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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,379,181
Total expenses
$10,324,415
Contributions and grants received
$8,170,109
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,235,234
Investment income
$369,070
Other revenue
$604,768
Total assets, end of year
$27,113,284
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,247,267
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,866,017
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,875,138
Management and general expenses
$1,675,320
Fundraising expenses
$773,957
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,875,138

Program services were 76.3% 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

    $312,756

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $342,003

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,515,350

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $1,171,571 · related or exempt $1,171,571

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FOOD SALES

    total $501,688 · unrelated business $230,493 · excluded $271,195

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STORE SALES

    total $310,365 · excluded $310,365

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAMS

    total $251,610 · related or exempt $251,610

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $369,070 · excluded $369,070

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $338,291

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $338,291

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $338,291 · related or exempt $73,569 · unrelated business $264,722

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARKING FEES

    total $227,570 · related or exempt $227,570

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $38,907 · related or exempt $37,069 · unrelated business $1,838

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $266,477

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $490,258 · management and general $490,258

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,067,874 · program services $3,360,286 · management and general $188,322 · fundraising $519,266

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $373,201 · program services $293,762 · management and general $34,044 · fundraising $45,395

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $358,328 · program services $265,516 · management and general $51,782 · fundraising $41,030

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,000 · management and general $3,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $198,789 · program services $76,802 · management and general $121,987

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $295,683 · program services $295,492 · management and general $191

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $252,099 · program services $228,647 · management and general $23,294 · fundraising $158

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,071,576 · program services $1,661,543 · management and general $318,728 · fundraising $91,305

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,758 · program services $10,075 · management and general $23,683

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $640,022 · program services $467,216 · management and general $96,003 · fundraising $76,803

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $117,968 · management and general $117,968

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $773,971 · program services $643,444 · management and general $130,527

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE

    total $374,632 · program services $373,303 · management and general $1,329

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $170,556 · program services $170,556

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $62,470 · program services $10,217 · management and general $52,253

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,230 · program services $18,279 · management and general $21,951

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,411,770 · end of year $9,898,490

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,454,100 · end of year $2,827,632

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $46,435 · end of year $51,775

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $611,195 · end of year $654,526

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

    $15,363,578

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

    $4,783,275

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,612,011 · end of year $10,580,303

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,027,124 · end of year $3,100,558

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,140,551 · end of year $3,975,142

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $167,327 · end of year $177,112

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $43,506 · end of year $95,013

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,911,919 · end of year $15,209,427

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,899,332 · end of year $7,656,590

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE GRPM EXISTS TO ENRICH THE LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EXPERIENCES OF THE WIDER WORLD THROUGH A UNIQUELY GRAND RAPIDS LENS. OFFERING EXHIBITS, EVENTS & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO INSPIRE, MOTIVATE, AND CELEBRATE OUR HUMAN BOND.

  • 1. THE GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM SERVES AS A LIVING MONUMENT OF ARTIFACTS, IDEAS AND STORIES TOLD THROUGH EXHIBITS, A PLANETARIUM, EVENTS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON HISTORY, SCIENCE, AND CULTURE. IN ADDITION TO THE MUSEUM'S THREE FLOORS OF CORE EXHIBITIONS, THE GRPM OFFERS MAJOR TRAVELING AND SPECIAL EXHIBITS, OVER A DOZEN PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, NUMEROUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND HOSTED VARIOUS RESEARCHERS AT THE MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES. ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS INCLUDED DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND THE GRPM DIGITAL STRATEGY IS FOCUSED ON MAKING THE MUSEUM'S CONTENT MORE ACCESSIBLE USING NEW INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES. THE GRPM'S VISION IS TO INSTILL PASSIONATE CURIOSITY AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AROUND US.

    Expenses $7,875,138 · Revenue $1,761,389

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marlin Feyen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Richard Noreen

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • James Haveman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lyman Parks Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dr Jesse Bernal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dale Robertson

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $231,025
    From this org
    $218,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,901
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,124
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,901
    Filer's total
    $231,025

  • Karen Wilburn

    CFO & DIRECTOR OF ADMINIST

    Total calculated
    $121,681
    From this org
    $121,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $320
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Mari Beth Johnson-Jelks

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $124,923
    From this org
    $112,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,901
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501199349302540

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