The mission of the Virginia Museum of Natural History is to interpret Virginia's natural heritage within a global context in ways that are relevant to all citizens of the Commonwealth.
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years. more...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$2,756,535
$795,752
$3,552,287
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$2,400,246
$795,752
$3,195,998
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$2,433,032
$811,900
$3,244,932
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$2,512,572
$811,900
$3,324,472
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$2,581,504
$631,905
$3,213,409
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$2,765,050
$631,905
$3,396,955
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$2,892,568
$520,000
$3,412,568
Base Budget
$2,765,050
$631,905
$3,396,955
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$127,518
($111,905)
$15,613
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$2,904,219
$520,000
$3,424,219
Base Budget
$2,765,050
$631,905
$3,396,955
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$139,169
($111,905)
$27,264
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
38.00
9.50
47.50
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
38.00
9.50
47.50
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
39.00
9.50
48.50
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
39.00
9.50
48.50
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
39.00
9.50
48.50
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
39.00
9.50
48.50
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
39.00
9.50
48.50
Base Budget
39.00
9.50
48.50
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
39.00
9.50
48.50
Base Budget
39.00
9.50
48.50
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Remove one-time funding for Distance Learning Classroom
Base Budget Adjustment
Removes one-time support for equipment purchases and project management associated with establishing a distance learning classroom at the museum.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($183,509)
($183,509)
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$161,325
$161,325
•
Provide additional operating support for the museum
Decision Package
Provides additional operating support to offset declining donations, the museum's primary source of nongeneral fund revenue.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$144,483
$150,801
•
Reduce nongeneral fund appropriation based on revenue estimates
Decision Package
Reduces the agency's nongeneral fund appropriation based on revenue estimates.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
($111,905)
($111,905)
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$3,484
$4,738
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$339
$4,382
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$738
$738
•
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$385
$421
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$273
$273
•
Adjust payroll in base budget
Decision Package
Adjusts the base budget to match personal services spending in the service areas. The adjustment is sum-zero.
•
Transfer funding for services from the Virginia Information Technologies Agency between service areas
Decision Package
Transfers the Virginia Information Technologies Agency budget amount between service areas in the base budget to align with actual spending. The shift is sum-zero.
