WHALE MUSEUM: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: WHALE MUSEUM (EIN 91-1007501)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-09-06
IRS object ID: 201322499349300437
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-09-06T17:26:17-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	911007501	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE WHALE MUSEUM	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	WHAL	NameControl
Phone	3603784710	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 945	AddressLine1
City	FRIDAY HARBOR	City
State	WA	State
ZIP Code	98250	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ELIZABETH NICHOLSON	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	3603784710	Phone
Date Signed	2013-11-06	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	RICHARD DALY	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 945	AddressLine1
City	FRIDAY HARBOR	City
State	WA	State
ZIP Code	98250	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	722542	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.whalemuseum.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1976	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	WA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The Whale Museum's mission is to promote stewardship of whales and the Salish Sea ecosystem through education and research.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	8	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	8	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	19	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	50	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	206566	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	193904	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	380454	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	313999	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	71	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	105	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	87539	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	99153	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	674630	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	607161	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	386412	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	364223	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	49232	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	256722	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	265323	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	643134	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	629546	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	31496	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-22385	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	522628	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	485295	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	465808	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	450860	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	56820	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	34435	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The Whale Museum's mission is to promote stewardship of whales	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	131993	Expense
Revenue	301179	Revenue
Description	WHALE MUSEUM AND MUSEUM STORE: MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS PROVIDED 29,000 VISITORS WITH EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES WITH MARINE MAMMALS INCLUDING WHALES, DOLPHINS,PORPOISES AND PINNIPEDS IN THE SALISH SEA ECOSYSTEM. THE MUSEUM STORE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	179223	Expense
Revenue	76001	Revenue
Description	EDUCATION: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SERVED 3280 TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND LAY NATURALISTS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION ON MARINE SCIENCE AND LOCAL ECOLOGY AND HISTORY. THE SOUNDWATCH BOATER EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDES ON-WATER MONITORING AND EDUCATION TO REDUCE VESSEL DISTURBANCES TO KILLER WHALES AND OTHER MARINE WILDLIFE IN THE SALISH SEA, THE INLAND WATERS OF WASHINGTON STATE AND BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	214672	Expense
Revenue	171983	Revenue
Description	SCIENTIFIC SERVICES: THE WHALE MUSEUM OPERATES THE SOUNDWATCH BOATER EDUCATION PROGRAM, SEASOUND RADIO, WHALE HOTLINE AND COLLECTS INFORMATION ON MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS AND STRANDINGS AS WELL AS DATA PERTAINING TO WHALE AND VESSEL ACTIVITY. THE MUSEUM'S STAFF COORDINATES THE MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK AND MAINTAINS THE LIME KILN LIGHTHOUSE RESEARCH FACILITY WHICH HAS AN ARRAY OF HYDROPHONES THAT RECORD WHALE VOCALIZATIONS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	525888	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	true	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	true	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	true	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	true	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	7	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	19	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	8	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	8	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	FINANCE MANAGER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3603474710	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	62 1ST STREET N	AddressLine1
City	FRIDAY HARBOR	City
State	WA	State
ZIP Code	98250	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee
JULIE COREY
President	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
FRED FELLEMAN
Vice President	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
BETH NICHOLSON
Treasurer	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
RICHARD DALY
Secretary	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
SAM BUCK
Director	0.50	X		0	0	0
MICHAEL TAYLOR
Diector	0.50	X		0	0	0
JENNY ATKINSON
Executive Director	40.00			61645	0	5740	X
RICHARD OSBORNE
Director	0.50	X		0	0	0
JASON WOOD
Director	0.50	X		0	0	0
DEBORAH PIGMAN
Director	0.50	X		0	0	0
CLARK GILBERT
Director	0.50	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	61645	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	5740	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	8285	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	14312	FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations	1403	RelatedOrganizations
All Other Contributions	169904	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	7282	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	193904	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn
Research Services	541700	205572
Museum admissions	713990	87546
Tuitions	611600	20881

