EIN 91-1937645

The Historic Trust

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
25
Year formed
1998
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
The Historic Trust inspires civic pride and economic vitality through education, preservation, and celebration of our community's history. It achieves this by offering aviation education programs that engage students in hands-on activities with professional educators and trained volunteers with extensive backgrounds in education and aviation. The Trust also holds a long-term lease on Officers Row and the West Vancouver Barracks from the City of Vancouver, where it is responsible for leasing, maintaining, and preserving the historic structures.
Also known as...
Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust; Fort Vancouver National Trust
Total revenues
$6,211,853
2023
Total expenses
$4,734,283
2023
Total assets
$17,977,862
2023
Num. employees
25
2023

Program areas at The Historic Trust

Master lease of city of Vancouver property: The Trust holds a long term lease of officers row and The west Vancouver barracks from The city of Vancouver where The Trust is responsible for The leasing, maintenance and preservation of The Historic structures. The Trust leases approximately 170,000 square feet of space to tenants with additional public spaces for education, interpretation and event rental venues. Public use buildings and event venues include The howard house, marshall house, grant house, red cross building and The artillary barracks building. These locations serve a variety of events throughout The year including weddings, business meetings, fundraisers, seminars and conferences for a variety of users who get to experience The history and The Historic site. Expenses listed above include operating expenses, master lease expenses, transfers out and capital fund expenses.
Aviation education programs:the Trust's aviation education programs involve hands on activities that are taught by professional educators and trained volunteers with extensive backgrounds in education and aviation. The programs include aviation summer camps, aviation education resource events, young eagles program, flight simulator lab instruction, open cockpit visits in a variety of aircraft and The education of The rich history of The pearson airfield, first airport in The northwest and one of The oldest operating airports in The country. The Trust operates The pearson field education center(pfec) and participates in partner programs with schools and organizations. Partners include airway science for kids, cascadia tech partners in careers, esd 112, clark college, eocf and multiple pilot organizations. Effective january 2023, management of this program and all related assets were transitioned to airway science for kids.
Celebrate freedom programs:the Trust coordinates and produces The celebrate freedom programs that include educational, interpretive and entertainment activities to engage The community on The Historic site and educate visitors on our rich history. These programs include The general george c. marshall public and youth leadership award programs, general george c. marshall lecture series. The general george c. marshall public and youth leadership award programs honored an adult and a senior high school student for their commitment to public service and demonstrated leadership potential.
Providence academy activities

Grants made by The Historic Trust

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Airway Science for KidsAerospace Education of Youth.$0

Who funds The Historic Trust

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Columbia Community Credit UnionPreservation for National Site and Support for Education Programs Through Sponsorship and Event Fundraising$10,600
The Honorable Frank L and Arlene G Price FoundationHistoric Preservation$10,000
Humanities WashingtonCovid Recovery Funds As Provided By the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Arp)$10,000
...and 2 more grants received

Personnel at The Historic Trust

NameTitleCompensation
Eileen Temple LentzChief Executive Officer$155,945
Temple LentzPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Marc ThompsonDirector of Facilities and Maintenance
Holly ChamberlainDirector of Historic Preservation
Mindy WilkinsMarketing and Event Manager
...and 19 more key personnel

Financials for The Historic Trust

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$427,962
Program services$3,914,357
Investment income and dividends$193,013
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$1,611,230
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$65,291
Total revenues$6,211,853

Form 990s for The Historic Trust

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-08-15990View PDF
2022-122023-07-27990View PDF
2021-122022-11-14990View PDF
2020-122022-05-04990View PDF
2019-122021-03-02990View PDF
...and 12 more Form 990s

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Data update history
October 18, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
October 1, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
September 23, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
August 24, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $10,600 from Columbia Community Credit Union
August 26, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanitiesHistory
Characteristics
LobbyingState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
750 Anderson St
Vancouver, WA 98661
Metro area
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
County
Clark County, WA
Website URL
thehistorictrust.org/ 
Phone
(360) 992-1800
Facebook page
FortVan 
IRS details
EIN
91-1937645
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1998
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A80: Historical Societies, Historical Preservation
NAICS code, primary
7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Parent/child status
Independent
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