VERMONT MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: VERMONT MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY INC (EIN 03-0353083)
Tax period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed: 2023-10-07
IRS object ID: 202332809349300008
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-10-07T09:19:14-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	471371818	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Tapia & Huckabay PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 38	AddressLine1Txt
City	Vergennes	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05491	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030353083	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Vermont Museum of Natural History Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	VERM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8024640048	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7599 Vermont Route 9	AddressLine1Txt
City	West Marlboro	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05363	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Edward C Metcalfe Jr	PersonNm
Person Title	President & Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8024640048	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-10-06	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Edward	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Metcalfe Jr	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	William S Huckabay CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00154308	PTIN
Phone	8028707086	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Southern Vermont Natural History Museum	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Edward C Metcalfe Jr	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7599 Vermont Route 9	AddressLine1Txt
City	West Marlboro	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05363	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$208,046	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.vermontmuseum.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1996	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Environmental education through museum exhibits and school, library, and other public programs.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	12	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$213,231	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$123,927	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$61,896	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$84,027	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$536	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$90	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$275,663	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$208,046	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$84,582	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$107,260	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$10,704	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$57,894	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$82,512	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$142,476	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$189,772	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$133,187	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$18,274	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$461,251	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$484,525	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$5,000	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$461,251	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$479,525	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Environmental education through museum exhibits and school, library, and other public programs.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$157,820	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$84,027	RevenueAmt
Desc	In 2022, the museum had about 7,800 visitors and saw over 20,000 children and adults in environmental education programs in schools, libraries and senior centers.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$157,820	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Edward C Metcalfe Jr	PersonNm
Phone	8024640048	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7599 VT Route 9	AddressLine1Txt
City	West Marlboro	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05363	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Edward C Metcalfe Jr
President / Executive Director	8.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael Clough
Managing Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$70,005	$0	$0
Jenica McEvoy
Director	8.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Widness
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wanda Walkowiak
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stacy Babb
Director (left Board during 2022)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christopher Russell
Director (left Board during 2022)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$70,005	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$2,250	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$121,677	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$123,927	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Admissions	900099	$25,923	$0	$0
Educational program fees	616000	$58,104	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$84,027	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$90	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$90	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$90	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$208,046	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$84,117	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$70,005	TotalAmt
Program Services	$59,504	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,001	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,500	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,437	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,003	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,717	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,717	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,818	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,408	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$843	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$567	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$937	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$937	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,050	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,050	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,628	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,628	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,811	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,811	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,148	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,320	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$445	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,383	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$122	TotalAmt
Program Services	$100	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,085	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,835	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$862	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$388	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,231	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,421	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$513	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$297	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$939	TotalAmt
Program Services	$739	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$238	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$238	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,555	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,777	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$467	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$311	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,332	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,010	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$790	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$532	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Dues, memberships & subscriptions	$300	$300	$0	$0
Exhibit & other program expenses	$6,908	$6,908	$0	$0
Camp expenses	$4,775	$4,775	$0	$0
Other expenses	$3,453	$909	$2,544	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$189,772	TotalAmt
Program Services	$157,820	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,248	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,704	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,353	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,123	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,059	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$697,830	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$267,487	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$445,898	BOYAmt
EOY	$430,343	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$461,251	BOYAmt
EOY	$484,525	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,000	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$461,251	BOYAmt
EOY	$479,525	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$461,251	BOYAmt
EOY	$479,525	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$461,251	BOYAmt
EOY	$484,525	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$18,274	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt
Public Support CY170	0	PublicSupportCY170Pct

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$57,833	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$32,105	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$73,855	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$213,231	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$123,927	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$500,951	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$50,742	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$70,540	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$34,340	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$62,432	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$84,117	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$302,171	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$108,575	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$102,645	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$108,195	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$275,663	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$208,044	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$803,122	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$47,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$18,720	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,040	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$10,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,500	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$102,260	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$47,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$18,720	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,040	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$10,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,500	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$102,260	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$700,862	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$50	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$52	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$50	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$52	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$803,174	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.87260	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.85590	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00010	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00010	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$0	RevenuesIncludedAmt
Assets Included	$252,848	AssetsIncludedAmt

Held Works Art HeldWorksArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$0	RevenuesIncludedAmt
Assets Included	$0	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$16,335	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$16,335	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$133,100	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,840	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$129,260	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$208,956	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$184,190	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$24,766	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$297,623	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$41,823	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$255,800	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$41,816	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$37,634	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,182	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$430,343	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt III, Line 4	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Natural history objects and taxidermic displays of Vermont fauna directly aid the Organization in its mission of teaching the public about Vermont's natural environment.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	A first draft of Form 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director with a final version, in PDF format, made available to the Board of Directors.
Pt VI, Line 12c	The Executive Director and Managing Director review all expenditures and contracting activity thus monitoring the Organization's Conflict of Interest Policy on an ongoing basis.
Pt VI, Line 15a	The Organization does not compensate any of its officers or members of senior management but, if it did, it would use informal comparability information and contemporaneously document its deliberations related to the compensation of such individuals.
Pt VI, Line 15b	See above.
Pt VI, Line 19	The Organization has never been asked for its governance documents and has no formal policy related to the public disclosure of such information.