- Revenue 2024
- $976,547
- Expenses 2024
- $381,641
Program services were 80.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A54
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 7503 PETERSBURG RD
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 PROVIDE A DESTINATION FILLED WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF TOTAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN PRESERVING OUR FREEDOM. THE MUSEUM IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL AGES AND ILLUSTRATES GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF EVANSVILLE AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORTING WARTIME EFFORTS.
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TO ACQUIRE, PRESERVE AND INTERPRET HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND EDUCATE ALL AGES BY TELLING HOW INDUSTRY, HOMEFRONT WORKERS AND MILITARY VETERANS SUPPORTED OUR NATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT
Expenses $308,146 · Revenue $96,876
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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John BassemeierJOHN BASSEMEIER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike BeversMIKE BEVERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter BlancPETER BLANC
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim BrayTIM BRAY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ryan BurkartRYAN BURKART
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jack ButtrumJACK BUTTRUM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James CameronJAMES CAMERON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jeff DeigJEFF DEIG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike ElliottMIKE ELLIOTT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bruce GreenBRUCE GREEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John GrossJOHN GROSS
BOARD CHAIRM
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Joe KratochvilJOE KRATOCHVIL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard KuhnRICHARD KUHN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael LynnMICHAEL LYNN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Browning MDMARK BROWNING MD
BOARD CHAIRM
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
Nancy SandersonNANCY SANDERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David SmithDAVID SMITH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard SmithRICHARD SMITH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike TiemannMIKE TIEMANN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sam TrockmanSAM TROCKMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wayne TrockmanWAYNE TROCKMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kawn WattersKAWN WATTERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian WilliamsBRIAN WILLIAMS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- $976,547
- Expenses
- $381,641
- Contributions
- $777,058
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2024
- Revenue
- $976,547
- Expenses
- $381,641
- Contributions
- $777,058
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $691,564
- Expenses
- $340,693
- Contributions
- $463,528
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $308,555
- Expenses
- $236,055
- Contributions
- $216,146
- 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
- $254,887
- Expenses
- $93,941
- Assets (EOY)
- $229,849
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2018 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $56,121
- Expenses
- $42,557
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,243
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016
- Tax period
- 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
- Principal officer
-
Jack Buttrum
- Mailing address
- 7001 Petersburg RoadEvansville IN 47725
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
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2023 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
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$49,999
2023 HSG GRANTS
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$25,000
2024 COMMUNITY SUPPORT
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$8,200
2024 HSG GRANTS
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2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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.