Greensboro Historical Museum Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TOGETHER WITH ITS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, THE ORGANIZATION COLLECTS OBJECTS AND STORIES, CONNECTS GENERATIONS, AND CHALLENGES PEOPLE TO EXPLORE OUR CITY'S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. THE MUSEUM SPARKS WONDER THROUGH BOLD EXHIBITIONS AND CREATIVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THE ORGANIZATION NURTURES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING. THEY ENCOURAGE DIALOUGE AND CARE FOR ALL THAT IS ENTRUSTED TO THEM.
- Income
- $151,639
- Spending
- $287,183
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- 42.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 76%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 143
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 66% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 42.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 89% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 39% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1575% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 12 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 92% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 2527 of 27 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $145,203 spent. THE MUSEUM EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY BY PRESENTING CREATIVE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT EXHIBITS, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS ONGOING IN 2024 INCLUDED "BY THE BOOK", "GERRYMANDER MADNESS", AND "1940S FLASHBACK". LISTED BELOW ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXHIBITS FOR 2024 BY MONTH:JANUARY 19 HISTORY LUNCH BREAK: CONFLICT IN COLLECTIONS. 19 PEOPLE JOINED VIA ZOOM TO HEAR CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS AYLA AMON DISCUSS WITH CURATOR GLENN PERKINS CHANGING PRACTICES IN HOW MUSEUMS DEAL WITH COLLECTIONS FROM WARTIME.FEBRUARY 3RD -GHM CELEBRATED THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON LUNAR NEW YEAR - WITH ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM GREENSBORO AND BEYOND - GREENSBORO CHINESE ASSOCIATION, TAIWANESE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA-NC, CAMBODIAN CULTURAL CENTER OF NC, MONTAGNARD DEGA ASSOCIATION, NC ASIAN AMERICANS OVER 850 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE DAY! FEBRUARY 16TH 45 PEOPLE CAME TO THE MUSEUM'S MARY PREYER HALL TO ENJOY THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN CURATOR GLENN PERKINS AND DEBBIE ROBINSON BENTON ABOUT HER MEMORIES OF THE WELL-KNOWN DOWNTOWN GATHERING SPOT ROBINSON'S RESTAURANT. - 45 JOINED FACEBOOK LIVE AND 750 HAVE VIEWED THE RECORDING.WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THREE PROGRAMS: WOMEN IN SCIENCE WITH DR. TAYLOR GREGORY OF THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER. MARCH 8TH, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ON MARCH 14TH 140 IN ATTENDANCE. LIFTED VOICES: WOMEN'S HISTORY WITH COSTUMED INTERPRETERS IN THE MUSEUM'S GALLERIES. THE MUSEUM HAS RECEIVED A SMALL GRANT $4,250 FROM THE WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL FORUM FOUNDATION TO HELP SUPPORT SOME UPCOMING PROJECT DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS - AN AUGUST PROGRAM ON VOTING RIGHTS AND THE LEGACY OF BENNETT'S 1960 OPERATION DOORKNOCK VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN.APRIL 27TH -THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM HOSTED AN ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL WITH PAN-ASIAN VOICES & EXPERIENCES. AAPI SHORT FILM FEST SPARKED COVERAGE ON WFDD, NEWS & RECORD, TRIAD CITY BEAT, YES WEEKLY, AND SPECTRUM. PARTICIPATING FILMMAKERS WERE HOWARD AFFANDI, PAUL BYUN, SACHI DELY, STEFAN DIMUZIO, RICHIE IDEN AND MINH NGO.ON MAY 5TH, GHM CONTINUED ITS BEHIND LOCKED DOORS SERIES FOR MEMBERS, WITH A VISIT TO OUR