NonprofitsPalmer Museum Of History And Art

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Palmer Museum Of History And Art

PALMER, AK

Total revenue

$236K

Total expenses

$160K

Net assets

$91K

Grants received

$27K

3 grants

EIN

203297367

Tax year

2024

Mission

To preserve and deepen connections to the history, art, culture of the Greater Palmer Area by curating protecting the artifacts and information owned by the City of Palmer operating the Visitor Center for the city.

Programs

2 programs

Matanuska Valley Colonist Digital Collection. The Palmer Museum of History Art is finalizing our project on developing a digital compendium about the Matanuska Valley Colonists. It is a detail description of the original colonist from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota that shares where they came from, what they did here, who their families are and the legacies they left behind.

Expenses: $26K

Matanuska Valley Historical Photo Project. Palmer Museum of History and Art continues its ongoing effort to build a curated website to present and explain local historic photos. The Palmer Museum has a collection of over 10,000 photographs, all digitized as high resolution scans. Since 2017, we have been connecting this wealth of history to our community in the Matanuska Valley Historical Photo Project database. Over 500 volunteer hours were donated towards this project in 2024.

Expenses: $2K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$180K
Program service revenue$4K
Investment income$143
Other revenue$53K
Total revenue$236K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$94K
Fundraising$14K
Other expenses$66K
Total expenses$160K
Total assets$96K
Net assets$91K

People

8 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Mari Jo Parks

President

Board

15 hrs/wk

Patricia Chesbro

Vice President

Board

18 hrs/wk

Erin Saunders

Secretary

Board

2 hrs/wk

Pamella Meekin

Treasurer

Board

2 hrs/wk

Felicia Desimini

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Margaret Adsit

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Dave Holmquest

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

Tracy Verall

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 3 of 3

FromAmountPurposeYear
$9K
CMF GRANT
2024
$8K
Art Around Palmer
2022
$10K
DEVELOP WEBSITE TO SHOWCASE EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS (PHOTOGRAPHS, CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT, ETC.).
2020

Funded by

$27K from 3 funders · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Mta Foundation Inc

$10K · 1 grant · 2020

Museums Alaska Inc

$9K · 1 grant · 2024

Matanuska Electric Association

$8K · 1 grant · 2022

Details

EIN203297367
NTEE codeA84
Subsection03
Ruling date2006-04
Formed2005
Employees8
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