FORT LARNED HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

EIN 48-0627347 LARNED, KS

Revenue 2024: $333,384
Expenses 2024: $264,417

Program services were 57.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 2100
Street: 1349 K156 HWY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SANTA FE TRAIL CENTER IS A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DEVOTED TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTE KNOWN AS THE SANTA FE TRAIL. THIS REGIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY PRESERVES ARTIFACTS AND MANUSCRIPTS RELATED TO THE BLENDING OF THE MAJOR CULTURES ALONG THE TRAIL AND ENHANCES UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRAIL. INTERRELATED INTERPRETIVE EXHIBITS, LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESOURCE MATERIALS ENGAGE AND ENLIGHTEN A DIVERSE PUBLIC OF VARIED AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND KNOWLEDGE COMPELLING THEM TO EXAMINE THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE PAST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MAINTAIN & OPERATE A HISTORICAL MUSEUM

MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A HISTORICAL MUSEUM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE SANTA FE TRAIL.

Expenses $124,672 · Revenue $142,889
THE TIRED IRON SHOW IS PRESENTED TO CONNECT THE VISITORS WITH THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AS WELL AS THE TRAIL.

Expenses $3,958 · Revenue $28,613
RENDEZVOUS IS A 3-DAY EDUCATIONAL HISTORY SEMINAR HELD EVERY TWO YEARS. RENDEZVOUS TOPICS VARY BUT THEY ALWAYS DEAL WITH LIFE ON AND AROUND THE TRAIL.

Expenses $16,559 · Revenue $27,547
VARIOUS SPECIAL EVENTS ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROMOTE THE MUSEUM AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION.

Expenses $5,985 · Revenue $5,967

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Ted Van HornTED VAN HORN

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Beth SlackBETH SLACK

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Steven LewisSTEVEN LEWIS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steve MillerSTEVE MILLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joel DavisJOEL DAVIS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David ClaphamDAVID CLAPHAM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rita KurtzRITA KURTZ

VICE-PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Michelle DepeughMICHELLE DEPEUGH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Galen HulseGALEN HULSE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Richard LartzRICHARD LARTZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sarah ZinkSARAH ZINK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Angie MurrayANGIE MURRAY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Roger MyersROGER MYERS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Damon BradleyDAMON BRADLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Seth McFarlandSETH MCFARLAND

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$19,280

From this org

$19,280

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$333,384

Expenses

$264,417

Contributions

$100,637

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$157,489

Expenses

$260,999

Contributions

$68,923

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$321,048

Expenses

$286,215

Contributions

$207,240

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$333,384	$264,417	$100,637	$0
2023	$157,489	$260,999	$68,923	$0
2022	$321,048	$286,215	$207,240	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$530,955

Expenses

$295,494

Assets (EOY)

$2,420,138
2020 · 990

Revenue

$226,555

Expenses

$199,401

Assets (EOY)

$2,455,002
2019 · 990

Revenue

$250,247

Expenses

$198,239

Assets (EOY)

$2,455,501
2018 · 990

Revenue

$218,307

Expenses

$297,924

Assets (EOY)

$2,092,771
2017 · 990

Revenue

$220,711

Expenses

$293,505

Assets (EOY)

$2,208,507
2016 · 990

Revenue

$172,892

Expenses

$274,149

Assets (EOY)

$2,186,447
2015 · 990

Revenue

$287,409

Expenses

$228,276

Assets (EOY)

$2,287,596
2014 · 990

Revenue

$229,599

Expenses

$225,752

Assets (EOY)

$2,233,652
2013 · 990

Revenue

$237,460

Expenses

$197,513

Assets (EOY)

$2,224,786
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$220,241

Assets (EOY)

$2,184,472

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$530,955	$295,494	$2,420,138
2020	990	$226,555	$199,401	$2,455,002
2019	990	$250,247	$198,239	$2,455,501
2018	990	$218,307	$297,924	$2,092,771
2017	990	$220,711	$293,505	$2,208,507
2016	990	$172,892	$274,149	$2,186,447
2015	990	$287,409	$228,276	$2,287,596
2014	990	$229,599	$225,752	$2,233,652
2013	990	$237,460	$197,513	$2,224,786
2012	990	not reported	$220,241	$2,184,472

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

GOLDEN BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$50,000

2022 To support the historical society
GOLDEN BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$23,099

2025 Arts, Culture
GOLDEN BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$17,166

2024 Arts, Culture
HUMANITIES KANSAS INC

$15,000

2024 A THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM THAT WILL EXAMINE THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY AND THE CONQUEST AND DESTRUCTION RESULTING FROM THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
GOLDEN BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$12,691

2023 Arts, Culture

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.