Forney Museum

“Patricia forney cheryl klinker director secretary family relationship cheryl klinker christina townsend secretary treasurer family relationship”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the board of directors prior to filing with the irs.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy covers all officers and directors of the organization. If a responsible person is aware that the organization is about to enter into any transaction or make any decision involving a conflict of interest, such person shall immediately inform the board, and shall recuse themselves from voting on any matter relating to the conflict.”

“The executive director's compensation is reviewed annually by the board of directors. The board uses comparability data during their review process, which includes the annual nonprofit compensation report produced by guidestar, along with the colorado non-profit association annual salary survey, to determine compensation amounts for the executive director.”

“Governing and financial documents are available upon request.”

“Founded in 1955, the forney museum proudly houses and showcases over 800 artifacts related to the history of transportation, the industrial revolution and the expansion of the united states through various forms of transportation, including, but not limited to horse-drawn, rail, automobiles, bicycles and aircraft. With the covd-19 pandemic, came mandatory shut-downs of our facility, first in march 2020 and again in november 2020. In total, we were fully closed for approximately 4-months. When we were able to re-open, it was on a very restricted basis until the end of this past may. To date, we are far below our pre-pandemic attendance and we experienced an overall decline in 2020 revenue of nearly 40% compared to the same period in 2019 and a 57% decrease in program revenue. Additionally, all our event & meeting rentals were canceled from mid-march 2020 until may 2021, entirely eliminating a major source of operating revenue. Since restrictions were lifted approximately 3 months ago, we have only had a handful of events booked and held; perhaps 10% of pre-pandemic levels. Although attendance levels were gradually increasing in recent weeks, we are once again seeing a significant decline, likely due to concerns regarding the virulent "delta" covid-19 variant. At this time it is difficult to ascertain the full and final impact of this pandemic, but we are likely to continue to experience a considerable operating deficit for the foreseeable future.”