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HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE (EIN 74-1036131)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-11-02
IRS object ID
201123069349300112
Schema version
2010v3.2
Source
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DescriptionSince its establishment in 1909, the Houston Museum of Natural Science has served as a valuable resource for the Houston community, offering extensive collections, exciting interactive exhibits, immersive environments, engaging films, compelling traveling exhibitions, and comprehensive classroom experiences. In its permanent venues - drawing from its diverse collections of over 1.5 million objects - the Museum provides visitors with opportunities to expand their knowledge of anthropology, malacology, mineralogy, paleontology, entomology, chemistry, physics, biology, and other disciplines. The 400-seat Wortham IMAX Theatre presents relevant and entertaining films covering a wide variety of scientific topics. The Burke Baker Planetarium provides state-of-the-art, immersive learning adventures in astronomy and related subject matter. The Cockrell Butterfly Center is a living rainforest, allowing visitors to observe plants and insects and learn their roles in a natural ecosystem. The George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park is a direct link to the planets and stars, giving visitors the opportunity to stargaze with a variety of telescopes, including the 36-inch Gueymard Research Telescope, one of the largest telescopes in the U.S. available to the public.Description

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1054620BOY
EOY1108082EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY15391800BOY
EOY16418381EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY1904761EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY17779092BOY
EOY21220024EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY52088478BOY
EOY53441266EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY36303454BOY
EOY43982234EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY28813234BOY
EOY29215563EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY117205166BOY
EOY126639063EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY134984258BOY
EOY147859087EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIXInfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses1534763ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes7899134ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReview
FS AuditedtrueFSAudited
Audit CommitteetrueAuditCommittee
Financial Statement SeparateXFinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit PerformedfalseFederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years18184057CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years33728480CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years20666749CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year12650950CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year15819643CurrentTaxYear
Total101049879Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total

Total170 Total170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years18184057CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years33728480CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years20666749CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year12650950CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year15819643CurrentTaxYear
Total101049879Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total32018980AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total17069030899PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years1897264CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years3628399CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1169508CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1145018CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year1224363CurrentTaxYear
Total9064552Total

Net UBI NetUBI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support110114431TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc80974709GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage1700.62690PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year0.62930PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collect Used For Public ExhibitionXCollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Scholar ResearchXCollectUsedForScholarResearch
Collect Used For PreservationXCollectUsedForPreservation
Collect Used For Loan Or Exch PrgrmsXCollectUsedForLoanOrExchPrgrms
Solicited Assets For SalefalseSolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance29834736BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions402329Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses3141272InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures1829892OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance31548445EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance24901891BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses6927558InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures1994713OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance29834736EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance41967833BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions1500Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses-15111948InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures1955494OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance24901891EndOfYearBalance
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance0.91110PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance0.08890TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated OrgsfalseEndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related OrgsfalseEndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule RfalseAreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis88200InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis150896OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value239096BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis75144034OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation31279366Depreciation
Book Value43864668BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis5441528OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation329169Depreciation
Book Value5112359BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis8387689OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation7435710Depreciation
Book Value951979BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis323374OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation155197Depreciation
Book Value168177BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings50336279TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Of Book Value Securities14207322TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionConstruction payableDescription
Amount$1,904,761Amount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts1904761TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue25474710TotalRevenue
Total Expenses23939947TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year1534763ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments7899134NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments7899134TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS9433897ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt24851814TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments7899134NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Revenue Not Rptd F9907899134RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal16952680RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included123059InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included8398971OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt8522030RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99025474710TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt25244632TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included2582780OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F9902582780ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal22661852ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included2123059InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included1155036OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt1278095ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form99023939947TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Part XIII, Line 4bPart XIII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/SCollection accessions $1155036
Part XIII, Line 2dPart XIII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/SGift Shop COGS $2248636 Special Events DDB $334144
Part XII, Line 4bPart XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/SSpecial Events DDB $-334144 Gift Shop COGS $-2248636 Investment Return $3141272 Non-operating contributions $8475146 Loss on disposal of property $-634667
Part V, Line 4Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.The endowment funds support the operations of the Museum.
Part III, Line 4Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose.The Museum maintains over 1.5 million artifacts and natural history specimens in its permanent collections. Collections are maintained in the following disciplines: anthropology (including archaeology and ethnology), botany, entomology, gems and minerals, malacology, paleontology, science history and technology, and vertebrate zoology. The artifacts and specimens come from worldwide locations and were acquired by the Museum through gifts from the general public, staff field collection and salvage efforts, and purchases and exchanges with other scientific organizations. The Museum uses the artifacts and specimens for public exhibition, as loans to other museums, and for educational programs and research.
Part III, Line 1aPart III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, oCollections are not recorded as assets in the statement of financial position. Purchases of collection items are reflected as decreases in unrestricted net assets in the year in which the items are acquired or as decreases in temporarily restricted net assets if the assets used to purchase the items are restricted by donors. Contributed collection items are not reflected in the financial statements. Proceeds from deaccessions or insurance recoveries are reflected as increases in the appropriate net asset classes.Description of collections - The Museum maintains over 1.5 million artifacts and natural history specimens in its permanent collections. Collections are maintained in the following disciplines: anthropology (including archaeology and ethnology), botany, entomology, gems and minerals, malacology, paleontology, science history and technology, and vertebrate zoology. The artifacts and specimens come from worldwide locations and were acquired by the Museum through gifts from the general public, staff field collection and salvage efforts, and purchases and exchanges with other scientific organizations. The Museum uses the artifacts and specimens for public exhibition, as loans to other museums, and for educational programs and research.Stewardship policy for collections - The Museum is responsible for the preservation of its collections in perpetuity. Under the direction of the Collections Committee, the Board of Trustees, the President of the Museum, the Director of Collections, and the Curatorial Staff, collections continue to be cared for, used, and expanded. The proceeds of any sales of collection items are used to acquire other items for collections. The Museum maintains cataloged records of accessions, deaccessions, and items in each particular collection.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agreement Ref FundraisingfalseAgreementRefFundraising

