NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC (EIN 31-1436217)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-11-14
IRS object ID: 201123189349304137
Schema version: 2010v3.4
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-11-14T13:45:14-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Barnes Dennig & Co LTD	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	150 East Fourth Street	AddressLine1
City	Cincinnati	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	45202	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	311436217	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NATI	NameControl
Phone	5133337500	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 East Freedom Way	AddressLine1
City	Cincinnati	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	45202	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Kim Robinson	Name
Title	CEO	Title
Phone	5133337500	Phone
Date Signed	2011-11-11	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	5132418313	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Kim Robinson	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 East Freedom Way	AddressLine1
City	Cincinnati	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	45202	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	17115103	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.freedomcenter.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1995	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	OH	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To reveal stories about freedom's heroes, from the era of the underground railroad to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	34	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	33	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	65	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	45	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2341763	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	4273172	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
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Investment Income Current Year	-9965	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	177064	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	147523	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	-1181205	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	5738276	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	2639787	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	2637282	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
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Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	1321345	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year	5945590	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Current Year	8582872	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Liabilities BOY	27615126	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	515399	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	14256849	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	35598698	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	The purpose of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Inc. (Freedom Center) is to establish a national museum and educational center in Cincinnati to commemorate the historic efforts of African American slaves to escape their bonds, and of sympathetic Americans of many different races and backgrounds to help fugitive slaves claim the promises of freedom. By celebrating this heritage and by raising the awareness of the ongoing struggle for freedom among men, women, and children around the world, the Freedom Center will communicate how the historic themes of the Underground Railroad relate to comtemporary society. The Freedom Center has three main purposes, to communicate, to educate, and to inspire.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	4324476	Expense
Revenue	622652	Revenue
Description	Education: to educate school age children (K-12), institutions of higher learning, and the general public of the national significance of the Underground Railroad and lessons learned from the Underground Railroad through guided tours, teacher workshops, educational outreach programs, scholarly lectures, public forums, first-person re-enactments, and digital/distance learning initiatives, including producing and distributing digital content nationwide.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1129715	Expense
Description	Museum operation: to provide a positive conduit for the public dissemination on the impact of slavery and human trafficking within the United States. This is accomplished through the effective use of high-tech interactive permanent exhibitions, rotating traveling exhibitions, and a collection of owned and borrowed artifacts, including an authentic 19th century slave pen from Mason County, Kentucky. The museum also features a full service genealogical library, a gift shop offering fair-trade international and domestic goods, a teacher resource and education center, and multi-purpose classroom space.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	404848	Expense
Revenue	704894	Revenue
Description	Community: to form partnerships within the community with like purpose entities and to host community forums and partner programs that will benefit our constituents and further the mission of the Freedom Center. Partnerships with for-profit and non-profit entities enable the Freedom Center to expand the resources and the reach of its purpose, including the awareness of the six contemporary "Unfreedoms: Racism, Illiteracy, Genocide, Hunger, Tyranny, and Slavery".	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Number Independent Voting Members	33	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
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Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	1	DocumentRetentionPolicy
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
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The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	5133337592	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 East Freedom Way	AddressLine1
City	Cincinnati	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	45202	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (38 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Mrs Shakila Ahmad
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Chuck Brown
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Bishop E Lynn Brown
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Dr John Bryant
Ex-Officio Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Mark Casella
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Phil Castellini
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Alfonso Cornejo
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Thomas Crain
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Marty Dunn Esq
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Eric Ellis
Board Member - exit 12/10	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Bruce Gordon
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mrs Beverly A Grant
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Mitchell Habib
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Phillip Holloman
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Bishop TD Jakes
Board Member - exit 12/10	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Peter Kaufman
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Ms Leslie Kreines
Ex-Officio Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Dr Mitchell Livingston
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Bob McNeil
Board Member - exit 12/10	1.00	X	0	0	0
Dr O'Dell Owens
Board Member - exit 12/10	1.00	X	0	0	0
Hon Walter Rice
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mrs Lois Rosenthal
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Dr Thomas Schneider
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Ms Marilyn Shazor
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mrs Susan Taylor
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Charles Whitehead
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Mr Robert Blackwell
Board Member - enter 12/10	1.00	X	0	0	0
Rev Darryl Woods
Board Member	1.00	X	0	0	0
Rev Damon Lynch
Presiding Co-Chair	10.00	X	0	0	0	X
Mr John Pepper
Co-Chair	20.00	X	0	0	0	X
Mrs Francie Hiltz
Secretary	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
Mr Kenneth Robinson
Treasurer	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
Hon Nathaniel Jones
Honorary Co-Chair	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
Mr Edwin Rigaud
Honorary Co-Chair	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
Mrs Marian Spencer
Honorary Co-Chair	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
Mr Donald Murphy
CEO	40.00		234335	0	26928	X
Mr John Quirk
COO - exit 3/10	40.00		22028	0	1685	X
Mr Benjamin T Reece
Finance Director	40.00		103098	0	10523		X

