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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EXPLORATIONWORKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$941,264
Total expenses
$1,081,705
Contributions and grants received
$533,817
Grants paid
$16,769
Program service revenue
$395,848
Investment income
$4,849
Other revenue
$6,750
Total assets, end of year
$1,805,628
Total liabilities, end of year
$460,064
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,345,564
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$536,564
Management and general expenses
$488,311
Fundraising expenses
$56,830
Program service expenses (Part III)
$536,564

Program services were 49.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $1,033

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $103,278

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $65,469

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $364,037

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $31,027

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM AND ADMISSION

    total $379,080 · related or exempt $379,080

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EXHIBIT INCOME

    total $16,768 · related or exempt $16,768

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,947 · excluded $4,947

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $22,450

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $22,450

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $22,450 · excluded $22,450

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

    other assets $98

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$98

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$98 · excluded -$98

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $37,215

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

    $65,469

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $54,465

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$17,250 · excluded -$17,250

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,305

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $755

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,550 · related or exempt $1,550

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $16,769 · program services $16,769

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $90,150 · program services $18,030 · management and general $36,060 · fundraising $36,060

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $520,704 · program services $288,250 · management and general $226,424 · fundraising $6,030

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,592 · program services $8,631 · management and general $6,780 · fundraising $181

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $88,822 · program services $49,170 · management and general $38,623 · fundraising $1,029

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,679 · management and general $36,679

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $41,752 · program services $8,918 · management and general $27,593 · fundraising $5,241

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,662 · program services $6,935 · management and general $4,677 · fundraising $50

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,944 · program services $871 · management and general $16,073

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,005 · program services $1,025 · management and general $30,945 · fundraising $35

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,724 · program services $1,689 · management and general $35

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $165 · program services $70 · fundraising $95

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $48,209 · program services $48,209

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,832 · management and general $34,832

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $61,590 · program services $42,066 · management and general $18,023 · fundraising $1,501

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBIT COSTS

    total $45,892 · program services $44,149 · management and general $173 · fundraising $1,570

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,965 · management and general $9,965

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING, POSTAGE & SHI

    total $7,518 · program services $1,301 · management and general $1,429 · fundraising $4,788

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $731 · program services $481 · fundraising $250

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $210,245 · end of year $421,946

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,150 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,025 · end of year $2,900

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,845 · end of year $10,000

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

    $2,359,898

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

    $989,116

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,326,738 · end of year $1,370,782

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,998 · end of year $105,389

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $354,675

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,476,005 · end of year $1,335,564

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $10,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IGNITE A LIFELONG LOVE FOR SCIENCE TO ENRICH MONTANA'S FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EXPLORATIONWORKS IGNITES A LIFELONG LOVE FOR SCIENCE TO ENRICH MONTANA'S FUTURE. WITH THE FUTURE CLOSELY TIED TO STEM (SCIENCE, MATH, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING), EXPLORATION WORKS HELPS CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 2 BEGIN PREPARING FOR STEM CAREERS (IF THEY SO CHOOSE) AND HELPS CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES BE COMFORTABLE WITH SCIENCE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. OUR ENGAGING EXHIBITS, EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS AND ENDURING PARTNERSHIPS ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LEWIS AND CLARK, BROADWATER AND JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS AND FAMILIES, IN 3 EDUCATIONAL AREAS: EARLY CHILDHOOD, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MAKING HEALTHY LIVING CHOICES. TYPICALLY WELCOMING ABOUT 38,000 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES EACH YEAR, MORE THAN 700 YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN OUR SUMMER CAMP AND AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES. CAMP AND CLASS SCHOLARSHIPS AND FREE ADMISSION DAYS ENSURE ACCESS FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE.

  • STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MATH AND ENGINEERING) EXHIBITS, FIELD TRIPS, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES, GROUNDED IN EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, TO IGNITE A LIFELONG LOVE FOR SCIENCE TO ENRICH MONTANA'S FUTURE.

    Expenses $536,564 · Grants $16,769 · Revenue $397,398

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam Liston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aimee Hawkaluk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Murdo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Annie Hanshew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Clark

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dennis Manalo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Gundersen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellen Feaver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Downhour

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathryn Gallagher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Steiner

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Laura Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tana Dearborn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather O'Neill

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,150
    From this org
    $90,150
    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
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349300207

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