2026-05-11T10:21:53-07:00 2025-06-30 770460195 McGilloway Ray Brown & Kaufman 2511 Garden Road Suite A-180 Monterey CA 93940 990 2024-07-01 320268455 MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF PACIFIC GROVE INC MUSE 8316485716 165 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove CA 93950 Rachel Miller Executive Dir. 2026-05-11 true true Patricia M Kaufman CPA P00312047 8313733337 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Rachel Miller 165 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove CA 939502612 2388786 false X WWW.PGMUSEUM.ORG X 2008 CA The Museum Foundation operates the Museum of Natural History, founded in 1883 and housing over 45,000 artifacts. The Museum serves as a hub for scientific and historical learning for over 40,000 people each year through exhibitions, education programs, and community events. 15 15 25 150 0 1183329 1643947 137196 131715 140840 163641 65570 59327 1526935 1998630 0 0 1086669 1117641 0 225526 519655 511733 1606324 1629374 -79389 369256 4517306 4974292 120874 121560 4396432 4852732 The Museum inspires wonder, discovery, and stewardship of our natural world. The Museum is a catalyst for conservation and a valued learning resource, facilitating active scientific and historical inquiry for all ages. false false 706749 69039 Education: The The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History's Education programs include free school field trips, free Science Saturdays (offered 9 times per year) and hands-on community science opportunities for all ages. Outdoor science education includes LiMPETS (Long Term Monitoring Program and Experimental Training for Students) and Watershed Explorers, which offers watershed education field trips. This year the Museum offered several all ages field sketching workshops and continued middle school and teen programs. Over 10,000 students participate in the Museum's programs each year. 290847 62676 Exhibitions: Since its beginning in 1883, the Museum has excelled at teaching the public about the natural world through a variety of exhibitions displaying monarch butterflies, local birds and wildlife, geology, and cultural artifacts to name a few. This fiscal year the museum hosted several temporary exhibits including "From the Real to the Unreal," "Illustrating Nature," "Invasive Attempts, and Beyond illustrating Nature artist every quarter, as well as installed a new permanent exhibition, "Jade Beneath the Sea." Starting in January 2025, the Museum renovatred several of its galleries space. 997596 true true false false false false false false false true true true false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 10 0 true 25 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false true false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Rose Hayag 8316485716 165 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove CA 93950 Rachel Miller Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 121102 0 0 Richard Dole Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jazmine Munos Meijas Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joan Clay Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Matthew Denecour Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 John O'Sullivan Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Megan Sulsberger Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Olivia Duarte Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ken Wysocki Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alan Arvin Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sean Powell Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alexis Bunten Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Walan Chang Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ben Bence Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Karen Cuenco Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tama Oliver Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 121102 1 false false false 0 55455 401221 1187271 1643947 Museum Admission 712110 62676 62676 Tuition Revenue 611710 69039 69039 131715 137136 137136 0 0 26470 26470 26470 26470 379875 353370 26505 26505 26505 32287 17333 14954 14954 0 37356 19453 17903 17903 0 1998630 131715 222968 0 0 0 0 157567 39392 102418 15757 0 736132 461633 145173 129326 0 153265 102814 28738 21713 70677 47412 13253 10012 0 2139 2139 23575 23575 0 0 24114 24114 83317 70823 7117 5377 32264 21644 6049 4571 3032 2033 569 430 62307 41797 11683 8827 0 10071 6756 1888 1427 3856 2987 495 374 0 0 0 0 136099 91299 25519 19281 19751 13250 3703 2798 Exhibits 68387 68387 Bank & CC Fees 8917 5929 1736 1252 Repairs & maintenance 6546 4492 1170 884 Professional Development 5942 3986 1114 842 21416 12962 5799 2655 1629374 997596 406252 225526 330619 271112 201687 907910 90443 20000 388 0 0 0 0 8390 8783 4219 6374 2077190 645488 1386842 1431702 0 2494718 2328411 0 0 0 4517306 4974292 90174 98910 30700 22650 120874 121560 X 2719174 3249297 1677258 1603435 4396432 4852732 4517306 4974292 369256 87044 X false true X true false X 1181732 1427007 1241633 1183317 1643947 6677636 0 0 1181732 1427007 1241633 1183317 1643947 6677636 1932622 4745014 19227 30574 86503 111059 163606 410969 7179 27521 14954 49654 0 7138259 704632 0.66470 0.58170 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1079477 121098 47925 1152650 1021245 103976 45744 1079477 1105535 -84290 1021245 1095984 -118491 977493 866264 179961 43345 32799 970081 0.72890 0.27110 false false false 266334 176809 89525 236780 188576 48204 1574076 280103 1293973 1431702 2328411 X 2081013 87044 19453 106497 1974516 24114 24114 1998630 1624713 19453 19453 1605260 24114 24114 1629374 Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose. The City of Pacific Grove owns the facility and the Museum's 45,000 object Collection. The Collection spans art, natural history, industrial objects, pottery, memorabilia, textiles, weapons, botany, taxidermy, gems, and minerals, and has been an active collection since 1883. The Museum Foundation staff manage and preserve the collection, and we have a Collections Management Policy as well as American Alliance of Museums accreditation. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. The endowment fund is to support monarch education and monarch citizen science. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Foundation has adopted the provisions related to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which defines a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Foundation's management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by the Foundation in its federal and state tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 cost of sales $19453 rounding $0 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Cost of Sales $19453 false Night Owl 32287 32287 17333 32287 32287 17333 17333 14954 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 The Museum Foundation amended and updated their bylaws on May 6,2025. 1) Increased the total number of board members from just nine members to a range from five to eighteen.2) Changed the term limits and financial expectations for board members and changed board meetings to at least once per year plus any special meetings that need to occur.3) The Board also may now authorize reasonable compensation for board directors to serve on the board (via an advance or reimbursement) of actual reasonable expenses, such as attending meetings.4)Added a new minimum number of members (two or more) for board committees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Reviewed by Board Treasurer, Finance Committee, and the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually. Board members are also required to declare any conflicts and sign a form annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Executive Committee of the board of directors completed informal benchmarking and consultation with a retained executive search firm before setting compensation for the Executive Director hired in 2024. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Increases for all staff members were benchmarked during budget preparation by museum leadership, review by the Finance Committee and approved in the FY budget by the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Audited financials & 990 forms are available on our website and other financial statements, conflict of interest policy, governing documents and other disclosures are available through our development director, and the public is invited to email her (see this message on our website: https://www.pgmuseum.org/new-page-5).