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← NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,746,566
Total expenses
$12,482,155
Contributions and grants received
$18,792,874
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,698,254
Investment income
$460,720
Other revenue
$1,794,718
Total assets, end of year
$121,562,514
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,387,725
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$119,174,789
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,550,583
Management and general expenses
$4,047,579
Fundraising expenses
$1,883,993
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,550,583

Program services were 52.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $36,846

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $870,729

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,885,299

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $371,634

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY INCOME

    total $1,531,769 · related or exempt $1,531,769

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $945,509 · related or exempt $945,509

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCR

    total $220,976 · related or exempt $220,976

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $828,480 · excluded $828,480

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $3,081 · excluded $3,081

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $467,596 · personal property $299,237

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $63,481 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $404,115 · personal property $299,237

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $703,352 · unrelated business $299,237 · excluded $404,115

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,884,593

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

    securities $13,252,353

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$367,760

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$367,760 · excluded -$367,760

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $36,846

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $42,389

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$42,389 · excluded -$42,389

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,372,624

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $767,148

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $605,476 · related or exempt $231,351 · unrelated business $374,125

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $525,198 · related or exempt $525,198

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $525,198

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $723,253 · program services $343,897 · management and general $240,394 · fundraising $138,962

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,737,091 · program services $2,252,421 · management and general $1,574,510 · fundraising $910,160

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $150,718 · program services $88,842 · management and general $39,039 · fundraising $22,837

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $452,216 · program services $266,562 · management and general $117,133 · fundraising $68,521

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $395,925 · program services $208,700 · management and general $120,509 · fundraising $66,716

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $176,667 · management and general $176,667

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $79,510 · management and general $79,510

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $92,118 · fundraising $92,118

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $116,055 · management and general $116,055

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $175,206 · program services $59,143 · management and general $105,765 · fundraising $10,298

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $463,854 · program services $54,768 · management and general $5,433 · fundraising $403,653

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $352,516 · program services $64,053 · management and general $250,297 · fundraising $38,166

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $265,089 · program services $3,675 · management and general $221,689 · fundraising $39,725

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $580,522 · program services $537,506 · management and general $43,016

  • 17 · Travel

    total $123,496 · program services $60,111 · management and general $24,548 · fundraising $38,837

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $897,623 · program services $862,146 · management and general $35,477

  • 20 · Interest

    total $96,819 · management and general $96,819

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,000,041 · program services $925,938 · management and general $74,103

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $331,805 · program services $304,166 · management and general $27,639

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASE AND MAI

    total $635,941 · program services $166,495 · management and general $461,592 · fundraising $7,854

  • 24b · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS AND AWARDS

    total $242,711 · program services $215,007 · management and general $27,704

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $134,456 · program services $90,471 · management and general $2,701 · fundraising $41,284

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $83,122 · program services $8,450 · management and general $74,672

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $175,401 · program services $38,232 · management and general $132,307 · fundraising $4,862

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,441,922 · end of year $4,615,907

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,439,236 · end of year $486,198

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $7,828,960

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $256,218 · end of year $341,719

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $557,706 · end of year $548,257

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $217,893 · end of year $242,392

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

    $67,020,665

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

    $36,216,449

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,838,905 · end of year $30,804,216

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $21,617,718 · end of year $26,368,200

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,400,813 · end of year $4,989,472

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $44,830,867 · end of year $45,337,193

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,195,781 · end of year $1,429,649

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $983,479 · end of year $958,076

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $89,269,427 · end of year $94,426,221

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,152,591 · end of year $24,748,568

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE EVOLVING HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN WEST FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT OF ITS DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

  • SPECIAL EVENTS ARE HELD ON SITE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE WAYS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, ENCOURAGE ARTISTS TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE WESTERN HERITAGE THROUGH THEIR ARTWORK AND TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE, TELEVISION, AND OTHER MEDIA FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST.

