Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MONUMENT OF THE AMERICAS.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 9 October 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue: $41,880 changed to $351,852
Total expenses: $555,497 changed to $200,140
Contributions and grants received: $351,703 changed to $351,702
Investment income: -$309,973 changed to $0
Total assets, end of year: $166,775 changed to $903,831
Total liabilities, end of year: $7,844 changed to $250,947
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $158,931 changed to $652,884
Program services expenses: $553,981 changed to $192,025
Management and general expenses: $1,516 changed to $8,115
Program service expenses (Part III): $553,981 changed to $192,025

Listed only on the earlier return

Brad ColtonBRAD COLTON
Jeremy FillmoreJEREMY FILLMORE

Listed only on the later return

Bradly Colton
Jeremy Filmore

Listed under a different title

Brian BallsBRIAN BALLS: OFFICER then Director
John HewlettJOHN HEWLETT: OFFICER then Director
Mindy MerrillMINDY MERRILL: SECRETARY then Director
Steven NealSTEVEN NEAL: DIRECTOR then President

Totals

Total revenue: $41,880
Total expenses: $555,497
Contributions and grants received: $351,703
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: -$309,973
Other revenue: $150
Total assets, end of year: $166,775
Total liabilities, end of year: $7,844
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $158,931
Program services expenses (Part IX): $553,981
Management and general expenses: $1,516
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $553,981

Program services were 99.7% 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.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$351,703
5 · Royalties

total $150 · related or exempt $150
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

other assets $871,325
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

other assets $1,181,298
7c · Gain or loss

other assets -$309,973
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$309,973 · related or exempt -$309,973

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

11c · Fees: accounting

total $1,500 · management and general $1,500
11g · Fees: other

total $46 · program services $30 · management and general $16
14 · Information technology

total $1,500 · program services $1,500
17 · Travel

total $23,116 · program services $23,116
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $7,489 · program services $7,489
23 · Insurance

total $612 · program services $612
24a · Other expenses: BRONZE STATUE EXPENSE

total $457,869 · program services $457,869
24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

total $44,683 · program services $44,683
24c · Other expenses: CONSULTING EXPENSE

total $12,165 · program services $12,165
24d · Other expenses: STORAGE

total $3,686 · program services $3,686
24e · All other expenses

total $2,831 · program services $2,831

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $247,134 · end of year $155,541
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$40,520
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$29,286
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $1,200,021 · end of year $11,234
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $774,607 · end of year $7,844
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $672,548 · end of year $158,931

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A TEN-ACRE PARK IN HEBER, UTAH OF 70 CLASSICALLY INSPIRED BRONZE STATUES AND RELIEF PANELS THAT TELL THE STORY OF JESUS CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS THE PROMISED LAND OF FREEDOM AND CELEBRATE THE BOOK OF MORMON.

CREATING BRONZE SCULPTURES HONORING AMERICA'S DIVINE FOUNDING, THE FOUNDING FATHERS, AND CHRIST IN AMERICA.

Expenses $546,492
IT IS A PRIVATE SCULPTURE AND MANICURED MEDITATION GARDEN IN THE GRAND TRADITION, HONORING AMERICAS DIVINE FOUNDING, AND THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND DOCUMENTS.

Expenses $7,489

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

Listed in Part VII

Steven NealSTEVEN NEAL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40
Brian BallsBRIAN BALLS

OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Brad ColtonBRAD COLTON

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jeremy FillmoreJEREMY FILLMORE

OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
John HewlettJOHN HEWLETT

OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Mindy MerrillMINDY MERRILL

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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: 2023
Filed: 11 June 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202401699349301615

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