OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A80

Classification

2000

Street

1200 SW PARK AVE

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Mission and programs · 2025

• EXHIBITIONS: THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY SHARES OREGON AND BROADER AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH ORIGINAL AND TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. DESIGNED TO MAKE HISTORY VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL AGES, OHS'S MUSEUM FEATURES THREE PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS - INCLUDING THE AWARD-WINNING EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE OREGON - THAT HIGHLIGHT OBJECTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FROM OHS'S COLLECTIONS. THE MUSEUM PRESERVES THOUSANDS OF OBJECTS, TEXTILES, ARTWORKS, AND BELONGINGS, MANY WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED ONLINE THROUGH THE MUSEUM COLLECTION PORTAL. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.IN 2025, OHS OPENED THE YASUI FAMILY: AN AMERICAN STORY. THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL JOURNALS, DOCUMENTS, AND OBJECTS, THE EXHIBITION EXPLORES HOW ONE JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY'S STORY REFLECTS THE COMPLEXITY OF THE AMERICAN STORY. WHILE YASUI FAMILY MEMBERS ENDURED RACISM AND INCARCERATION, THEY ALSO SHARED A COMMITMENT TO EQUAL JUSTICE THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL FORCES THAT DETERMINED - AND WITHHELD - THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS. THIS EXHIBITION WAS POSSIBLE THANKS TO A RECENT GRANT PROJECT TO DIGITIZE AND TRANSLATE ITEMS FROM THE YASUI BROTHERS CO. BUSINESS RECORDS AND YASUI FAMILY PAPERS, BOTH PRESERVED IN OHS'S RESEARCH LIBRARY. A PROGRAM SERIES WAS CREATED TO COINCIDE WITH THE EXHIBITION AND EXPLORED THEMES OF CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION, AND BELONGING. OTHER ORIGINAL EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW IN 2025 INCLUDED AN EXPLORATION OF OREGON AVIATION HISTORY, A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE ALONG THE OREGON SKYLINE TRAIL, AND A DISPLAY OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND OBJECTS FROM THE JUNE DRAKE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY COLLECTIONS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN 2025, ANCHORED BY DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN AND AN IMPRESSIVE MARK O. HATFIELD LECTURE SERIES LINE UP OF NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES, LINDSAY CHERVINSKY, STEVE INSKEEP, AND HAMPTON SIDES.

  Expenses $4,016,328 · Revenue $580,273

• RESEARCH LIBRARY: THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S RESEARCH LIBRARY IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PAST AND PROVIDING CONTEXT ON THE PRESENT. THE LIBRARY PRESERVES THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF OREGON-RELATED MATERIALS, DOCUMENTING THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED OREGON'S HISTORY. VISITORS CAN ENJOY BROAD ACCESS TO THESE MATERIALS, BOTH IN THE LIBRARY'S RENOVATED READING ROOM AND ONLINE THROUGH OHS'S DIGITAL COLLECTIONS AND DIGITAL HISTORY RESOURCES.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.THESE COLLECTIONS BROADEN AND ENRICH THE UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNOLOGICAL LIFE IN OREGON. THE RESEARCH LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG IS THE PRIMARY POINT OF DISCOVERY FOR RESEARCHERS SEEKING TO USE ITS HOLDINGS. ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN MORE DETAIL IN ARCHIVES WEST, AN ONLINE CONSORTIAL RESOURCE FOR ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND MOUNTAIN STATES. THE LIBRARY'S DIGITAL ARCHIVE, OHS DIGITAL COLLECTIONS, PROVIDES DIRECT ONLINE ACCESS WORLDWIDE TO A SELECTION OF OHS'S LIBRARY MATERIALS. A ROBUST SUITE OF DIGITAL HISTORY WEBSITES, INCLUDING THE OREGON HISTORY PROJECT, THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA, AND THE OREGON HISTORY WAYFINDER, PROVIDE PRIMARY SOURCES AND AUTHORITATIVE CONTENT THAT SUPPORT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, WITH BROAD APPEAL TO A GENERAL AUDIENCE. THE RESEARCH LIBRARY PROVIDES RESEARCH SUPPORT TO ALL OHS PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS AND COLLABORATES WIDELY WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE STATE. THE LIBRARY IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE, NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY, AND REFERENCE STAFF ASSIST THOUSANDS OF RESEARCHERS ANNUALLY, IN PERSON AND REMOTELY. OHS ALSO PUBLISHES THE OREGON HISTORICAL QUARTERLY (OHQ), WHICH BRINGS WELL-RESEARCHED, WELL-WRITTEN HISTORY ABOUT OREGON AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO BOTH SCHOLARS AND GENERAL READERS. OHQ AMPLIFIES KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES THAT TRADITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP HAS OFTEN SILENCED AND SPARKS RELEVANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HISTORY. THE OREGON HISTORICAL QUARTERLY PUBLISHED A SPECIAL ISSUE IN FALL 2025, "HUMAN EXPERIENCE IN THE OREGON GREAT BASIN," IN WHICH AUTHORS EXPLORE LAND AND RESOURCES, SMOKING PIPES AND TOBACCO USE, COLLABORATIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICES, PEOPLE AND CLIMATE, CONSERVING ELK WITH ARCHAEOLOGY, AND DECOLONIZING ARCHAEOLOGY THROUGH INDIGENOUS COLLABORATION.

