The Bunny Museum

Tax-deductible

Altadena, CA501(c)(3)Since 2014AnimalsEIN 47-1555043

The purpose is to be a museum to collect, preserve, research, interpret, and exhibit bunny objects of value for enjoying, understanding, and educating the public about bunnies historically in cultures and in nature.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 10 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $560K a year · 59% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$8K
to officers and key staff · 0.10% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 99% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 0% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.8M
100% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 100% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.0M
×18 vs prior year
Spent
$7.8M
To programs
0%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.0M
FY2025▲ ×18
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$450K
FY2021$475K
FY2022$251K
FY2023$258K
FY2024$224K
FY2025$4.0M
Expenses
$7.8M
FY2025▲ ×82
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$364K
FY2021$414K
FY2022$235K
FY2023$107K
FY2024$96K
FY2025$7.8M
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.2M
FY2021$4.4M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$3.4M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$0

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 Sep 2014.

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

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 52% · $4.1M Fundraising 48% · $3.8M

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $8K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$7,800Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Volunteer Committee Head
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Candace Frazee’s $8K as President is at the 1st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Candace Frazee$7,800$9,600$14,500$18,000$24,000

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Collects, preserves, and exhibits bunny objects to educate the public about their history and nature.

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$7K
Money outPt IX
$7.8M
Ln 25
Managementcol C$4.1M
Fundraisingcol D$3.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$427K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$15K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$476K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Other incomeLn 4–11$7K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$4.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$427K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$427K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.6M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
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$2K$427K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$5.3M$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.5M$3.8M
Net assetsLn 32$3.8M$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$8K$0$8K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$1K$1K$0
Management feesLn 11a$50K$0$50K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$203K$0$203K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$14K$0
Office expensesLn 13$84K$0$84K$0
Information technologyLn 14$1K$0$1K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$2.6M$0$2.6M$0
TravelLn 17$8K$0$8K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$181$0$181$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$269$0$269$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4.6M$0$878K$3.8M
InsuranceLn 23$14K$0$14K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$0$0$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$222K$0$222K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.8M$0$4.1M$3.8M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.0M$7.8M−$3.8M$0 990 PDF
FY2024 $224K$96K$128K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $258K$107K$151K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $251K$235K$17K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $475K$414K$61K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $450K$364K$86K$4.2M 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 $4,016,522 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$15,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,994,222
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$475,680
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,009,222
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $7,300 · Excluded from tax $0$7,300
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $7,300 · Excluded from tax $0$4,016,522
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,817,983 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $7,800 · Fundraising $0$7,800
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $1,180 · Fundraising $0$1,180
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $49,674 · Fundraising $0$49,674
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $203,143 · Fundraising $0$203,143
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $13,658 · Fundraising $0$13,658
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $84,203 · Fundraising $0$84,203
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $1,054 · Fundraising $0$1,054
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $2,583,504 · Fundraising $0$2,583,504
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $8,068 · Fundraising $0$8,068
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $181 · Fundraising $0$181
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $269 · Fundraising $0$269
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $877,515 · Fundraising $3,751,584$4,629,099
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $14,207 · Fundraising $0$14,207
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $221,943 · Fundraising $0$221,943
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $4,066,399 · Fundraising $3,751,584$7,817,983
Part X · Balance sheet $3,751,584 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,278$426,799
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,100,000$724,785
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,200,000$2,600,000
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,302,278$3,751,584
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $231,277$3,179,904
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,500,817$3,751,584
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,801,461$0
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,801,461$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,302,278$3,751,584
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,016,522
XI-2 Total expenses$7,817,983
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,801,461
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,801,461
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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