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Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
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Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

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Touch Worldwide LLC
1925 Post Alley Ste 3	Seattle	WA	98101	Design of exhibit	221247
Guardsmark
PO Box 11407	Birmingham	AL	35246	Security Services	209613
Skyston Ryan Inc
634 W Seventh St Ste 107	Cincinnati	OH	45203	Consulting	160864
Bryan Cave LLP
PO Box 503089	St Louis	MO	63150	Lobbying	157500
Mission Measurement
2 N LaSalle St Ste 1150	Chicago	IL	60602	Consulting	130721

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Government Grants	271056	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	4002116	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	1338727	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	4273172	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

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Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	11271183	Securities

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Cost Of Goods Sold	105644	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

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Total Revenue Column	128001	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$128,001	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

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Business Code	722210	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	14200	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$14,200	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	14200	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$137,558	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Program Services	13064	ProgramServices
Management And General	206596	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	65316	Fundraising

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Management And General	535170	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	270502	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3583	Total
Program Services	463	ProgramServices
Management And General	3120	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	87803	ProgramServices
Management And General	53022	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14987	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	131312	ProgramServices
Management And General	63163	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	33429	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

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Program Services	3564	ProgramServices
Management And General	34544	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	414	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	42769	Total
Management And General	42769	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

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Management And General	27700	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	93070	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

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Program Services	187138	ProgramServices
Management And General	66510	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	482814	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	228643	ProgramServices
Fundraising	67157	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	350821	ProgramServices
Management And General	73749	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	80047	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	33927	ProgramServices
Management And General	2333	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1357	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	1057482	ProgramServices
Management And General	79049	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	29566	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	29579	ProgramServices
Management And General	16705	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	75102	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	170747	Total
Program Services	111035	ProgramServices
Management And General	13438	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	46274	Fundraising

Interest Interest

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Program Services	688482	ProgramServices
Management And General	47351	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	17395	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	1321612	ProgramServices
Management And General	90895	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	33390	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

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Program Services	133445	ProgramServices
Management And General	9178	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3372	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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Membership and Dues	32350	1748	27226	3376
Miscellaneous	29023	21733	5925	1365
Training	16893	10436	4045	2412

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Management And General	1402488	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1321345	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	726438	BOY
EOY	2158507	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25937	BOY
EOY	21439	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2446535	BOY
EOY	1751941	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	70390	BOY
EOY	28122	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	127036	BOY
EOY	129247	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	605431	BOY
EOY	79113	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	32537046	BOY
EOY	31756829	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5333162	BOY
EOY	188899	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41871975	BOY
EOY	36114097	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	572741	BOY
EOY	458439	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	42385	BOY
EOY	56960	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	27000000	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	27615126	BOY
EOY	515399	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13489393	BOY
EOY	33991504	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	747456	BOY
EOY	520528	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	20000	BOY
EOY	1086666	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	14256849	BOY
EOY	35598698	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41871975	BOY
EOY	36114097	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-2844596	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	24186445	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	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	12854712	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	9985021	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6153366	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2341763	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4273172	CurrentTaxYear
Total	35608034	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	12854712	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	9985021	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6153366	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2341763	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4273172	CurrentTaxYear
Total	35608034	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	8839020	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	26769014	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1238263	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1451541	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1680133	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	521913	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	280254	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5172104	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	221116	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	305002	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	34273	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	29580	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	14200	CurrentTaxYear
Total	604171	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	41384309	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	6671608	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.64680	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.66200	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	0	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	0	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	0	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	1	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Grants Other Organizations	$157,500	GrantsOtherOrganizationsAmount
Direct Contact Legislators	0	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	0	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	157500	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	0	NotDescribedIn501c3

