GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC

Financials

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Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

130 SUMMIT AVE, GREENSBORO, NC 27401-3004

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

CHRIS BABCOCK, 130 SUMMIT AVENUE, GREENSBORO, NC 27401

Signed the 990

CHRIS BABCOCK, TREASURER

Phone

(336) 373-2043

Website

WWW.GREENSBOROHISTORY.ORG

Return prepared by

COSTELLO HILL & COMPANY LLP

Mission

TOGETHER WITH ITS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, THE ORGANIZATION COLLECTS OBJECTS AND STORIES, CONNECTS GENERATIONS, AND CHALLENGES PEOPLE TO EXPLORE OUR CITY'S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. THE MUSEUM SPARKS WONDER THROUGH BOLD EXHIBITIONS AND CREATIVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THE ORGANIZATION NURTURES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING. THEY ENCOURAGE DIALOUGE AND CARE FOR ALL THAT IS ENTRUSTED TO THEM.

Program accomplishments

• THE MUSEUM EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY BY PRESENTING CREATIVE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT EXHIBITS, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS ONGOING IN 2024 INCLUDED "BY THE BOOK", "GERRYMANDER MADNESS", AND "1940S FLASHBACK". LISTED BELOW ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXHIBITS FOR 2024 BY MONTH:JANUARY 19 HISTORY LUNCH BREAK: CONFLICT IN COLLECTIONS. 19 PEOPLE JOINED VIA ZOOM TO HEAR CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS AYLA AMON DISCUSS WITH CURATOR GLENN PERKINS CHANGING PRACTICES IN HOW MUSEUMS DEAL WITH COLLECTIONS FROM WARTIME.FEBRUARY 3RD -GHM CELEBRATED THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON LUNAR NEW YEAR - WITH ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM GREENSBORO AND BEYOND - GREENSBORO CHINESE ASSOCIATION, TAIWANESE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA-NC, CAMBODIAN CULTURAL CENTER OF NC, MONTAGNARD DEGA ASSOCIATION, NC ASIAN AMERICANS OVER 850 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE DAY! FEBRUARY 16TH 45 PEOPLE CAME TO THE MUSEUM'S MARY PREYER HALL TO ENJOY THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN CURATOR GLENN PERKINS AND DEBBIE ROBINSON BENTON ABOUT HER MEMORIES OF THE WELL-KNOWN DOWNTOWN GATHERING SPOT ROBINSON'S RESTAURANT. - 45 JOINED FACEBOOK LIVE AND 750 HAVE VIEWED THE RECORDING.WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THREE PROGRAMS: WOMEN IN SCIENCE WITH DR. TAYLOR GREGORY OF THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER. MARCH 8TH, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ON MARCH 14TH 140 IN ATTENDANCE. LIFTED VOICES: WOMEN'S HISTORY WITH COSTUMED INTERPRETERS IN THE MUSEUM'S GALLERIES. THE MUSEUM HAS RECEIVED A SMALL GRANT $4,250 FROM THE WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL FORUM FOUNDATION TO HELP SUPPORT SOME UPCOMING PROJECT DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS - AN AUGUST PROGRAM ON VOTING RIGHTS AND THE LEGACY OF BENNETT'S 1960 OPERATION DOORKNOCK VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN.APRIL 27TH -THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM HOSTED AN ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL WITH PAN-ASIAN VOICES & EXPERIENCES. AAPI SHORT FILM FEST SPARKED COVERAGE ON WFDD, NEWS & RECORD, TRIAD CITY BEAT, YES WEEKLY, AND SPECTRUM. PARTICIPATING FILMMAKERS WERE HOWARD AFFANDI, PAUL BYUN, SACHI DELY, STEFAN DIMUZIO, RICHIE IDEN AND MINH NGO.ON MAY 5TH, GHM CONTINUED ITS BEHIND LOCKED DOORS SERIES FOR MEMBERS, WITH