NEWLY RENOVATED ISLEY HOUSE. TWENTY GUESTS ENJOYED BEING THE FIRST TO VISIT A BUILDING IN OUR RICHARDSON HISTORIC PARK THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND GAVE FEEDBACK ON STAFF'S EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PLANS TO SHARE STORIES OF GREENSBORO'S TEXTILE HISTORY IN THE SPACE IN A VERY HANDS-ON WAY. JUNE 21 -JAPANESE AMERICANS IN WARTIME NORTH CAROLINA, A LIVE ZOOM MEETING CONVERSATION WITH UNC CHAPEL HILL PROFESSOR HEIDI KIM EXPLORING JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING WORLD WAR II. 100,000 PEOPLE OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WERE INCARCERATED - 26 PEOPLE JOINED US.JUNE 27TH - BY THE BOOK: HOME FRONT BATTLES WITH CHARLES C. BOLTON. 20 PEOPLE JOINED US IN THE AUDITORIUM FOR A CONVERSATION WITH HISTORIAN CHARLES C. BOLTON ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK, HOME FRONT BATTLES. WE EXPLORED THE ROLE OF RACE IN WORLD WAR II MOBILIZATION IN THE DEEP SOUTH, WHERE THE NEEDS OF WARTIME INDUSTRIES AND BASES INFLAMED TENSIONS AROUND LABOR, LAND, AND MILITARY SERVICE.JULY 6TH - OVER 400 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP TO CELEBRATE GREENSBORO'S PIVOTAL ROLE AS THE LARGEST URBAN MILITARY BASE IN THE COUNTRY DURING WWII AT THE FORTIES FLASHBACK, VISITORS ENJOYED A FREE AFTERNOON OF FAMILY FUN EXPLORING LIFE IN GREENSBORO IN THE 1940S. REENACTORS DEMONSTRATED SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE DEPOT AND SHARED THEIR COLLECTIONS. VISITORS EXPLORED THE MUSEUM'S GALLERIES TO HEAR COSTUMED INTERPRETERS TELL STORIES OF TUSKEGEE AIRMAN ANDREW JOHNSON, FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, FLYING ACE GEORGE E. PREDDY JR. AND OTHERS.THE CELEBRATION CONTINUED INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH FREE SWING DANCE LESSONS WITH INSTRUCTORS FROM THE CAT'S PAJAMAS. THE MUSEUM THEN REOPENED AT 6 PM FOR A TICKETED EVENT--GHM AFTER HOURS: SWING DANCE AT THE SERVICE CLUB UNTIL 9 PM, WHICH INCLUDED LIVE MUSIC FROM DURHAM NC DEXTER MOSES QUARTET FEATURING VOCALIST LILLIAN FAITH AND SIGNATURE COCKTAILS FOR SALE FROM GIA.AUGUST STARTED OFF WITH MUSEUM VISITS OVER TWO DAYS OF 447 YOUNG ADULTS WITH THE POLISH SCOUTING AND GUIDING ASSOCIATION. THIS POLAND-BASED, INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CULTURAL IMMERSION EXPERIENCES FOR 18-22-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY HIKED THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, CAMPED FOR A WEEK NEAR MOUNT AIRY, AND CHOSE TO VISIT GREENSBORO AS THEIR CITY EXPERIENCE WITH A CIVIL RIGHTS THEME. ON AUGUST 28TH, OUR ANNUAL DORTCH ENDOWMENT EVENT FEATURED MARTHA S. JONES, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND AUTHOR OF VANGUARD: HOW BLACK WOMEN BROKE BARRIERS, WON THE VOTE, AND INSISTED ON EQUALITY FOR ALL, WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY. A VERY DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF 97 PEOPLE ATTENDED.SEPTEMBER 19TH WAS A BIG MONTH FOR PROJECT DEMOCRACY 20/20. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH PEOPLE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SMITHSONIAN CURATOR AND AUTHOR JON GRINSPAN, AS HE PRESENTED A CAMPAIGN MADNESS PROGRAM ON THE WIDE AWAKE MOVEMENT THAT HELPED ELECT LINCOLN. IN CONNECTION WITH THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND WITH A SMALL GRANT FROM SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATIONS. OCTOBER 13TH - WE PARTNERED WITH NC A&T TO PRESENT AN ADVANCE COPY OF THE UPCOMING COMCAST XFINITY DOCUMENTARY "OUR BLUE MAKES US GOLD" WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF NC A&T. 71 PEOPLE ATTENDEDOCTOBER 21TH - THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM AND GREENSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTED AUTHOR ARAN SHETTERLY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT CITY OF GREENSBORO, DR. LOVE JONES, FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK, MORNINGSIDE: THE 1979 GREENSBORO MASSACRE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AN AMERICAN CITY'S SOUL.- 122 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PROGRAM.OCTOBER 19TH - 141 PEOPLE CAME TO THE MUSEUM TO DIG INTO ARCHAEOLOGY DAY WITH THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM, UNC GREENSBORO ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM AND GUILFORD COURTHOUSE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. THERE WERE FUN ACTIVITIES AND DEMONSTR
