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← CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,189,765
Total expenses
$33,386,410
Contributions and grants received
$16,092,107
Grants paid
$6,852,623
Program service revenue
$11,339,134
Investment income
$528,606
Other revenue
$5,229,918
Total assets, end of year
$340,786,064
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,906,683
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$318,879,381
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$22,799,346
Management and general expenses
$6,540,626
Fundraising expenses
$4,046,438
Program service expenses (Part III)
$22,799,346

Program services were 68.3% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,428,536

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,678,579

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,984,992

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $145,835

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $4,588,999 · related or exempt $4,588,999

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSION

    total $3,390,415 · related or exempt $3,390,415

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $3,213,898 · related or exempt $3,213,898

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PARKING, FOOD SERVICES AND CONCES

    total $145,822 · excluded $145,822

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $526,408 · excluded $526,408

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $5,247 · excluded $5,247

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $231,255

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $229,057

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,198

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,198 · excluded $2,198

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,577

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,577 · related or exempt $4,577

  • 11a · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT SERVICES

    total $4,145,094 · related or exempt $4,145,094

  • 11b · Other revenue: DEVELOPMENT FEES

    total $1,075,000 · related or exempt $1,075,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,220,094

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,852,623 · program services $6,852,623

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $672,192 · program services $449,810 · management and general $124,518 · fundraising $97,864

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,509,178 · program services $5,688,070 · management and general $1,576,188 · fundraising $1,244,920

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $294,840 · program services $202,243 · management and general $54,665 · fundraising $37,932

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,284,793 · program services $881,295 · management and general $238,205 · fundraising $165,293

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $693,476 · program services $475,219 · management and general $123,844 · fundraising $94,413

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $118,443 · program services $37,227 · management and general $80,978 · fundraising $238

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $65,432 · management and general $65,432

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $60,000 · fundraising $60,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $91,677 · program services $2,345 · management and general $89,332

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,103,802 · program services $2,875,040 · management and general $1,110,674 · fundraising $1,118,088

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $541,718 · program services $57,472 · management and general $14,438 · fundraising $469,808

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $593,438 · program services $185,160 · management and general $324,896 · fundraising $83,382

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,046,125 · program services $80,650 · management and general $648,647 · fundraising $316,828

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,298,305 · program services $382,982 · management and general $1,915,061 · fundraising $262

  • 17 · Travel

    total $95,189 · program services $91,359 · management and general $930 · fundraising $2,900

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,117 · program services $18,195 · management and general $6,775 · fundraising $2,147

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,849 · program services $4,592 · management and general $73 · fundraising $184

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,646,542 · program services $3,453,640 · management and general $54,701 · fundraising $138,201

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $383,401 · program services $332,095 · management and general $51,306

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $269,642 · program services $34,384 · management and general $39,542 · fundraising $195,716

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIAL & SUPPLIES

    total $257,695 · program services $222,078 · management and general $20,071 · fundraising $15,546

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $180,474 · program services $180,124 · management and general $350

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBIT RENTAL

    total $5,500 · program services $5,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $289,959 · program services $287,243 · fundraising $2,716

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,152,029 · end of year $4,573,361

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $286,481 · end of year $5,238

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,553,133 · end of year $2,909,312

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $193,711 · end of year $69,700

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $505,839 · end of year $456,931

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

    $90,690,200

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

    $47,993,228

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,383,482 · end of year $42,696,972

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,480,676 · end of year $137,917

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $497,453 · end of year $328,317

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $204,097,323 · end of year $204,653,239

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $8,630,859 · end of year $7,117,726

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $48,201,394 · end of year $77,837,351

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,625,236 · end of year $2,956,869

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,028,317 · end of year $2,084,952

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $9,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,267,649 · end of year $7,864,862

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $281,432,934 · end of year $286,790,605

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,628,244 · end of year $32,088,776

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER INSPIRES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR WORLD THROUGH SCIENCE, REGIONAL HISTORY, AND EDUCATIONAL, ENGAGING AND MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES.

