Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CHEROKEE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,752,959
Total expenses: $2,736,021
Contributions and grants received: $892,908
Grants paid: $384,764
Program service revenue: $1,827,552
Investment income: $447
Other revenue: $32,052
Total assets, end of year: $1,168,407
Total liabilities, end of year: $1,168,407
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $0
Program services expenses (Part IX): $1,952,670
Management and general expenses: $783,351
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $1,952,670

Program services were 71.4% 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.

1e · Government grants (contributions)

$867,000
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$25,908
2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

total $1,534,019 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSION SALES

total $108,503 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue: STORE SALES

total $185,030 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $447 · unrelated business $447 · excluded $0
6a · Gross rents

real property $46,415
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $14,363
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $32,052
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $32,052 · related or exempt $32,052

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $384,764 · program services $384,764
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $241,682 · program services $0 · management and general $241,682 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,104,485 · program services $1,104,485 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $9,053 · program services $0 · management and general $9,053 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $123,519 · program services $97,580 · management and general $25,939 · fundraising $0
10 · Payroll taxes

total $127,025 · program services $100,350 · management and general $26,675 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $8,450 · program services $0 · management and general $8,450 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $7,248 · program services $7,248 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $2,500 · program services $0 · management and general $2,500 · fundraising $0
17 · Travel

total $11,634 · program services $10,857 · management and general $777 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $19,107 · program services $0 · management and general $19,107 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $154,190 · program services $0 · management and general $154,190 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

total $8,842 · program services $0 · management and general $8,842 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: INTERNET FEES

total $18,732 · program services $0 · management and general $18,732 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: OPERATING EXPENSE

total $13,534 · program services $13,534 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHRG

total $5,882 · program services $0 · management and general $5,882 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $495,374 · program services $233,852 · management and general $261,522 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $367,334 · end of year $265,156
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $411,818
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $6,518 · end of year $7,330
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $721,153 · end of year $895,921
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$2,869,733
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$2,869,733
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $516,039 · end of year $429,390
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $27,230 · end of year $19,885
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $284,591 · end of year $719,132
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $267,145
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $411,818

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CHEROKEE INDIAN IN NORTH AMERICA

UNTO THESE HILLS IS AN OUTDOOR DRAMA DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE. OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. OCONALUFTEE INDIAN VILLAGE IS A FULL SIZE REPLICA OF AN 18TH CENTRY CHEROKEE INDIAN VILLAGE. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. QUALLA CREATIONS IS A RETAIL STORE SPECIALIZING INT HE SALE FO HAND CRAFTED ITEM BY LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Expenses $1,952,670 · Revenue $1,514,664

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

Larry BlytheLARRY BLYTHE

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Andrew OocummaANDREW OOCUMMA

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Hope HuskeyHOPE HUSKEY

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Eliza ReedELIZA REED

FINANCE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$55,738

From this org

$55,738

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Emma McMillanEMMA MCMILLAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Marina Hunley-GrahamMARINA HUNLEY-GRAHAM

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$52,044

From this org

$52,044

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Laura BlytheLAURA BLYTHE

INTERIM CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$66,950

From this org

$66,950

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Lance CulpepperLANCE CULPEPPER

INTERIM CO EXE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$66,950

From this org

$66,950

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Jeremy HyattJEREMY HYATT

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Paxton MyersPAXTON MYERS

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Perry ShellPERRY SHELL

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Lavita HillLAVITA HILL

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Yona WadeYONA WADE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0

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.

Schedule J

Itemized on Schedule J with no Part VII listing of the same name on this return:

NaNA

Schedule J breakdown

Base

$0

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$0

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: 2025
Filed: 14 September 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.1
Source object: 202622589349300542

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