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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CRITTER BARN.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 14 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,543,396 changed to $1,641,025
Total expenses
$1,168,668 changed to $1,213,607
Contributions and grants received
$1,047,138 changed to $1,197,541
Other revenue
$123,742 changed to $70,968
Total assets, end of year
$3,879,642 changed to $3,999,547
Total liabilities, end of year
$235,159 changed to $302,374
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,644,483 changed to $3,697,173
Program services expenses
$958,112 changed to $975,337
Management and general expenses
$199,119 changed to $227,002
Fundraising expenses
$11,437 changed to $11,268
Program service expenses (Part III)
$958,112 changed to $975,337

Totals

Total revenue
$1,543,396
Total expenses
$1,168,668
Contributions and grants received
$1,047,138
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$372,513
Investment income
$3
Other revenue
$123,742
Total assets, end of year
$3,879,642
Total liabilities, end of year
$235,159
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,644,483
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$958,112
Management and general expenses
$199,119
Fundraising expenses
$11,437
Program service expenses (Part III)
$958,112

Program services were 82.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,047,138

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,269

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FIELD TRIPS AND PUBLIC ADMISS

    total $209,010 · related or exempt $209,010

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FARM-ON-THE-GO

    total $82,663 · related or exempt $82,663

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL CLASSES

    total $80,840 · related or exempt $80,840

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3 · related or exempt $3

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $53,820

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,322

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $34,498

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $89,244

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $89,244 · related or exempt $89,244

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $29,592 · program services $25,387 · management and general $4,011 · fundraising $194

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $5,892 · program services $5,055 · management and general $798 · fundraising $39

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $511,160 · program services $438,520 · management and general $69,283 · fundraising $3,357

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,182 · program services $18,172 · management and general $2,871 · fundraising $139

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,428 · program services $35,541 · management and general $5,615 · fundraising $272

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,764 · management and general $63,764

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $89,966 · program services $86,655 · fundraising $3,311

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,315 · program services $26 · management and general $1,131 · fundraising $158

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,141 · program services $16,725 · management and general $11,416

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35 · management and general $35

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,766 · management and general $12,766

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $117,735 · program services $117,435 · management and general $300

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,544 · program services $5,772 · management and general $5,772

  • 24a · Other expenses: AMIMAL & FEED PURCHASES

    total $95,671 · program services $95,671

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL AND FARM SUPPLIES

    total $67,617 · program services $56,378 · management and general $9,519 · fundraising $1,720

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $25,966 · program services $25,966

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $23,635 · program services $19,088 · management and general $3,110 · fundraising $1,437

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,259 · program services $11,721 · management and general $8,728 · fundraising $810

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $76,615 · end of year $47,476

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $162

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $73,668 · end of year $51,914

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

    $3,716,901

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

    $303,949

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,515,731 · end of year $3,412,952

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $367,300

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $247,933 · end of year $89,941

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $175

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $148,313 · end of year $145,218

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,260,913 · end of year $3,635,641

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,842 · end of year $8,842

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CRITTER BARN IS AN EDUCATIONAL FARM DEDICATED TO INSPIRING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL ABILITIES THROUGH THE MIRACLES IN NATURE FOUND AT THE FARM.

  • OUR PROGRAMMING BUDGET IS 48.7% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENSES. CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT AT THE FARM IN CLASSES FOR DIFFERENT AGE LEVELS, SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, AND YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING. WE TRAIN STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH OUR VISITORS. CHILDREN AND YOUTH CARE FOR THE ANIMALS AND ENHANCE VISITOR EXPERIENCES. IN 2023, 259 CHILDREN ATTENDED CRITTER CAMP, WHICH IS A PREREQUISITE TO THE TRAINING PROGRAM, CRITTER CREW, AND 1002 OTHER CHILDREN ENROLLED IN OTHER SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND CLASSES. IN 2023, 5400 CHILDREN ATTENDED SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, AND AN ESTIMATED 85,734 PEOPLE ATTENDED TRAVELING FARM EVENTS. OUR ACCOMMODATING PROGRAM SERVES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THE PROGRAM HAD 10 CHILDREN AND YOUTH, PLUS 60 ADULTS VOLUNTEERED WEEKLY IN 2023. THE CRITTER BARN HAS BEEN SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1990.

    Expenses $958,112

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Corey Niemchick

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Doug Slenk

    V. PRES (THR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rita Bos

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carol Schoenborn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Ellen Bacca

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Geerlings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Terborg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Machiela

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat Mitchell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Pyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Huisman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony McCaul

    EX. DIR. (CU

    Total calculated
    $29,592
    From this org
    $29,592
    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
2023
Filed
4 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403199349307145

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