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← CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$345,374
Total expenses
$2,151,738
Contributions and grants received
$292,600
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,435
Investment income
$16,453
Other revenue
$7,886
Total assets, end of year
$3,179,227
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,077,547
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,898,320
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,628,455
Management and general expenses
$418,807
Fundraising expenses
$104,476
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,628,455

Program services were 75.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $62,705

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $30,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $199,895

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Programs/activities/Other

    total $28,435 · related or exempt $28,435

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,453 · excluded $16,453

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $12,686

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,800

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,886 · related or exempt $7,886

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $152,000 · program services $115,019 · management and general $23,830 · fundraising $13,151

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $829,400 · program services $638,638 · management and general $149,292 · fundraising $41,470

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,076 · program services $16,999 · management and general $3,973 · fundraising $1,104

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,653 · program services $56,713 · management and general $13,257 · fundraising $3,683

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,650 · management and general $29,650

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,946 · management and general $18,946

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $196,569 · program services $151,358 · management and general $35,383 · fundraising $9,828

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,093 · program services $1,093

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,379 · program services $1,832 · management and general $428 · fundraising $119

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,612 · program services $15,101 · management and general $3,530 · fundraising $981

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,411 · program services $34,196 · management and general $7,994 · fundraising $2,221

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $2,748 · program services $2,116 · management and general $495 · fundraising $137

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $245,851 · program services $189,305 · management and general $44,253 · fundraising $12,293

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $129,640 · program services $99,823 · management and general $23,335 · fundraising $6,482

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $137,237 · program services $105,672 · management and general $24,703 · fundraising $6,862

  • 24a · Other expenses: Software Subscriptions

    total $85,556 · program services $85,556

  • 24b · Other expenses: Utilities

    total $32,085 · program services $24,705 · management and general $5,776 · fundraising $1,604

  • 24c · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $31,434 · program services $24,204 · management and general $5,658 · fundraising $1,572

  • 24d · Other expenses: Security

    total $27,075 · program services $20,848 · management and general $4,873 · fundraising $1,354

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $70,323 · program services $45,277 · management and general $23,431 · fundraising $1,615

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,454,790 · end of year $1,569,200

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $17,562 · end of year $37,919

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $25,815 · end of year $24,560

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $119,437 · end of year $130,627

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,894,598

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,032,188

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,000,683 · end of year $862,410

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $538,409 · end of year $554,511

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $263,014 · end of year $188,876

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,985,638 · end of year $4,888,671

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$3,906,614 · end of year -$5,697,803

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,814,658 · end of year $3,799,483

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Our vision is to inspire and empower people to make Californias richly diverse past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To collect, share, and honor the extraordinarily diverse stories throughout our state so that Californians may utilize historys lessons to create a brighter tomorrow for everyone.

  • Library & CollectionsThe CHS Collection represents the environmental, economic, social, political, and cultural heritage of the entire state of California, including materials from outside California that contribute to a greater understanding of the state and its people.The collection comprises a diverse body of materials documenting the history of the state, including: books and pamphlets; manuscript collections; photographs; printed ephemera, periodicals, posters, broadsides, maps, and newspapers; the Kemble Collection on Western Printing and Publishing; works of art, including paintings, drawings, and lithographs; and artifacts and costumes.

    Expenses $1,628,455 · Revenue $36,321

  • we continue to host our live webinars and produce our newsletters, blogs, and social media content. Recent popular programs have included John A. Todd: Photographing Mining Pollution in Gold Rush California; My biography is the history of California: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and his Recuerdos; We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Survival and Rebellion in 19th Century Santa Cruz; Emily and Matilda Bancroft: Women Writers in Their Own Rightall available for free on our YouTube channel.Upcoming programs include California, a Slave State with Jean Pfaelzer on July 11; George Melndez Wright: The Fight for Wildlife and Wilderness in the National Parks with Jerry Emory in August; and Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties with Jon Wiener in September.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jen Whitley

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $152,000
    From this org
    $152,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $152,000
  • Tony Gonzalez

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Glenn Snyder

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John Brown

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Clifford Trafzer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jan Berckefeldt

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tracy Butts

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Carson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Deverell

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda C Elliott

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401359349305680

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