- Revenue 2024
- $285,505
- Expenses 2024
- $320,189
Program services were 63.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A50
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- PO BOX 413
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
OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, SHARE, AND CELEBRATE SANIBEL'S HISTORY. OUR GOAL IS TO FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF SANIBEL, TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR VARIOUS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, AND COMPATIBLE RE-USE OF SANIBEL'S HISTORIC RESOURCES.
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THE VILLAGE CONSISTS OF NINE (9) AUTHENTIC,HISTORICALLY RESTORED BUILDINGS, EACH REPRESENTING AN ASPECT OF PIONEER LIFE. THERE IS A SCHOOLHOUSE, A FISHING COTTAGE, A "SNOWBIRD" COTTAGE, A GENERAL STORE AND TEA ROOM. ADMISSIONS WERE UP 10% OVER LAST YEAR. THE MUSEUM HOSTED SPECIAL TOURS DURING THE SEASON. THESE SPECIAL TOURS ARE GEARED TOTALLY TOWARD EDUCATION, AGAIN FULFILLING OUR MISSION TO PRESERVE, SHARE, AND CELEBRATE SANIBEL'S HISTORY. EACH TOUR IS HOSTED BY ONE OR TWO EXPERIENCED TOUR GUIDES AND RANGES FROM 1-1/2 TO TWO HOURS.
Expenses $198,424 · Revenue $2,835
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THE MUSEUM OFFERED TWO TWILIGHT TALKS DURING THE SEASON WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE ATTENDING EACH TALK. THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF OUR BEST VEHICLES FOR EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND AND THE PURPOSE OF THE MUSEUM. BY THESE TALKS, WE ARE FULFILLING OUR MISSION. THE TALKS INCLUDED: - THE HISTORY OF TARPON BAY - GOD AND SANIBEL: THE HISTORY OF RELIGION ON SANIBEL
Expenses $3,427 · Revenue $5,186
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THE MUSEUM OFFERED THREE VOLUNTEER UPDATE EVENTS. THESE ARE CASUAL LUNCH- TIME TALKS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS AT THE 150 LEVEL OR ABOVE. THEIR PURPOSE IS EDUCATION, AND THEY ARE USUALLY ATTENDED BY ABOUT 60 PEOPLE, THE FULL CAPACITY OF OUR ON-SITE LOCATION. THE TALKS WERE: - STATE OF THE VILLAGE AND ITS FUTURE (EXPENSES AND REVENUE ZERO) - OUR BUILDINGS HAVE A PAST (EXPENSES AND REVENUE ZERO) - GROWING UP ON THE BAY (EXPENSES AND REVENUE ZERO) THE VILLAGE ALSO HELD FUN MULE APPRECIATION WEEK TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF MULES TO THE ISLAND PIONEERS. THERE IS A NEW MULE EXHIBIT PERFECT FOR PICTURE TAKING AND SPECIAL ITEMS FOR SALE IN THE GIFT SHOP.
Revenue $143
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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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PAM MINER
EXEC DIRECTO
- Total calculated
- $77,290
- From this org
- $77,290
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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VIRGINIA DARBY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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RON GOULD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JANE JENSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JAMES LAVELLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ALAN LESSACK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JOHN MCGRATH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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GAIL MIGLIORI
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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MARY MILLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CELINA KERSH MONTE-SANTO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JULIE PERESS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SUSAN RAMSER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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TRACEY TENNEY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $285,505
- Expenses
- $320,189
- Contributions
- $257,871
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $330,765
- Expenses
- $219,846
- Contributions
- $270,724
- 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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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $461,501
- Expenses
- $348,542
- Assets (EOY)
- $843,772
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $219,990
- Expenses
- $249,852
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,034,162
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $340,520
- Expenses
- $258,594
- Assets (EOY)
- $951,121
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $332,118
- Expenses
- $232,061
- Assets (EOY)
- $840,615
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $303,250
- Expenses
- $406,454
- Assets (EOY)
- $729,979
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $324,553
- Expenses
- $233,111
- Assets (EOY)
- $826,026
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $489,655
- Expenses
- $218,190
- Assets (EOY)
- $700,179
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $254,041
- Expenses
- $240,022
- Assets (EOY)
- $412,361
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $462,216
- Expenses
- $478,403
- Assets (EOY)
- $404,063
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $143,836
- Assets (EOY)
- $415,416
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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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2022 DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS COTTAGE MUSEUM
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2022 Fabricate and install historical ed signage
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.