Nonprofit · EIN 77-0340083
CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · RIDGECREST, CA 93555
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $315,041 | $484,071 | -$169,030 | $2,621,800 | $16,413 | $2,605,387 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $951,625 | $405,000 | $546,625 | $2,791,280 | $16,863 | $2,774,417 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $388,057 | $333,446 | $54,611 | $2,244,223 | $16,431 | $2,227,792 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $206,364
- Membership dues
- $30,835
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $521
- Net income from fundraising events
- $61,908
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $46,248
- Other revenue
- $108,156
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $103,822
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $112,424
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Depreciation
- $42,169
- Program services (functional)
- $448,242
- Management and general (functional)
- $35,829
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,791,280
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,621,800
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $16,413
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,605,387
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,100,313
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,293,220
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $312,167
- Gross receipts
- $367,492
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 1993
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOB SMITH | PRESIDENT Officer | 18 | $0 |
| MICHELLE KILIKAUSKAS | VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 3.5 | $0 |
| WAYNE DOUCETTE | TREASURER Officer | 7 | $0 |
| WAYNE WILLHITE | TREASURER Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| KATHY SEALS | SECRETARY Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MARK BACKES | VP OPERATIONS Officer | 21 | $0 |
| RUSS BATES | VP OPERATIONS Officer | 9 | $0 |
| TOM MILLER | VP FACILITIES Officer | 9 | $0 |
| ALICE CAMPBELL | VP MEMBERSHIP Institutional trustee | 4.5 | $0 |
| BOB CAMPBELL | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 20 | $0 |
| CHARLIE MAY | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 3 | $0 |
| CHARLIE WHITE | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 5 | $0 |
| COURTNEY SMITH | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 1.5 | $0 |
| DENNIS COTT | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 18 | $0 |
| MALLORY BOYD | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 1 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEGAN RAWSON | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 5 | $0 |
| MIKE BENTON | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 2.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALICE CAMPBELL | VP MEMBERSHIPS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE KILIKAUSKAS | 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RUSS BATES | CO-VP OPERATIONS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MALLORY BOYD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB CAMPBELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE BENTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WAYNE DOUCETTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM MILLER | VP/BUILDING COMMITTEE CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT SMITH | PRESIDENT VP CURATION/EXHIBITS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN RAWSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLIE WHITE | DINNER/AUCTION IT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DENNIS COTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| H WAYNE WILLHITE | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES MAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK BACKES | CO-VP OPEATIONS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY SEALS | SECRETARY Officer | 1 | $0 |
| COURTNEY SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALICE CAMPBELL | VP MEMBERSHIPS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE KILIKAUSKAS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RUSS BATES | VP OPERATIONS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MALLORY BOYD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB CAMPBELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE BENTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WAYNE DOUCETTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM MILLER | VP/BUILDING COMMITTEE CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT SMITH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN RAWSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLIE WHITE | DINNER/AUCTION Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DENNIS COTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| H WAYNE WILLHITE | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES MAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK BACKES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 130 E LAS FLORES AVE, RIDGECREST, CA 93555-3654
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- WAYNE DOUCETTE, 130 E LAS FLORES, RIDGECREST, CA 93555
- Signed the 990
- WAYNE DOUCETTE, TREASURER
- Phone
- (760) 677-2866
- Website
- chinalakemuseum.org
- Return prepared by
- PROFESSIONAL TAX & BUSINESS SERVICES
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 77-0340083 or by the name CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
THE MUSEUM AND ITS ASSOCIATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL PROVIDE THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARMAMENT BY THE NAVAL AVIATION COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LINEAGE OF THE ORGANIZATION AT CHINA LAKE AIR WEAPONS STATION, PAST AND PRESENT.
Program accomplishments
- GENERAL PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSESExpenses $201,867
- EXHIBIT HALL CONTINUING CONSTRUCTIONExpenses $138,271 · grants $138,271
- STEAM ANNEX CONTINUING CONSTRUCTIONExpenses $108,104 · grants $108,104
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 77-0340083
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1993
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A50Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,621,800
- Income (IRS master file)
- $367,492
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $315,041 | $484,071 | $2,621,800 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $951,625 | $405,000 | $2,791,280 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $388,057 | $333,446 | $2,244,223 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $292,891 | $213,385 | $2,199,960 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 77-0340083).
Questions about CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION is 77-0340083.
- Is CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
- Are donations to CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names WAYNE DOUCETTE.
- Who are the officers and directors of CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does CHINA LAKE MUSEUM FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $315,041, expenses of $484,071 and total assets of $2,621,800 at year end.
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