NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FOREST SERVICE HISTORY INC

EIN 81-0454269 MISSOULA, MT

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Revenue 2024: $3,796,227
Expenses 2024: $573,190

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: 1615 S CATLIN ST

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

TO SHARE THE RICH HISTORY AND STORIES OF AMERICA'S CONSERVATION LEGACY.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION LEGACY AND EDUCATION CENTER (THE CENTER). THE CENTER, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YEAR-ROUND. THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE A CENTRALIZED NATIONAL FACILITY FOR ARCHIVES, OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL MEMORABILIA PORTRAYING THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF FOREST SERVICE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING RESEARCH, STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY, INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY, AND THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTIRE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM. THE MUSEUM'S SUPPORT COMES PRIMARILY FROM PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS, GOVERNMENT GRANTS, MEMBERSHIP DUES, AND IN-KIND DONATIONS.

Expenses $493,090
PROVIDE A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER TO MEMBERS TO UPDATE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND RAISE AWARENESS OF CURRENT NEWS ITEMS RELEVANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE FOREST SERVICE.

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.

Tom ThompsonTOM THOMPSON

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10.09
David M StackDAVID M STACK

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

31.71
Michael PaterniMICHAEL PATERNI

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.07
Andy MasonANDY MASON

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

9.4
Elizabeth AgpaoaELIZABETH AGPAOA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.76
Phil AunePHIL AUNE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20
Dale BosworthDALE BOSWORTH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5.81
Fred CooperFRED COOPER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

8.65
Larry GadtLARRY GADT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.96
Nancy J GibsonNANCY J GIBSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

19.23
Patricia GranthamPATRICIA GRANTHAM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.08
Mark LodineMARK LODINE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.77
Pat LynchPAT LYNCH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.62
John MacLeanJOHN MACLEAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.19
Char MillerCHAR MILLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.19
Charlie RichmondCHARLIE RICHMOND

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.31
G Lynn SpragueG LYNN SPRAGUE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4.81
John SteffensonJOHN STEFFENSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.84
Richard StemRICHARD STEM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

23.85
Onno WieringaONNO WIERINGA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3.19
Barbara TormoehlenBARBARA TORMOEHLEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

23.08
Richard O Woodfin JrRICHARD O WOODFIN JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.65
Brian LeiszBRIAN LEISZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

13.46
Doug CrandallDOUG CRANDALL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.77
Jane LecheJANE LECHE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5.77

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$3,796,227

Expenses

$573,190

Contributions

$3,524,410

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$2,119,810

Expenses

$489,675

Contributions

$1,905,129

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$3,286,880

Expenses

$614,849

Contributions

$3,128,627

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$3,796,227	$573,190	$3,524,410	$0
2023	$2,119,810	$489,675	$1,905,129	$0
2022	$3,286,880	$614,849	$3,128,627	$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

2021 · 990

Revenue

$2,214,138

Expenses

$320,024

Assets (EOY)

$7,415,513
2020 · 990

Revenue

$3,007,160

Expenses

$223,636

Assets (EOY)

$5,398,029
2019 · 990

Revenue

$771,764

Expenses

$246,482

Assets (EOY)

$2,368,584
2018 · 990

Revenue

$297,782

Expenses

$251,333

Assets (EOY)

$1,795,700
2018 · 990

Revenue

$297,782

Expenses

$251,333

Assets (EOY)

$1,795,700
2017 · 990

Revenue

$327,146

Expenses

$200,034

Assets (EOY)

$1,791,275
2016 · 990

Revenue

$248,497

Expenses

$123,760

Assets (EOY)

$1,651,924
2015 · 990

Revenue

$175,372

Expenses

$105,456

Assets (EOY)

$1,517,956
2014 · 990

Revenue

$108,542

Expenses

$101,199

Assets (EOY)

$1,477,232
2013 · 990

Revenue

$140,102

Expenses

$135,463

Assets (EOY)

$1,473,537

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$2,214,138	$320,024	$7,415,513
2020	990	$3,007,160	$223,636	$5,398,029
2019	990	$771,764	$246,482	$2,368,584
2018	990	$297,782	$251,333	$1,795,700
2018	990	$297,782	$251,333	$1,795,700
2017	990	$327,146	$200,034	$1,791,275
2016	990	$248,497	$123,760	$1,651,924
2015	990	$175,372	$105,456	$1,517,956
2014	990	$108,542	$101,199	$1,477,232
2013	990	$140,102	$135,463	$1,473,537

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

GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$500,000

2024 Arts & Culture
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO

$114,000

2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$100,000

2024 ARTS
THE GIBBS FOUNDATION INC

$70,000

2024 TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CHARITIES INC

$25,000

2024 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AMERICAS CHARITIES

$15,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL

$15,000

2024 FUNDS PROVIDED TO PROMOTE LIVESTOCK EDUCATION.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$14,455

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$10,150

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$7,000

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.