Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470658163
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA
Phone
4024723779
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Science and Technology Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,728
Expenses
$27,733
Assets
$125,980

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEB HANSEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DEB HANSEN (PRESIDENT)
  • KERI REMPP (VICE PRESIDE)
  • MEGHEN SITTLER (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The friends mission is to bring people together in support of the university of Nebraska state nuseum by promoting an understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of science and natural history. The friends pursues this mission through public education, communication, outreach, supporto facademic research, personal involvement, and financial support.

What it reported doing in 2025

Gifts to the university of Nebraska state museum for thier virtual field trip program

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.54; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.