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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMAZEMENT SQUARE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,490,807
Total expenses
$1,796,899
Contributions and grants received
$699,832
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$652,920
Investment income
$36,823
Other revenue
$101,232
Total assets, end of year
$7,595,875
Total liabilities, end of year
$349,778
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,246,097
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,395,230
Management and general expenses
$247,433
Fundraising expenses
$154,236
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,395,230

Program services were 77.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $699,832

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSION

    total $279,976 · related or exempt $279,976

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BIRTHDAYS,CLASSES,RENT

    total $167,419 · related or exempt $167,419

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MUSEUM MEMBERSHIPS

    total $119,630 · related or exempt $119,630

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TOURS

    total $85,895 · related or exempt $85,895

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $55,054 · excluded $55,054

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $216,607 · other assets $6,776

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

    securities $182,684 · other assets $58,930

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $33,923 · other assets -$52,154

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$18,231 · related or exempt -$21,979 · unrelated business $3,748

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $174,798

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $72,962

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $101,836 · excluded $101,836

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $10,023

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $9,661

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $362 · related or exempt $362

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $768 · related or exempt $768

  • 11b · Other revenue: GAIN ON CSV

    total -$1,734 · related or exempt -$1,734

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$966

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $184,000 · program services $58,880 · management and general $88,320 · fundraising $36,800

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $735,417 · program services $639,877 · management and general $22,010 · fundraising $73,530

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,811 · management and general $18,811

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $59,207 · program services $44,997 · management and general $7,105 · fundraising $7,105

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,294 · program services $60,264 · management and general $9,515 · fundraising $9,515

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,885 · program services $33,885

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,544 · program services $12,544

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,508 · management and general $5,508

  • 20 · Interest

    total $15,583 · program services $15,583

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $260,923 · program services $260,923

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $53,609 · program services $46,069 · management and general $7,540

  • 24a · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $73,791 · program services $66,412 · management and general $7,379

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND EXHIBITS

    total $58,324 · program services $58,324

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $38,780 · program services $19,390 · management and general $19,390

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $26,105 · management and general $23,140 · fundraising $2,965

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $141,118 · program services $78,082 · management and general $38,715 · fundraising $24,321

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $261,656 · end of year $217,411

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $29,500 · end of year $155,364

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,106 · end of year $31,970

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $21,032 · end of year $19,539

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

    $11,699,484

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

    $6,613,577

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,353,923 · end of year $5,085,907

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,820,174 · end of year $1,988,055

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $99,363 · end of year $97,629

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,472 · end of year $31,188

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $297,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $19,426 · end of year $21,590

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,478,393 · end of year $5,111,091

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,935,463 · end of year $2,135,006

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS DEDICATED TO MOTIVATING CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES TOWARD GREATER CREATIVITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD THROUGH HANDS-ON LEARNING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AMAZEMENT SQUARE CULTIVATES AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY OF LIFELONG LEARNERS BY SPARKING IMAGINATION, CREATIVITY, AND CURIOSITY.

  • OPERATION OF A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DEDICATED TO MOTIVATING CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES TOWARDS GREATER CREATIVITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD THROUGH HANDS-ON LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,395,230 · Revenue $630,337

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Garth Ainsley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diane Ludwig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Teresa L Brennan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Bryant-Foster

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jitendra Annapareddy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Faye Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kasey Forehand

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frances J Giles

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janie Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hylan T Hubbard III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • D Todd Irby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beverly McCloskey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert O'Brian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas W Pettyjohn Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Martha Seufer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amanda Smithson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Sorenson Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Davidson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • W Kent Van Allen Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carissa Kregenow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lynch Vranian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacoben Tone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Branbrand

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sue Ott Rowlands

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Sigler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mort Sajadian PhD

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $193,200
    From this org
    $184,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $193,200

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3
THE CEO'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

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.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • AMAZEMENT SQUARE DEVELOPMENT CORP

    C · REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · VA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412579349301311

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