TALLAHASSEE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND NATURAL SCIENCE INC
EIN 59-0838924 TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Revenue 2024
- $2,775,960
- Expenses 2024
- $3,069,951
Program services were 77.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A560
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 3945 MUSEUM DR
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE TALLAHASSEE MUSEUM INSPIRES PEOPLE TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES, COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD THROUGH AN ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REGION'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
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THE TALLAHASSEE MUSEUM IS A REGIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND NATURAL SCIENCE, CONSISTING OF 52 ACRES AND 24 HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY BUILDINGS. THE SITE INCLUDES PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITS AND FACILITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PRESENTATIONS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. THE MUSEUM SERVES OVER 141,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY, WITH APPROXIMATELY 130,000 VISITORS ON-SITE AND 11,000 THROUGH ITS OFF-SITE AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.
Expenses $2,244,494 · Revenue $69,146
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THE MUSEUM MAINTAINS EXHIBITS AND COLLECTIONS IN THE MUSEUM AND ON THE GROUNDS. THESE INCLUDE A LIVING COLLECTION OF NATIVE ANIMALS EXHIBITED IN NATURAL HABITAT ENCLOSURES AND CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL EXHIBITS.
Expenses $97,495 · Revenue $904,429
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THE MUSEUM ALSO RUNS SUMMER NATURE AND HISTORY CAMP PROGRAMS, EARLY CHILDHOOD/PRESCHOOL CLASSES, AND NUMEROUS OTHER EDUCATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, AND TOURS DURING THE YEAR. OVER 6,500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN APPROXIMATELY 200 PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY THE MUSEUM EACH YEAR.
Expenses $35,294 · Revenue $339,370
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Russell S DawsRUSSELL S DAWS
PRESIDENT/CE
- Total calculated
- $203,384
- From this org
- $181,089
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,295
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,989
- Bonus
- $100
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,295
- Filer's total
- $203,384
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Rebekka WadeREBEKKA WADE
FORMER VP/CO
- Total calculated
- $115,494
- From this org
- $114,752
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $742
- Hours/week
- 40
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Lauren ApplewhiteLAUREN APPLEWHITE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eryn CalabroERYN CALABRO
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Amy GroffAMY GROFF
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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George Avant JrGEORGE AVANT JR
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Larry KubiakLARRY KUBIAK
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Claude LillyCLAUDE LILLY
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Allen McConnaughhayALLEN MCCONNAUGHHAY
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ana MelendezANA MELENDEZ
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard MooreRICHARD MOORE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kim OrtloffKIM ORTLOFF
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mike RuppMIKE RUPP
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ken SilvestriKEN SILVESTRI
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kimberly SmileyKIMBERLY SMILEY
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nancy Stepina-RobisonNANCY STEPINA-ROBISON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rob VickersROB VICKERS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tre' WarrenTRE' WARREN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Abbey WattABBEY WATT
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christine LucasCHRISTINE LUCAS
CURRENT COO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $2,775,960
- Expenses
- $3,069,951
- Contributions
- $1,114,140
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,011,671
- Expenses
- $2,924,408
- Contributions
- $1,414,020
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,530,385
- Expenses
- $2,693,675
- Contributions
- $904,698
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,533,946
- Expenses
- $2,466,188
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,866,559
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,794,283
- Expenses
- $2,051,390
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,222,964
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,426,683
- Expenses
- $2,190,143
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,032,174
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,406,161
- Expenses
- $2,376,149
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,843,599
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,359,644
- Expenses
- $2,386,551
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,834,584
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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ROTARY DISTRICT 6940 FOUNDATION INC
$200,000
2022 ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE HISTORICAL ITEMS.
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$15,500
2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT & 2022 GRANT RECIPIENT
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.