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← LT MICHAEL P MURPHY NAVY SEAL MUSEUM

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LT MICHAEL P MURPHY NAVY SEAL MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$540,634
Total expenses
$775,545
Contributions and grants received
$507,330
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$61,833
Investment income
$23
Other revenue
-$28,552
Total assets, end of year
$3,020,236
Total liabilities, end of year
$461,856
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,558,380
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$558,733
Management and general expenses
$209,834
Fundraising expenses
$6,978
Program service expenses (Part III)
$558,733

Program services were 72.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $15,050

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $122,071

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,709

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $368,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $61,833 · related or exempt $61,833

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23 · excluded $23

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $47,000

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

    $122,071

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $75,552

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$28,552 · excluded -$28,552

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $125,000 · management and general $125,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $125,694 · program services $125,694

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,337 · program services $16,775 · management and general $28,562

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,356 · management and general $39,356

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,238 · management and general $3,238

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,571 · program services $11,571

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,117 · program services $25,872 · management and general $7,245

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $49,190 · program services $49,190

  • 17 · Travel

    total $334 · program services $334

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,960 · program services $6,960

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $233,247 · program services $233,247

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,990 · program services $33,560 · management and general $3,430

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE EXPENSE

    total $35,910 · program services $35,910

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE PRODUCTION

    total $19,620 · program services $19,620

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,981 · management and general $3,003 · fundraising $6,978

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $100,380 · end of year $29,959

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $50,063 · end of year $40,077

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,750

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,700

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

    $3,498,762

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

    $558,477

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,056,405 · end of year $2,940,285

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $32,582 · end of year $9,915

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,689 · end of year $11,956

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $300,000 · end of year $300,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $149,900 · end of year $149,900

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,793,291 · end of year $2,558,380

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF NAVY SEALS AND TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF LT MICHAEL MURPHY AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL NAVAL SEA CADETS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF NAVY SEALS AND TO PERSEVE THE LEGACY OF LT MICHAEL MURPHY AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL NAVAL SEA CADETS.

  • THE LT MICHAEL P. MURPHY NAVY SEAL MUSEUM & SEA CADET TRAINING FACILITY IS A DUAL PURPOSE BUILDING SERVING AS BOTH A NAVY MUSEUM AND A TRAINING FACILITY FOR 11 17 YEAR OLD SEA CADETS, BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS TO BE BETTER CITIZENS. THE MUSEUM ITSELF HAS 7 EXHIBITION HALLS PROMOTING THE BRAVERY, LEGACY AND STORIES OF OUR NAVY SPECIAL WARFARE HEROES FROM WORLD WAR 2 THROUGH THE WAR ON TERROR ALONG WITH A MEMORIAL WALL AND SEAL TRAINING EXHIBITION HALL. THESE AREAS BRING TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION THE EXPLOITS OF THESE TRULY EXCEPTIONAL MEN THROUGH MOVIES, VIDEOS, ARTIFACTS AND HANDS ON "STATE OF THE ART" COMPUTER DISPLAYS OF EACH ERA IN THE UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAMS AND NAVY SEAL HISTORY. (CONT'D. ON SCHEDULE O) THE PUBLIC AND VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO GRASP, COMPREHEND AND UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THESE EXTRAORDINARY SAILORS IN PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY. THE MUSEUM ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO NOTE THE COST OF FREEDOM IN THE LIVES LOST AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL STORIES OF THE VARIOUS PERIODS IN NAVAL HISTORY. THE ADJOINING SEA CADET TRAINING FACILITY ACTS AS BOTH AN EVENT SPACE AND TRAINING FACILITY FOR THE LT MICHAEL P. MURPHY SEA CADET DIVISION AND TEACHES LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND CITIZENRY TO OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS, SOME OF WHOM MAY SEEK TO JOIN THE MILITARY AND SERVE THIS NATION. THIS FACILITY OFFERS CLASSROOM WORK, NAVAL HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXERCISES TO PROMOTE STRONG MINDS AND BODIES.

    Expenses $558,733 · Revenue $61,833

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

Listed in Part VII

  • John D Murphy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Mastrangelo

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon McKenna

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Racioppi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Agostinelli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Atkinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr James Bertsch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Butler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judge Pierce Fox Cohalan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William J Lindsay III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Mallory

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel J Murphy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maureen T Murphy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Ronayne

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bret Sears Resigned 724

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Wyllie

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

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
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533169349304848

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