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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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Russell 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
  • Rebekka Wade

    FORMER VP/CO

    Total calculated
    $115,494
    From this org
    $114,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $742
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lauren Applewhite

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eryn Calabro

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Amy Groff

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George Avant Jr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Kubiak

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claude Lilly

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allen McConnaughhay

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ana Melendez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Moore

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Ortloff

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Rupp

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Silvestri

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Smiley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Stepina-Robison

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Vickers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tre' Warren

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Abbey Watt

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,775,960
    Expenses
    $3,069,951
    Contributions
    $1,114,140
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,011,671
    Expenses
    $2,924,408
    Contributions
    $1,414,020
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,533,946
    Expenses
    $2,466,188
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,866,559
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,794,283
    Expenses
    $2,051,390
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,222,964
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,426,683
    Expenses
    $2,190,143
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,032,174
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,406,161
    Expenses
    $2,376,149
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,843,599
  • 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

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.