Wheels Through Time Museum INC

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Maggie Valley, NC501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 37-1412619

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The Wheels Through Time museum's mission is to collect,preserve and interpret the history of the motorcycle

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$629K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 39% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$629K
to officers and key staff · 29% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 89% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 29% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
30 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 29.5 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
$16.6M
62% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 62% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 8 voting members
Fine: 4 of 8 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.1M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$2.2M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$10.0M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2025▲ +2%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$3.1M
Expenses
$2.2M
FY2025▲ +8%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.2M
Net assets
$10.0M
FY2025▲ +11%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$6.9M
FY2023$8.0M
FY2024$9.0M
FY2025$10.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2002.

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

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $1.8M Management & general 16% · $346K Fundraising 1% · $31K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $629K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Marketing Director
$221,342Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$205,137Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$90,241Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$70,800Pt VII · Sec A
$29,850Pt VII · Sec A
$12,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Stephen Snyder’s $221K as Marketing Director is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Stephen Snyder$221,342$209,238———
Matthew Walksler$205,137$174,291$220,000$89,000$66,939
Steven Synder——$176,564$191,257—
Kris Estep$90,241$74,464$31,237$46,947$57,629
Daphane Brown$70,800$69,500—$68,400—
Daphane Brown——$67,400——
John Gustafson$29,850—$58,800$27,219—
Trisha Walksler$12,000$12,000$12,000$52,300$52,725

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Preserves and interprets motorcycle history through its collection.

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1 program service account for $1.8M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
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Operated and promoted museum dedicated to promoting public awareness and education related to antique cars and motorcycles

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.1M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$747K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$408K
Money outPt IX
$2.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.8M
Managementcol C$346K
Fundraisingcol D$31K
Owns and owesPt X
$10.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.4M
Total assetsLn 16$26.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$408K
Government grantsLn 1e$61K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$64K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$747K
Investment incomeLn 3$218K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.8M
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$3.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$404K
SavingsLn 2$5.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M
Other assetsLn 15$18.2M
Total assetsLn 16$26.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.6M
Net assetsLn 32$10.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.4M$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$24.9M$26.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15.9M$16.6M
Net assetsLn 32$9.0M$10.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$14K$14K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$629K$483K$115K$31K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$318K$270K$48K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$146K$124K$22K
Payroll taxesLn 10$63K$54K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$310
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$7K$1K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$145K$123K$22K
Office expensesLn 13$44K$37K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$62K$52K$9K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$55K$47K$8K
TravelLn 17$20K$17K$3K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$295$251$44
InterestLn 20$40K$34K$6K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$107K$91K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$50K$43K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$375K$319K$56K
All other expensesLn 24e$106K$90K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.2M$1.8M$346K$31K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.1M$2.2M$956K$10.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.1M$2.0M$1.0M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.0M$1.8M$1.1M$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.4M$1.8M$1.6M$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.8M$1.5M$1.2M$5.3M 990 PDF

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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 FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,140,486 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,764,806 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$60,648
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$347,707
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$64,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$408,410
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $746,980$746,980
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $218,363$218,363
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,927$1,927
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,442,054 · Excluded from tax $290,022$3,140,486
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,184,974 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $14,141$14,141
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $483,493 · Management $115,106 · Fundraising $30,771$629,370
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $270,042 · Management $47,655$317,697
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $124,244 · Management $21,925$146,169
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $53,830 · Management $9,499$63,329
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,759 · Management $310$2,069
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,054 · Management $1,245$8,299
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $123,132 · Management $21,729$144,861
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $37,016 · Management $6,532$43,548
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $52,329 · Management $9,234$61,563
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $47,081 · Management $8,308$55,389
IX-17 TravelPrograms $17,424 · Management $3,075$20,499
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $251 · Management $44$295
IX-20 InterestPrograms $33,590 · Management $5,928$39,518
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $90,944 · Management $16,049$106,993
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $42,783 · Management $7,550$50,333
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $318,528 · Management $56,211$374,739
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $90,237 · Management $15,925$106,162
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,807,878 · Management $346,325 · Fundraising $30,771$2,184,974
Part X · Balance sheet $26,643,635 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $670,662$403,956
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,733,928$4,961,898
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $289,182$277,752
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,807,630$2,778,076
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $16,410,801$18,221,953
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $24,912,203$26,643,635
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,366$27,119
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$31,400
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $14,733,450$15,890,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $15,867,525$16,643,445
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,860,178$9,751,190
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $184,500$249,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,044,678$10,000,190
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $24,912,203$26,643,635
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,000,190 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,140,486
XI-2 Total expenses$2,184,974
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$955,512
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,044,678
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$10,000,190

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