    Expenses $1,577,477 · Revenue $1,531,769

  • EXHIBITS ARE SHOWCASED THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM TO ENCOURAGE CURIOSITY AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND VALUES OF THE AMERICAN WEST.

    Expenses $4,321,782 · Revenue $945,509

  • CHALLENGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED AND INTEGRATED WITH EXHIBITIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH TO PROMOTE THE MUSEUM'S MISSIONS OF PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING THE WEST. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ALSO STRENGTHEN THE ARTISTIC VALUE OF THE MUSEUMS'S COLLECTION TO THE PUBLIC AND EXPOSE THE PUBLIC TO VARIOUS CULTURES AND ARTISTIC TRADITIONS OF THE WEST.

    Expenses $651,324

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Revenue $977,525

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JERRY WINCHESTER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HENRY A TRUE III

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WYATT MCCREA

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • EVERETT DOBSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LYNNETTE FRIESS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GILBERT G AGUIRRE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT L ALLEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JT ATHERTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LANCE BENHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BILLY BERGIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GREGORY J BRADDOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DON BRINKMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEPHEN BROPHY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SCOTT CALHOON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN D CRESAP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRENT CUMMINGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEPHEN ELLIOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KEN FERGESON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ORRIN L GABSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL GAUGHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PATRICK GRANT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • E PETER HOFFMAN JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT S HUGHES II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MIKE INGRAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CATHY KEATING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GARY W KINSLOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • S WHITFIELD LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LIZ M LOKEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • FRANK LOVE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • FRANK G MERRILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICK MUNCRIEF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LARRY NICHOLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL J NICOLA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BOBBY NORRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TED PAUP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREA PERDUE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LESLIE J RAINBOLT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUSAN ROEDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEONARD J SADLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GREGORY M SIMON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROGER N SIMONS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT SLATER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SARAH STAFFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANITA LA CAVA SWIFT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CLAYTON TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL G THORNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • REX W TILLERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NITA VAIL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GORDON WHITENER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN W WROTEN JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PATRICK FITZGERALD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $314,153
    From this org
    $295,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,573
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,580
    Filer's total
    $314,153
  • JJ TREADWELL

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $160,672
    From this org
    $146,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,827
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,845
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,948
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,879
    Filer's total
    $160,672
  • JEFF EWING

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,430
    From this org
    $238,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,930
    Bonus
    $49,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $248,430
  • BOB MILLER

    IMAGINEER

    Total calculated
    $194,393
    From this org
    $176,935
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,458
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,935
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,458
    Filer's total
    $194,393
  • JAKE YUNKER

    MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $205,487
    From this org
    $189,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,629
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,858
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,879
    Filer's total
    $205,487
  • DIANA FIELDS

    VP OF GRANT AND EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $176,035
    From this org
    $161,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,379
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,656
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,879
    Filer's total
    $176,035

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

  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
ALL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING OUR PRESIDENT, MAY INCUR SOME EXPENSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MUSEUM, FOR EXAMPLE TAKING A CLIENT OR DONOR TO LUNCH. THE EMPLOYEES MUST PRESENT A COPY OF THE INVOICE TO THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. ANY EMPLOYEE CAN REQUEST A TRAVEL ADVANCE WHICH THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT SETS UP AS A RECEIVABLE FROM THE EMPLOYEE UNTIL THE EMPLOYEE RETURNS FROM THEIR TRAVEL AND SUBMITS THEIR RECEIPTS WITH EITHER THE REMAINING FUNDS OR A REQUEST FOR ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.
PART I, LINE 7
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO HAD THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE A BONUS SET ON ACHIEVABLE OBJECTIVES WHICH WERE DETERMINED BY OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. IN ADDITION, THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE A BONUS BASED ON PERFORMANCE GOALS RELATED TO FUNDRAISING. THE MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER AND VP OF GRANT AND EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT POSITIONS ARE BOTH ELIGIBLE FOR A BONUS BASED ON FUNDRAISING ATTAINMENT.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433199349310783

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