A VISIT TO OUR NEWLY RENOVATED ISLEY HOUSE. TWENTY GUESTS ENJOYED BEING THE FIRST TO VISIT A BUILDING IN OUR RICHARDSON HISTORIC PARK THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND GAVE FEEDBACK ON STAFF'S EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PLANS TO SHARE STORIES OF GREENSBORO'S TEXTILE HISTORY IN THE SPACE IN A VERY HANDS-ON WAY. JUNE 21 -JAPANESE AMERICANS IN WARTIME NORTH CAROLINA, A LIVE ZOOM MEETING CONVERSATION WITH UNC CHAPEL HILL PROFESSOR HEIDI KIM EXPLORING JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING WORLD WAR II. 100,000 PEOPLE OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WERE INCARCERATED - 26 PEOPLE JOINED US.JUNE 27TH - BY THE BOOK: HOME FRONT BATTLES WITH CHARLES C. BOLTON. 20 PEOPLE JOINED US IN THE AUDITORIUM FOR A CONVERSATION WITH HISTORIAN CHARLES C. BOLTON ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK, HOME FRONT BATTLES. WE EXPLORED THE ROLE OF RACE IN WORLD WAR II MOBILIZATION IN THE DEEP SOUTH, WHERE THE NEEDS OF WARTIME INDUSTRIES AND BASES INFLAMED TENSIONS AROUND LABOR, LAND, AND MILITARY SERVICE.JULY 6TH - OVER 400 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP TO CELEBRATE GREENSBORO'S PIVOTAL ROLE AS THE LARGEST URBAN MILITARY BASE IN THE COUNTRY DURING WWII AT THE FORTIES FLASHBACK, VISITORS ENJOYED A FREE AFTERNOON OF FAMILY FUN EXPLORING LIFE IN GREENSBORO IN THE 1940S. REENACTORS DEMONSTRATED SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE DEPOT AND SHARED THEIR COLLECTIONS. VISITORS EXPLORED THE MUSEUM'S GALLERIES TO HEAR COSTUMED INTERPRETERS TELL STORIES OF TUSKEGEE AIRMAN ANDREW JOHNSON, FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, FLYING ACE GEORGE E. PREDDY JR. AND OTHERS.THE CELEBRATION CONTINUED INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH FREE SWING DANCE LESSONS WITH INSTRUCTORS FROM THE CAT'S PAJAMAS. THE MUSEUM THEN REOPENED AT 6 PM FOR A TICKETED EVENT--GHM AFTER HOURS: SWING DANCE AT THE SERVICE CLUB UNTIL 9 PM, WHICH INCLUDED LIVE MUSIC FROM DURHAM NC DEXTER MOSES QUARTET FEATURING VOCALIST LILLIAN FAITH AND SIGNATURE COCKTAILS FOR SALE FROM GIA.AUGUST STARTED OFF WITH MUSEUM VISITS OVER TWO DAYS OF 447 YOUNG ADULTS WITH THE POLISH SCOUTING AND GUIDING ASSOCIATION. THIS POLAND-BASED, INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CULTURAL IMMERSION EXPERIENCES FOR 18-22-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY HIKED THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, CAMPED FOR A WEEK NEAR MOUNT AIRY, AND CHOSE TO VISIT GREENSBORO AS THEIR CITY EXPERIENCE WITH A CIVIL RIGHTS THEME. ON AUGUST 28TH, OUR ANNUAL DORTCH ENDOWMENT EVENT FEATURED MARTHA S. JONES, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND AUTHOR OF VANGUARD: HOW BLACK WOMEN BROKE BARRIERS, WON THE VOTE, AND INSISTED ON EQUALITY FOR ALL, WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY. A VERY DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF 97 PEOPLE ATTENDED.SEPTEMBER 19TH WAS A BIG MONTH FOR PROJECT DEMOCRACY 20/20. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH PEOPLE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SMITHSONIAN CURATOR AND AUTHOR JON GRINSPAN, AS HE PRESENTED A CAMPAIGN MADNESS PROGRAM ON THE WIDE AWAKE MOVEMENT THAT HELPED ELECT LINCOLN. IN CONNECTION WITH THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND WITH A SMALL GRANT FROM SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATIONS. OCTOBER 13TH - WE PARTNERED WITH NC A&T TO PRESENT AN ADVANCE COPY OF THE UPCOMING COMCAST XFINITY DOCUMENTARY "OUR BLUE MAKES US GOLD" WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF NC A&T. 71 PEOPLE ATTENDEDOCTOBER 21TH - THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM AND GREENSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTED AUTHOR ARAN SHETTERLY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT CITY OF GREENSBORO, DR. LOVE JONES, FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK, MORNINGSIDE: THE 1979 GREENSBORO MASSACRE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AN AMERICAN CITY'S SOUL.