2025-03-27T12:10:52-04:00 2024-12-31 911945204 Mindy Mongeon CPA 15006 Mission St Hesperia CA 92345 990 2024-01-01 953459494 Searles Valley Historical Society Corporation % Sharon Hartley 3 7603725222 PO Box 630 Trona CA 93592 SHARON HARTLEY Treasurer 7603822387 2025-03-21 true true MINDY MONGEON P00038928 7609479669 2025-03-27 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Bonnie Fairchild 84830 12th St Trona CA 93562 50278 false X www1.iwvisp.com/svhs X 1979 CA Preserve the history of Searles Valley and surrounding areas in the upper Mojave desert area.Its primary purpose is to bring together people interested in history, especially in the history of Searles Valley and surrounding regions for future generations. 120 120 0 0 0 6581 6352 2206 11658 12352 29156 4873 3112 26012 50278 500 0 0 0 0 0 46524 52708 47024 52708 -21012 -2430 551094 591564 128 106 550966 591458 Preserve the history of Searles Valley and surrounding areas in the upper Mojave desert area.Its primary purpose is to bring together people interested in history, especially in the history of Searles Valley and surrounding regions for future generations. false false 31273 11657 Continued to maintain previous improvements on buildings as needed to maintain their original use. The two fire engines from 1924 and 1938 have continually been repaired for public display. The fire museum opened June, 2015. A new program was started in late 2015 called The Trona Pride Presentations The program is educational in nature and is geared towards students in the primary grades to instill a sense of pride in Trona by educating the local students in the history of Trona. The second weekend in October, Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society organizes their annual gem and mineral show which is open to the public. Searles Valley Historical Society also partakes in this show by opening their fire museum, caboose and railroad museum, the history house and the Old Guest House Museum to the general public. The Searles Valley Hisotrical Society also encourages local schools to visit the historical buildings in Searles Valley. A slide show presentation is done for the benefit of the students as well as opening the museums and the caboose to the students. The Tufa House Yard was cleaned, trees all trimmed and the windows were boarded up and a fence was put up around the property. A plaque will be put up to explain about the Tufa House and the Shed that is located on the property. This property will not be open to the public but will be a place of historic interest to view from outside of the fence. 31273 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false X 120 120 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false CA X Sharon Hartley 7603725222 PO Box 630 Trona CA 93592 X Jeff Schwartz Fire trucks supervisor 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cathy Heseman Vice Presnewsletterdocent 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rose Ann Austin Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dawn McMillan Directordocent 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Gossett Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brian McMillen Scanner persondocent 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marilyn McKee Substitute docentDirector 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bonnie Fairchild Presidentdocent 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Debby Celaya Secretarydocent 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sharon Hartley Treasurerdocent 12.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 1480 4872 6352 Building restoration 713990 11658 11658 11658 29156 29156 0 3112 3112 3112 50278 43926 0 0 X 750 750 6617 6617 135 135 1266 1266 2915 2915 2505 2505 Telephone and utilities 7109 7109 Property taxes & filing fees 2643 2643 Building upkeep 23360 23360 Gift shop expenses 4248 4248 1160 1160 52708 31273 21435 0 25258 33269 30502 27700 87787 18767 71935 69020 423399 461575 551094 591564 128 106 128 106 X 550966 591458 550966 591458 551094 591564 -2430 42922 0 X false false false X 14952 17387 17641 8787 18010 76777 1569 2379 3381 4873 3112 15314 16521 19766 21022 13660 21122 92091 0 0 0 0 0 0 92091 10843 10899 11952 33694 10843 10899 11952 33694 27364 30665 32974 13660 21122 125785 0.73210 0.69500 0.27000 0.30000 X 11929 11929 47586 12086 35500 28272 6681 21591 69020 Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The tax return is made available to the governing body for review before filing the Form 990. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Governing documents are made available to the public upon request. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g Investment advisory fees from Morgan Stanely account inherited from the Fredrick Hermon estate.