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	313999	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	105	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$105	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	19200	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	14312	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	13152	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	6048	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$6,048	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	195334	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	102229	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	93105	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	93105	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	607161	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	407104	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$6,153	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	67386	Total
Program Services	33692	ProgramServices
Management And General	23586	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10108	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	235384	Total
Program Services	211291	ProgramServices
Management And General	6596	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	17497	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27722	Total
Program Services	23252	ProgramServices
Management And General	1880	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2590	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	33731	Total
Program Services	27072	ProgramServices
Management And General	3025	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3634	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	33	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	33	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	80039	Total
Program Services	80039	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3710	Total
Program Services	3447	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	263	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	25029	Total
Program Services	13419	ProgramServices
Management And General	8322	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3288	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6968	Total
Program Services	4807	ProgramServices
Management And General	686	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1475	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	41770	Total
Program Services	34821	ProgramServices
Management And General	3759	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3190	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10198	Total
Program Services	8489	ProgramServices
Management And General	1670	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	39	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1368	Total
Program Services	1114	ProgramServices
Management And General	254	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	28778	Total
Program Services	27401	ProgramServices
Management And General	427	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	950	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12393	Total
Program Services	9339	ProgramServices
Management And General	2224	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	830	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Rent & storage	4529	4411	0	118
Equipment rental/maint	5863	5126	348	389
Program supplies	16535	12684	466	3385
Credit card expense	10735	9048	244	1443

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17375	Total
Program Services	16436	ProgramServices
Management And General	939	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	629546	Total
Program Services	525888	ProgramServices
Management And General	54426	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	49232	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	131544	BOY
EOY	82844	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	277	BOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7134	BOY
EOY	14044	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17384	BOY
EOY	43386	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10437	BOY
EOY	10256	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	798233	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	463468	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	355852	BOY
EOY	334765	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	522628	BOY
EOY	485295	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41656	BOY
EOY	35096	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	424152	BOY
EOY	415764	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	465808	BOY
EOY	450860	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	56820	BOY
EOY	34435	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	56820	BOY
EOY	34435	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	522628	BOY
EOY	485295	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-22385	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	265356	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	325702	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	139228	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	437262	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	383618	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1551166	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	265356	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	325702	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	139228	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	437262	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	383618	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1551166	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1551166	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	167	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	88	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	178	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	71	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	105	CurrentTaxYear
Total	609	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1551775	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99960	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99950	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collect Used For Public Exhibition	X	CollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Scholar Research	X	CollectUsedForScholarResearch
Collect Used For Preservation	X	CollectUsedForPreservation
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	147500	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	147500	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	292140	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	175803	Depreciation
Book Value	116337	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	2763	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2762	Depreciation
Book Value	1	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	355830	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	284903	Depreciation
Book Value	70927	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	334765	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt III Line 4	The Museum's extensive collection of books, art,
	ARTIFACTS AND RECORDINGS ARE A RESOURCE FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY. PARTS OF THE COLLECTION ARE DISPLAYED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AT THE MUSEUM. BOOKS THAT ARE PART OF THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION ARE CATALOGUED THROUGH THE SAN JUAN PUBLIC LIBRARY AS REFERENCE MATERIALS.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Greeting Ceremony	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	26580	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	14312	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	12268	GrossRevenueEvent1
Non Cash Prizes Event1	7282	NonCashPrizesEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	480	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	2238	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	383	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Total Number Of Other Events	2	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events	6932	GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events	6932	GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events	252	FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events	2517	OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	33512	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	14312	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	19200	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	7282	NonCashPrizesTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	480	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	2490	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	2900	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	13152	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	6048	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	VAL VEIRS	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	Former Director	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	27958	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	payment for research services	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11b	The tax return is provided to Board members before filing,and is reviewed by Executive Director and Finance Manager.
Pt VI, Line 12c	The Board, Executive Director and Finance Mgr are annually required to complete a statement disclosing any potential
Pt VI, Line 12c	conflicts of interests. These forms are reviewed by the Exec.Director.
Pt VI, Line 15a	During 2011 there were no changes in compensation for the top management official.
Pt VI, Line 19	The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	VESSEL EXPENSE 15046. 15046. 0. 0. PERMITS/LICENSES/DUES 1387. 448. 939. 0. BUSINESS TAXES 942. 942. 0. 0.

WHALE MUSEUM: Form 990, tax year 2012

Return header ReturnHeader

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Activity2 Activity2

Activity3 Activity3

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Total170 Total170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Buildings Buildings

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Equipment Equipment

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (2 entries)

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

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