- 122 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PROGRAM.OCTOBER 19TH - 141 PEOPLE CAME TO THE MUSEUM TO DIG INTO ARCHAEOLOGY DAY WITH THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM, UNC GREENSBORO ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM AND GUILFORD COURTHOUSE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. THERE WERE FUN ACTIVITIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. ON NOVEMBER 12-13, CURATOR OF COMMUNITY HISTORY GLENN PERKINS WAS THE GUEST OF DUBAI CULTURE AUTHORITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF MUSEUMS AT THE ICOM 2024 SYMPOSIUM TO PREPARE THE PROGRAM FOR THE 2025 ICOM TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE, THE LARGEST GLOBAL MUSEUMS GATHERING. HE MET WITH OTHER MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD TO TOUR FACILITIES AND DISCUSS CONFERENCE THEMES INCLUDING YOUTH CULTURE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY. AT THE SAME TIME, MUSEUM DIRECTOR CAROL GHIORSI HART WAS IN WASHINGTON DC, ATTENDING THE SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATIONS' DIRECTOR'S SUMMIT WITH FORTY MUSEUM COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SHE ALSO DELIVERED A WWII BOMBER JACKET TO A DC CONSERVATOR, THE WORK MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS DONATION AS PART OF GHM'S ADOPT AN OBJECT PROGRAM. DECEMBER 6TH - STORYTIME WITH BRANDON BENSLEY, - 40 VERY YOUNG FAMILIES TO CELEBRATE ST. NICHOLMOUSE DAY. THE CHILDREN MADE SMALL STOCKING CRAFTS THAT WERE FILLED WITH CANDY WHILE THEY WENT UPSTAIRS TO HUNT FOR MICE. THIS PROGRAM OFFICIALLY OPENED THE GREAT MOUSETASTICAL MOUSEHUNT FOR 2024.DECEMBER 7TH - THE HOLIDAY PARADE, BROUGHT IN A RECORD BREAK NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM WITH 563 PEOPLE VISITING. WE PROVIDED A MULTICULTURAL PROGRAM WITH SPECIAL AREAS FOR THE JEWISH FEDERATION AND KWANZAA COLLECTIVE TO BETTER EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THEIR CELEBRATIONS IN DECEMBER, ALONG WITH HANDS ON CRAFTS CELEBRATING LETTERS TO SANTA, AND "STAINED GLASS ORNAMENTS IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE DAY. WE ALSO HAD MRS. CLAUS STORY TIME AND A VISIT FROM SANTA CLAUS HIMSELF.
  Expenses $145,203
• LISTED BELOW ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING FOR 2024 BY MONTH:JANUARY 20TH WAS OUR ONGOING MONTHLY LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY PROGRAM. CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF QUILTS. ALMOST 40 ATTENDED THE PROGRAM.THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS RECEIVED A $25,000 GRANT TO FUND THE MUSEUM'S VOICES OF A CITY EXHIBITION INCLUSION PROJECT, BEYOND O. HENRY: GRAY JOHNSON, MCADOO, FALKENER AND RAGSDALE. FEBRUARY 24TH - BLACK HISTORY MONTH - INTERPRETERS IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES SHARED STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GREENSBORO. THIS YEAR'S PORTRAYALS INCLUDED: BUSINESS LEADER EUNICE MOSELY DUDLEY, NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI RONALD MCNAIR, AN ASTRONAUT AND PHYSICIST, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AGENT LAVINA "VINA" CURRY, A FREE WOMAN OF COLOR IN GUILFORD COUNTY AND GREENSBORO-BORN ARTIST MALVIN GRAY JOHNSON, WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I AND WAS PART OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT. GREENSBORO'S NONPROFIT COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PROVIDED SIGNED INTERPRETATION FOR SELECT TOURS. THE DAY ALSO INCLUDED GHM'S LITTLE LIONS, WHERE PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT ASTRONAUT RONALD MCNAIR. 