The Lynden Heritage Foundation exists to provide Whatcom County Communities with a sense of identity and enhance local revenue through heritage tourism. The Lynden Heritage Foundation will achieve these goals by supporting educational programs, creating exhibits, and presentations, and preserving heritage collections concerning Whatcom County Communities prior to WWII. The programs, exhibits, presentations, and collections will be based at the Lynden Pioneer Museum.The Lynden Heritage Foundation is the preeminent center of history and heritage in Northern Whatcom County. It is the place people come first to discover and link themselves to the heritage of Whatcom County communities. The Lynden Heritage Foundation will provide county communities with the strongest sense of identity and greatest pride of self for communities. The Lynden Heritage Foundation will be the single greatest factor in giving the leaders of tomorrow the sense of self that allows them to develop the future and the

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$59K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $102K a year · 36% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$59K
to officers and key staff · 28% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 28% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $32K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$766
0.1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$326K
+34% vs prior year
Spent
$207K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$591K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$326K
FY2025▲ +34%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$128K
FY2021$139K
FY2022$359K
FY2023$209K
FY2024$243K
FY2025$326K
Expenses
$207K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$145K
FY2023$187K
FY2024$191K
FY2025$207K
Net assets
$591K
FY2025▲ +26%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$167K
FY2021$184K
FY2022$398K
FY2023$419K
FY2024$470K
FY2025$591K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1982.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $148K Management & general 29% · $59K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $59K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$44,668Pt VII · Sec A
$13,885Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amanda May’s $45K as Director is at the 39th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Amanda May$44,668$55,951$54,149$48,258$920—
Troy Luginbill————$49,070$48,756
Jennifer Maas$13,885—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Preserves local history and heritage to boost community identity and tourism.

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1 program · $148K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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$148Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$32K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$326K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$302K
Other incomeLn 4–11$21K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$207K
Ln 25
Programscol B$148K
Managementcol C$59K
Owns and owesPt X
$591K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$66K
Total assetsLn 16$592K
LiabilitiesLn 26$766
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$302K
Government grantsLn 1e$62K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$21K
Gains on assetsLn 7$291
Total revenueLn 12$326K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$54K
SavingsLn 2$12K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$66K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$519K
Other assetsLn 15$7K
Total assetsLn 16$592K
LiabilitiesLn 26$766
Net assetsLn 32$591K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$72K$66K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$286K$519K
Total assetsLn 16$471K$592K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$766
Net assetsLn 32$470K$591K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$59K$59K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$57K$57K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$11K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$19K$19K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$28K$28K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$10K$782
Total functional expensesLn 25$207K$148K$59K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $326K$207K$119K$591K 990 PDF
FY2024 $243K$191K$52K$470K 990 PDF
FY2023 $209K$187K$21K$419K 990 PDF
FY2022 $359K$145K$214K$398K 990 PDF
FY2021 $139K$184K 990 PDF
FY2020 $128K$167K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $326,292 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $209,954$301,711
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,867$3,412
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $26,099$21,169
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $242,920$326,292
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $113,092$126,008
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $77,781$80,873
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $190,873$206,881
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $52,047$119,411
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $326,292 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,577 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$7,515
VIII-1e Government grants$61,750
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$232,446
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$301,711
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,121$3,121
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $2,200$2,200
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $291$291
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$17,392
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,189$326,292
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $206,881 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $58,553$58,553
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $56,746$56,746
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,709$10,709
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,692$1,692
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,390$3,390
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,963$6,963
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,171$6,171
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,136$19,136
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,826$4,826
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $28,057$28,057
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,856 · Management $782$10,638
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $147,546 · Management $59,335 · Fundraising $0$206,881
Part X · Balance sheet $591,715 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $18,144$53,622
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $53,424$12,185
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $5,045$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $285,807$518,703
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $109,076$7,205
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $471,496$591,715
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,299$766
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,299$766
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $470,197$590,949
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $471,496$591,715
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $590,949 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$326,292
XI-2 Total expenses$206,881
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$119,411
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$470,197
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,341
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$590,949

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