- $69,460 spent. LISTED BELOW ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING FOR 2024 BY MONTH:JANUARY 20TH WAS OUR ONGOING MONTHLY LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY PROGRAM. CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF QUILTS. ALMOST 40 ATTENDED THE PROGRAM.THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE GREENSBORO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS RECEIVED A $25,000 GRANT TO FUND THE MUSEUM'S VOICES OF A CITY EXHIBITION INCLUSION PROJECT, BEYOND O. HENRY: GRAY JOHNSON, MCADOO, FALKENER AND RAGSDALE. FEBRUARY 24TH - BLACK HISTORY MONTH - INTERPRETERS IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES SHARED STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GREENSBORO. THIS YEAR'S PORTRAYALS INCLUDED: BUSINESS LEADER EUNICE MOSELY DUDLEY, NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI RONALD MCNAIR, AN ASTRONAUT AND PHYSICIST, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AGENT LAVINA "VINA" CURRY, A FREE WOMAN OF COLOR IN GUILFORD COUNTY AND GREENSBORO-BORN ARTIST MALVIN GRAY JOHNSON, WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I AND WAS PART OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT. GREENSBORO'S NONPROFIT COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PROVIDED SIGNED INTERPRETATION FOR SELECT TOURS. THE DAY ALSO INCLUDED GHM'S LITTLE LIONS, WHERE PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT ASTRONAUT RONALD MCNAIR. 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE DAY. MARCH 23RD - LITTLE LION'S PROGRAM FEATURED SNACKS, SELFIES AND LEADING WOMEN, AS OVER 50 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES - WITH THE COSTUMED INTERPRETERS FROM THE LIFTED VOICES WOMEN PROGRAM. PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPERIENCE GREENSBORO FOR A MUSEUM AND BUS TOUR FOR 20 PARTICIPANTS AND AN OFFSITE COLLABORATION WITH WHITE OAK LEGACY FOUNDATION THAT BROUGHT MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE TO REVOLUTION MILL TO HEAR LEVI'S HISTORIAN TRACEY PANEK. AN INSTAGRAM POST NOTING FIRST STUDENTS AT GREENSBORO (FEMALE) COLLEGE IN 1846 WAS BIGGEST FACEBOOK POST OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH 408 ENGAGEMENTS AND REACHING MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE. APRIL 27 - LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK HEALTHY HISTORY ACTIVITY FOR PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND FAMILIES AT THE MUSEUM'S LEBAUER PARK TERRACE. PART OF YMCA HEALTHY KIDS DAY. LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK IS A PARTNER PROGRAM WITH GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS. IN MAY - OVER THREE DAYS, 166 STUDENTS VISITED THE MUSEUM. FOR TWO DAYS, THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS TRIP TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE HISTORIC MARY LYNN RICHARDSON PARK, WITH VISITS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND GAMES AT MCNAIRY HOUSE, BLACKSMITH AND CARPENTRY SHOPS AND THE KITCHEN BUILDING. THE LAST DAY WAS A TRIP IN OUR WELCOME TO THE GATE CITY EXHIBITION AREA ON OUR TOP FLOOR WHERE STUDENTS VISIT A PERIOD PHARMACY, SCHOOL ROOM, ANTIQUE CARS, THEATER AND ENGAGE THE SPACE WITH HANDS ON ACTIVITIES. MAY 14TH AND 18TH, GHM PARTNERED WITH THE GREENSBORO BOUND LITERARY FESTIVAL. ON MAY 14TH AT 6 PM WITH 28 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, JIMMY CARTER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT EMORY UNIVERSITY JOSEPH CRESPINO, AUTHOR OF ATTICUS FINCH: THE BIOGRAPHY. GHM HOSTED A RANGE OF AUTHORS AND DISCUSSIONS IN MARY NORRIS PREYER HALL INCLUDING AN AFTERNOON SESSION ON MIXTAPE MUSINGS: HOW THE POP CULTURE OF THE 80S AND MUSIC SCENE OF 90S SHAPED OUR LIVES MODERATED BY CURATOR GLENN PERKINS. 