2024-10-30T11:17:23-04:00 2023-12-31 431265062 PRATT MITCHELL & CO PC 303 N WASHINGTON P O BOX 150 SALEM MO 65560 990 2023-01-01 431514904 BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD BONE 5737293400 601 NORTH HICKORY SALEM MO 65560 AUSTIN L MITCHELL TREAS./TRUSTEE 5737292400 2024-10-29 true false AUSTIN L MITCHELL P00792967 5737296115 2024-10-30 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE &HISTORY NANCY R MOENSTER 2881 COUNTY ROAD 5260 SALEM MO 65560 66092 false X WWW.BONEBRAKE.ORG & WWW.BONEBRAKE.NET X 1988 MO NURTURE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF NATURE AND CULTURE THROUGH EXPERIENCES AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE AND HISTORY. 9 9 0 750 0 11354 28306 2882 5153 8957 8666 -41950 23967 -18757 66092 0 0 0 0 0 31881 29827 31881 29827 -50638 36265 564811 601908 832 564811 601076 X NURTURE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF NATURE AND CULTURE THROUGH EXPERIENCES AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE AND HISTORY. false false 22292 THE BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE AND HISTORY OFFERS THE GENERAL PUBLIC LIVING NATURE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY ACTIVITIES, RECOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EXPERIENCES, APPEALING TO ALL AGES AND DIVERSE INTERESTS. BEGINNING IN 2018, SEVERAL DOZEN PROGRAMS WERE DEVELOPED AND HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ON-SITE, ALTHOUGH SOME PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED OFF-SITE AT SCHOOL FACILITIES, TO PROFESSIONAL GROUPS, AND SENIORS. MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED BY EDUCATORS TO BE GRADE-EQUIVALENT. ALL PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED BY VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING TRUSTEES. THE FACILITES ARE ALSO RENTED OUT, AT NOMINAL RATES OR FREE OF CHARGE, TO ENCOURAGE EXPERIENCES ON, AND EXPAND INTEREST IN, THE BONEBRAKE CENTER. THE OUTDOOR FACILITES, 12+ ACRES INCLUDING A WATER SPRING, TRAILS, WILD AND NATIVE FLOWER GARDENS AND TREES, A PRAIRIE, AND A COOK'S LOG CABIN, ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE, DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH FORMAL RECORDS CANNOT BE MAINTAINED REGARDING WALK-ON VISITORS, THE NUMBER IS SUBSTANTIAL AND IS KNOWN TO INCLUDE SPECIAL OCCASIONS GROUPS, INCLUDING WEDDINGS, GRADUATION PARTIES, AND GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOTINGS. OZARK KIDS (OK) CONNECTION WAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED DURING 2008 BY TRUSTEES OF THE BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE AND HISTORY. THE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO HAVE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES, BY WEAVING TOGETHER THE STUDY OF NATURE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE OF THE OZARKS THROUGH SERVICE PROJECTS AND OTHER EXPERIENCES. DURING 2011, THE PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AGES 5 THROUGH 15 (GRADES K-8). THE OK CONNECTION PROGRAMS AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER ENCOMPASS TWO FULL-DAY PROGRAMS DURING THE SUMMER AND MINI-COURSES AT OTHER TIMES. LOCAL AREA SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME INVOLVED IN THE OK CONNECTION PROGRAMS, EITHER AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER, AT THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOL, OR BOTH. THE PROGRAMS ARE PERSONALIZED TO BE GRADE-EQUIVALENT. SEVERAL PROGRAMS AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER COMBINED AND EXPANDED TO A THREE-DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 12. THE GOALS OF DISCOVERY CAMP ARE TO AID THE CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING A LOVE FOR LEARNING, WHILE DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE OF RESPECT FOR NATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ARTS. DISCOVERY CAMP IS AN EDUCATIONAL CAMP PROVIDING THE CHILDREN WITH ENTHUSIASTIC OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES, COUPLED WITH ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY EXPERTS IN DIVERSE VARIETIES OF STUDIES, INCLUDING GEODES, FLY FISHING, COMPASS NAVIGATION, FLINTKNAPPING, AND HERPETOLOGY. THE 12+ ACRES OF WOODS, PRAIRIE, AND FLOWERS, COUPLED WITH THE WATER SPRING, A SMALL RUNNING STREAM AND PONDS, ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO MAKE PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS OF THEIR STUDIES. DISCOVERY CAMP CULMINATES IN AN EVENING OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS. 2848 EFFECTIVE JANUARY, 2023, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE CREATION OF MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS, BASED ON THE LEVEL OF INCOME PAID BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS FROM EARNINGS ON ENDOWED FUNDS WHICH IT MAINTAINS FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER. SINCE THE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE BASED ON THE EARNINGS GENERATED BY CFO FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER, THE AMOUNTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BASED ON A PRE-DETERMINED FORMULA APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS ARE IN MEMORY OF TWO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS IN THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE, AND POPULARITY OF THE BONEBRAKE CENTER. ONE INDIVIDUAL, DR. MACDONALD BONEBRAKE, HAD THE FORESIGHT TO ENVISION THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS HOME PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF SALEM, DENT COUNTY, AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL, LIBBY B. SANDERS, AN ORIGINAL TRUSTEE, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING AND CONDUCTING PROGRAMS FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER, CONTRIBUTING AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER ACTING ALSO AS THE UNPAID EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. MOST UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHE TOUCHED, LIBBY SUCCUMBED TO COVID AFTER A SURGERY. 