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TURTLE BAY EXPLORATION PARK

EIN 68-0236299 REDDING, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Randall Hempling

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jody Burgess

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Irene Salter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jill Letendre

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dee Domke

    DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jason Richart

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Matthew Moseley

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lindsay 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
  • Jennifer 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
  • Laurinda Willard

    COO

    Total calculated
    $97,950
    From this org
    $84,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,936
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kristy 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,563,743
    Expenses
    $8,265,913
    Contributions
    $5,262,320
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,609,811
    Expenses
    $7,379,558
    Contributions
    $5,522,458
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,223,185
    Expenses
    $7,646,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,250,618
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,018,286
    Expenses
    $6,773,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,579,013
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,171,940
    Expenses
    $6,490,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,532,472
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,013,120
    Expenses
    $6,307,167
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,303,203
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,082,634
    Expenses
    $5,807,778
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,446,135
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,968,897
    Expenses
    $5,149,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,163,806
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,163,782
    Expenses
    $4,986,617
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,160,266
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,974,549
    Expenses
    $5,364,659
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,268,535
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,966,527
    Expenses
    $4,780,470
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,490,085
  • 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

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

  • 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.