183 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PROGRAMS AT THE MUSEUM. JUNE 22ND WAS OUR ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, GHM'S FOURTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH BIKE TOUR: GREEN BOOK ALONG THE GREENWAY BETWEEN 1933 AND 1966, "THE NEGRO MOTORIST GREEN BOOK" OFFERED AFRICAN AMERICAN TRAVELERS A GUIDE TO SAFE SPACES ACROSS THE US, INCLUDING MORE THAN A DOZEN IN GREENSBORO. IN COLLABORATION WITH BICYCLING IN GREENSBORO, 55 PEOPLE JOINED US TO EXPLORE HISTORICAL LOCATIONS AND CURRENTLY OPERATING GREEN BOOK SITES IN THE GATE CITY ON THIS GUIDED, FAMILY FRIENDLY 3-MILE RIDE. THEN, IN THE AFTERNOON, THE FOCUS WAS ON CIVIC SEASON---THE TIME BETWEEN JUNETEENTH AND JULY 4TH THAT UNITES OUR OLDEST FEDERAL HOLIDAY WITH OUR NEWEST, MOBILIZING A MOVEMENT TO UNDERSTAND OUR PAST AND SHAPE OUR FUTURE. THE MUSEUM HAD COSTUMED INTERPRETERS PRESENT LIFTED VOICES. WALKING THROUGH THE MUSEUM, GUESTS EXPLORED THE GALLERIES AND THE NC DEMOCRACY: ELEVEN ELECTIONS EXHIBITION TO MEET LIVING HISTORY ACTORS PORTRAYING PEOPLE SUCH AS FREEMAN AND 1868 CONVENTION DELEGATE WILSON CAREY, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST PAULI MURRAY, HISTORIAN AND ANTI-SUFFRAGIST MARY HILLIARD HINTON, AND JUDGE ELRETA ALEXANDER-RALSTON. PRE-K TO 3RD GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAD FUN LEARNING ABOUT JUDGE AND WRITER ALBION TOURGE WITH A FREE NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY AT LITTLE LIONS. 115 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE GALLERIES, AND 59 CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE LITTLE LIONS PROGRAM. JULY 20TH - GHM'S LITTLE LIONS MONTHLY PROGRAM FOR PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY-AGE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE MUSEUM'S LEBAUER PARK TERRACE FOCUSED ON EXPLORATION OF THE MURALS FEATURED IN OUR PIECES OF NOW ONLINE EXHIBIT WITH A FUN CRAFT ACTIVITY. LITTLE LIONS SATURDAY IN LEBAUER PARK IS A PARTNER PROGRAM WITH GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS. 15 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. AUGUST 29TH REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE & LEGACY OF BISHOP FRANK M. WILLIAMS PROGRAM PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK OF GREENSBORO RELIGIOUS LEADER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BISHOP FRANK MCDANIEL WILLIAMS (1940-1998). FOUNDER OF GREENSBORO'S OIC (OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER) AND LOCAL ORGANIZER FOR DR. KING'S 1968 POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN, WILLIAMS WAS PASTOR AT MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH AND NEW JERUSALEM CATHEDRAL AND A TIRELESS FIGHTER FOR JUSTICE IN GREENSBORO. PANELISTS INCLUDED FLORENCE WILLIAMS, DR. KEVIN A. WILLIAMS, AND HISTORIAN EUTHENIA NEWMAN, WHO REFLECTED ON HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS CONGREGATIONS AND TO HIS CITY. 154 PEOPLE FILLED THE AUDITORIUM FOR THAT EVENT. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTED A NEW COMMUNITY VOICES DISPLAY ORGANIZED BY NEW JERUSALEM CATHEDRAL IN THE MUSEUM LOBBY. THE DISPLAY WILL BE ON VIEW FROM AUGUST 27 THROUGH SEPTEMBER. ITS RIBBON-CUTTING ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 26TH WAS A VERY MOVING COMMUNITY EVENT.NC FOLK FEST FAMILY AREA RETURNED TO MARY LYNN RICHA
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1953.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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