Randall Museum Friends

“990 documents and draft are reviewed by select members of the Board of Directors and the full time staff of Randall Museum Friends; consultations with auditors take place until both sides are satisfied with 990.”

“All positions volunteer with no compensation; a director would have to recuse/resign to engage in any business. An annual review is done for each Board member.”

“Upon request.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Programs:Animal Exhibit: collection of living animals is used to educate visitors about California's indigenous wildlife; includes Healthy Oceans and animal skulls.Model Train Exhibit: one of the largest model railroads in Northern California open on Saturdays (under renovation).Riding the Rails Exhibit: includes a scaled-down caboose; a model railway where children play in front of panels about the history of rail systems in San Francisco; and a low-relief of a passenger car that tells the story of the Transcontinental Railroad (dormant during renovation).Earthquake Exhibit: interactive displays include a working seismograph, shake tables to try and build earthquake proof structures, earthquake computer games, replica of a 1906 earthquake refugee shack, tectonic plate activity (dormant during renovation).Annual San Francisco Middle School Science Fair. over four-thousand students from more than thirty schools participated in this citywide science enrichment program. From those schools, approximately two-hundred projects created by sixth, seventh and eighth grade students qualified for the 33th Annual Middle School Science Fair in February 2015. Winners from this fair at the Randall were recognized at a public ceremony and qualified for the regional fair; all projects remained on view to the public for a week.Hands-on science and cultural programs: thousands of local K-8 school children participate in a variety of science and cultural field trips that supplement school curriculum.Saturdays at the Randall: museum's busiest day of the week, often attracting hundreds of visitors; activities include family ceramics, drop-in science, live animal talks, feed the animals, afternoon art, and miscellaneous special programs.Toddler Tree house: a dedicated activity room for pre-school age children and is occupied throughout the day (under renovation).Teen animal room interns: teenagers, trained by museum staff, helped to care for the animals and answer visitor's questions; some volunteer for several years.Animal docent program: dedicated adult volunteers, trained by museum staff, give free animal talks to school groups and the general public.Family event days: Bug Day, Family Halloween, Holiday Crafts Day are the three annual community theme-based days that attract hundreds of families and provide fun, interactive, educational experiences.San Francisco Natural History and San Francisco Naturalists lecture series: prominent experts present at both popular monthly lecture series with a strong local following (dormant during renovation).School break classes: special classes offered to provide activities to children during the spring and winter-holiday spring breaks.Astronomy nights and San Francisco Amateur Astronomers: there are both monthly lectures and, weather permitting, stargazing parties that include telescopes for visitors who do not have their own (dormant during renovation).Cine Club free film program for high school students: offers free screenings of challenging film presentations to enlarge and deepen the cultural landscape of teenagers (dormant during renovation).Young People's Teen Musical Theater Company: part of San Francisco Recreation & Parks; the company presented productions of three full musical productions (dormant during renovation).Musical Theater Works: a theater academy and performance company for younger performers based at the Randall; rental income from MTW helps fund other museum programs; MTW ran classes, held recitals, and presented two full musical productions (dormant during renovation).Habitat restoration of Corona Heights Hill: volunteers learn about the area's native plants through this monthly program to restore the surrounding hillside.Birding the Hill program: monthly programs on Corona Heights Hill in conjunction with Golden Gate Audubon society; attendees averaged 42 different bird species per walk, with a total of 110 species for the year.Birthday parties: Randall M”

“Prior year understatement of grant revenue & grants receiv. = $30000”