- Revenue 2024
- $5,563,743
- Expenses 2024
- $8,265,913
Program services were 59.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A500
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1335 ARBORETUM DRIVE
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 INSPIRE WONDER, EXPLORATION AND APPRECIATION OF OUR WORLD.
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MUSEUM ACTIVITIES - THE MUSEUM CONTAINS PERMANENT, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND TWO LARGE EXHIBITION GALLERIES. THE EXPERIENCES IN THE MUSEUM INCLUDE UNDERWATER FISH VIEWING, WALK THROUGH HISTORIC RE-CREATIONS, EXPERIMENTS WITH SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT AND ART VIEWING. THE EXHIBITS FEATURE A MIX OF INTERPRETIVE MATERIAL, MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITS, SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, SELF-GUIDED EXPLORATION, AND PLAY FEATURES.
Expenses $2,472,860 · Revenue $830,767
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EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER PROGRAMS - OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE: 1) ARBORETUM & BOTANICAL GARDEN THAT EXTEND OVER 200 ACRES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO THE SACRAMENTO RIVER TRAIL SYSTEM AND COMPRISE 20 ACRES OF MEDITERRANEAN-CLIMATE DISPLAY GARDENS, A CHILDREN'S GARDEN, A MEDICINAL GARDEN AND A BUTTERFLY GARDEN; 2) ANIMAL PROGRAMS THAT INSPIRE, CREATE CONNECTIONS AND FOSTER APPRECIATION FOR THE DIVERSITY AND MAGNIFICENCE OF WILDLIFE THROUGH CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT; 3) PAUL BUNYAN FOREST CAMP THAT IS AN EDUCATIONAL HUB MODELED AFTER AN OLD-TIME FOREST CAMP AND CONSISTS OF THE MILL-HOUSE MUSEUM, HAND-ON EXHIBITS AND AN INTERPRETIVE FOREST; AND 4) SCHOOL TOUR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS IN THE NORTH STATE.
Expenses $2,413,063 · Revenue $1,325,649
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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Randall HemplingRANDALL HEMPLING
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jody BurgessJODY BURGESS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Irene SalterIRENE SALTER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jill LetendreJILL LETENDRE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dee DomkeDEE DOMKE
DEVELOPMENT CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jason RichartJASON RICHART
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Matthew MoseleyMATTHEW MOSELEY
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Lindsay MyersLINDSAY MYERS
CEO
- Total calculated
- $269,640
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $249,983
- Other
- $19,657
- Hours/week
- 24 + 16 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $224,983 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $25,000 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $7,515 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $12,142 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $269,640 related
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Jennifer FinneganJENNIFER FINNEGAN
CFO (UNTIL 03/24)
- Total calculated
- $25,837
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $22,868
- Other
- $2,969
- Hours/week
- 24 + 16 related
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Laurinda WillardLAURINDA WILLARD
COO
- Total calculated
- $97,950
- From this org
- $84,014
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,936
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kristy BrundinKRISTY BRUNDIN
CFO (FROM 03/24)
- Total calculated
- $120,532
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $120,532
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 24 + 16 related
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
- $5,563,743
- Expenses
- $8,265,913
- Contributions
- $5,262,320
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,609,811
- Expenses
- $7,379,558
- Contributions
- $5,522,458
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $12,961,213
- Expenses
- $7,428,109
- Contributions
- $11,230,677
- 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
- $8,223,185
- Expenses
- $7,646,564
- Assets (EOY)
- $48,250,618
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,018,286
- Expenses
- $6,773,011
- Assets (EOY)
- $46,579,013
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,171,940
- Expenses
- $6,490,504
- Assets (EOY)
- $45,532,472
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,013,120
- Expenses
- $6,307,167
- Assets (EOY)
- $47,303,203
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,082,634
- Expenses
- $5,807,778
- Assets (EOY)
- $49,446,135
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,968,897
- Expenses
- $5,149,939
- Assets (EOY)
- $43,163,806
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,163,782
- Expenses
- $4,986,617
- Assets (EOY)
- $42,160,266
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,974,549
- Expenses
- $5,364,659
- Assets (EOY)
- $41,268,535
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,966,527
- Expenses
- $4,780,470
- Assets (EOY)
- $42,490,085
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $5,121,342
- Assets (EOY)
- $41,348,374
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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2024 ARTS AND CULTURE - M
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2023
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2024 Preservation & disaster preparedness
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$10,000
2024
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2023 ARTS AND CULTURE - M
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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TURTLE BAY HOLDINGS INC
C · HOTEL OPERATIONS · CA · 100% owned · share of income $12,789,785 · share of assets $30,620,072 · controlled entity
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.