  • THREE MUSEUMS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 363 DAYS EACH YEAR. CINCINNATI HISTORY MUSEUM, CINCINNATI MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE, AND DUKE ENERGY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PROVIDE PUBLIC EXHIBITS AND INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES. WE CREATE EXHIBITS THAT TRAVEL TO OTHER MUSEUMS IN NORTH AMERICA AND ALSO HOST TEMPORARY EXHIBITS THAT WE RENT FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPLEMENT THE TOPICS PRESENTED IN OUR PERMANENT MUSEUM EXHIBITS. OMNIMAX LARGE-FORMAT FILM THEATER PRESENTS FILMS ON NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY TOPICS. WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FILMS SHOWN WORLDWIDE. FILMS ARE OFTEN SELECTED TO COMPLEMENT CURRENT EXHIBIT TOPICS, ENHANCING OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR REGIONAL AUDIENCE.

    Expenses $16,758,560 · Grants $6,852,623 · Revenue $15,716,594

  • COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH. PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF OBJECTS IN OUR COLLECTIONS FOR USE BY CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF SCIENTISTS AND HISTORIANS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OBJECTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THEM FOR OUR MUSEUM EXHIBITS. OUR STAFF CONDUCTS FIELD INVESTIGATIONS IN PALEONTOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY TO INCREASE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE PROCESSES, EARTH AND HUMAN HISTORY. THIS RESEARCH PROVIDES INFORMATION AND MATERIAL FOR EXHIBITS AND FOR ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. 1.8 MILLION OBJECTS, ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTS ARE CURATED BY CMC , INCLUDING A NUMBER OF EXCLUSIVE AND BEST IN CLASS COLLECTIONS.

    Expenses $1,292,512

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, DAY CAMPS, OVERNIGHT CAMPS, LECTURES AND TOURS THAT INTERPRET AND EXPAND ON MUSEUM EXHIBIT THEMES. ONE LARGE AND TWO SMALL THEATER SPACES ARE USED FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES THAT BRING HISTORICAL EVENTS TO LIFE, PROVIDING REINFORCEMENT OF TOPICS AND AN ADDITIONAL AVENUE FOR MISSION DELIVERY. SCHOOL GROUP PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED IN OUR MUSEUMS AND ALSO AT SCHOOL SITES. DOCENTS ARE STATIONED IN ALL MUSEUM EXHIBIT AREAS TO INTERACT WITH VISITORS AND ENHANCE THE VISITOR'S LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $4,748,274 · Revenue $701,389

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alison Kropp

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anya Sanchez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Beverly Grant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brenden Cull

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Coley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Sullivan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Habel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Hausrath

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Debra Merchant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donna Zaring

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Edward Diller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Pierce

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $414,575
    From this org
    $355,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,303
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $282,772
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $22,500
    Deferred
    $14,692
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,611
    Filer's total
    $414,575

  • George Vincent

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Kenny

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hon Jeffrey Hopkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • James Zimmerman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane Garvy

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Jeffrey Hinebaugh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jula Poston

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Ellen Adcock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Moira Weir

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Niall De Lacy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Fregolle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Esler

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Susan Zaunbrecher

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tamela Zimmerman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Quinn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Timothy Steigerwald

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Whitney Gaskins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Mulvihill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jill Berkemeier

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $287,059
    From this org
    $271,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,191
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,368
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $22,500
    Deferred
    $12,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,691
    Filer's total
    $287,059

  • Cody Hefner

    VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $164,549
    From this org
    $145,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,703
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,846
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,404
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,299
    Filer's total
    $164,549

  • David Zlatic

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $200,489
    From this org
    $149,785
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,704
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,785
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,454
    Filer's total
    $200,489

  • Katie Haag

    ASSOCIATE VP, PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $141,245
    From this org
    $122,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,396
    Hours/week
    40

  • Scott Schuster

    VP OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $237,299
    From this org
    $182,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,464
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,835
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,464
    Filer's total
    $237,299

  • Whitney Owens

    CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $158,985
    From this org
    $150,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,142
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,843
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,542
    Nontaxable benefits
    $600
    Filer's total
    $158,985

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
AMOUNTS INCLUDED ON PART II, B(II), REPRESENTS BONUSES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THESE AMOUNTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S W-2.

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

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • HELEN STEINER RICE FUND LLC

    PRESERVATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE WORKS OF HELEN STEINER RICE · OH

Related partnerships

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

  • UNION TERMINAL LLC

    RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • UNION TERMINAL CORPORATION

    C · RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH · 100% owned · share of income $303 · share of assets $195,022,967 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER

  • MERCURY MUSEUM SERVICES LLC

    C · RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH · 100% owned · share of income $10,430,345 · share of assets $9,477,143 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349300039

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