The Filson Historical Society
The Filson Historical Society
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About this organization
Mission
The mission of the Filson Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and tell the significant stories of Kentucky and Ohio Valley history and culture.
About
The education and programs department presented more than 100 lectures and events in 2018. The lectures were presented by nationally recognized authors and are open to the general public. These presentations included the Ormsby and the Gertrude Polk Brown lecture series, two conferences, and various educational lectures that focused on culture and history. The Filson's collections department (manuscripts, photographs, prints, architectural plans, and ephemera) made additions to its holdings in 2018. Material dating from pioneer days through the 20th century, numbering in the thousands of items, is now preserved and will be available to researchers. Those researchers visit the Filson from across the country and abroad to mine its collections for their books, articles, novels, plays, school papers, family history and more. Acknowledgements to Filson collections regularly appear in resulting works.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The mission of the non-profit, as stated in the filing, is “To collect, preserve, and tell the significant stories of kentucky and ohio valley history and culture.”.
When referring to its tasks, they were described as: “To collect, preserve, and tell the significant stories of kentucky and ohio valley history and culture.”.
- The non-profit is operating legally in the state of KY.
- The non-profit's address for the year 2019 is listed as 1310 SOUTH THIRD STREET, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40208 in the filing.
- The form submitted by the non-profit organization for 2019 reports 28 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $264,119.
- The organization has 19 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1892.
- The organization pays $1,402,051 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $164,913 in fundraising expenses.