPITAL INVESTMEN · WA · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by NA

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ESTATE OF PAUL G ALLEN

    TRUST · ESTATE · WA · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by NA

  • VULCAN WARBIRDS LLC - 91-2068986

    TRUST · AIRCRAFT/ARTIFACT · WA · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FHCAM

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403069349301415

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