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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by JOSLYN CASTLE AND GARDEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,503,578
Total expenses
$1,083,727
Contributions and grants received
$989,665
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$453,602
Investment income
$6,031
Other revenue
$54,280
Total assets, end of year
$1,925,683
Total liabilities, end of year
$302,924
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,622,759
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$641,029
Management and general expenses
$238,209
Fundraising expenses
$204,489
Program service expenses (Part III)
$641,029

Program services were 59.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $17,025

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $209,392

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $232,261

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $530,987

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $33,330

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT RENTAL

    total $194,700 · related or exempt $194,700

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME/TICKET

    total $118,306 · related or exempt $118,306

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TOUR INCOME

    total $107,211 · related or exempt $107,211

  • 2d · Program service revenue: GUILD INCOME

    total $33,385 · related or exempt $33,385

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,031 · excluded $6,031

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $33,573

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $33,573

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $33,573 · excluded $33,573

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $60,130

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

    $209,392

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $41,853

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,277 · excluded $18,277

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $2,430 · related or exempt $2,430

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,430

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $106,670 · program services $56,534 · management and general $24,222 · fundraising $25,914

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $392,546 · program services $208,046 · management and general $89,138 · fundraising $95,362

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,944 · program services $1,560 · management and general $669 · fundraising $715

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,431 · program services $19,319 · management and general $8,093 · fundraising $9,019

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,357 · program services $6,449 · management and general $43,413 · fundraising $2,495

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,891 · program services $14,552 · management and general $1,991 · fundraising $2,348

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $86,931 · program services $15,385 · management and general $34,394 · fundraising $37,152

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,289 · program services $582 · management and general $1,301 · fundraising $1,406

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,125 · program services $730 · management and general $1,632 · fundraising $1,763

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $49,453 · program services $49,453

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,150 · program services $42,673 · management and general $6,311 · fundraising $1,166

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $101,841 · program services $91,034 · management and general $400 · fundraising $10,407

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $63,433 · program services $59,632 · management and general $1,800 · fundraising $2,001

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $59,207 · program services $45,586 · management and general $12,796 · fundraising $825

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $13,570 · program services $12,615 · management and general $2 · fundraising $953

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $41,889 · program services $16,879 · management and general $12,047 · fundraising $12,963

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $202,877 · end of year $542,619

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $304,183 · end of year $289,129

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $351,788 · end of year $419,356

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,388 · end of year $5,497

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,594 · end of year $10,847

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

    $943,784

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

    $315,811

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $579,176 · end of year $627,973

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,967 · end of year $30,262

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,832 · end of year $80,851

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $56,233 · end of year $72,780

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $148,293

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $486,827 · end of year $646,121

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $716,081 · end of year $976,638

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE JOSLYN CASTLE PRESERVES THE LEGACY OF GEORGE AND SARAH JOSLYN THROUGH THE STEWARDSHIP OF THEIR HISTORIC HOME AND BY OFFERING DIVERSE CULTURAL PROGRAMMING THAT INFORMS AND INSPIRES THE COMMUNITY.

  • THE PURPOSE OF THE JOSLYN CASTLE TRUST, INC. IS TO PROMOTE THE USE AND RESTORATION OF THE JOSLYN CASTLE IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE ESTATE'S HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE JOSLYN CASTLE HOSTS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING YEAR ROUND, AND MANY EVENTS ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC AT NO-COST OR LOW-COST ADMISSION. THE JOSLYN CASTLE IS ALSO A PUBLIC GREEN SPACE LOCATED IN THE DENSELY-POPULATED MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH OVER 5.5 ACRES OF WELL-MAINTAINED GARDENS.

    Expenses $641,029 · Revenue $456,032

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • LENLI CORBETT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDY LIAKOS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LESLIE VOLK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATE TRIMBLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILLIAM HARRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JORDAN GRAFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GRACE JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANN ETIENNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WAYNE STUBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOLEEN DAVID

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUE WEIDNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CURT WITZENBURG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LYN ZIEGENBEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID JOHN BOYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JEFF RANDALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KERRY WINTERER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMY RICHARDSON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $106,670
    From this org
    $102,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,212
    Hours/week
    50

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • LYNHURST PROPERTY INC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · NE · assets $101,824

    Directly controlled by JOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602449349300145

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