2025-11-10T12:00:26-06:00 2024-12-31 931675473 RED ROCK ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS 189 BLARNEY BLVD BUTTE MT 59701 990 2024-01-01 816012684 CARTER COUNTY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CART 4067756886 PO BOX 445 EKALAKA MT 59324 LLANE CARROLL PRESIDENT/CHAIR 4069756644 2025-11-06 1 1 LINSAY CARLSON P01528923 4062019120 2025-11-06 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CARTER COUNTY MUSEUM LLANE CARROLL PO BOX 463 EKALAKA MT 59324 507523 0 X CARTERCOUNTYMUSEUM.ORG X 1936 MT TO INCREASE & DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE & APPRECIATION OF HISTORY, ART & SCIENCE; TO DISCOVER, EXCAVATE & PRESERVE FOSSILS, FOSSIL BONES, & HUMAN ARTIFACTS; TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & PALEONTOLOGY; TO COLLECT & PRESERVE OBJECTS OF HISTORIC, ARTISTIC, & SCIENTIFIC INTEREST; AND TO ACQUIRE & MAINTAIN A LIBRARY TO ASSIST IN THE ABOVE PURPOSE. 6 6 0 45 0 0 273847 387141 22207 20530 20952 33800 12607 7247 329613 448718 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 345653 137248 345653 137248 -16040 311470 745183 1109333 0 0 745183 1109333 X TO INCREASE AND DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF HISTORY, ART AND SCIENCE; TO DISCOVER, EXCAVATE AND PRESERVE FOSSILS, FOSSIL BONES, AND HUMAN ARTIFACTS; TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY; TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE OBJECTS OF HISTORIC, ARTISTIC, AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST; AND TO ACQUIRE AND MAINTAIN A LIBRARY TO ASSIST IN THE ABOVE PURPOSE. 0 0 5208 3620 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IS A CENTRAL TENANT OF OUR MISSION. IN 2024 WE HELD A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL DINO SHINDIG, THE JUNIOR SCIENTIST PROGRAM, STAR PARTIES AND DARK SKY EVENTS, SCHOOL TOURS, SEWING SOIREES, YOGA, AND VACCINE CLINICS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARTER COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. HUMANITIES MONTANA AWARDED US A GRANT FOR APSAALOOKE CULTURAL PROGRAMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,176, WHICH RESULTED IN AN AUDIENCE SERVED OF 94. IN 2024, FOR THE 12TH ANNUAL DINO SHINDIG WE HOSTED 748 PEOPLE OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD. SINCE 2013, THE SHINDIG HAS SERVED 14,400 PEOPLE. DONOR RESTRICTED INCOME INCLUDED THE JUNIOR SCIENTIST PROGRAM ($3,620) WITH EXPENSES. APPROXIMATELY 20,809 PEOPLE WERE REACHED THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING 1,039 ON-SITE, 3,851 OFF-SITE, AND 15,199 THROUGH VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING. 71299 31799 MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT - EXHIBITIONS AT THE CARTER COUNTY MUSEUM FOLLOW THE NARRATIVE OF THE LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE DEEP PAST AND ITS EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIGENOUS AND RANCHING CULTURES. OUR COLLECTIONS WERE AMASSED OVER AN 80+ YEAR PERIOD AND REPRESENT 90 MILLION YEARS OF HISTORY AND PREHISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA AND CARTER COUNTY. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PROGRAM SERVICE INCLUDE THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM ($400) AND THE SCOPE PROGRAM ($6,000 INCOME, $9,356.10 EXPENSES). THE MUSEUM CONTINUED THE BIG SKY SEAWAY EXHIBITION, WHICH INCURRED EXPENSES OF $24,453.94, AND INSTALLED A COMMUNITY GARDEN WITH REIMAGINING RURAL GRANT FUNDS ($2,000). WE ALSO CONDUCTED AN ENERGY DESIGN STUDY ON THE PROPOSED MUSEUM RENOVATION AND EXPANSION THROUGH A $20,000 GRANT FROM SOUTHEAST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE. A TOTAL OF 5,808 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE MUSEUM IN 2024, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 5.5% FROM 2023. 50629 0 OUTREACH PROGRAM SERVICES IN 2024 INCLUDE BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SERVICES. PARTICIPATION BY THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR INCLUDED INVOLVEMENT IN THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF MONTANA, VISIT SOUTHEAST MONTANA, THE MONTANA GOVERNOR'S TOURISM ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE MT CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION, AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INTERPRETATION. THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR AND CURATOR VISITED KUMAMOTO, JAPAN AND SIGNED A SISTER MUSEUM AGREEMENT WITH THE AMAKUSA MUSEUM OF GOSHOURA DINOSAUR ISLAND IN MARCH, GIVING LECTURES THAT RESULTED IN OUTREACH TO 669 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. CARTER COUNTY MUSEUM HOSTED THE MONTANA DINOSAUR TRAIL AND VISIT SOUTHEAST MONTANA MEETINGS AND THE CURATOR ATTENDED THE ASSOCIATION OF MATERIALS & METHODS IN PALEONTOLOGY CONFERENCE IN MANITOBA, CANADA. THE MUSEUM ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE MILES CITY GEM & MINERAL SHOW. WE FINISHED THE CARTER COUNTY TALKING TRAIL PROJECT, INCURRING $1,200 IN EXPENSES THROUGH GRANT FUNDS AND CONTINUED WORK ON THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK ($33,561 IN INCOME AND $33,560) IN EXPENSES. A TOTAL OF 63,802 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL OUTREACH PROGRAMMING IN 2024. 