2024-03-13T11:20:01-07:00 2023-04-30 202571677 CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC 242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1 ASHEVILLE NC 28801 990 2022-05-01 237348133 Western North Carolina Historical Association Inc WEST 8282539231 283 Victoria Road Asheville NC 28801 Ralph Simpson President 8282539231 2024-03-11 true Ralph Simpson true Todd Oldenburg P02281691 8282360206 2024-03-13 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Ralph Simpson 283 Victoria Road Asheville NC 28801 193179 false X www.wnchistory.org X 1974 NC The mission of Western North Carlina Historical Association is to preserve and promote the history and legacy of Western North Carolina through interpretation, education, collection, and collaboration. 15 15 2 40 0 0 83938 98379 16143 5992 148075 60900 140 27908 248296 193179 4300 2990 0 111193 127339 0 13966 198270 241945 313763 372274 -65467 -179095 3809935 3574392 2301 3809935 3572091 The mission of Western North Carlina Historical Association is to preserve and promote the history and legacy of Western North Carolina through interpretation, education, collection, and collaboration. false false 335567 2990 33900 Exhibits and Interpretation While closed to the public for much-need restorations to our facilities, we created new permanent museum exhibits centered around the theme, "What is Western NC?" in preparation for our Fall 2023 reopening. These exhibits incorporate and illuminate a broad history of our area by including lesser- known stories of diverse communities in the mountains, including African American, Hispanic, Latinx, Hmong, and Afghan immigrants and neighbors. We also worked to mount the traveling exhibit, "Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America's Great Public Places," an exhibition about his life and works that opened to great acclaim in Boston, moved to Washington, D. C., and then New York City. It will open this fall at Asheville Museum of History, in the city where Guastavino completed his final projects. Programs Our programming continues to showcase the wide range of people who have made homes in WNC and their lived experiences. Our year included 22 of our popular History Hour lectures, most of which were organized around monthly themes. These included Pride, Sports, Music, and various cultural heritage month history programs. Two were particularly timely panel discussions focusing on vaccines and public health history in WNC as well as the history of refugees and immigrant resettlement. Our nine Hikes with a Historian outings included a special four-part cemetery series in September, a free Juneteenth local history hike, and two tours of the restored Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School. We also partnered with Chimney Rock State Park to offer exclusive access to a massive fissure cave while discussing the 1874 "Rumbling" Bald Mountain geologic activity. Other events included three ReadWNC programs examining the history behind local historical fiction with authors and outside experts. Staff also presented before audiences in 9 different events, partnering with AmeriCorps Project Conserve, Carolina Village, Swannanoa Valley Museum, the Asheville Newcomers Club, and more. We presented both the Outstanding Achievement and Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Awards before hybrid audiences at OLLI. Collection We added dozens of new objects to our permanent collection and spent much of the year rehousing our existing collection for better protection. We performed an inventory of the collection and moved all collection items to a more secure area while not on display. Our new exhibit space allows us to exhibit a larger variety of artifacts and more easily rotate the objects on-and-off display for continued preservation. 335567 true true false false false false false true false true true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 2 true false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false NC X X Ralph Simpson 8282539231 283 Victoria Road Asheville NC 28801 Anne Chesky Smith Executive Director 40.00 X 71952 0 0 Ralph Simpson President 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Geoff Cantrell Vice President 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Kerri Glover Secretary 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Dirk Wilmoth Treasurer 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Martha Fullington Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Catherine Brod Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Buchanan Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Dee James Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Alan Tarlenton Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Kirk Brown Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Catherine Frank Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Michael McLaughlin Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Kieta Osteen-Cochrane Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 James Bradley Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Steven Lee Johnson Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 71952 0 0 false false false 13641 32163 52575 98379 Admission Fees 712110 0 0 0 Adult Programs 712110 5578 0 0 T Wolfe Award Program 712110 84 0 0 Youth Program 712110 330 0 0 5992 57322 0 57322 3578 3578 3578 0 0 3578 Collection Sales 712110 27908 27908 0 0 27908 193179 33900 0 60900 2990 2990 76010 60808 7601 7601 41500 33200 4150 4150 9829 7863 983 983 6599 0 6599 0 1379 0 1379 0 7570 7570 0 0 2854 2595 0 259 2989 2436 540 13 927 834 93 0 208808 208079 729 0 4756 4280 476 0 Adult Programs 2092 2092 0 0 Program Exhibits 1550 1550 0 0 Other Program Expenses 82 82 0 0 Dues and Subscriptions 150 135 15 0 2189 1053 176 960 372274 335567 22741 13966 40739 107451 2419 1138 5166 1371435 63635 1307800 1307800 2280825 2002943 172986 155060 3809935 3574392 2301 0 2301 X 48324 108589 3761611 3463502 3809935 3572091 3809935 3574392 -179095 -58749 X X true X false true false X 0 34804 35463 1510574 83938 98379 1763158 0 0 34804 35463 1510574 83938 98379 1763158 65614 1697544 1691 43292 535484 102922 57322 740711 0 27908 27908 2531777 58192 0.67050 0.68380 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Collection Sales 2022: 27908. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X true 172986 -8897 7650 1379 155060 179389 2795 7500 1698 172986 143692 44459 7500 1262 179389 171288 -11331 14830 1435 143692 169667 3209 0 1588 171288 1.00000 true false 0 234200 234200 1073600 1073600 63635 63635 0 1307800 Funds held at Western North Carolina Community Foundation 155060 155060 Pt III, Line 4 WNCHA obtains and retains objects in its collection which is congruent with the interpretation of the history of western North Carolina as well as objects that fit the scale and asthetics of period rooms within the Smith-McDowell House, our facility. Pt V, Line 4 The purpose of the endowment is to generate investment income to supplement operating funds. Pt VI, Line 11b The Form 990 is prepared by a CPA firm, reviewed by management, presented to the board for review, proposed revisions and final approval. Pt VI, Line 12c Board members are annually required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest in writing. These disclosures are kept on file. Pt VI, Line 18 The Form 1023 is available upon request and the Forms 990 are available on the websites of many charity watchdog organizations and upon request. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents are available upon request. Other Carryover of Schedule O Note from prior year 990 -- In the year ended April 30, 2019, the organization received a contribution in the amount of $2,274,153. This contribution meets the IRS criteria for an unusual grant for the Schedule A, public support test. The unusual grant criteria that the organization met is as follows: 1. A substantial contribution from a disinterested part. 2. Attracted by reason of the publicly supported nature of the organization. 3. Is unusual and unexpected in amount. 4. Would, by reason of its large amount, result in the organization's not meeting the applicable public support test. 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