LYNDEN HERITAGE FOUNDATION
EIN 91-1166202 · History Museums (A54)
What they do
The Lynden Heritage Foundation Exists to Provide Whatcom County Communities With A Sense of Identity and Enhance Local Revenue Through Heritage Tourism. The Lynden Heritage Foundation Will Achieve These Goals By Supporting Educational Programs, Creating Exhibits, and Presentations, and Preserving Heritage Collections Concerning Whatcom County Communities Prior to WWII. The Programs, Exhibits, Presentations, and Collections Will Be Based At The Lynden Pioneer Museum.The Lynden Heritage Foundation is The Preeminent Center of History and Heritage In Northern Whatcom County. It is The Place People Come First to Discover and Link Themselves to The Heritage of Whatcom County Communities. The Lynden Heritage Foundation Will Provide County Communities With The Strongest Sense of Identity and Greatest Pride of Self for Communities. The Lynden Heritage Foundation Will Be The Single Greatest Factor In Giving The Leaders of Tomorrow The Sense of Self That Allows Them to Develop The Future and The
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AMANDA MAYDIRECTOR
ALLISON REMYSECRETARY
DENNY DEMEYERVICE PRESIDENT
FRED POLINDER IIIPRESIDENT
GARY VISTRUSTEE
KYLE STRENGHOLTTRUSTEE
LARRY MCPHAILTRUSTEE
LES GITTSTREASURER
WILLIAM GRAHAMTRUSTEE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1982
- Location
- 217 FRONT ST, LYNDEN, WA 98264-1418
- County
- Whatcom
- In care of
- AMANDA MAY
- Primary officer
- AMANDA MAY, Director
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BOICE-RAPLEE-ROSS ACCOUNTING & TAX INC
- NTEE classification
- History Museums (A54)
- IRS tax category
- History Museums