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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MUSEUM- PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$82,554
Total expenses
$193,033
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$26,723
Other revenue
$55,831
Total assets, end of year
$1,994,432
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,062
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,984,370
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$173,665
Management and general expenses
$19,368
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$173,665

Program services were 90.0% 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.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,723 · excluded $26,723

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $70,208

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $14,377

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $55,831 · excluded $55,831

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $55,884 · program services $50,296 · management and general $5,588

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,191 · program services $10,305 · management and general $886

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,512 · program services $3,512

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $71,502 · program services $71,502

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,125 · program services $9,125

  • 24a · Other expenses: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $12,500 · program services $6,250 · management and general $6,250

  • 24b · Other expenses: GARDENING MAINT.

    total $12,487 · program services $12,487

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $3,895 · program services $3,692 · management and general $203

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $2,825 · management and general $2,825

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,112 · program services $6,496 · management and general $3,616

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $45,747 · end of year $14,037

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $508 · end of year $15

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $20,808 · end of year $18,438

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

    $3,176,468

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

    $2,255,821

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $992,149 · end of year $920,647

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $963,310 · end of year $959,688

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,288 · end of year $3,288

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $73,732 · end of year $78,319

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,693 · end of year $10,062

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,094,849 · end of year $1,984,370

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE AS A PUBLIC MUSEUMAND BOTANICAL GARDEN THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, MAINTAIN & OPERATE AS A PUBLIC MUSEUM & BOTANICAL GARDEN THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

  • R.L.S. MUSEUM HAS BEEN APPRECIATED AND LAUDED IN AND OUT OF SAMOA.THIS YEAR MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE RLS MUSEUM WAS DEDICATED AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RLSM HAS CONTINUED ITS VITAL ROLE IN PRESERVING AND PROMOTING SAMOA'S CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE. THE MUSEUM REMAINS OPEN YEAR-ROUND, WELCOMING BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND PROVIDING GUIDED TOURS, EXHIBITIONS AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES THAT HIGHLIGHT THE LEGACY OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AND THE SAMOAN HISTORY.EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS WERE CONDUCTED FOR SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FEATURING HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE TALKS AND PERFORMANCES. THIS INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO PROMOTE CULTURAL AWARENESS, INSPIRE LEARNING AND STRENGTHEN CONNECTION TO THE MUSEUM'S MISSION.IN OCTOBER, SAMOA BECAME THE FIRST PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATE TO HOST THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING. THE MEETING FOCUSED ON THE THEME "ONE RESILIENT COMMON FUTURE: TRANSFORMING OUR COMMON WEALTH". RLSM HAD THE HONOUR OF HOSTING DELEGATES AND GUESTS DURING THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING (CHOGM) RLSM VENUE WAS THE CHOSEN VENUE FOR THE KING'S BANQUET. THE EVENT HIGHLIGHTED THE MUSEUM AS A NATIONAL LANDMARK AND AN IMPORTANT VENUE FOR CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND TOURISM

    Expenses $173,665

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Navaz Ghaswala

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rhonda Krause CPA

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Su'A Hellene Wallwork-Lamb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349321863

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