Community Education & Awareness of Museum exhibits, collections & memorials, matinenance of those artifacts & collections at the Prairie Museum of Art and History

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 16 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · 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 surplus $15K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$54K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.7 months of spending in cash, plus $1.1M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $42K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$353K
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$461K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$353K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$363K
FY2021$334K
FY2022$286K
FY2023$311K
FY2024$360K
FY2025$353K
Expenses
$461K
FY2025▲ +62%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$296K
FY2021$315K
FY2022$278K
FY2023$282K
FY2024$285K
FY2025$461K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1961.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $461K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $54K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Asst Exec Dir
$54,376Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jennifer Tracz$54,376$13,885————
Randal Matthew—$40,700————
Ann Miner——$17,772$33,000$30,960$30,540
Randy Matthews——$25,604———

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates about museum exhibits, collections, and memorials, and maintains artifacts.

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3 programs · $461K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Prairie Museum of Art and History

Provide support and maintenance of the collections, building and grounds, serving as a cultural center to the public service appox 5503 visitors in 2025 not including the hundreds of guests who toured the museum as guests of a facility activity.

$461Kprogram expense
02

Provide programs for youth including next generations student interns, colby grade school, night at the museum camp, NW kansas home school assn. Hosted college, high school, grade school groups, partner with education entities to provide educational activities.

Pt IX · col B
03

Provide programs for youth including next generation student interns, colby grade school, night at the museum camp, NW kansas home school assn. Hosted college, high school, grade school groups. Partner with education entities to provide educational activities.

Pt IX · col B

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$42K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$353K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$226K
Investment incomeLn 3$86K
Other incomeLn 4–11$28K
Money outPt IX
$461K
Ln 25
Programscol B$461K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$29K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$226K
Government grantsLn 1e$141K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$86K
Other incomeLn 4–11$28K
Total revenueLn 12$353K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$26K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$29K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$175K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$32K$29K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$182K$175K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$160K$160K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$21K$21K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$4K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$43K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$33K$33K$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$53K$53K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$33K$33K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$58K$58K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$41K$41K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$461K$461K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $353K$461K−$107K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $360K$285K$75K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $311K$282K$28K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $286K$278K$8K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $334K$315K$19K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $363K$296K$67K$1.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $353,229 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $274,803$226,365
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $14,837$13,286
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $64,356$85,733
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,908$27,845
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $359,904$353,229
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $153,245$228,091
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $131,895$232,534
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $285,140$460,625
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $74,764−$107,396
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $353,229 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $6,694 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$5,562
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1e Government grants$140,983
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$63,303
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$226,365
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$13,286
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$85,733
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $21,151$21,151
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $126,864 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$353,229
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $460,625 across 12 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $159,879 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$159,879
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $20,878 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$20,878
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,993 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,993
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $43,341 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$43,341
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,181 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,181
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,480 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,480
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,333 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$33,333
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $53,377 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$53,377
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,663 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,663
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $33,172 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$33,172
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $57,626 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$57,626
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $40,702 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$40,702
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $460,625 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$460,625
Part X · Balance sheet $1,310,041 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $29,074$26,271
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,500$2,500
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $26,595$30,754
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $182,384$174,721
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,090,731$1,075,795
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,331,284$1,310,041
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,950$3,950
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,950$3,950
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,327,334$1,306,091
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,327,334$1,306,091
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,331,284$1,310,041
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,306,091 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$353,229
XI-2 Total expenses$460,625
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$107,396
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,327,334
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$86,153
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,306,091

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