  Expenses $3,544,166 · Revenue $19,560

• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: OHS HELPS BRING DIVERSE, COMPLEX HISTORY TO STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS BY PROVIDING FREE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND CURRICULUM AND BY HOSTING PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS. OHS SPONSORS OREGON HISTORY DAY, PART OF NATIONAL HISTORY DAY, A PROJECT-BASED RESEARCH CURRICULUM PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OHS'S TRAVELING TRUNKS GIVE STUDENTS A HANDS-ON WAY TO EXPLORE HISTORY THROUGH OBJECTS, MAPS, AND LESSON PLANS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS SPANNING OREGON'S VAST GEOGRAPHY AND DIVERSE PEOPLES. OHS ALSO OFFERS GUIDED AND SELF-GUIDED EXHIBITION TOURS, WHICH ARE FREE FOR ALL OREGON SCHOOL GROUPS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.GUIDED BY INSIGHT FROM GROUPS OF EDUCATIONAL ADVISORS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, OHS CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS. IN 2025, OHS HOSTED ITS FIRST ETHNIC STUDIES SUMMER INSTITUTE TO HELP TEACHERS PREPARE TO TEACH THE NEW ETHNIC STUDIES STANDARDS AND CONTINUED TO GROW RESOURCES SUCH AS CLASSROOM-READY LESSON PLANS AND THE TRAVELING TRUNK PROGRAM. SCHOOL TOURS IN OHS'S MUSEUM FILLED THE CALENDAR, AND NEWLY AVAILABLE BILINGUAL TOURS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH WERE INCREASINGLY POPULAR.OHS SHARES RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH DOZENS OF PROGRAMS. MANY ARE HOSTED AT THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION AND MOST ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE FREE OF CHARGE. PROGRAMS IN 2025 INCLUDED, FOR EXAMPLE, A WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION TO OHS'S RESEARCH LIBRARY; PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON COLEGIO CESAR CHAVEZ, AVIATION HISTORY IN OREGON, AND THE DONNA POLLACH PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION (RELATED TO OHS MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS); AND CELEBRATIONS OF NEW HISTORICAL BOOKS ON NOTABLE OREGONIANS. OHS RECORDS MANY PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND MAKES THEM AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE ON ITS WEBSITE.

  Expenses $1,778,782 · Grants $69,000 · Revenue $30,085

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $10,700,373

  Expenses

  $12,015,588

  Contributions

  $9,146,634

  Grants paid

  $69,000

• 2024

  Revenue

  $12,411,306

  Expenses

  $12,150,486

  Contributions

  $10,694,822

  Grants paid

  $21,328

• 2023

  Revenue

  $10,857,092

  Expenses

  $10,663,994

  Contributions

  $9,877,432

  Grants paid

  $18,850

• 2022

  Revenue

  $16,021,326

  Expenses

  $10,219,858

  Contributions

  $15,015,630

  Grants paid

  $34,795

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

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,926,580

  Expenses

  $9,050,720

  Assets (EOY)

  $38,558,644

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,575,520

  Expenses

  $7,962,550

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,796,079

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,809,155

  Expenses

  $9,995,645

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,963,531

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,972,843

  Expenses

  $9,952,247

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,029,982

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

• UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

  $15,000

  2022 · FOLKLIFE PROGRAM

• CROWN POINT COUNTRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $7,500

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT TO TELL THE NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $618,716

  2024 · Cultural Heritage

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $612,012

  2023 · Cultural Heritage

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $552,471

  2022 · Cultural Heritage

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $195,245

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $155,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $75,800

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $67,320

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $58,400

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $50,620

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• OCF JOSEPH E WESTON PUBLIC FOUNDATION

  $38,500

  2024 · Cultural Heritage

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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