2024-05-14T16:32:28-05:00 2023-06-30 580692043 MAULDIN & JENKINS LLC 200 GALLERIA PKWY SE STE 1700 ATLANTA GA 303395946 990 2022-07-01 580593403 GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY GEOR 9126512831 104 WEST GASTON STREET SAVANNAH GA 31401 DR WILLIAM T GROCE PRESIDENT/CEO 9126512125 2024-05-14 1 DR WILLIAM T GROCE 999009999 0 MARY JO ALEXANDER P00002534 7709558600 2024-05-14 3 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z DR WILLIAM T GROCE 104 WEST GASTON STREET SAVANNAH GA 31401 5666858 0 X WWW.GEORGIAHISTORY.COM X 1839 GA SEE SCHEDULE O FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION.GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (GHS) IS THE PREMIER INDEPENDENT STATEWIDE INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING, EXAMINING, AND TEACHING GEORGIA HISTORY. GHS HOUSES THE OLDEST AND MOST DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF MATERIALS RELATED EXCLUSIVELY TO GEORGIA HISTORY IN THE NATION. FOUNDED IN 1839 WITH THE MISSION TO COLLECT, EXAMINE, AND TEACH GEORGIA AND AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. 21 21 34 15000 0 0 3476516 3975309 388464 395403 760411 921751 16879 21408 4642270 5313871 0 0 0 0 1984450 2342678 0 0 117551 1665545 1767863 3649995 4110541 992275 1203330 29377196 32128676 1194959 1788672 28182237 30340004 X GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (GHS) IS THE PREMIER INDEPENDENT STATEWIDE INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING, EXAMINING, AND TEACHING GEORGIA HISTORY. GHS HOUSES THE OLDEST AND MOST DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF MATERIALS RELATED EXCLUSIVELY TO GEORGIA HISTORY IN THE NATION. FOUNDED IN 1839 WITH THE MISSION TO COLLECT, EXAMINE, AND TEACH GEORGIA AND AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. 0 0 2029209 25310 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS - GHS TEACHES GEORGIA AND AMERICANHISTORY TO TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND GENERAL AUDIENCES THROUGH THEDELIVERY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATORS (K-12 ANDCOLLEGE FACULTY), DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM RESOURCESFOR TEACHERS, "TODAY IN GEORGIA HISTORY", AND THE ANNUAL GEORGIAHISTORY FESTIVAL. IN ADDITION, GHS MAKES HISTORY ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSEAUDIENCES, INCLUDING TOURISTS, THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF STATEWIDELECTURES FEATURING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIANS, MANAGEMENT OF THESTATEWIDE HISTORICAL MARKER PROGRAM, AND THROUGH ITS AFFILIATE CHAPTERPROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES TECHNICAL SERVICES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT TO LOCALHISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS STATEWIDE. 766547 32388 LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES SERVICES - A MAJOR RESEARCH CENTER, THE GHSLIBRARY AND ARCHIVES IS HOME TO THE MOST DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OFPRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCE MATERIALS RELATED EXCLUSIVELY TO GEORGIAHISTORY IN THE NATION. MANUSCRIPT, MAP, ARTIFACT, PORTRAIT, AND PHOTORECORDS ARE SEARCHABLE VIA ONLINE RESEARCH TOOLS, INCLUDING AN ONLINEIMAGE DATABASE AND OPAC. IN ADDITION, RESEARCHERS (TEACHERS, STUDENTS,SCHOLARS, AND HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS) ARE INVITED TO CONDUCT ON-SITERESEARCH IN THE HODGSON HALL READING ROOM WHERE PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVISTSAND REFERENCE STAFF PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARYSOURCE MATERIALS HELD WITHIN THE GHS COLLECTION. 269076 40643 TELLING THE STORY OF GEORGIA FOR NEARLY TWO CENTURIES: GHS HAS BEEN PUBLISHING GEORGIA HISTORY ALMOST SINCE ITS FOUNDING AND IT REMAINS COMMITTED TO THIS VITAL PART OF OUR MISSION. IN 1840, IN AN EFFORT TO FACILITATE RESEARCH ON GEORGIA HISTORY AND INCREASE ACCESS TO ITS COLLECTIONS, GHS LAUNCHED AN AMBITIOUS PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM, WHICH INITIALLY CONSISTED OF TRANSCRIBING AND PUBLISHING MANY OF ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPTS. SINCE 1917 GHS HAS BEEN PUBLISHING THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, A SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION FEATURING ARTICLES, BOOK REVIEWS, PHOTO ESSAYS, AND EDITED PRIMARY MATERIALS RELATED TO GEORGIA HISTORY. TODAY, THE QUARTERLY IS RECOGNIZED AS THE JOURNAL OF RECORD FOR GEORGIA HISTORY AND AS ONE OF THE FINEST STATE HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS IN THE NATION. GHS ALSO PUBLISHES GEORGIA HISTORY TODAY, A POPULAR HISTORY NEWSMAGAZINE DEDICATED TO EXAMINING THE ONGOING PRESENCE OF THE PAST. GEORGIA HISTORY TODAY EXPLORES EFFORTS UNDERWAY AROUND THE STATE TO PROMOTE HISTORY, INCLUDING ARTICLES ON SOME OF THE FASCINATING DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS IN OUR COLLECTION, HISTORIC SITES, NEW BOOKS BEING PUBLISHED, AND THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF OUR AFFILIATES THROUGHOUT GEORGIA. IT ALSO FOCUSES ON THE MANY GEORGIANS WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN HOW HISTORY IS PRESERVED AND TAUGHT, BOTH THROUGH THEIR TIME AND THEIR RESOURCES. 