JOLIET AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: JOLIET AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM (EIN 36-4334686)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-02-01
IRS object ID: 201140329349300114
Schema version: 2009v1.3
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 M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-02-01T12:28:12-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MCCARTHY& MCHUGH LTD	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	801 N LARKIN AVE STE 201	AddressLine1
City	JOLIET	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60435	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364334686	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE JOLIET AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	JOLI	NameControl
Phone	8157235201	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	204 N OTTAWA STREET	AddressLine1
City	JOLIET	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	604324229	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	WILLIAM KAPLAN	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	8157235201	Phone
Date Signed	2010-11-08	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KATHLEEN R MCHUGH	Name
Phone	8157252500	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ANTHONY CONTOS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1223 W ACRES	AddressLine1
City	JOLIET	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60435	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1160805	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.jolietmuseum.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1999	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	IL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Operation of a Historical Museum	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	16	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	16	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	16	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	40	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	317519	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	683117	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	54329	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	58112	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	5411	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	-368	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	79357	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	57770	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	456616	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	798631	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	409566	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	411766	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	128931	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	141731	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	182915	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	551297	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	594681	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-94681	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	203950	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	882693	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	997486	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	692558	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	598038	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	190135	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	399448	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The mission of the Museum is to promote awareness, understanding and	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	294977	Expense
Revenue	105005	Revenue
Description	THE MUSEUM, DEDICATED TO PRESENTING THE HISTORY OF PRIMARILY THE JOLIET AREA, OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN OCTOBER 2002. SINCE ITS OPENING IT HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUDING AN "AWARD OF EXCELLENCE" - EXHIBITION AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRAM. DURING THE 2009-2010 FISCAL YEAR, THE JOLIET AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM WAS NAMED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR BY THE JOLIET REGION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN NOVEMBER OF 2009. THE TOTAL ADMISSIONS TO THE MUSEUM AT THE END OF 2009-2010 SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 48% WHEN COMPARED TO THE 2007-2008 FISCAL YEAR.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	294977	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	true	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	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	true	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	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	true	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	16	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	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	16	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	16	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	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	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	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ANTHONY CONTOS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8157235201	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	204 N OTTAWA ST	AddressLine1
City	JOLIET	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60432	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
ANTHONY CONTOS
Exec. Director	40.00	X	X	73494	0	418
JAY D BERGMAN
Director	2.00	X
MOHRA GAVANKAR
Director	2.00	X
WILLIAM T KAPLAN
Director	2.00	X					X
CURT PADDOCK
Director	2.00	X
DONNIE CHESTNUTT
Director	2.00	X
REX D EASTON
Director	2.00	X
VIRGINIA FERRY
Director	2.00	X					X
ANDREW MIHELICH
Director	2.00	X
VAL A RAND
Director	2.00	X
JAMES V SMITH
Director	2.00	X
DENNIS CREMIN
Diretor	2.00	X
JOHN LEACH
Director	2.00	X
LYNNE LICTENAUER
Director	2.00	X
MIKE RITTOF
Director	2.00	X					X
RAYMOND SLATTERY
Director	2.00	X					X
TIMOTHY BROPHY
Director	2.00	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	73494	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	418	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	15330	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	62841	FundraisingEvents
Government Grants	334058	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	270888	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	271037	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	683117	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Admissions	900099	17308	17308
Program Fees	900099	40804	40804

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	58112	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4495	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4,495	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	5432	Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	5432	Real

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5432	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$5,432	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	250586	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	251178	Securities
Other	4271	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-592	Securities
Other	-4271	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-4863	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$4,863	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	71903	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	62841	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	61499	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10404	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$10,404	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Gaming	24064	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	14090	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	9974	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$9,974	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	62699	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	31136	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	31563	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$31,563	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Miscellaneous	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	397	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$397	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	397	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	798631	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	58112	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$57,402	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	70370	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	70370	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	268834	Total
Program Services	153802	ProgramServices
Management And General	27924	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	87108	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2000	Total
Program Services	902	ProgramServices
Management And General	583	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	515	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35148	Total
Program Services	16210	ProgramServices
Management And General	10211	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8727	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35414	Total
Program Services	16333	ProgramServices
Management And General	10288	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8793	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5500	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	5500	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10335	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10335	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	54343	Total
Program Services	21161	ProgramServices
Management And General	29151	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4031	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	817	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	817	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	814	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	814	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31499	Total
Program Services	30979	ProgramServices
Management And General	520	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10122	Total
Program Services	6004	ProgramServices
Management And General	2659	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1459	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Dues & Subscriptions	1907	0	1907	0
Contract Labor	22238	14171	7988	79
Development/Marketing	11240	2992	440	7808
Educational Programs	22322	22322	0	0
Exhibits/Collection Care	3554	3554	0	0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8224	Total
Program Services	6547	ProgramServices
Management And General	1601	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	76	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	594681	Total
Program Services	294977	ProgramServices
Management And General	170773	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	128931	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	33522	BOY
EOY	29694	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	210511	BOY
EOY	348372	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5492	BOY
EOY	1221	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1576	BOY
EOY	100	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	22854	BOY
EOY	28254	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6517	BOY
EOY	3232	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	600811	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	60008	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	562643	BOY
EOY	540803	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	39578	BOY
EOY	45810	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	882693	BOY
EOY	997486	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	685288	BOY
EOY	593088	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7270	BOY
EOY	4950	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	692558	BOY
EOY	598038	EOY