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE DAY. MARCH 23RD - LITTLE LION'S PROGRAM FEATURED SNACKS, SELFIES AND LEADING WOMEN, AS OVER 50 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES - WITH THE COSTUMED INTERPRETERS FROM THE LIFTED VOICES WOMEN PROGRAM. PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPERIENCE GREENSBORO FOR A MUSEUM AND BUS TOUR FOR 20 PARTICIPANTS AND AN OFFSITE COLLABORATION WITH WHITE OAK LEGACY FOUNDATION THAT BROUGHT MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE TO REVOLUTION MILL TO HEAR LEVI'S HISTORIAN TRACEY PANEK. AN INSTAGRAM POST NOTING FIRST STUDENTS AT GREENSBORO (FEMALE) COLLEGE IN 1846 WAS BIGGEST FACEBOOK POST OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH 408 ENGAGEMENTS AND REACHING MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE. APRIL 27 - LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK HEALTHY HISTORY ACTIVITY FOR PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND FAMILIES AT THE MUSEUM'S LEBAUER PARK TERRACE. PART OF YMCA HEALTHY KIDS DAY. LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK IS A PARTNER PROGRAM WITH GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS. IN MAY - OVER THREE DAYS, 166 STUDENTS VISITED THE MUSEUM. FOR TWO DAYS, THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS TRIP TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE HISTORIC MARY LYNN RICHARDSON PARK, WITH VISITS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND GAMES AT MCNAIRY HOUSE, BLACKSMITH AND CARPENTRY SHOPS AND THE KITCHEN BUILDING. THE LAST DAY WAS A TRIP IN OUR WELCOME TO THE GATE CITY EXHIBITION AREA ON OUR TOP FLOOR WHERE STUDENTS VISIT A PERIOD PHARMACY, SCHOOL ROOM, ANTIQUE CARS, THEATER AND ENGAGE THE SPACE WITH HANDS ON ACTIVITIES. MAY 14TH AND 18TH, GHM PARTNERED WITH THE GREENSBORO BOUND LITERARY FESTIVAL. ON MAY 14TH AT 6 PM WITH 28 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, JIMMY CARTER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT EMORY UNIVERSITY JOSEPH CRESPINO, AUTHOR OF ATTICUS FINCH: THE BIOGRAPHY. GHM HOSTED A RANGE OF AUTHORS AND DISCUSSIONS IN MARY NORRIS PREYER HALL INCLUDING AN AFTERNOON SESSION ON MIXTAPE MUSINGS: HOW THE POP CULTURE OF THE 80S AND MUSIC SCENE OF 90S SHAPED OUR LIVES MODERATED BY CURATOR GLENN PERKINS. 183 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PROGRAMS AT THE MUSEUM. JUNE 22ND WAS OUR ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, GHM'S FOURTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH BIKE TOUR: GREEN BOOK ALONG THE GREENWAY BETWEEN 1933 AND 1966, "THE NEGRO MOTORIST GREEN BOOK" OFFERED AFRICAN AMERICAN TRAVELERS A GUIDE TO SAFE SPACES ACROSS THE US, INCLUDING MORE THAN A DOZEN IN GREENSBORO. IN COLLABORATION WITH BICYCLING IN GREENSBORO, 55 PEOPLE JOINED US TO EXPLORE HISTORICAL LOCATIONS AND CURRENTLY OPERATING GREEN BOOK SITES IN THE GATE CITY ON THIS GUIDED, FAMILY FRIENDLY 3-MILE RIDE. THEN, IN THE AFTERNOON, THE FOCUS WAS ON CIVIC SEASON---THE TIME BETWEEN JUNETEENTH AND JULY 4TH THAT UNITES OUR