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Explanation of Other Lobbying Activities:	Identifier
Return Reference	Part II-B, Line 1i:	ReturnReference
Explanation	Lobbying activities performed by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center include the payment of lobbying firms contracted to seek funding for the Center from government agencies at all levels of government.	Explanation

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	0	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	20000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	1066666	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	1543	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	1088209	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	20000	BeginningOfYearBalance
End Of Year Balance	20000	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	20000	BeginningOfYearBalance
End Of Year Balance	20000	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	1.00000	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	0	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	0	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	64428556	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	49128418	Depreciation
Book Value	15300138	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2536065	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2276193	Depreciation
Book Value	259872	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	31516089	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	15319270	Depreciation
Book Value	16196819	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	31756829	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	5738276	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	8582872	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-2844596	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	36445	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Other	$24,150,000	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	24186445	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	21341849	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	5954425	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	36445	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	179704	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	216149	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	5738276	RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	5738276	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	8762576	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	179704	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	179704	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	8582872	ExpensesSubtotal
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	8582872	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (5 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation	IdentifierIdentifier
Part III, Line 1a:	Collections of works of art, historical treasures and similar assets are not capitalized in as much as the items are preserved and cared for continuously. Purchases of collection items are reported in the year of acquistion as decreases in unrestricted net assets, or in temporarily or permanently restricted net assets if the assets used to purchase the items were restricted to that use by donor stipulation. Contributions of collection items are not reported in the financial statements. Proceeds from disposal of and insurance recoveries related to collection items are reported as increases in the appropriate net asset classes. The Freedom Center's collections consist of historical manuscripts, art objects, microfilm, photographs and costs of digitization. They are subject to a policy that requires proceeds from the disposition of collection items to be used to acquire other collection items.
Part III, Line 4:	The Freedom Center's collections consist of historical manuscripts, art objects, microfilm, photographs and costs of digitization. The collections are used to educate the public about the historic struggle to abolish human enslavement and secure freedom for all people. The Freedom Center teaches lessons of courage and cooperation from Underground Railroad history to promote collaborative learning, dialogue and action to inspire today's freedom movements.
Part V, Line 4:	Operating Endowment	Description of Intended Use of Endowment Funds:
	Debt forgiveness 24,150,000.	Part XI, Line 8 - Other Adjustments:
	Part XI, Line 8 - Settlement of Debt: In March 2010, the Freedom Center signed a settlement agreement with the Banks to retire all outstanding Adjustable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds through the Port Authority.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required	1	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	0	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	0	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	0	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Mr Donald Murphy	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	234335	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Based On Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Bonus Filing Org	0	BonusFilingOrg
Bonus Related Orgs	0	BonusRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation Filing Org	0	OtherCompensationFilingOrg
Other Compensation Related Orgs	0	OtherCompensationRelatedOrgs
Deferred Comp Filing Org	5473	DeferredCompFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Related Orgs	0	DeferredCompRelatedOrgs
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	21455	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Related Orgs	0	NontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs
Total Compensation Filing Org	261263	TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs	0	TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrg
Comp Report Prior990 Related Orgs	0	CompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	4	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	1338727	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	8104	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of8283 Received	0	NumberOf8283Received
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	1	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation	Return ReferenceReturnReference
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	The CFO and finance chair reviewed the return which was then distributed to the members of the board.
	All active board members and employees are required to sign off on a form disclosing any conflicts of interest on an annual basis.	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c
	The CEO compensation is compared with other museums across the US, all changes are voted on in Executive Sessions of the Executive Committee and Full Board.	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a
	The governing documents are available on the Ohio Secretary of State's website. The financial statements and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19
Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances:	Net unrealized gains on investments: 36,445. Debt forgiveness 24,150,000. Total to Form 990, Part XI, Line 5: 24,186,445.	Form 990, Part XI, line 5:
Audit Oversight	The audit committee oversees the audit and this process has not changed since prior year.	Form 990, Part XI, Line 2c