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← NEW MUSEUM AT THE BRADFORD BRINTON RANCH

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NEW MUSEUM AT THE BRADFORD BRINTON RANCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,592,994
Total expenses
$3,412,847
Contributions and grants received
$1,867,163
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$38,447
Investment income
$230,508
Other revenue
$456,876
Total assets, end of year
$20,218,515
Total liabilities, end of year
$222,981
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,995,534
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,752,123
Management and general expenses
$426,192
Fundraising expenses
$234,532
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,752,123

Program services were 80.6% 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

    $61,124

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $217,484

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $665,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $923,555

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $101,199

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $23,350 · related or exempt $23,350

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CURATORIAL INCOME

    total $15,097 · related or exempt $15,097

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $90,690 · excluded $90,690

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $183,477

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

    securities $43,659

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $139,818

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $139,818 · excluded $139,818

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $43,564

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

    $217,484

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $77,289

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$33,725 · excluded -$33,725

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $953,813

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $463,212

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $490,601 · related or exempt $141,829 · unrelated business $348,772

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $189,605 · program services $43,611 · management and general $102,383 · fundraising $43,611

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,150,927 · program services $987,904 · management and general $86,420 · fundraising $76,603

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $27,106 · program services $22,447 · management and general $2,604 · fundraising $2,055

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $114,544 · program services $72,024 · management and general $20,252 · fundraising $22,268

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $124,470 · program services $92,316 · management and general $22,346 · fundraising $9,808

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $128 · management and general $128

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,935 · management and general $73,935

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $23,690 · management and general $23,690

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,149 · program services $40 · management and general $14,109

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $83,474 · program services $69,089 · management and general $6,695 · fundraising $7,690

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,613 · program services $17,256 · management and general $646 · fundraising $3,711

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $63,786 · program services $34,981 · management and general $20,477 · fundraising $8,328

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $66,587 · program services $66,587

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $666,361 · program services $658,008 · management and general $8,353

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $157,888 · program services $122,017 · management and general $21,847 · fundraising $14,024

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND BULIDING

    total $231,793 · program services $229,997 · management and general $1,725 · fundraising $71

  • 24b · Other expenses: COLLECTION EXPENSES

    total $109,464 · program services $109,464

  • 24c · Other expenses: MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES

    total $84,024 · program services $74,056 · management and general $9,968

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBITIONS AND CURATOR

    total $31,730 · program services $31,711 · management and general $19

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $177,573 · program services $120,615 · management and general $10,595 · fundraising $46,363

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $660,913 · end of year $521,468

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $125,057 · end of year $70,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,911 · end of year $16,047

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $128,177 · end of year $118,861

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,635 · end of year $59,981

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

    $22,522,085

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

    $6,620,628

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,479,695 · end of year $15,901,457

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,019,784 · end of year $3,219,066

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $410,498 · end of year $311,635

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $139,046 · end of year $187,822

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,655 · end of year $35,159

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,558,310 · end of year $19,025,231

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,157,659 · end of year $970,303

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BRINTON MUSEUM CONNECTS PEOPLE TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST THROUGH ITS HISTORIC QUARTER CIRCLE RANCH, FINE ART, AND AMERICAN INDIAN ART COLLECTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MUSEUM ENRICHES CONNECTIONS TO THE LAND, PEOPLE AND CULTURES OF THE WEST.

  •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

    Expenses $2,752,123 · Revenue $180,276

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sam J Scott

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • David Hubert

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Thomas Thompson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Thomas Bernard

    SECRETARY (UNTIL MAR 24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Bruce Garber

    SECRETARY (AS OF APR 24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Leslie Johnston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Jacomien Mars

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Tom Meredith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Christina Powell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Robert Berger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Wallace Bear Chum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Ceci Butler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Kendra Heimbuck

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $109,027
    From this org
    $104,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,686
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Jennifer Cox

    BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $80,577
    From this org
    $77,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,513
    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.

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.

  • THE BRADFORD BRINTON MEMORIAL

    501(C)(3) · MAINTAIN THE OPERATING ASSETS OF A MUSEUM · IL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE NEW MUSEUM AT THE BRADFORD BRINTON RANCH

  • THE BRINTON ENDOWMENT FUND

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE MUSEUM · WY · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE NEW MUSEUM AT THE BRADFORD BRINTON RANCH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511399349301356

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