2848 25140 true false false false false false false false false true true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false MO X AUSTIN L MITCHELL 5737292400 301 NORTH WASHINGTON SALEM MO 65560 X CARILEE M BALL TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 MICHAEL E GODI TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 BONNIE J GRAY SECRETARY/TR X X 0 0 0 DAVID L MASSENGALE V. PRESIDENT X X 0 0 0 AUSTIN L MITCHELL TREAS./TRUST X X 0 0 0 NANCY R MOENSTER PRESIDENT/TR X X 0 0 0 JASON C STOTLER TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE D STRADER TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 JANET E PRICE TRUSTEE X 0 0 0 false false false 28306 14000 28306 FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES 2366 2366 HISTORICAL STRUCTURE 985 985 DISCOVERY CAMP 825 825 ACTIVITY RECEIPTS 496 496 COOKIE WALK 244 244 237 237 5153 8666 8666 CFO ENDOWMENT FMV INC(DEC) 23967 23967 23967 66092 37786 2899 2899 255 237 18 1501 1351 150 2317 2085 232 14249 14249 5545 4450 1095 PROGRAM COSTS 1849 1849 ENDOWED MEM SCHOLARSHIPS 900 900 EQUIPMENT REPAIRS 325 32 293 DEPRECIATION ADJUSTMENT -13 -13 29827 25140 4687 0 32682 38243 196 405 460030 206245 253393 253785 278540 309475 564811 601908 -68 900 0 832 X 286271 291601 278540 309475 564811 601076 564811 601908 36265 X false false false X 33170 21607 188975 11354 28306 283412 33170 21607 188975 11354 28306 283412 184504 98908 9793 1079 11377 8957 8681 39887 566 5442 8465 -41950 23967 -3510 319789 12837 0.30930 0.35440 X PART II, LINE 10 ENDOWMENT UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) -3,510 278540 2687 32633 -645 841 2899 309475 317805 1190 -33004 -3891 833 2727 278540 122770 180197 20325 -2514 568 2405 317805 114574 5060 6492 -2411 216 729 122770 105728 3070 10331 -3629 204 722 114574 0.21170 0.78830 true false 116641 116641 175793 118668 57125 1363 1363 166233 86214 80019 253785 COMMUNITY FDNT OZARKS ENDOWMENT FUND 243958 CDS, ENDOWMENT FUNDS 60738 SAVINGS, ENDOWMENT FUNDS 4779 309475 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS PAYABLE 900 900 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO BE ACCUMULATED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FUNDS FOR THE NORMAL OPERATIONS OF THE BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE AND HISTORY. AT SUCH POINT, THE NECESSITY OF SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR THE NORMAL OPERATIONS WILL CEASE. ATTENTION CAN THEN BE FOCUSED ON SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS FUNDING SPECIAL PROGRAMS WHICH MIGHT BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE AND HISTORY. NEITHER THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS MAINTAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOR BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS HAVE EVER BEEN ENCROACHED. ONLY THE INCOME FROM BOTH SOURCES OF FUNDS HAVE BEEN UTILIZED FOR OPERATING AND PROGRAM EXPENSES. MICHAEL GODI GODI EXCAVATING LLC GODI EXCAVATING LLC TRUSTEE/OWNER MOWING & TRIMMING false SCHEDULE L, PART V THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE TRANSFER OF A FULLY DEPRECIATED ASSET, ITS GRAVELY ZTR MOWER (ITEM 162), IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS MOWING, INCLUDING TRIMMING, OF THE BONEBRAKE CENTER. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 VOLUNTEERS ASSIST IN PROGRAM OFFERINGS, INCLUDING OZARK KIDS (OK) CONNECTION AND DISCOVERY CAMP, AS WELL AS IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING THE HISTORICAL STRUCTURES (2), THE WATER SPRING (FLOWING APPROXIMATELY 240,000 GALLONS DAILY), AND THE LAND (12+ ACRES LOCATED ONE BLOCK FROM THE DENT COUNTY COURTHOUSE SQUARE), WHICH INCLUDES WILD AND NATIVE FLOWER GARDENS AND TREES, WATER SPRING PLANT HABITAT, AND A PRAIRIE. VOLUNTEERS INCLUDE THE TRUSTEES, EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTORS, MS&T STUDENTS AND FACULTY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOCAL 4-H MEMBERS, HOME SCHOOLERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS, AND DEVELOPMENTALE DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IS AT LEAST 750, MANY OF WHOM VOLUNTEER IN MORE THAN ONE ACTIVITY. