Gresham Historical Society FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Gresham, OR501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 93-0735183Revenue $147K in FY2021

On file with the IRSgreshamhistoricalsociety.orgPo Box 65, 97030-0011 · Gresham, ORTax-exempt since Aug 1979Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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History preservation

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2021 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $56K a year · 29% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $8K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$158K
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$147K
+120% vs prior year
Spent
$116K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$736K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$147K
FY2021▲ +120%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$67K
FY2021$147K
FY2022$131K
FY2023$179K
FY2024$182K
FY2025$444K
Expenses
$116K
FY2021▲ +32%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$88K
FY2021$116K
FY2022$109K
FY2023$162K
FY2024$164K
FY2025$175K
Net assets
$736K
FY2021▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$688K
FY2021$736K
FY2022$732K
FY2023$762K
FY2024$786K
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1979.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $109K Management & general 5% · $6K Fundraising 2% · $2K

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

15 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Museum Direc
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Silvie Andrews’s $58K as Museum Direc is at the 52nd 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.

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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

Programs and updates

Gresham Historical Society is an arts and culture nonprofit based in Gresham, OR.

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1 program · $109K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Restoring museum. Museum open to the public and has displays for public view. Also rents to public for meetings. Sells items to meet cost of building maintenance, school outreach programs, and school tours.

$109Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$8K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$147K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$121K
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Money outPt IX
$116K
Ln 25
Programscol B$109K
Managementcol C$6K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$736K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$19K
Total assetsLn 16$893K
LiabilitiesLn 26$158K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$121K
Government grantsLn 1e$54K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$35K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Gains on assetsLn 7$5K
Total revenueLn 12$147K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$19K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$19K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$194K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$611K
Other assetsLn 15$53K
Total assetsLn 16$893K
LiabilitiesLn 26$158K
Net assetsLn 32$736K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 655
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$17K$19K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$243K$194K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$602K$611K
Total assetsLn 16$882K$893K
LiabilitiesLn 26$194K$158K
Net assetsLn 32$688K$736K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$41K$37K$3K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$203$183$14$6
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$3K$255$109
Accounting feesLn 11c$760$684$53$23
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$728$613$95$20
Advertising and promotionLn 12$99$89$7$3
Office expensesLn 13$6K$5K$409$175
Information technologyLn 14$343$309$24$10
OccupancyLn 16$13K$12K$928$398
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$25$22$2$1
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$37K$37K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$395$169
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7K$6K$489$209
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K$13$5
Total functional expensesLn 25$116K$109K$6K$2K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $444K$175K$269K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $182K$164K$18K$786K 990 PDF
FY2023 $179K$162K$17K$762K 990 PDF
FY2022 $131K$109K$22K$732K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $147K$116K$31K$736K 990 PDF
FY2020 $67K$88K−$21K$688K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $147,100 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $67,260$121,259
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,751$9,182
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$4,276$16,659
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $66,735$147,100
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $40,112$44,771
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $47,887$71,665
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $87,999$116,436
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$21,264$30,664
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $147,100 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,886 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$2,078
VIII-1c Fundraising events$2,500
VIII-1e Government grants$53,729
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$62,952
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$35,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$121,259
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,838$3,838
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $11,730$11,730
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $679 · Excluded from tax $4,665$5,344
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $601$601
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,442$2,442
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $679 · Unrelated business $11,730 · Excluded from tax $13,432$147,100
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $116,436 across 14 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $36,830 · Management $2,865 · Fundraising $1,228$40,923
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $183 · Management $14 · Fundraising $6$203
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,281 · Management $255 · Fundraising $109$3,645
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $684 · Management $53 · Fundraising $23$760
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $613 · Management $95 · Fundraising $20$728
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $89 · Management $7 · Fundraising $3$99
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,257 · Management $409 · Fundraising $175$5,841
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $309 · Management $24 · Fundraising $10$343
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,933 · Management $928 · Fundraising $398$13,259
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $22 · Management $2 · Fundraising $1$25
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $36,891$36,891
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,088 · Management $395 · Fundraising $169$5,652
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,278 · Management $489 · Fundraising $209$6,976
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,073 · Management $13 · Fundraising $5$1,091
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $108,531 · Management $5,549 · Fundraising $2,356$116,436
Part X · Balance sheet $893,110 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $17,226$19,313
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $15,956$15,418
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $602,039$611,407
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $242,588$193,763
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,361$53,209
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $882,170$893,110
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $179,845$157,585
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $194,076$157,585
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $688,094$735,525
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $882,170$893,110
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $735,525 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$147,100
XI-2 Total expenses$116,436
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$30,664
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$688,094
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$16,767
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$735,525

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