FRIENDS OF NEVADA STATE MUSEUM LAS VEGAS: Form 990EZ, tax year 2024

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Organization: FRIENDS OF NEVADA STATE MUSEUM LAS VEGAS (EIN 81-2959706)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-05-05
IRS object ID: 202521259349201912
Schema version: 2024v5.0
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-05-05T14:48:49-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	273204506	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	IMS LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	46-005 KAWA ST STE 308	AddressLine1Txt
City	KANEOHE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	HI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	967443838	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	812959706	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF NEVADA STATE MUSEUM	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	LAS VEGAS	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FRIE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7025408914	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	309 S VALLEY VIEW BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAS VEGAS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NV	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	89107	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KATHERINE THOMASON	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7024865205	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-05-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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	BRIAN P HAWKINS CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00454403	PTIN
Phone	8082470676	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-05-05	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	NSMLV.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Gross Receipts	$92,901	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$75,674	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Investment Income	$42	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$17,185	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$1,050	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$16,135	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Total Revenue	$91,851	TotalRevenueAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$228	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$83,507	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$83,735	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$8,116	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$36,897	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$45,013	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,868	BOYAmt
EOY	$44,963	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50	BOYAmt
EOY	$50	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,918	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,013	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21	BOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,897	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,013	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	THE FRIENDS OF NEVADA STATE MUSEUM LAS VEGAS MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE A DIVERSE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF NEVADA.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	TO SUPPORT MUSEUM INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF EXHIBITIONS AND FUNDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$33,891	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$80,670	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$80,670	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
JIM PARISH
PRESIDENT	5.00	$0
DONNA HARPER
VICE PRESIDE	5.00	$0
KATHERINE THOMASON
TREASURER	5.00	$0
MICHAEL FONG
DIRECTOR	3.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KATHERINE THOMASON	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	309 S VALLEY VIEW BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAS VEGAS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NV	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	89107	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7025408914	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$75,674	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$75,674	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$42	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$42	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$17,185	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$17,185	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$92,901	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$92,901	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$92,901	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$92,901	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$92,901	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	1.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	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 O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES ADVERTISING & MARKETING 2,394 OFFICE 832 WEBSITE 868 TRAVEL 105 PUBLIC OFFICIALS TRAVEL/ENTERTAINMENT 195 INSURANCE 1,705 PROGRAM SERVICES 77,408 TOTAL 83,507
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	PETTY CASH 50 50 TOTAL 50 50
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	21 0
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	THE FRIENDS OF NEVADA STATE MUSEUM LAS VEGAS MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE A DIVERSE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF NEVADA.

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