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE BONEBRAKE CENTER OF NATURE AND HISTORY OFFERS THE GENERAL PUBLIC LIVING NATURE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY ACTIVITIES, RECOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EXPERIENCES, APPEALING TO ALL AGES AND DIVERSE INTERESTS. BEGINNING IN 2018, SEVERAL DOZEN PROGRAMS WERE DEVELOPED AND HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ON-SITE, ALTHOUGH SOME PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED OFF-SITE AT SCHOOL FACILITIES, TO PROFESSIONAL GROUPS, AND SENIORS. MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED BY EDUCATORS TO BE GRADE-EQUIVALENT. ALL PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED BY VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING TRUSTEES. THE FACILITES ARE ALSO RENTED OUT, AT NOMINAL RATES OR FREE OF CHARGE, TO ENCOURAGE EXPERIENCES ON, AND EXPAND INTEREST IN, THE BONEBRAKE CENTER. THE OUTDOOR FACILITES, 12+ ACRES INCLUDING A WATER SPRING, TRAILS, WILD AND NATIVE FLOWER GARDENS AND TREES, A PRAIRIE, AND A COOK'S LOG CABIN, ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE, DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH FORMAL RECORDS CANNOT BE MAINTAINED REGARDING WALK-ON VISITORS, THE NUMBER IS SUBSTANTIAL AND IS KNOWN TO INCLUDE SPECIAL OCCASIONS GROUPS, INCLUDING WEDDINGS, GRADUATION PARTIES, AND GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOTINGS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C SEVERAL PROGRAMS AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER COMBINED AND EXPANDED TO A THREE-DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 12. THE GOALS OF DISCOVERY CAMP ARE TO AID THE CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING A LOVE FOR LEARNING, WHILE DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE OF RESPECT FOR NATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ARTS. DISCOVERY CAMP IS AN EDUCATIONAL CAMP PROVIDING THE CHILDREN WITH ENTHUSIASTIC OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES, COUPLED WITH ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY EXPERTS IN DIVERSE VARIETIES OF STUDIES, INCLUDING GEODES, FLY FISHING, COMPASS NAVIGATION, FLINTKNAPPING, AND HERPETOLOGY. THE 12+ ACRES OF WOODS, PRAIRIE, AND FLOWERS, COUPLED WITH THE WATER SPRING, A SMALL RUNNING STREAM AND PONDS, ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO MAKE PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS OF THEIR STUDIES. DISCOVERY CAMP CULMINATES IN AN EVENING OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D EFFECTIVE JANUARY, 2023, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE CREATION OF MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS, BASED ON THE LEVEL OF INCOME PAID BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS FROM EARNINGS ON ENDOWED FUNDS WHICH IT MAINTAINS FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER. SINCE THE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE BASED ON THE EARNINGS GENERATED BY CFO FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER, THE AMOUNTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BASED ON A PRE-DETERMINED FORMULA APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS ARE IN MEMORY OF TWO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS IN THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE, AND POPULARITY OF THE BONEBRAKE CENTER. ONE INDIVIDUAL, DR. MACDONALD BONEBRAKE, HAD THE FORESIGHT TO ENVISION THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS HOME PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF SALEM, DENT COUNTY, AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL, LIBBY B. SANDERS, AN ORIGINAL TRUSTEE, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING AND CONDUCTING PROGRAMS FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER, CONTRIBUTING AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER ACTING ALSO AS THE UNPAID EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. MOST UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE BONEBRAKE CENTER AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHE TOUCHED, LIBBY SUCCUMBED TO COVID AFTER A SURGERY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 9 CARILEE M. BALL BOX 473 SALEM, MO 65560 MICHAEL E. GODI 803 THOMAS SALEM, MO 65560 BONNIE J. GRAY FIVE COUNTY ROAD 5035 SALEM, MO 65560 DAVID L. MASSENGALE 2401 HIGHWAY 19 NORTH SALEM, MO 65560 AUSTIN L. MITCHELL 301 NORTH WASHINGTON SALEM, MO 65560 NANCY R. MOENSTER 2881 COUNTY ROAD 5260 SALEM, MO 65560 JASON C. STOTLER 1515 HIGHWAY P SALEM, MO 65560 STEPHANIE D. STRADER 1043 COUNTY ROAD 5510 SALEM, MO 65560 JANET E. PRICE 17745 HIGHWAY 49 BLACK, MO 63625 FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B PRIOR TO 2011, FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED AFTER FILING IN THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. BEGINNING IN 2011, THE OFFICIAL POLICY IS TO PROVIDE THE FINAL DRAFT COPY OF FORM 990 TO EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT ITS MEETING PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM. MOST OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN FORM 990 HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTEES IN MEETINGS AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES AND AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. THE TRUSTEES ARE PROVIDED, PERIODICALLY AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, WITH FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER DETAIL THAN PRESENTED ON FORM 990. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND TAX EXEMPT FILINGS, INCLUDING FORMS 1024 AND 990, ARE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE BONEBRAKE CENTER UPON REQUEST. THE MOST CURRENTLY APPROVED AND FILED FORM 990 IS ON THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR.