WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATION (EIN 23-7348133)
Tax period: 2020-05-01 to 2021-04-30
Filed: 2022-01-21
IRS object ID: 202240219349300209
Schema version: 2020v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-01-21T08:03:55-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-04-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHEVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28801	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-05-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237348133	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Western North Carolina Historical Association Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WEST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8282539231	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	283 Victoria Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Asheville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28801	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Ralph Simpson	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8282539231	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-01-21	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Ralph	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Simpson	PersonLastNm

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Stephen C Corliss	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01333317	PTIN
Phone	8282360206	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-01-21	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Anne Chesky Smith	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	283 Victoria Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Asheville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28801	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,053,393	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.wnchistory.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1974	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The mission of Western North Carlina Historical Association is to preserve and promote the history of Western North Carolina through the care, interpretation, and presentation of the Smith-McDowell House; to educate through lectures, exhibitions, (Cont on P2)	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	40	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
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PY Investment Income	$43,292	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
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CY Other Revenue	$54	CYOtherRevenueAmt
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PY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,500	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,500	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
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CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$109,668	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$11,347	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$56,252	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$45,281	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$101,843	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$157,449	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$7,873	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,895,944	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,562,481	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,354,391	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,594	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,518	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,560,887	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,352,873	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	publications and related events; to facilitate cooperation among regional historical organizations; and to recognize leadership in Western North Carolina history and literature.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$121,212	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$2,500	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,510,547	RevenueAmt
Desc	Interpretation: Between September 19, 2020 (when we reopened after a mandated COVID-related closure) and April 30, 2021, we welcomed nearly 1,000 visitors on tours of the restored Smith-McDowell House Museum and exhibitions despite significant visitations limits imposed by COVID. We revamped and reorganized our house tour to give visitors a self- guided tour book and a one-way route to comply with social distancing guidelines. This revamped house tour introduced visitors to a larger diversity of stories and people than ever before. In early 2020, we curated and mounted an exhibit on Western North Carolina during World War I, which was open for two months before the Museum closed due to restrictions put in place due to COVID-19. It reopened on September 19, 2020 and ran through the end of the year. While closed to the public, we curated a virtual exhibit entitled 1918 vs 2020, which compared Western North Carolina's response to the 1918 flu epidemic with our 2020 response to COVID-19. During this time, we also made two former exhibits - "Hillbillyland: Myth and Reality in Appalachian CultureX and "Douglas Ellington" available for free via our digital exhibit platform. In 2021, we mounted Ann Miller Woodford's exhibit When All God's Children Get Together: The Lives and Music of African American People in Far WNC. It ran from January - June 2021. We also developed a digital exhibit, Deep Dive into Archives, which began as a research project to uncover the names and stories of the people who were enslaved by the Smith and McDowell families.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Collection: We were granted ownership of the Smith-McDowell House, our facility and the most significant part of our permanent collection, and 1.84 acres. We replaced the roof on the Smith-McDowell House with a hand-seamed, standing seam, copper roof that was installed by Huber and Associates in July 2020. This roof replaces the red slate roof that was installed around the turn of the 20th century. The metal standing-seam roof is reflective of a roof that was on the house during mid-to-late 19th century. We were also awarded a Conservation Assessment Program grant by IMLS to have an architect assess our facility and a conservation specialist assess our collection. The final CAP report is currently being used to prioritize renovations and restorations to the Smith-McDowell House. Prior to the end of April 2020, R&W began the installation of a new HVAC system that will provide heat and cooling to all floors of the house; previously only the first floor had A/C. This will allow for better climate control of the building for the comfort and safety of our staff, volunteers, visitors, and collections. We had the exterior of the house painted. In FY2021-2022 we aim to make further improvements to the house, including upgraded electrical, upgraded security and lighting, interior plaster repair and painting, and installing interior magnetic storm windows. In 2020, we began inventorying our collections. To aid in this effort we hired a contract- based, part-time Curatorial Assistant to help catalog items and research their provenance. We also updated our Collections Policy and applied for a NEH grant to help rehouse our collection.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Education: We've developed new programs over the last fiscal year and adjusted them to work during COVID-related social distancing guidelines by offering most of these programs via Zoom webinar. We've hosted monthly "LitCafes," featuring WNC authors, a WNC lecture series, a film series, and a symposium on monuments. These all have worked very well in a Zoom format; we have been able to host speakers that would not have been able to travel to Asheville (including the winner of our Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award in 2020); and we've been able to offer these programs to a much larger audiences and make them accessible to more people by recording the presentations. In 2021, we have also been able to begin hosting limited in-person tours-to Bryson City, along the railroad route from Old Fort to Ridgecrest, and in DuPont Forest, and down the French Broad. We hope to offer more in-person events while also continuing virtual programming. We awarded the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award to Sandra Muse Isaacs for Eastern Cherokee Stories and our Outstanding Achievement Award to Ann Miller Woodford for her work preserving the history and culture of African American people in far WNC. Due to COVID, we had to cancel our annual Living History Day. This event covers local history topics during a tour of the Smith-McDowell House for over 300 4th and 5th graders. Participatory skills and activities related to a wide range of cultural and social studies topics are demonstrated by volunteers on the grounds of the house; We served 450 students through our Traveling Trunk program, which loans "history kits" on topics of historic interest to local classrooms. Each trunk covers a specific topic and includes educational materials and objects for lesson planning and discussion. We served 25 students enrolled in a local chapter of Tar Heel Jr. Historian Association (THJHA), a statewide club for students interested in North Carolina history. Our chapter participates in the annual statewide THJHA convention as well as a local service project at Hart Square reaching hundreds of individuals. We were also able to serve hundreds of students on socially-distanced and topical tours of our facility.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
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More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
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Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
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Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
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Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
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Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
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IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	3	EmployeeCnt
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Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
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Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
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Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
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Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Dirk Wilmoth	PersonNm
Phone	8282539231	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	283 Victoria Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Asheville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28801	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Ralph Simpson
President	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Geoff Cantrell
Vice President	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kerri Glover
Secretary	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dirk Wilmoth
Treasurer	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Courtney Blossman
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stuart Camblos
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jim Buchanan
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alvis Campbell
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alan Tarlenton
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Caragh Kooon
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Catherine Frank
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael McLaughlin
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kieta Osteen-Cochrane
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anne Chesky Smith
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$64,608	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$64,608	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$15,885	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$22,516	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,472,173	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,307,800	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,510,574	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Admission Fees	712110	$4,477	$0	$0
Adult Programs	712110	$1,550	$0	$0
T Wolfe Award Program	712110	$1,000	$0	$0
Youth Program	712110	$254	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$7,281	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$535,484	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$535,484	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other Income	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$54	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$54	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$54	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,053,393	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$7,281	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$535,538	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$67,001	TotalAmt
Program Services	$53,601	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,700	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,700	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,545	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,635	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,455	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,455	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,122	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,498	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$812	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$812	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,682	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,682	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,642	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,642	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,556	TotalAmt
Program Services	$686	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,870	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$284	TotalAmt
Program Services	$256	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,931	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,600	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,089	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$242	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,099	TotalAmt
Program Services	$879	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$110	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$110	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,675	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,191	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$484	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$230	TotalAmt
Program Services	$230	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,914	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,570	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,344	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Adult Programs	$1,615	$1,615	$0	$0
Other Program Expenses	$2,796	$2,796	$0	$0
Youth Program	$228	$228	$0	$0
T. Wolfe Award Event	$75	$75	$0	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,554	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,170	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$384	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$157,449	TotalAmt
Program Services	$121,212	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,890	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,347	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,077	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,842	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$145,099	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,473	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$597	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,340	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,532,668	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$63,635	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$103,958	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,469,033	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,156,058	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,661,314	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$143,692	BOYAmt
EOY	$179,389	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,562,481	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,354,391	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,594	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,518	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,594	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,518	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$143,042	BOYAmt
EOY	$43,137	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,417,845	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,309,736	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,560,887	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,352,873	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,562,481	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,354,391	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,895,944	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$103,958	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Other	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingOtherInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$39,175	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$33,521	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$34,804	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$35,463	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,510,547	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,653,510	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$39,175	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$33,521	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$34,804	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$35,463	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,510,547	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,653,510	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$71,497	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,582,013	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,832	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,721	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,691	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$43,292	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$535,484	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$584,020	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$106	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$106	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,237,636	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$82,449	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.70700	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.78230	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt II Ln 10	Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Other Income 2016: 106. 2017: 0. 2018: 0. 2019: 0. 2020: 0
Pt II Ln 10	Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Other Income 2016: 106. 2017: 0. 2018: 0. 2019: 0.

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$143,692	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$44,459	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,500	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,262	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$179,389	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$171,288	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$11,331	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,830	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,435	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$143,692	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$169,667	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,209	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,588	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$171,288	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$165,698	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$12,933	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,420	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,544	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$169,667	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$155,405	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$19,086	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,340	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,453	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$165,698	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$234,200	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$234,200	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$0	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$44,260	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$44,260	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,254,208	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$19,375	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,234,833	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,469,033	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Funds held at Western North Carolina Community Foundation	Desc
Book Value	$179,389	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$179,389	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt III, Line 4	WNCHA obtains and retains objects in its collection which is congruent with the interpretation of the history and context of the Smith-McDowell House and fit the scale and aesthetics of the exhibited collection. Special attention is given to relevant artifacts from the period 1800-1900.
Pt V, Line 4	The purpose of the endowment is to generate investment income to supplement operating funds.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Real Estate Other RealEstateOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$234,200	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Estimated Fair market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Historical Artifacts HistoricalArtifactsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,073,600	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Estimated Fair market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
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.
Pt XII, Line 1	Modified cash