Turtle Bay Exploration Park: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 68-0236299)

Laurinda Willard’s $84K as COO is at the 20th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Michael Warren	—	—	$124,851	$100,216	—
Vickie Marler	—	—	—	$69,031	$98,832
Jennifer Finnegan	—	$34,466	$95,001	$16,438	—
Mike Warren	—	$38,022	—	—	$94,509
Lindsay Myers	—	$26,616	$88,377	—	—
Laurinda Willard	$84,014	$81,135	$84,926	$77,726	$62,926

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

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Inspires wonder, exploration, and appreciation of our world through engaging experiences.

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2 programs · $4.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Museum Activities

The museum contains permanent, interactive exhibits and two large exhibition galleries. The experiences in the museum include underwater fish viewing, walk through historic re-creations, experiments with scientific equipment and art viewing.

$2.5Mprogram expense

02

Educational and Other Programs

Our programs include the: 1) arboretum & botanical garden that extend over 200 acres with direct links to the sacramento river trail system and comprise 20 acres of mediterranean-climate display gardens, a children's garden, a medicinal garden and a butterfly garden; 2) animal programs that inspire, create connections and foster…

$2.4Mprogram 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

Maurice & Marianne Johannessen FoundationFY2025$11K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$11K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$5.6M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.3M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M

Investment incomeLn 3$60K

Money outPt IX

$8.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$4.9M

Managementcol C$2.3M

Fundraisingcol D$1.1M

Owns and owesPt X

$36.5M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M

Total assetsLn 16$39.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.3M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$57K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$2.8M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M

Investment incomeLn 3$60K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$1.1M

Total revenueLn 12$5.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.3M

SavingsLn 2$216K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.5M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$13.0M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23.1M

Other assetsLn 15$446K

Total assetsLn 16$39.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M

Net assetsLn 32$36.5M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 599

VolunteersI 6138

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

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.1M	$1.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$14.9M	$13.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$22.9M	$23.1M
Total assetsLn 16	$42.2M	$39.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$3.1M	$2.6M
Net assetsLn 32	$39.0M	$36.5M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$98K	$59K	$21K	$19K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$3.0M	$2.0M	$544K	$494K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$33K	$20K	$6K	$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$472K	$277K	$128K	$67K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$248K	$153K	$68K	$27K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$96K		$96K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$284K	$27K	$132K	$125K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$111K	$6K	$543	$104K
Office expensesLn 13	$582K	$405K	$117K	$60K
Information technologyLn 14	$233K	$30K	$114K	$89K
OccupancyLn 16	$957K	$579K	$378K
InterestLn 20	$91K		$91K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1.5M	$1.2M	$260K	$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$189K	$7K	$182K	$196
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$364K	$131K	$158K	$76K
All other expensesLn 24e	$20K	$4K	$5K	$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$8.3M	$4.9M	$2.3M	$1.1M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$5.6M	$8.3M	−$2.7M	$36.5M	990 PDF
FY2023	$5.6M	$7.4M	−$1.8M	$39.0M	990 PDF
FY2022	$13.0M	$7.4M	$5.5M	$40.8M	990 PDF
FY2021	$8.2M	$7.6M	$577K	$35.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$7.0M	$6.8M	$245K	$34.8M	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 M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $5,563,743 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,522,458$5,262,320

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,812,088$1,910,297

I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$1,312,517−$1,020,780

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$412,218−$588,094

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,609,811$5,563,743

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 $3,379,970$3,881,140

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,999,588$4,384,773

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,379,558$8,265,913

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,769,747−$2,702,170

Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members7

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,563,743 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $726,144 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$2,776,632

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,485,688

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$56,777

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,262,320

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,910,297$1,910,297

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $60,413$60,413

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $32,503$32,503

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$1,081,193−$1,081,193

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,471,850−$1,471,850

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $125,109$125,109

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,156,416 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,854,993$5,563,743

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,265,913 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $58,791 · Management $20,639 · Fundraising $18,520$97,950

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,990,675 · Management $544,313 · Fundraising $494,340$3,029,328

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $20,430 · Management $5,623 · Fundraising $7,284$33,337

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $276,713 · Management $128,398 · Fundraising $67,068$472,179

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $153,299 · Management $67,641 · Fundraising $27,406$248,346

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $95,950$95,950

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $26,890 · Management $131,783 · Fundraising $125,026$283,699

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,942 · Management $543 · Fundraising $104,028$110,513

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $405,274 · Management $116,730 · Fundraising $59,724$581,728

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $29,567 · Management $113,816 · Fundraising $89,253$232,636

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $578,820 · Management $378,035$956,855

IX-20 InterestManagement $91,408$91,408

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,198,007 · Management $259,695 · Fundraising $2,216$1,459,918

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,795 · Management $181,736 · Fundraising $196$188,727

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $130,613 · Management $157,581 · Fundraising $75,621$363,815

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,107 · Management $4,901 · Fundraising $10,516$19,524

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,885,923 · Management $2,298,792 · Fundraising $1,081,198$8,265,913

Part X · Balance sheet $39,077,526 assets, 21 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,958,505$1,277,022

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $169,295$215,845

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $702,459$192,529

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $380,204$285,992

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $148,509$125,740

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $152,055$180,893

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $22,921,068$23,121,366

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,843,679$2,039,319

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $13,090,262$11,002,632

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $130,743$190,460

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $660,338$445,728

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $42,157,117$39,077,526

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $602,715$615,805

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $375,107$458,378

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $1,698,394$1,301,853

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $443,091$228,271

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,119,307$2,604,307

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $36,455,315$33,805,169

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,582,495$2,668,050

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $39,037,810$36,473,219

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $42,157,117$39,077,526

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $36,473,219 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$5,563,743

XI-2 Total expenses$8,265,913

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,702,170

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$39,037,810

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$137,579

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$36,473,219

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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