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event12010 GalaNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event11338052GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1996750CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1341302GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event133023RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1142807FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event127566EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1130748OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total1338052GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total996750CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events341302GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events33023RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events142807FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events27566EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events130748OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events334144DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary7158NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records MaintainedtrueRecordsMaintained
No Grant More Than5000XNoGrantMoreThan5000
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants0TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations0TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (2 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrantNumber Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipientsAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant
Wilhelmina Robertson Excellence Award23000
Evelyn Frensley Scholarship23000

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedIdentifier
ExplanationThrough the generosity of the Cockrell Foundation, the Houston Museum of Natural Science offers the Evelyn Frensley Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in Science or Mathematics. A $1,500 award goes to high school juniors at two high schools in Harris County. Of special interest to the Museum review committee is a description of plans for college and future career and a description of projects or activities that demonstrate ability and interest in science or mathematics. Scholarship applications are available on the website. In recognition of the fine educators of Houston, the Museum presents the Wilhelmina C. Robertson Excellence in Science or Mathematics Teaching Award. This award of $1,500 will go to one K-5th grade science or math teacher, and one 6th-12th grade science or math teacher who demonstrates significant ability and dedication to teaching in either discipline in Harris County. Nomination applications are available on the website.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeXCompensationCommittee
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsXForm990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment ContractXWrittenEmploymentContract
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp ArrangementfalseEquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related OrgsfalseCompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing OrgfalseCompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate OrgsfalseCompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption ProcedurefalseRebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
Stephen Sachnik
16401563253775174115
Joel A Bartsch
28729594385385302118

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions11NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F9901480602NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxDescriptionDescriptionNumber Of ContributionsNumberOfContributionsNoncash Contribs Rptd F990NoncashContribsRptdF990Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
XConstruction398447FMV
XFood338050FMV
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC GiftstrueReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableAvailable to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15bForm 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesSee above for process followed for individuals described in question 15b.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12cForm 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsHMNS Board members and staff are required to complete a questionnaire annually which discloses any interests that might result in or have the appearance of a conflict of interest. They must also remove themselves from any participation in the particular activity or negotiation or face disciplinary action.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review ProcessAn independent CPA firm prepares the return. The CFO & CEO review the return with a partner of the CPA firm. A copy of the approved form is provided to all Board members prior to filing with the IRS.