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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASSOCIATION OF THE LOS ALTOS HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$856,138
Total expenses
$811,205
Contributions and grants received
$618,504
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,789
Investment income
$27,276
Other revenue
$207,569
Total assets, end of year
$4,672,747
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,672,747
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$437,838
Management and general expenses
$189,785
Fundraising expenses
$183,582
Program service expenses (Part III)
$437,838

Program services were 54.0% 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

    $65,105

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $126,040

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $138,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $288,609

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $2,789 · related or exempt $2,789

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,276 · excluded $27,276

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $212,750

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $12,252

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $200,498

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $200,498 · related or exempt $200,498

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $22,255

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $126,040

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $22,255

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $22,404

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $15,333

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,071 · related or exempt $7,071

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,204 · program services $47,102 · management and general $23,551 · fundraising $23,551

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $342,813 · program services $187,191 · management and general $35,000 · fundraising $120,622

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,008 · management and general $15,008

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,292 · management and general $35,292

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,558 · management and general $2,558

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $161,861 · program services $106,634 · management and general $30,917 · fundraising $24,310

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,316 · program services $3,274 · management and general $42

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,185 · management and general $6,185

  • 17 · Travel

    total $71 · management and general $71

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,298 · program services $4,298

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,630 · management and general $3,630

  • 24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $61,996 · program services $50,968 · management and general $11,028

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND COPYING

    total $23,625 · program services $19,694 · management and general $1,635 · fundraising $2,296

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $19,440 · program services $12,205 · management and general $5,995 · fundraising $1,240

  • 24d · Other expenses: JANITORIAL

    total $11,944 · program services $160 · management and general $11,784

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,964 · program services $6,312 · management and general $7,089 · fundraising $11,563

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $121,640 · end of year $227,952

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,652

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

    $275,465

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

    $123,796

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $157,673 · end of year $151,669

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $959,059 · end of year $979,347

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,313,779 · end of year $3,313,779

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $4,554,803 · end of year $4,672,747

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE LOS ALTOS HISTORY MUSEUM GATHERS AND PRESENTS ARTIFACTS AND STORIES TO BRIDGE THE PAST AND THE PRESENT BY FOSTERING THE CREATIVE ENERGY OF VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF TO PRODUCE ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS THAT CHALLENGE ESTABLISHED NARRATIVES.

  • EXHIBITION PRODUCTIONTHE MUSEUM DISPLAYED THREE EXHIBITIONS IN OUR MAIN GALLERY. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR EXHIBITS WAS ROOTED IN TIME: JOURNEY THROUGH HIDDEN VILLA, WHICH FEATURED THE HISTORY OF THE DUVENECK FAMILY AND HIDDEN VILLA ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT INCLUDED SHE SANG ME A GOOD LUCK SONG: THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHS OF DUGAN AGUILAR, A RENTAL EXHIBIT TO WHICH THE MUSEUM ADDED A SPECIAL DISPLAY ABOUT THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE'S 2024 TRAIL OF TRUTH JOURNEY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. IN PURSUIT OF FEDERAL RECOGNITION.THE MUSEUM ALSO HOSTED SEVERAL EXHIBIT-RELATED PROGRAMS AS PART OF OUR POPULAR THIRD WEDNESDAY SERIES THAT CONNECTED HISTORY TO THE PRESENT, INCLUDING A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY CELEBRATING THE HISTORY AND RESIDENTS OF MOODY ROAD NEAR HIDDEN VILLA, AS WELL AS A TALK BY CHARLENE NIJMEH, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE, ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE ON THE TRAIL OF TRUTH.THE MUSEUM'S EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM AND FOSTERED MEANINGFUL DIALOGUES WITH AND BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS. RELATED PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES INCLUDED IN-GALLERY SCAVENGER HUNTS AS WELL AS INTERACTIVE ART-MAKING, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISPLAYS.

    Expenses $125,183

  • COLLECTION CARETHE MUSEUM PROCESSED FORTY-SIX DONATIONS OF ITEMS DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, ADDING ITEMS TO OUR LIBRARY, PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION, ORAL HISTORIES, AND 3-D ARTIFACT COLLECTION. STAFF IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OUR INVENTORY, OUR PRIMARY GOAL FOR THE COLLECTION, IN ORDER TO MOVE CLOSER TO ACHIEVING ACCREDITATION BY THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS.WE OFFERED TOURS OF OUR PRINCIPAL HISTORIC RESOURCE, THE J. GILBERT SMITH HOUSE, TO HUNDREDS OF VISITORS. WE WELCOMED EVEN MORE VISITORS TO OUR MULTIMEDIA PERMANENT EXHIBITION IN OUR UPPER GALLERY, NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR. THERE, THE COMMUNITY CORNER DISPLAY FEATURED OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION RELATED TO LOS ALTOS' SISTER CITIES. IN DECEMBER 2024, STAFF CURATED THE DISPLAY TO HIGHLIGHT ITEMS CONNECTED TO THE HISTORY OF LOS ALTOS CLUBS.

    Expenses $129,831

  • EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH THE MUSEUM HELD THREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY EVENTS DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR: THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL, CO-HOSTED WITH THE GREATER LOS ALTOS CHINESE ASSOCIATION ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2024, CELEBRATING THE HARVEST AND CHINESE CULTURE; TRAIN DAYS ON SEPTEMBER 21 AND 22, 2024, WHICH OFFERED TRAIN LOVERS THE EXPERIENCE OF MODEL RAILROADING AND HONORED THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AS A FORMER TRAIN STOP; AND RANCHO DAY ON NOVEMBER 2, 2024, WHICH ENABLED VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE HOW CALIFORNIA RANCHOS OPERATED IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY.AS THEY DO EACH SPRING, DEDICATED MEMBERS OF OUR EDUCATION COMMITTEE LED MORE THAN FIFTEEN 3RD AND 4TH GRADE TOURS TO TEACH LOCAL STUDENTS ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND LOS ALTOS HISTORY. WE ALSO WELCOMED A NEW COHORT OF LOCAL TEENS TO OUR TEEN DOCENT PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF OUR VISION TO FOSTER INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS. WE WERE HONORED TO CONTINUE OUR STEWARDSHIP OF THE CITY HERITAGE ORCHARD, A VITAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK. OUR ORCHARD AMBASSADORS FACILITATED THE ANNUAL APRICOT HARVEST IN LATE SPRING SO THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COULD ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THIS RESOURCE.

    Expenses $140,660

  • Expenses $42,164 · Revenue $2,789

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Lowell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gerri Acers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jeanine Valadez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Allison Aldrich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Vicki Holman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Springer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Wynn Belton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jung Yoon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christopher Fling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tyler Furuichi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Wayne Hooper

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Margo Horn

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Thomas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kuljeet Kalkat

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cindy Bogard O'Gorman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Anna Toledano 924-Present

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $35,473
    From this org
    $35,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Julie Bly Devere 524-924

    INTERIM EXEC DIR

    Total calculated
    $67,703
    From this org
    $67,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
21 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600539349300265

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