2026-04-18T16:38:20-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 911500032 GRANITE FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY GRAN 3606912603 PO Box 1414 Granite Falls WA 98252 Scott Bower Treasurer 4258793278 2026-04-18 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Scott Bower PO Box 1414 Granite Falls WA 98252 27681 0 X www.gfhistory.org X 1971 WA Historical Museum - gather and preserve artifacts, pictures, and documents describing the history of Granite Falls WA and the surrounding area, providing physical and online access to all. 9 9 0 30 17987 0 1918 3118 25757 6119 13121 17987 0 457 40796 27681 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26731 28822 26731 28822 14065 -1141 1199692 1518949 0 0 1199692 1518949 The Society's mission is to collect, preserve and share the history of the Granite Falls region. We locate, identify, and collect appropriate material, protect and interpret that material, and finally make it available to the greatest possible extent. That includes museum operation, County-wide heritage community involvement, and live and online educational access to our collections. 0 0 11074 100000 9706 MUSEUM OPERATION - Our major expense is the operation of the physical museum. Occupancy, insurance, depreciation, and construction/equipment top the list. Revenue is the admission/donation box. While admission to the museum is free, we received $110,395.41 in donations and grants specifically for museum expansion and equipment, and those are considered revenue here because their use was restricted solely to physical museum improvement. We were open every Sunday in 2025, and opened over 40 times for out-of-town visitors or organizations requesting a tour who phoned in to arrange weekday visits. We received at the end of 2025 a $100,000 bequest to add to our Endowment fund. 13537 6215 1853 HERITAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - Our second largest expense is typically our involvement in the county's heritage community, particularly in providing online resources useful for research and/or historic tourism. Online hosting expenses continued throughout 2023, including those for online maps, rural historic cyber-tours, and countywide online museum tours. Some of these expenses are reimbursable by a historic fund and are shown as grants. Timing of reimbursements cause yearly variations. In 2023, we updated and expanded the county-wide online museums tour (and were reimbursed $1,404) We digitized historic County newspapers (and were reimbursed $19,500). We provided historical orientation presentations for several antique automobile touring clubs. We also provided technical instruction to several county genealogical societies who were struggling to improve their organizational technology skills, specifically aimed at helping them in the use of new digital scanning equipment. 1600 0 201377 EDUCATION: We maintain a strong online presence, coupled with a broadly-distributed newsletter. Since we are an all-volunteer organization, our office and IT expenses are focused on continual educational awareness of, and access to, our collection. School class visits for 2025 were done. Hosting a total of 30 class presentation were provided to 3rd grade students. A number of printed pictures and documents were provided to local and online researchers, printing fees shown as revenue. We received a bequest at the end of the year that was directed to our Scholarship program. The donor requested that we specify the funds to go to 2 scholarships every year for a student seeking a STEM related education. 200 0 0 Safety Deposit Box, AASLH Membership, Fire Inspection, Chamber membership 200 0 0 26411 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Scott Bower 4258793278 PO Box 1414 Granite Falls WA 98252 X Regina Jones Board member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Marcia Day Board member 4 0 X 0 0 0 Tom Thorleifson Board member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Angie Rosenkranz Board member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Ron Chew Board Vice-President 3 0 X 0 0 0 Bob Ingraham Board President 3 0 X 0 0 0 Fred Cruger Board Treasurer 2 0 X 0 0 0 Robin Ingraham Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Lisa Schmidt Board Secretary 2 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 340 1278 0 1500 0 0 3118 Historical Preservation Grant - Mt Loop Hwy 711210 1404 1404 0 0 Heritage fund reimbursement for digitization of papers 712110 4715 4715 0 0 0 0 0 0 6119 17987 0 17987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 457 0 457 457 0 0 0 27681 6576 17987 0 2411 2411 303 303 386 386 12185 12185 Newspaper digitization 12133 12133 0 0 County Mt Loop Cybertour 1404 1404 0 0 28822 26411 2411 0 44235 336541 9164 9165 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 700 0 0 1043011 18741 1012604 1024270 133189 148273 0 0 0 0 1199692 1518949 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 1199692 1518949 1199692 1518949 1199692 1518949 X -1141 17987 0 2411 0 300000 X 0 0 0 X 66233 76648 32939 29787 17354 222961 278 6780 2348 743 1037 11186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66511 83428 35287 30530 18391 234147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 234147 15898 -5893 13550 13122 17987 54664 0 0 0 0 15898 -5893 13550 13122 17987 54664 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82409 77535 48837 43652 36378 288811 X 0 0 0 0 324400 324400 0 711400 18241 693159 0 0 0 0 0 7211 500 6711 0 0 0 0 1024270 Schedule D, Part III, Line 1 We receive donations of old personal papers, local news articles, regional historical documentation/maps, local pictures, etc., all saved appropriately to foster a better understanding and appreciation of our local history and heritage. The monetary value of most is negligible, but they are invaluable to people researching family history, local property development and evolution, business changes, and general local history. We digitize as much of the printed and photographic material as possible, making it searchable online. We also maintain over 100 years of local maps, all of which can be overlaid and examined online. Our museum building houses displays of local tools, household items, clothes, mining and railroad artifacts, and hundreds of pictures. We generally host hundreds of school children each year, and support regional historical researchers both live and online. Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 We receive donations of old personal papers, local news articles, regional historical documentation/maps, local pictures, etc., all saved appropriately to foster a better understanding and appreciation of our local history and heritage. The monetary value of most is negligible, but they are invaluable to people researching family history, local property development and evolution, business changes, and general local history. We digitize as much of the printed and photographic material as possible, making it searchable online. We also maintain over 100 years of local maps, all of which can be overlaid and examined online. Our museum building houses displays of local tools, household items, clothes, mining and railroad artifacts, and hundreds of pictures. We generally host hundreds of school children each year, and support regional historical researchers both live and online. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 The elected treasurer had the board delegate the bookkeeping function to Scott Bower who is a member of the historical Society. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 We have paid memberships with both annual and lifetime memberships available. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Our membership comes from throughout the region, and we hold public meetings at which the membership annually elects new Board members. The Board subsequently chooses the officers for the coming year. There are nine Board members serving staggered 3-year terms, so there are typically three new Board members elected each year. The student Board member is also chosen, when available, during the annual election. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Our financial records are reviewed/reported monthly at our public monthly organizational meeting. A year-end summary is sent to all Board members in January and discussed at the public meeting. Form 990 is sent to Board members electronically for review before it is submitted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Our financial records are updated and reported during our monthly public organizational meetings. A formal report is provided to all attendees and recorded by the secretary. Copies of all records are provided upon request. We received no requests during 2025 from other organizations, although we submitted formal reports to a County Historic Preservation Commission for reimbursement of expenses covered by two grants they had approved. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 This is a $300,000 donation from an local individual. The person requested that $100,000 be forwarded to our Endowment fund and that $200,000 be forwarded to the Scholarship fund administered by the Community Foundation of Snohomish County.