OLDEST FEDERAL HOLIDAY WITH OUR NEWEST, MOBILIZING A MOVEMENT TO UNDERSTAND OUR PAST AND SHAPE OUR FUTURE. THE MUSEUM HAD COSTUMED INTERPRETERS PRESENT LIFTED VOICES. WALKING THROUGH THE MUSEUM, GUESTS EXPLORED THE GALLERIES AND THE NC DEMOCRACY: ELEVEN ELECTIONS EXHIBITION TO MEET LIVING HISTORY ACTORS PORTRAYING PEOPLE SUCH AS FREEMAN AND 1868 CONVENTION DELEGATE WILSON CAREY, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST PAULI MURRAY, HISTORIAN AND ANTI-SUFFRAGIST MARY HILLIARD HINTON, AND JUDGE ELRETA ALEXANDER-RALSTON. PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAD FUN LEARNING ABOUT JUDGE AND WRITER ALBION TOURGE WITH A FREE NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY AT LITTLE LIONS. 115 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE GALLERIES, AND 59 CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE LITTLE LIONS PROGRAM. JULY 20TH - GHM'S LITTLE LIONS MONTHLY PROGRAM FOR PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY-AGE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE MUSEUM'S LEBAUER PARK TERRACE FOCUSED ON EXPLORATION OF THE MURALS FEATURED IN OUR PIECES OF NOW ONLINE EXHIBIT WITH A FUN CRAFT ACTIVITY. LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK IS A PARTNER PROGRAM WITH GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS. 15 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. AUGUST 29TH REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE & LEGACY OF BISHOP FRANK M. WILLIAMS PROGRAM PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK OF GREENSBORO RELIGIOUS LEADER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BISHOP FRANK MCDANIEL WILLIAMS (1940-1998). FOUNDER OF GREENSBORO'S OIC (OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER) AND LOCAL ORGANIZER FOR DR. KING'S 1968 POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN, WILLIAMS WAS PASTOR AT MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH AND NEW JERUSALEM CATHEDRAL AND A TIRELESS FIGHTER FOR JUSTICE IN GREENSBORO. PANELISTS INCLUDED FLORENCE WILLIAMS, DR. KEVIN A. WILLIAMS, AND HISTORIAN EUTHENIA NEWMAN, WHO REFLECTED ON HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS CONGREGATIONS AND TO HIS CITY. 154 PEOPLE FILLED THE AUDITORIUM FOR THAT EVENT. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTED A NEW COMMUNITY VOICES DISPLAY ORGANIZED BY NEW JERUSALEM CATHEDRAL IN THE MUSEUM LOBBY. THE DISPLAY WILL BE ON VIEW FROM AUGUST 27 THROUGH SEPTEMBER. ITS RIBBON-CUTTING ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 26TH WAS A VERY MOVING COMMUNITY EVENT.NC FOLK FEST FAMILY AREA RETURNED TO MARY LYNN RICHARDSON PARK WITH GREAT SUCCESS. GHM EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT TEAM WORKED WITH NCFF STAFF TO FACILITATE ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA AND ORGANIZED GHM ACTIVITIES IN MAIN TENT & HISTORIC BUILDINGS. WE COUNTED 817 VISITORS INSIDE THE MUSEUM AND 3,846 VISITORS IN THE PARK 9/7 THROUGH 9/8.EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT OUT AND ABOUT PROGRAMS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDED INTERACTIVE TABLES AT GUILFORD NATIVE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION POW WOW (9/21 - 250 VISITORS) AND GREENSBORO PRIDE FESTIVAL ON S.ELM STREET (9/22 -550 VISITORS) AND PRESENTING A HISTORY BUS TOUR FOR LEADERSHIP GREENSBORO (9/18 - 54 ATTENDEES). SEPTEMBER 28TH - GHM PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT, WITH 18 7-12TH GRADERS PARTICIPATING IN WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES AROUND HOW YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HAVE