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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JACK NICKLAUS MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$30,000
Total expenses
$201,471
Contributions and grants received
$30,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$26,815,669
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,815,669
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$201,471
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$201,471

Program services were 100.0% 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

    $30,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,878 · program services $3,878

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $641 · program services $641

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $170,399 · program services $170,399

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,553 · program services $25,553

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,952 · end of year $18,503

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,151 · end of year $25,528

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

    $7,046,806

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

    $4,147,636

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,069,569 · end of year $2,899,170

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $23,872,468 · end of year $23,872,468

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,987,140 · end of year $26,815,669

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE MUSEUM IS TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU).

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE MUSEUM IS TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR OSU TO DISPLAY GOLF-RELATED AND OTHER MEMORABILIA OF JACK W. NICKLAUS, AN OSU ALUMNUS, TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, TOGETHER WITH SUCH RELATED INTERPRETIVE, HISTORICAL, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AS MAY FURTHER THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JACK W. NICKLAUS AND THE HISTORY OF GOLF IN GENERAL.

  • THE JACK NICKLAUS MUSEUM OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 21, 2002. THE MUSEUM SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU) BY PROVIDING FACILITIES THROUGH WHICH OSU IS ABLE TO CONDUCT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: - EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES- PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT- UNIVERSITY MEETINGS- STUDENT EVENTS- ALUMNI AND FACULTY ACTIVITIES- PROVIDES DISPLAY SPACE TO THE GOLF PROGRAM AND TURF MANAGEMENT PROGRAMTHE MUSEUM PROVIDES CONTINUOUS DISPLAY SPACE TO BOTH THE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGIATE GOLF AND THE UNIVERSITY'S TURF MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THE MUSEUM PROMOTES THE UNIVERSITY'S TURF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BY EDUACATING THE STUDENTS AND PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND TURF MANAGEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. THE MUSUEM PROMOTES THE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGIATE GOLF PROGRAMS BY EDUCATING STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE GAME OF GOLF AND THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGIATE GOLF PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $201,471

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jack W Nicklaus II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara B Nicklaus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John W Kessler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicholas Larocca

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel M Maher

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David P Lauer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Jankovic

    FINANCIAL OFFICIAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503179349306620

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