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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MAINE NATURAL HISTORY OBSERVATORY.

Totals

Total revenue
$348,525
Total expenses
$273,707
Contributions and grants received
$134,620
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$213,761
Investment income
$144
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$268,146
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,861
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$266,285
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$241,316
Management and general expenses
$32,391
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$241,316

Program services were 88.2% 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

    $10,311

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $124,309

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE CONTRACTS

    total $185,180 · related or exempt $185,180

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEDERAL CONTRACTS

    total $23,776 · related or exempt $23,776

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SALES INCOME

    total $3,768 · related or exempt $3,768

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SHIPPING INCOME

    total $1,037 · related or exempt $1,037

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $144 · excluded $144

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $38,396 · program services $37,628 · management and general $768

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $114,328 · program services $114,328

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,592 · program services $3,325 · management and general $267

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,889 · program services $12,500 · management and general $1,389

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,247 · program services $609 · management and general $3,638

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,241 · program services $54,067 · management and general $14,174

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,778 · program services $1,433 · management and general $345

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,362 · program services $2,346 · management and general $8,016

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,670 · program services $9,386 · management and general $284

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,450 · program services $1,350 · management and general $100

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,228 · program services $4,228

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,526 · program services $116 · management and general $3,410

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $159,185 · end of year $228,592

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,326 · end of year $8,640

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

    $42,288

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

    $11,374

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $35,142 · end of year $30,914

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,186 · end of year $1,861

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $191,467 · end of year $266,285

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NATURAL HISTORY OBSERVATION

  • INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF BIRD POPULATIONS IN MAINE THROUGH FIELD EFFORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

    Expenses $140,537 · Revenue $213,761

  • INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VASCULAR FLORA, RARE AND INVASIVE PLANTS IN MAINE THROUGH FIELD EFFORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

    Expenses $83,760

  • CATALOG AND PUBLISH DETAILS REGARDING SIGNIFICANT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS PERTAINING TO MAINE

    Expenses $17,019

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Glen Mittelhauser

    TREASURER/EX

    Total calculated
    $38,396
    From this org
    $38,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rich MacDonald

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jordan Chalfant

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Megan McOsker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jacob Van De Sande

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Bob Deforrest

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jill Webber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $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
18 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503239349300045

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