A SAY IN ELECTIONS AND LEADERSHIP. THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM KICKED OFF A YEARLONG CELEBRATION OF ITS FIRST 100 YEARS WITH SPEAKEASY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, 130 SUMMIT AVE, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, FROM 7 TO 10 PM. SPEAKEASY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM WAS A SWELL EVENING OF LIVE JAZZ, CLASSICAL COCKTAILS BY MUDDLE, HEAVY HORS D'OEUVRES, FUN, GAMES, AND RAZZMATAZZ. ATTENDEES DRESSED IN THEIR BEST ROARING TWENTIES ATTIRE TO TAKE PART IN A COSTUME CONTEST, PLAYED CARD GAMES OR TOOK PART IN AN ELABORATE SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES, WHILE TAKING DANCE LESSONS WITH THE CAT'S PAJAMAS, AND MORE. 140 PEOPLE CAME FOR A GREAT TIME.ON OCTOBER 26TH, THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM PARTICIPATED AS A PARTNER ON THE GREENSBORO YOUTH COUNCIL'S GHOULASH PROGRAM. STARTING WITH OUR SPOOKY STORYTELLER CYNTHIA BROWN AT 11:00 AM, HOSTING HER 48TH SPOOKY STORIES IN THE MUSEUM WITH AN ATTENDANCE OF 40 PEOPLE. THEN OUR SPOOKY LITTLE LIONS CELEBRATED HALLOWEEN AND DIA DE LOS MUERTOS COLORING LUMINARIES WITH 33 PEOPLE. THE LITTLE LIONS ACTIVITY CONTINUED THROUGH THE NEXT EVENT, RUNNING OUT OF 125 LUMINARIES BY THE END. THE LIFTED VOICES: UNLIVING HISTORY PROGRAM 1:00 - 5:00 PM DREW A CROWD OF 658 PEOPLE, A POST PANDEMIC RECORD.GHM INC.'S ANNUAL DINNER WAS HELD AT THE PROXIMITY HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 21ST. 90 PEOPLE HEARD A CHRISTOPHER HENDRIKS DISCUSS SOUTHERN COOKING AND CELEBRATE THE 2024 RECIPIENTS OF THE VOICES OF A CITY AWARD: CHAVIS LIBRARY HERITAGE QUILTERS IN CREATING THE VANCE CHAVIS LIBRARY HISTORY QUILT; AND ERIC WOODARD FOR HIS WORK EXTENSIVE WORK IN RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GREENSBORO'S POST WWII AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS.ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD, MUSEUM STAFF SET UP A SMALL DISPLAY OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS, AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN. THE MUSEUM WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. 81 PEOPLE VISITED.PENN GRIFFIN HIGH SCHOOL TOURED NC DEMOCRACY, ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2024, WITH 65 STUDENTS. WE HOSTED "HOMESCHOOLS FOR THE HOLIDAYS", ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2024, WITH 30 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE HOMESCHOOL GROUPS WERE ABLE TO TOUR MCNAIRY HOUSE, GO ON THE MOUSEHUNT, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ST. NICHOLMOUSE STOCKING ACTIVITY.
  Expenses $69,460

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

56-0629340

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1953

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A540)

Assets (IRS master file)

$1,803,180

Income (IRS master file)

$153,639

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 56-0629340).

Questions about GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC

What is the EIN of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC is 56-0629340.

Is GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1953.

Are donations to GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names CHRIS BABCOCK.

Who are the officers and directors of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 29 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $151,639, expenses of $287,183 and total assets of $1,803,180 at year end.

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