Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF PACIFIC GROVE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,998,630
- Total expenses
- $1,629,374
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,643,947
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $131,715
- Investment income
- $163,641
- Other revenue
- $59,327
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,974,292
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $121,560
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,852,732
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $997,596
- Management and general expenses
- $406,252
- Fundraising expenses
- $225,526
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $997,596
Program services were 61.2% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$55,455
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$401,221
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,187,271
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2a · Program service revenue: Museum Admission
total $62,676 · related or exempt $62,676
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2b · Program service revenue: Tuition Revenue
total $69,039 · related or exempt $69,039
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3 · Investment income
total $137,136 · excluded $137,136
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $26,470
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $26,470
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $26,470 · excluded $26,470
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $379,875
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $353,370
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $26,505
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $26,505 · excluded $26,505
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$32,287
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$17,333
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $14,954 · excluded $14,954
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$37,356
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$19,453
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $17,903 · excluded $17,903
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $157,567 · program services $39,392 · management and general $102,418 · fundraising $15,757
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $736,132 · program services $461,633 · management and general $145,173 · fundraising $129,326
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $153,265 · program services $102,814 · management and general $28,738 · fundraising $21,713
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $70,677 · program services $47,412 · management and general $13,253 · fundraising $10,012
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $2,139 · management and general $2,139
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $23,575 · management and general $23,575
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $24,114 · management and general $24,114
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11g · Fees: other
total $83,317 · program services $70,823 · management and general $7,117 · fundraising $5,377
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $32,264 · program services $21,644 · management and general $6,049 · fundraising $4,571
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,032 · program services $2,033 · management and general $569 · fundraising $430
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14 · Information technology
total $62,307 · program services $41,797 · management and general $11,683 · fundraising $8,827
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $10,071 · program services $6,756 · management and general $1,888 · fundraising $1,427
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17 · Travel
total $3,856 · program services $2,987 · management and general $495 · fundraising $374
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $136,099 · program services $91,299 · management and general $25,519 · fundraising $19,281
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23 · Insurance
total $19,751 · program services $13,250 · management and general $3,703 · fundraising $2,798
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24a · Other expenses: Exhibits
total $68,387 · program services $68,387
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24b · Other expenses: Bank & CC Fees
total $8,917 · program services $5,929 · management and general $1,736 · fundraising $1,252
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24c · Other expenses: Repairs & maintenance
total $6,546 · program services $4,492 · management and general $1,170 · fundraising $884
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24d · Other expenses: Professional Development
total $5,942 · program services $3,986 · management and general $1,114 · fundraising $842
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24e · All other expenses
total $21,416 · program services $12,962 · management and general $5,799 · fundraising $2,655
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $330,619 · end of year $271,112
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $201,687 · end of year $907,910
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $90,443 · end of year $20,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $388 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $8,390 · end of year $8,783
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $4,219 · end of year $6,374
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,077,190
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$645,488
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,386,842 · end of year $1,431,702
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $2,494,718 · end of year $2,328,411
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $90,174 · end of year $98,910
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $30,700 · end of year $22,650
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,719,174 · end of year $3,249,297
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,677,258 · end of year $1,603,435
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Museum inspires wonder, discovery, and stewardship of our natural world. The Museum is a catalyst for conservation and a valued learning resource, facilitating active scientific and historical inquiry for all ages.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Museum Foundation operates the Museum of Natural History, founded in 1883 and housing over 45,000 artifacts. The Museum serves as a hub for scientific and historical learning for over 40,000 people each year through exhibitions, education programs, and community events.
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Education: The The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History's Education programs include free school field trips, free Science Saturdays (offered 9 times per year) and hands-on community science opportunities for all ages. Outdoor science education includes LiMPETS (Long Term Monitoring Program and Experimental Training for Students) and Watershed Explorers, which offers watershed education field trips. This year the Museum offered several all ages field sketching workshops and continued middle school and teen programs. Over 10,000 students participate in the Museum's programs each year.
Expenses $706,749 · Revenue $69,039
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Exhibitions: Since its beginning in 1883, the Museum has excelled at teaching the public about the natural world through a variety of exhibitions displaying monarch butterflies, local birds and wildlife, geology, and cultural artifacts to name a few. This fiscal year the museum hosted several temporary exhibits including "From the Real to the Unreal," "Illustrating Nature," "Invasive Attempts, and Beyond illustrating Nature artist every quarter, as well as installed a new permanent exhibition, "Jade Beneath the Sea." Starting in January 2025, the Museum renovatred several of its galleries space.
Expenses $290,847 · Revenue $62,676
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Rachel Miller
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $121,102
- From this org
- $121,102
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Richard Dole
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jazmine Munos Meijas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joan Clay
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matthew Denecour
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John O'Sullivan
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Megan Sulsberger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Olivia Duarte
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ken Wysocki
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alan Arvin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sean Powell
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alexis Bunten
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Walan Chang
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ben Bence
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Karen Cuenco
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tama Oliver
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202621319349303387
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