127136 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X MARILYN SCHULTZ 4067756886 306 N MAIN STREET EKALAKA MT 59324 X LLANE CARROLL PRESIDENT/CHAIR 8.00 X X 0 0 0 BRANSON ROGERS VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARLENE WATERLAND SECRETARY/TREASURER 10.00 X X 0 0 0 BRICE LAMBERT TRUSTEE 10.00 X 0 0 0 JERRY CLINE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE MEHLING TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2294 9705 28697 346445 387141 MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT 611710 16910 16910 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMIN 611710 3620 3620 20530 33800 33800 13799 9705 21441 -7642 -7642 52253 37364 14889 14889 448718 35419 0 26158 2325 2325 6896 6829 67 674 166 508 938 555 383 MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT 70744 70744 OUTREACH 50463 50463 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING 5208 5208 137248 127136 10045 67 94002 68054 321523 685379 329658 355900 745183 1109333 0 0 X 0 0 109610 452601 635573 656732 745183 1109333 745183 1109333 311470 37944 -4394 19130 0 X 0 0 0 X 34053 32743 24844 273847 387141 752628 23107 47585 45669 77713 72783 266857 24138 40504 42248 106890 81298 120832 112761 351560 459924 1126375 5000 5000 50000 230000 280000 50000 235000 285000 841375 5717 8368 17362 18652 29679 79778 5717 8368 17362 18652 29679 79778 87015 129200 130123 370212 489603 1206153 0.69760 0.87060 0.06610 0.06730 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2 33561 33561 13581 1 1 X X X 0 491570 66738 15237 4394 538677 473368 1140 36573 15341 4170 491570 535327 2033 -46257 13466 4269 473368 491378 1250 55532 8353 4480 535327 430807 63036 2465 491378 1.00000 1 0 0 MCF ENDOWMENT 355900 355900 PART III, LINE 1A: THE SOCIETY HAS ELECTED NOT TO CAPITALIZE OUR COLLECTIONS AS THEY ARE FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION, EDUCATION, AND FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. PART III, LINE 4: AS DEFINED IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT, THE COLLECTIONS COMPRISE ITEMS OF HISTORIC, ARTISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, INCLUDING PALEONTOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITEMS FROM THE REGION SURROUNDING THE MUSEUM. OUR COLLECTIONS ARE USED IN PUBLIC EXHIBITION, SCHOLARLY RESEARCH, AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THEM AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN ORDER TO FURTHER OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE AND MISSION TO INCREASE AND DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND ART. PART V, LINE 4: THE ORGANIZATION'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE 100% BOARD DESIGNATED. THE PRINCIPAL IS KEPT INTACT AND ORGANIZED TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. INVESTMENT INCOME IS AVAILABLE FOR USE, BUT THAT USE MUST BE DESIGNATED BY THE CARTER COUNTY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY BOARD. ANNUAL SHINDIG 23504 9705 13799 3232 1070 2050 15089 23504 9705 13799 3232 1070 2050 15089 21441 -7642 X 36 X 42 X 107 X 1 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 33: THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT ASSIGN REVENUES TO CONTRIBUTIONS OF ART, BOOKS, HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, OR SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS UNLESS PROVIDED BY THE DONOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE CARTER COUNTY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY HAS AN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP OF 164 PEOPLE. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE $10 PER YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A CARTER COUNTY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEMBERS ELECT OR REAPPOINT OFFICERS (1-YEAR TERMS) TO THE GOVERNING BODY AND CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS OF TRUSTEES (3-YEAR TERMS). FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A COMPLETE COPY OF FORM 990 TO ALL MEMBERS OF ITS GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM. AFTER THE FORM IS FILED, THEY RECEIVE A FINAL ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE FORM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C SHOULD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ARISE, THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ORGANIZATION WILL REFER TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE ACCORDINGLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. DETAILS REGARDING THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR GUIDESTAR PROFILE.