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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Filed by HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE NATIVE SONS OF GOLDEN WEST.

Totals

Total revenue
$81,266
Total expenses
$37,447
Contributions and grants received
$71,475
Grants paid
$31,951
Program service revenue
$5
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$9,900
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
-$114
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$402,567
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$402,567
Program service expenses (Part III)
$33,279

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

The organization devotes its time to making California history accessible, informative, meaningful, and entertaining to the public through the preservation, sponsorship, and promotion of historical sites and events.

  • Promoted and enabled knowledge and education of California history by granting funds for California museums and historical sites, including grants for the Argonaut NorSac Railway and to the Gabrielino Band-Kizh Nation for the El Aliso plaque.

    Expenses $5,500 · Grants $5,500

  • Provided funding for the preservation, restoration, and maintenance of California historical and cultural sites and buildings, including the Native Sons of The Golden West Parlor's roof in Humboldt, the historic Chinese Cemetery in Auburn, an Eagle Scout's project for the St John Church in Sonora, a window restoration at the Ramona Museum of California, restoring the floor of the Monterey Customs House, the Vacaville Historical digital archive, and maintenance on an historic church in a historic Gold Rush era Sierra Foothills town.

    Expenses $27,779 · Grants $26,451

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Jedidiah Watson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Larry Schork

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Padgett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Cortez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Doug Love

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robert Bruno

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Carl Von Bargen

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    6
  • Marsha Skelton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Pharo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brice Walker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael O'Brien

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bob Balich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2025
Filed
12 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202642559349200309

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