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← COSMOSPHERE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COSMOSPHERE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,559,444
Total expenses
$5,274,846
Contributions and grants received
$3,801,059
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,970,260
Investment income
$33,611
Other revenue
$754,514
Total assets, end of year
$13,562,152
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,538,125
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,024,027
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,096,122
Management and general expenses
$1,122,893
Fundraising expenses
$55,831
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,096,122

Program services were 77.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $118,488

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,176,250

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,171,797

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $334,524

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS TO PROGRAMS

    total $1,970,260 · related or exempt $1,970,260

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,611 · excluded $33,611

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $60

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $229

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$169 · excluded -$169

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $545,915

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $234,615

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $311,300 · related or exempt $311,300

  • 11a · Other revenue: ARTIFACT RENTAL INCOME

    total $299,717 · related or exempt $299,717

  • 11b · Other revenue: MUSEUM PROJECT INCOME

    total $67,916 · related or exempt $67,916

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $55,750 · related or exempt $55,750

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $20,000 · related or exempt $20,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $443,383

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $169,954 · program services $16,995 · management and general $152,959

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,749,445 · program services $1,363,241 · management and general $386,204

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $320,206 · program services $231,908 · management and general $88,298

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,540 · management and general $7,540

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,065 · management and general $38,065

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $130,318 · program services $2,892 · management and general $127,426

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $89,213 · program services $89,213

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,916 · program services $75,623 · management and general $52,622 · fundraising $3,671

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,750 · management and general $13,750

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $841,223 · program services $819,436 · management and general $18,338 · fundraising $3,449

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $167,602 · program services $145,945 · management and general $19,655 · fundraising $2,002

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $623,255 · program services $536,641 · management and general $76,443 · fundraising $10,171

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEDIA COSTS

    total $452,706 · program services $407,436 · management and general $22,635 · fundraising $22,635

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $243,822 · program services $219,440 · management and general $19,506 · fundraising $4,876

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $102,206 · program services $95,401 · management and general $6,805

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $193,625 · program services $91,951 · management and general $92,647 · fundraising $9,027

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,483,621 · end of year $787,974

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $993,317 · end of year $486,860

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $179,747 · end of year $148,490

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $110,538 · end of year $318,986

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

    $29,546,241

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

    $21,216,942

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,657,177 · end of year $8,329,299

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,426,844 · end of year $3,490,543

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,433,469 · end of year $680,068

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $353,132 · end of year $291,144

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $93,436 · end of year $66,913

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,432,078 · end of year $9,879,445

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,039,129 · end of year $2,144,582

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, EXHIBITS, AND EXPERIENCES THAT ARE EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING THRU THE OPERATION OF A PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM.

  • COSMOSPHERE AND SPACE CENTER WITH EXHIBITS AND GIFT SHOP SERVING STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC

    Expenses $4,096,122 · Revenue $2,724,943

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Greg Fast

    DIRECTOR (CITY REP)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Fee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Carter File

    DIRECTOR (HCC REP)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Hoover

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carissa Jackson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wes Kimmel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila Meggers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Neal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Pritchett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Remar

    C.E.O.

    Total calculated
    $205,828
    From this org
    $169,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,874
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,954
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,437
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,437
    Filer's total
    $205,828

  • Erica Shook

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Springer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Teufel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Wagner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Birdsall

    C.F.O.

    Total calculated
    $129,629
    From this org
    $101,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,714
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
COSMOSPHERE, INC PAYS FOR THE C.E.O.'S MEMBERSHIP DUES TO LOCAL SOCIAL CLUB

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
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349302101

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