HOMER SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A560

Classification

2000

Street

3779 BARTLETT 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 · 2025

• IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRATT MUSEUM MISSION, THE EDUCATION PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO LIFELONG LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF THE KACHEMAK BAY REGION OF ALASKA AND ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD. THE EDUCATION PROGRAM SEEKS TO INSPIRE SELF-REFLECTION AND DIALOGUE IN ITS COMMUNITY AND VISITORS THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND INTERPRETIVE EXHIBITS IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES, AND HUMANITIES. THE PRATT MUSEUM'S EXHIBITS BRING OUR MISSION TO OVER 10,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR BY SHOWCASING AND PROVIDING INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AROUND THE ART, NATURAL HISTORY, AND HUMAN EXPERIENCES OF THE REGION. THE MUSEUM HAS FIVE INDOOR GALLERIES PLUS SEASONAL AND PERMANENT OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS ON ITS 9.8 ACRE SITE. APPROXIMATELY SIX ROTATING EXHIBITS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS ARE OFFERED EACH YEAR IN THE MUSEUM'S SPECIAL EXHIBITS GALLERY. THE PRATT MUSEUM MAINTAINS COLLECTIONS IN ITS MISSION AREAS OF THE ARTS, SCIENCES, AND HUMANITIES TO PRESERVE THESE ITEMS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS, AND TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATIONAL MISSION BY USING THEM IN EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $373,399 · Grants $250

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $438,768

  Expenses

  $655,655

  Contributions

  $290,083

  Grants paid

  $250

• 2024

  Revenue

  $538,679

  Expenses

  $726,949

  Contributions

  $406,922

  Grants paid

  $1,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,015,764

  Expenses

  $529,385

  Contributions

  $945,183

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $412,629

  Expenses

  $593,079

  Contributions

  $342,310

  Grants paid

  $7,710

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

  $416,469

  Expenses

  $571,043

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,379,566

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $559,395

  Expenses

  $407,552

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,678,706

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $498,762

  Expenses

  $449,908

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,618,155

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $545,053

  Expenses

  $2,228,083

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,518,174

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $470,095

  Expenses

  $476,876

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,185,252

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $386,376

  Expenses

  $614,104

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,180,371

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $445,079

  Expenses

  $556,187

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,407,202

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $608,044

  Expenses

  $543,480

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,530,699

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,103,198

  Expenses

  $520,212

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,451,603

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $742,408

  Expenses

  $509,468

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,886,946

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

• MUSEUMS ALASKA INCORPORATED

  $16,602

  2024 · CMF, SCHOLARSHIP

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · SPECIFIED PURPOSE

• HOMER FOUNDATION

  $9,500

  2022 · OPERATING SUPPORT

• ALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $8,000

  2024 · Operational Support

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