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

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	90300	BOY
EOY	300074	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	99835	BOY
EOY	99374	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	190135	BOY
EOY	399448	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	882693	BOY
EOY	997486	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
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	230547	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	295520	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	295289	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	277375	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	620276	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1719007	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	792000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	792000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	792000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	792000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	792000	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3960000	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1022547	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1087520	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1087289	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1069375	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1412276	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5679007	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	250586	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	5428421	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	12425	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	16704	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	21848	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	11982	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	9927	CurrentTaxYear
Total	72886	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	46268	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	58335	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	43979	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	41499	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	20775	CurrentTaxYear
Total	210856	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	5962749	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	467790	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.91040	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.95050	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances Test	OTHER INCOME PART II, LINE 10; DESCRIPTION: SPECICAL EVENTS; 2005: 45094.; 2006: 57528.; 2007: 43272.; 2008: 40452.; 2009: 10404.; DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS; 2005: 1174.; 2006: 807.; 2007: 707.; 2008: 1047.; 2009: 397.; DESCRIPTION: RAFFLE; 2005: 0.; 2006: 0.; 2007: 0.; 2008: 0.; 2009: 9974.;	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

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
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	99374	BeginningOfYearBalance
End Of Year Balance	99374	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	99374	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	2500	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	2500	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	99374	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	50734	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	32504	Depreciation
Book Value	18230	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	550077	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	27504	Depreciation
Book Value	522573	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	540803	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	798631	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	594681	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	203950	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	5363	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	5363	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	209313	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1595994	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	5363	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	792000	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	797363	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	798631	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	798631	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1386681	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	792000	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	792000	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	594681	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	594681	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt III Line 4	The Museum's collections are made up of artifacts of historical significance,
	also lend many historical treasures to the Museum.
Pt V Line 4	The endowment funds are to be used for public access
	ALSO LEND MANY HISTORICAL TREASURES TO THE MUSEUM.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Gala Ball	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	70598	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	27508	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	43090	GrossRevenueEvent1
Non Cash Prizes Event1	1570	NonCashPrizesEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	2337	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	25920	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1	5000	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	3066	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	Roof Top Party	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	22704	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event2	4330	CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	18374	GrossRevenueEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event2	770	RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Food And Beverage Event2	6845	FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Entertainment Event2	3000	EntertainmentEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	1054	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events	8	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events	41442	GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Charitable Contrib Other Events	31003	CharitableContribOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events	10439	GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Rent Facility Costs Other Events	4432	RentFacilityCostsOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events	7257	FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events	248	OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	134744	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	62841	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	71903	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	1570	NonCashPrizesTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	7539	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	40022	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	8000	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	4368	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	61499	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	10404	NetIncomeSummary

Gaming Information GamingInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Other Gaming	24064	GrossRevenueOtherGaming
Cash Prizes Other Gaming	14090	CashPrizesOtherGaming
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	true	VolunteerLaborOtherGaming
Volunteer Labor Prcnt Other Gaming	0.50000	VolunteerLaborPrcntOtherGaming
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	24064	GrossRevenueTotalGaming
Cash Prizes Total Gaming	14090	CashPrizesTotalGaming
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	14090	DirectExpenseSummaryGaming
Net Gaming Income Summary	9974	NetGamingIncomeSummary

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	IL	StatesWhereGamingConducted
Licensed	true	Licensed
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtc
Gaming With Nonmembers	true	GamingWithNonmembers
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntity
Percentage Of Gaming Own Facility	0.75000	PercentageOfGamingOwnFacility
Percentage Of Gaming Othr Facility	0.25000	PercentageOfGamingOthrFacility
Name Of Gaming Rec Keeper Person	MARY TUCCI	NameOfGamingRecKeeperPerson

Address Of Gaming Rec Keeper US AddressOfGamingRecKeeperUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	204 N OTTAWA STREET	AddressLine1
City	JOLIET	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60432	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contract With3rd Party For Gam Rev	false	ContractWith3rdPartyForGamRev

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	250586	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	NYSE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Historical Artifacts HistoricalArtifacts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	76	NumberOfContributions
Method Of Determining Revenues	N/A	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckbox	DescriptionDescription	Number Of ContributionsNumberOfContributions	Noncash Contribs Rptd F990NoncashContribsRptdF990
X	Items for Annual Gala Ball	3	6248
X	Other Advertising	2	5220
X	Items for Roof Top Party	2	4280
X	Items for Spring Luncheon	3	4703

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	true	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (15 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI-B, Line 15	It is the policy of the Museum to pay no more than reasonable
	compensation for personal services rendered to the Museum.
	The amount has to be reasonable in light of the position, responsibility
	and qualification of the position held and comparable to
	the compensation paid by other organizations for a similiar position.
Pt VI-B, Line 11A	Board of Directors review the Form 990 at a meeting before it was filed
Pt VI-A, Line 7a	City of Joliet and Joliet Junior College are each authorized to appoint one individual to the Board of Directors.
	Each member of The Museum shall be entitled to one vote at the
	annual meeting of The Museum to elect the Board of Directors and at
	other meetings of the membership.
Pt VI-C, Line 19	The organization makes its governing documents, policies and financial
	statements available to the public by making copies of the
	documents upon request
Pt VI-A, Line 6	The Museum has memebers. Each member of The Museum shall be entitled to one vote at the
	annual meeting of The Museum and at other meetings of the membership.