Nonprofit · EIN 93-0545940
LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Tax-exempt · NEWPORT, OR 97365
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $507,624 | $610,518 | -$102,894 | $2,635,184 | $54,675 | $2,580,509 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $548,640 | $583,824 | -$35,184 | $2,797,737 | $114,334 | $2,683,403 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $471,002
- of which government grants
- $334,552
- Membership dues
- $13,373
- Program service revenue
- $23,627
- Investment income
- $5,634
- Royalties
- $175
- Net rental income
- $10,025
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$3,888
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $937
- Other revenue
- $7,361
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $70,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $184,535
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $277,793
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,900
- Occupancy
- $87,669
- Depreciation
- $160,958
- Program services (functional)
- $473,039
- Management and general (functional)
- $96,803
- Fundraising (functional)
- $40,676
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,797,737
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,635,184
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $54,675
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,580,509
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,419,525
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,580,509
- Gross receipts
- $534,063
- Employees
- 15
- Volunteers
- 40
- Year formed
- 1953
- State of legal domicile
- OR
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF SYROP | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $70,000 |
| JAMES BASSINGTHWAITE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| BUD SHOEMAKE | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| BILL HANSHUMAKER | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| LISA FIGUEROA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| JOAN MCADAMS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| BUD LANE | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JON HOLBROOK | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BILL TURNER | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE EASTMAN | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SANDY BLACKMAN | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN FLECK | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB EDER | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSAN TISSOT | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $69,363 |
| JEFF SYROP | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $21,283 |
| JAMES BASSINGTHWAITE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| BUD SHOEMAKE | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| ROBERT OLSON | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BILL HANSHUMAKER | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| LISA FIGUEROA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| JO AN MCADAMS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| BETH YOUNG | DIRECTOR PO Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BUD LANE | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JON HOLBROOK | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BILL TURNER | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE EASTMAN | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SANDY BLACKMAN | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN FLECK | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB EDER | DIRECTOR POS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 545 SW 9TH ST, NEWPORT, OR 97365-4726
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JAMES BASSINGTHWAITE, 545 SW 9TH ST, NEWPORT, OR 973654726
- Signed the 990
- JAMES BASSINGTHWAITE, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (541) 265-7509
- Website
- OREGONCOASTHISTORY.ORG
- Return prepared by
- GRIMSTAD & ASSOCIATE
Mission
TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET & EXHIBIT OBJECTS AND INFORMATION ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST FOR THE EDUCATION AND BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND VISITORS TO NEWPORT OREGON VIA TWO MUSEUMS AND A LIBRARY CONTAINING AN EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, MAPS, BOOKS, AND NUMEROUS OBJECTS OF INTEREST.
Program accomplishments
- THE BURROWS HOUSE MUSEUM FEATURES EXHIBITS PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR ITS VISITORS ON THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY, THE YAQUINA BAY BRIDGE, AND FEATURES A VICTORIAN PARLOR, A LAW OFFICE, HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY'S FOUNDERS, PHOTOS AND OBJECTS THAT SHED LIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS HUMAN NATURE AND APPRECIATION FOR CURIOSITIES FROM THE PAST. THE LOG CABIN RESEARCH LIBRARY IS THE DESTINATION FOR VISITORS WHOSE FOCUS IS GETTING ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS FROM THIS EXTENSIVE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE WHICH INCLUDES HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, BOOKS, RECORDS, NAVIGATION CHARTS, CENSUS DATA, GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION, HISTORIC LITERATURE, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND MICROFILM, ORAL HISTORIES AND MUCH MORE. THE LOG CABIN SERVES INDIVIDUAL VISITORS AS WELL AS GROUPS.Expenses $104,069 · revenue $236
- THE PACIFIC MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER (PMHC) IS AN IMPRESSIVE HISTORICAL BUILDING ON THE NEWPORT BAYFRONT PURCHASED AND SAVED BY LCHS IN 2004. PMHC IS A MAJOR MUSEUM AND INTERACTIVE CENTER THAT INCORPORATES THE WORKING WHARF OUTSIDE ITS DOORS ON THE BAYFRONT, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL MARITIME USES WITH MARITIME EXHIBITS AND ART. DESIGNED TO ATTRACT, EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN ALL AGES, IT ALSO INSTILLS IN LOCAL RESIDENTS A SENSE OF PLACE AND COMMUNITY. PMHC ALSO RENTS ITS FACILITES TO THE PUBLIC FOR PRIVATE EVENTS. THIS MUSEUM CELEBRATES THE HISTORY, ART, DIVERSE CULTURE, COMMERCE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT IS OF THE OCEAN.Expenses $368,970 · revenue $23,391
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 93-0545940
- 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
- 1955
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A82Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,635,184
- Income (IRS master file)
- $534,063
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $507,624 | $610,518 | $2,635,184 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $548,640 | $583,824 | $2,797,737 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $445,128 | $497,982 | $2,772,505 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $515,816 | $358,731 | $2,801,271 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 93-0545940).
Questions about LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY is 93-0545940.
- Is LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1955.
- Are donations to LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JAMES BASSINGTHWAITE.
- Who are the officers and directors of LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 13 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $70,000 (JEFF SYROP, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $507,624, expenses of $610,518 and total assets of $2,635,184 at year end.
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