Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium
Legal name: American National Fish & Wildlife Museum
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431792437
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2018
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018
- Location
- Springfield, MO, US
- Phone
- 1-800-456-4812
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural History, Natural Science Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,752,500
- Expenses
- $1,149,222
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROB KECK (CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- R MAX PETERSON (BOARD DIRECTOR)
- LELAND GANNAWAY (BOARD DIRECTOR)
- ROSEANN BENTLEY (BOARD DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To conserve our world's natural resources and wildlife through education, conservation, and recreation.
What it reported doing in 2018
The american national fish & wildlife museum provided supportive grant money to the johnny morris' wonders of wildlife national museum & aquarium for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the museum facility.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Affiliate-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 41.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -13.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -35.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.