321816 318470 ALL OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 321816 318470 3386648 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 0 1 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 21 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 GA X X THE ORGANIZATION 9126512125 104 W GASTON STREET SAVANNAH GA 31401 DR W TODD GROCE CEO AND PRESIDENT 40.00 X 353538 0 66186 LAURA GARCIA-CULLER VICE PRESIDENT AND COO 40.00 X 274231 0 54706 CHRISTY M CRISP DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, VP EDUCATION 40.00 X 121594 0 21390 STAN K DEATON SENIOR HISTORIAN 40.00 X 110585 0 22005 SHAN COOPER CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID ABNEY VICE-CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CLYDE TUGGLE TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 H JEROME RUSSELL JR SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KEVIN S BLAIR CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK S BLAKE CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES H BLANCHARD CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE V BLANK CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN B BLOCH CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK BURNS CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAN T CATHY CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 REED DULANY III CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIMBERLY S GREENE CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 VENESSA HARRISON CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF KOLE CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN F MCMULLAN CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM T MOORE CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SAM NUNN CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BEATRIZ R PEREZ CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KESSEL STELLING JR CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LARRY D THOMPSON CURATOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 859948 0 164287 4 0 1 0 LEFT BRAIN RIGHT 225 EAST 31ST STREET SAVANNAH GA 31401 CONSULTING 181801 1 335000 3640309 3975309 MEMBERSHIP DUES 713990 318470 318470 COLLECTION USAGE FEES 611710 40643 40643 REGISTRATION FEES 611710 25310 25310 RECORD STORAGE 611710 10980 10980 395403 393677 393677 881061 352987 528074 528074 528074 21408 0 21408 21408 5313871 416811 0 921751 738328 619063 91488 27777 1343668 1115681 178209 49778 635 557 52 26 128348 112604 10563 5181 131699 112022 14522 5155 2566 2471 74 21 63774 63774 151532 151532 291184 276274 10023 4887 15226 15226 107489 96760 8317 2412 184070 154683 22970 6417 37752 33986 3076 690 225017 222098 2547 372 305690 253822 40543 11325 51116 45053 4739 1324 PRINTING, DESIGN, REPRO 261966 259004 2535 427 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 26082 24334 292 1456 NON-CAPITALIZED COLLECT 18954 18954 RECRUITMENT 14977 13588 1086 303 10468 10468 4110541 3386648 606342 117551 1102165 1520209 2240949 2499498 2119186 2686340 152970 225019 16006 16167 59912 72256 11140219 3466249 7886906 7673970 15799102 17334323 0 100894 29377196 32128676 207227 254615 987732 1432280 0 101777 1194959 1788672 X 22707888 23959952 5474349 6380052 28182237 30340004 29377196 32128676 1203330 954437 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2943297 3697421 3353789 3476516 3975309 17446332 2943297 3697421 3353789 3476516 3975309 17446332 992615 16453717 483311 270121 270028 260360 393677 1677497 19123829 2012609 0.86040 0.78020 X SCHEDULE A PART I REASON FOR CHANGE IN PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS: THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS INCORPORATED IN 1839. THE REASON FOR PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS PER THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE MASTER FILE IS UNDER SECTION 509(A)(2), AN ORGANIZATION THAT NORMALLY RECEIVES NO MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ITS SUPPORT FROM GROSS INVESTMENT INCOME AND UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME AND AT THE SAME TIME MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ITS SUPPORT FROM CONTRIBUTIONS, FEES, AND GROSS RECEIPTS RELATED TO EXEMPT PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO QUALIFIES UNDER 170(B)(1)(A)(VI), AN ORGANIZATION WHICH RECEIVES A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF ITS SUPPORT FROM A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS DERIVED FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X 0 15799104 688500 1659357 82757 729880 17334324 16020700 1547178 -1129174 17815 621785 15799104 11874267 841500 3936665 70767 560965 16020700 12214233 322600 -162779 6977 492810 11874267 11158469 621031 888938 4829 449376 12214233 0.76886 0.19780 0.03334 1 0 855000 855000 9284245 2816292 6467953 975450 624433 351017 25524 25524 0 7673970 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 101777 101777 6116776 954437 954437 5162339 151532 151532 5313871 3959009 0 3959009 151532 151532 4110541 PART III, LINE 1A: GHS'S COLLECTIONS ARE PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COLLECTION. IN CONFORMITY WITH INDUSTRY PRACTICE, MUSEUM ARTIFACTS AND RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS PURCHASED OR DONATED ARE NOT RECORDED AS ASSETS IN THE ACCOMPANYING STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. EVEN THOUGH NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GHS'S COLLECTIONS REPRESENT ONE OF ITS MOST VALUABLE ASSETS. GHS RECEIVES NUMEROUS DONATIONS OF RESEARCH MATERIALS AND ARTIFACTS ANNUALLY TO ADD TO ITS COLLECTION. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE REPORTED AS DECREASES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS OR AS DECREASES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS IF THE ASSETS USED TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS WERE RESTRICTED BY DONORS. PART III, LINE 4: THE GHS RESEARCH CENTER PRESERVES AN UNPARALLELED COLLECTION OF GEORGIA HISTORY, INCLUDING OVER 5 MILLION MANUSCRIPTS, 100,000 PHOTOGRAPHS, 30,000 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 20,000 RARE AND NON-RARE BOOKS, AND THOUSANDS OF MAPS, PORTRAITS, AND ARTIFACTS REPRESENTING THE SWEEP OF GEORGIA HISTORY FROM THE FOUNDING TO THE PRESENT. AMONG THE NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT MATERIALS IS AN ORIGINAL DRAFT COPY OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, ONE OF ONLY 12 IN EXISTENCE; CORRESPONDENCE FROM GOVERNORS, U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, AND U.S. PRESIDENTS FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON TO BILL CLINTON; THE RECORDS OF THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY THAT GOVERNED GEORGIA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR; IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE CHEROKEE AND CREEK INDIANS, INCLUDING THE PAPERS OF FEDERAL INDIAN AGENT BENJAMIN HAWKINS, A CHEROKEE SYLLABARY AND NEWSPAPERS, AND RECORDS KEPT BY FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS DURING CHEROKEE REMOVAL; DOCUMENTS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, SUCH AS SLAVE RECORDS, GULLAH-GEECHEE PHOTOGRAPHS, MUSIC, AND ORAL HISTORIES, A GROWING COLLECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT RECORDS SUCH AS THOSE OF ROME NAACP PRESIDENT ETHEL HYER; THE COLLECTION OF GIRL SCOUT FOUNDER JULIETTE GORDON LOW; THE WORLD WAR II-ERA COLLECTION OF JOURNALIST LOIS DOZIER NORVELL; THE PAPERS OF U.S. ATTORNEYS GENERAL JOHN MACPHERSON BERRIEN AND GRIFFIN BELL; AND THE COLLECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND SUSTAINABILITY PIONEER RAY C. ANDERSON, AS WELL AS THE PAPERS OF EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST AND SUFFRAGIST HELEN DORTCH LONGSTREET. IN THE VINCE DOOLEY COLLECTION, YOU CAN SEE EVERY LETTER THAT COACH DOOLEY WROTE AND RECEIVED DURING HIS LONG COACHING CAREER AT UGA, ALONG WITH HIS BUSY CALENDARS THAT TRACK RECRUITING VISITS, LIKE THE ONE IN JANUARY 1980 TO WRIGHTSVILLE TO VISIT A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR NAMED HERSCHEL WALKER. THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION INCLUDES FAMILY PAPERS, MILITARY RECORDS OF EVERY GEORGIA WAR, THE PAPERS OF GEORGIA'S MAJOR POLITICAL LEADERS, COLONIAL ACCOUNT BOOKS, DIARIES, PLANTATION RECORDS, PAPERS OF WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESS RECORDS RANGING FROM THE 18TH THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURIES. THE PERIODICAL COLLECTION DATES FROM THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES, AND THE VISUAL MATERIAL COLLECTION INCLUDES AN IMPRESSIVE VARIETY OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER IMAGES INCLUDING PORTRAITS OF MANY OF GEORGIA'S MOST PROMINENT LEADERS. PART V, LINE 4: THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS IS TO ADVANCE THE MISSION ON THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO TEACH GEORGIA AND AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. X 1 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DR W TODD GROCE CEO AND PRESIDENT 291923 0 50000 0 11615 0 37354 0 28832 0 419724 0 0 0 LAURA GARCIA-CULLER VICE PRESIDENT AND COO 209231 0 65000 0 0 0 34810 0 19896 0 328937 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 1A THE ORGANIZATION PAYS DUES FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THE CHATHAM CLUB AND ROTARY CLUB FOR W. TODD GROCE. PART I, LINE 7 BOARD APPROVED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES WERE PAID TO DR. W. TODD GROCE, $50,000 AND LAURA GARCIA-CULLER, $65,000. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS INDIVIDUAL, STUDENT, INSTITUTION AND BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED 6/30/2023 THERE WERE 5,500 MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE THROUGH CONSISTENT DISCLOSURE TO KEY EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION INCLUDES AN ANNUAL WRITTEN PERFORMANCE REVIEW, REVIEW OF SALARY RANGES FOR SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE, AND A MEETING TO DISCUSS COMPARABILITY DATA AND OTHER FACTORS BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST IN HARD COPY. FORM 990 PART XII LINE 2C THE PROCESS OF OVERSIGHT FOR THE ANNUAL AUDIT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.