COLONEL MUSEUM INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: COLONEL MUSEUM INC (EIN 76-0154705)
Tax period: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
Filed: 2026-07-31
IRS object ID: 202622129349301607
Schema version: 2024v5.2
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 D
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-07-31T11:21:03-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WITHUM SMITH BROWN PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5847 SAN FELIPE ST SUITE 2600	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOUSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77057	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	760154705	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Colonel Museum Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% ROBERT CALLIES	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	COLO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4096834351	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE HOPE BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GALVESTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77554	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT CALLIES	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4096834351	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-07-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	EMILY SMIKAL	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01312781	PTIN
Phone	7138601400	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-07-28	PreparationDt

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

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROBERT CALLIES	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE HOPE BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GALVESTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77554	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$313,918	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.MOODYGARDENS.COM/ATTRACTIONS/COLONEL_PADD	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1985	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	MUSEUM LOCATED ABOARD A PADDLEWHEEL BOAT WITH EXHIBITS DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF PADDLEWHEEL TRANSPORTATION IN TEXAS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$4,074	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$884,462	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$261,356	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,311	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$773	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$192,817	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$37,156	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,078,590	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$299,285	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$420,585	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$261,808	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$777,339	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$564,290	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,197,924	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$826,098	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$119,334	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$526,813	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$976,477	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$567,876	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$539,084	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$657,296	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$437,393	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-$89,420	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	MUSEUM LOCATED ABOARD A PADDLEWHEEL BOAT WITH EXHIBITS DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF PADDLEWHEEL TRANSPORTATION IN TEXAS	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$779,709	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$261,356	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE COLONEL MUSEUM, INC MANAGES AND OPERATES A MUSEUM LOCATED ABOARD A PADDLEWHEEL BOAT WITH EXHIBITS DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF PADDLEWHEEL TRANSPORTATION IN TEXAS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$779,709	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	11	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT CALLIES	PersonNm
Phone	4096834351	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE HOPE BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GALVESTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77554	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
E DOUGLAS MCLEOD
VICE-PRES	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$700	$21,750	$0
CHARLES MILOS
SEC/TREA	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$700	$0	$0
JOY COWAN
VICE-PRES	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$700	$0	$0
E VINCE MATTHEWS III
CHAIRMAN/PRES	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$350	$0	$0
Gene Lucas
Director (Thru 12/2024)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$2,450	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$21,750	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Total Contributions	$0	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
ADMISSIONS	712110	$226,435	$226,435
CHARTERS	712110	$34,921	$34,921

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$261,356	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$773	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$773	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$51,312	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$14,633	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$36,679	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$32,605	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$4,074	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$477	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$477	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$477	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$299,285	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$294,438	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$4,074	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$773	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,450	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,450	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$222,410	TotalAmt
Program Services	$222,410	ProgramServicesAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$961	TotalAmt
Program Services	$961	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,155	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,155	ProgramServicesAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,832	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,832	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$30,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,388	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,388	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,031	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,031	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,649	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,544	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$105	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,600	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,600	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$813	TotalAmt
Management And General	$813	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,421	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,421	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$119,525	TotalAmt
Program Services	$119,525	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105,372	TotalAmt
Program Services	$105,372	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
CONTRACT LABOR	$149,050	$149,050
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE	$69,511	$69,511
FUEL	$16,351	$16,351
TAXES & LICENSES	$6,011	$6,011

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,568	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,568	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$826,098	TotalAmt
Program Services	$779,709	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$46,389	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,634	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,495	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$236,826	BOYAmt
EOY	$14	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,276	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,949	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,107	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,449	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$2,833,302	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,322,333	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$620,634	BOYAmt
EOY	$510,969	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$976,477	BOYAmt
EOY	$567,876	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$64,084	BOYAmt
EOY	$182,296	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$475,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$475,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$539,084	BOYAmt
EOY	$657,296	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$411,765	BOYAmt
EOY	-$89,420	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,628	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$437,393	BOYAmt
EOY	-$89,420	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$976,477	BOYAmt
EOY	$567,876	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$526,813	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$718,878	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$722,101	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,180,777	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,101,642	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$308,594	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,031,992	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$718,878	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$722,101	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,180,777	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,101,642	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$308,594	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,031,992	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$4,031,992	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$274	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$116	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,037	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$773	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,511	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$25,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$21,793	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$38,868	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$22,149	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,074	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$112,837	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$26,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$21,909	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$39,905	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$23,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,847	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$116,348	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,565	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$154	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$104	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$477	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,304	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$746,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$744,014	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,220,836	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,125,206	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$313,918	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,150,644	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.97141	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.96959	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.02803	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.02958	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp
Equipment		EquipmentGrp

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,833,302	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,322,333	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$510,969	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$510,969	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	NOTE PAYABLE - MOODY GARDENS	Desc
Amt	$475,000	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$475,000	TotalLiabilityAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part III, Line 4	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	EXHIBITION OF THE HISTORY OF PADDLEWHEEL TRANSPORTATION IN TEXAS	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B	THE BOARD REVIEWS THE 990. AFTER THEIR APPROVAL, THE RETURN IS SIGNED AND MAILED
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15A	BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES ALL SALARIES
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT ONE HOPE BLVD, GALVESTON, TEXAS
FORM 990, PART V, LINE 2A	ALL EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED IN PAYROLL BY RELATED ENTITY, MOODY GARDENS INC (EIN: 76-0288131), AND THUS ARE REPORTED ON FORM W-3 FOR MOODY GARDENS INC. COLONEL MUSEUM REIMBURSES MOODY GARDENS FOR PAYROLL EXPENSE. THEREFORE, COLONEL MUSEUM HAS NO EMPLOYEES DIRECTLY REPORTED ON A FORM W-3.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Moody Gardens Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE HOPE BOULEVARD	AddressLine1Txt
City	Galveston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77554	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	760288131	EIN
Primary Activities	Attractions	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	PF	PublicCharityStatusTxt
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	Yes (true)	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	Yes (true)	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	Yes (true)	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Moody Gardens Inc
E	$475,000	Note Agreement
Moody Gardens Inc
P	$222,410	Reimbursed Amt