philanthropy.org | 990 Resource | FAQ Verify yourself
Sign in

Georgia Museums INC FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

Cartersville, GA501(c)(3)Since 2004Arts & CultureEIN 20-1234015Revenue $6.7M in FY2020

On file with the IRSgeorgiamuseums.orgPo Box 3248, 30120-1705 · Cartersville, GATax-exempt since Dec 2004Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

Tell your story. Claim this org

Georgia Museums, INC. Is a Georgia nonprofit organization which operates the bartow history museum ("bhm"), booth western art museum, tellus science museum and savoy automobile museum. The booth educates, entertains and inspires growth through the exploration of western art, popular culture, and american heritage in a welcoming environment. The bhm's mission is to preserve bartow county's history, educate a diverse community of students and visitors about its unique heritage, and to celebrate its sense of place through exhibits, programs and outreach activities presented in an engaging and pleasant manner. Tellus' mission is "because science matters, we engage, educate and inspire visitors to make scientific connections through dynamic exhibits and enriching experiences." the mission of savoy automobile museum is to "provide opportunities for visitors to explore the history and diversity of automobiles through changing exhibits, educational programs and engaging experiences."

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$285K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5.0M a year · 42% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$285K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.7M
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 5 voting members
Worth a look: 1 of 5 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$6.7M
Spent
$3.8M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$32.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.7M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.7M
FY2021$10.4M
FY2022$10.8M
FY2023$15.9M
FY2024$14.0M
FY2025$13.3M
Expenses
$3.8M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$8.1M
FY2023$7.9M
FY2024$8.5M
FY2025$9.5M
Net assets
$32.8M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$32.8M
FY2021$41.9M
FY2022$46.3M
FY2023$54.1M
FY2024$60.4M
FY2025$65.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Give Claim
You’re viewing the FY2020 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2025) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $2.7M Management & general 14% · $531K Fundraising 14% · $548K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to fix it

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $285K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Seth Hopkins
Executive Director
$162,603Pt VII · Sec A
Cathy Lee Eckert
Chief Operating Officer
$122,583Pt VII · Sec A
David Aiken
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jonathan Oscher
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Forrest McClain
Secretary & Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dorothy Oscher
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Seth Hopkins’s $191K as Executive Director - Booth is at the 14th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Seth Hopkins$190,801$189,349$183,658$173,649$166,861$162,603
Cathy Lee Eckert$174,148$163,203$157,168$146,211$136,857$122,583
Jose Enrique Santamaria—$120,355$113,448$102,581——
William J Thompson JR Dod 72121————$101,021—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Georgia Museums INC executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to fix it

Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Operates four museums: history, art, science, and automobiles.

Questions for Georgia Museums INC

Tap to ask. Georgia Museums INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Georgia Museums INC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

3 programs · $2.7M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Tellus science museum, a 120,000 square-foot science museum, includes a mineral gallery, fossil gallery, hands-on children's science gallery, a science of motorized transportation gallery, and a gem panning and fossil dig area (temporarily closed as a precaution because of COVID-19).

$1.4Mprogram expense
02

The booth western art museum is a 120,000 square-foot facility containing galleries of western contemporary art. Additional galleries feature presidential letters and photographs, civil war art, and fine art photography. There are four temporary galleries where changing exhibits are shown throughout the year.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

The bartow history museum is a 10,000 square-foot history museum located in a restored 1869 courthouse. Visitors have the opportunity to learn about bartow county and surrounding area local history through exhibits featuring artifacts that trace more than 200 years of human activity.

$165Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
North Georgia Community Foundation INCFY2025$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

Download 990
from philanthropy.org
1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$483K
Money outPt IX
$3.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.7M
Managementcol C$531K
Fundraisingcol D$548K
Owns and owesPt X
$32.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$34.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$984K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$271K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$168K
Other incomeLn 4–11$483K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$11K
Total revenueLn 12$6.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$166K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.7M
Other assetsLn 15$20.2M
Total assetsLn 16$34.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$32.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5254
VolunteersI 6273
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$421K$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.4M$9.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$30.7M$34.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$801K$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$29.9M$32.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.1M$1.3M$398K$393K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$36K$19K$8K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$182K$48K$72K$62K
Payroll taxesLn 10$152K$93K$29K$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$184K$179K$3K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$146K$126K$8K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$254K$243K$5K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$39K$39K
TravelLn 17$26K$14K$497$11K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$6K$65$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$342K$336K$4K$989
InsuranceLn 23$15K$15K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$264K$251K$813$13K
All other expensesLn 24e$66K$55K$2K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.8M$2.7M$531K$548K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $13.3M$9.5M$3.8M$65.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $14.0M$8.5M$5.5M$60.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.9M$7.9M$8.0M$54.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $10.8M$8.1M$2.7M$46.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $10.4M$3.6M$6.8M$41.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $6.7M$3.8M$2.9M$32.8M 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,701,117 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,483,752$4,337,740
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,624,060$1,712,726
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $89,610$167,672
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $720,836$482,979
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,918,258$6,701,117
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,197,348$2,448,911
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,946,223$1,343,650
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,143,571$3,792,561
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,774,687$2,908,556
Part VI · Governance 1 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members1
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,701,117 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $457,540 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$626,218
VIII-1c Fundraising events$270,941
VIII-1d Related organizations$1,403,978
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,036,603
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$984,487
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,337,740
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,712,726$1,712,726
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $178,585$178,585
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $6,281 · Excluded from tax $60,860$67,141
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$10,913−$10,913
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$43,849−$43,849
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,147$2,147
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,119,941 · Unrelated business $45,693 · Excluded from tax $197,743$6,701,117
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,792,561 across 14 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,288,433 · Management $398,223 · Fundraising $392,526$2,079,182
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $19,344 · Management $8,375 · Fundraising $8,059$35,778
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $47,508 · Management $72,298 · Fundraising $62,030$181,836
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $92,931 · Management $29,272 · Fundraising $29,912$152,115
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $179,189 · Management $2,675 · Fundraising $2,000$183,864
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $125,895 · Management $7,922 · Fundraising $12,384$146,201
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $243,130 · Management $4,740 · Fundraising $6,427$254,297
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $38,916$38,916
IX-17 TravelPrograms $14,277 · Management $497 · Fundraising $10,983$25,757
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,929 · Management $65 · Fundraising $1,045$7,039
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $336,480 · Management $4,257 · Fundraising $989$341,726
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $15,343$15,343
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $250,770 · Management $813 · Fundraising $12,560$264,143
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $54,892 · Management $2,231 · Fundraising $9,241$66,364
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,713,037 · Management $531,368 · Fundraising $548,156$3,792,561
Part X · Balance sheet $34,504,271 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $207,447$1,235,550
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $213,990$165,740
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $352,992$235,780
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,361$33,703
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,038,177$1,129,606
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $404,054$428,781
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,429,136$1,743,699
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $8,435,575$9,353,983
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $18,598,747$20,177,429
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $30,682,479$34,504,271
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $801,253$653,332
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$1,071,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $801,253$1,724,332
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $21,282,780$24,115,477
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,598,446$8,664,462
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $29,881,226$32,779,939
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $30,682,479$34,504,271
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $32,779,939 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,701,117
XI-2 Total expenses$3,792,561
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,908,556
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$29,881,226
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$9,843
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$32,779,939

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.