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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WHATCOM MUSEUM FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,605,394
Total expenses
$1,730,777
Contributions and grants received
$710,611
Grants paid
$33,511
Program service revenue
$629,078
Investment income
$204,658
Other revenue
$61,047
Total assets, end of year
$5,595,626
Total liabilities, end of year
$460,128
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,135,498
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,151,163
Management and general expenses
$213,712
Fundraising expenses
$365,902
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,151,163

Program services were 66.5% 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

    $151,436

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $559,175

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $31,889

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $367,174 · related or exempt $367,174

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $122,769 · related or exempt $122,769

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS & TOURS

    total $83,283 · related or exempt $83,283

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EXHIBITS

    total $35,260 · related or exempt $35,260

  • 2e · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $20,592 · related or exempt $20,592

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $204,658 · related or exempt $204,658

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $70,074

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $53,054

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $17,020

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $88,558

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $44,531

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $44,027 · related or exempt $44,027

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $33,511 · program services $33,511

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $860,222 · program services $558,005 · management and general $100,437 · fundraising $201,780

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,543 · program services $10,498 · management and general $3,000 · fundraising $3,045

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $98,044 · program services $61,988 · management and general $8,339 · fundraising $27,717

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,474 · program services $53,239 · management and general $9,784 · fundraising $19,451

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,807 · management and general $13,807

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $41,857 · program services $16,232 · management and general $25,625

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $71,798 · program services $47,356 · management and general $7,437 · fundraising $17,005

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $37,933 · fundraising $37,933

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,913 · program services $7,959 · fundraising $11,954

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,963 · program services $4,196 · management and general $1,082 · fundraising $5,685

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $881 · fundraising $881

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,226 · program services $20,151 · management and general $2,492 · fundraising $1,583

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $637 · program services $544 · management and general $93

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $68,801 · program services $48,161 · management and general $10,320 · fundraising $10,320

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,731 · management and general $13,731

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $147,671 · program services $147,671

  • 24b · Other expenses: FREIGHT & SHIPPING

    total $69,174 · program services $69,174

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $41,597 · program services $36,476 · management and general $3,599 · fundraising $1,522

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $22,308 · program services $11,314 · management and general $1,174 · fundraising $9,820

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $54,686 · program services $24,688 · management and general $12,792 · fundraising $17,206

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $149,586 · end of year $204,273

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $242,199

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,406 · end of year $106,229

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $322,547 · end of year $310,190

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,313 · end of year $20,969

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,659 · end of year $34,987

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

    $1,956,462

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

    $1,604,895

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $443,430 · end of year $351,567

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,055,702 · end of year $4,325,212

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $77,582 · end of year $109,034

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $63,383 · end of year $351,094

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,604,784 · end of year $2,441,538

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,299,894 · end of year $2,693,960

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FOUNDATION WAS ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE OEPRATION OF THE WHATCOM MUSEUM.

  • OPERATIONS OF THE MUSEUM INCLUDE CURATING AND HOSTING EXHIBITS OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON. OPERATIONS ALSO INCLUDE DEVELOPING AND EXPLOITING THE MUSEUM'S ARCHIVES AND COLLECTION, SPONSORING A WIDE VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND HOSTING RECEPTIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS RELEVANT TO THE MUSEUM'S MISSION.

    Expenses $1,151,163 · Grants $33,511 · Revenue $629,078

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • NANCY TUPPER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • MARILENA FLUCKIGER

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • RAFEEKA KLOKE

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • TIM BRUCE

    2023 SEC / T

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JORGE ALVAREZ

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • POLLY BONNELL

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • A ROBERT CAMANDONA

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • ERIKA LAUTENBACH

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • CYNTHIA WILSON OOMAGELEES

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • PHIL SERKA

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • GEORGE SANDERS

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • MERION WRIGHT

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • TERESA TAYLOR

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JAIR FURNAS

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • CHRIS SULLIVAN

    2024 SEC / T

    Total calculated
    $0
  • PATRICIA LEACH

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $158,932
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,932
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $158,932 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $158,932 related
  • TATIANA BEITING

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    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. 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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202432819349300238

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