Nonprofit · EIN 48-6112995
WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM
Tax-exempt · BONNER SPGS, KS 66012
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $41,835 | $33,090 | $8,745 | $1,222,783 | $50 | $1,222,733 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $49,540 | $79,409 | -$29,869 | $1,114,976 | $425 | $1,114,551 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $45,864 | $20,589 | $25,275 | $1,012,351 | $0 | $1,012,351 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $39,408
- Membership dues
- $2,275
- Program service revenue
- $1,097
- Investment income
- $1,608
- Net income from sales of inventory
- -$278
- Other revenue
- -$278
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $1,455
- Travel
- $973
- Program services (functional)
- $26,829
- Management and general (functional)
- $6,261
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,114,976
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,222,783
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $50
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,222,733
- Gross receipts
- $42,730
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 1956
- State of legal domicile
- KS
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAN DESKO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GILBERT CASTRO | 1ST VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GENE CHAVEZ | 2ND VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LISA KING | 3RD VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MILCA AGUIRRE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JAMES RYAN JR | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID MEDITZ | HISTORIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BILL HUTTON | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CURTIS SMITH PHD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN STEELE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSH YOUNG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT LOVETT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LORI CLARK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA BATREZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK BISHOP | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAN DESKO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GILBERT CASTRO | 1ST VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GENE CHAVEZ | 2ND VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LISA KING | 3RD VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MILCA AGUIRRE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JAMES RYAN JR | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID MEDITZ | HISTORIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BILL HUTTON | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CURTIS SMITH PHD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM J MILLER CPA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN STEELE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSH YOUNG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT LOVETT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LORI CLARK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA BATREZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK BISHOP | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILL HUTTON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAN DESKO | 1ST VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GILBERT CASTRO | 2ND VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GENE CHAVEZ | 3RD VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MILCA AGUIRRE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JAMES RYAN JR | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LOREN TAYLOR | HISTORIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| REBECCA BARBER MEDITZ | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| IRENE GONZALES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM J MILLER CPA | 2024 TREASUR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MURREL BLAND | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ZELMA SULLY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GARY LONG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN STEELE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN MCTAGGART | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT LOVETT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GEORGE GRONEMAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 631 N 126TH ST, BONNER SPGS, KS 66012-9046
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- DAN DESKO
- Signed the 990
- JAMES RYAN JR, TREASURER
- Phone
- (913) 573-5002
- Website
- WWW.WYCOMUSEUM.ORG
- Return prepared by
- NOVAK BIRKS PC
Mission
TO IDENTIFY, COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET, AND DISSEMINATE MATERIAL AND INFORMATION PERTAINING TO WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORY IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATING AND ASSISTING IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE HERITAGE OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS.
Program accomplishments
- THE HISTORY OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY CAN BE VIEWED IN OUR VAST COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS AND ITEMS FROM LOCAL INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION TO OBJECTS, THERE IS AN IMMENSE COLLECTION OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS, BOOKS, JOURNALS, AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS. THE MUSEUM RECENTLY UPDATED TO A NEW DATABASE SYSTEM FOR OUR COLLECTION RECORDS WITH THE GOAL TO HAVE A PUBLICLY SEARCHABLE PLATFORM. RESEARCH IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO, AND WE HAVE INDEXES THAT INCLUDE COUNTY OBITUARIES, WILLS, TAX ROLLS, MARRIAGE LICENSES, AND OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.Expenses $26,829 · revenue $1,097
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 48-6112995
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1956
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990-N (e-Postcard)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,222,783
- Income (IRS master file)
- $42,730
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $41,835 | $33,090 | $1,222,783 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $49,540 | $79,409 | $1,114,976 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $45,864 | $20,589 | $1,012,351 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $37,789 | $21,538 | $858,931 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 48-6112995).
Questions about WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM
- What is the EIN of WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM is 48-6112995.
- Is WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1956.
- Are donations to WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM file?
- Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less.
- When is the next return of WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DAN DESKO.
- Who are the officers and directors of WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 15 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does WYANDOTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $41,835, expenses of $33,090 and total assets of $1,222,783 at year end.
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