FRIENDS OF GUISACHAN
EIN 46-5013247 · Historical Organizations (A80)
What they do
THE FRIENDS of GUISACHAN WAS ESTABLISHED to EDUCATE THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER COMMUNITY and THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ABOUT THE FOUNDING of THE BREED IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, AT GUISACHAN, IN 1868. THE BREEDS 150TH ANNIVERSARY WAS HELD IN 2018. THE ORGANIZATION is SUSTAINED BY THE SALE of GUISACHAN TWEED ITEMS HAND CRAFTED BY LOCAL SEAMSTRESSES AS WELL AS STONE ITEMS FROM THE RUINS of THE GUISACHAN MANOR. THE STONE is HIPPED FROM SCOTLAND, HAND CUT BY A LOCAL STONE CUTTER, SHIPPED to OHIO to A RENOWNED GOLDEN RETRIEVER ARTIST WHO THEN SHIPS THEM BACK for SALE VIA OUT ON-LINE STORE and AT OUR NATIONAL GOLDEN RETRIEVER SPECIALTY DOG SHOWS. DURING THE CELEBRATION of THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY IN SCOTLAND, THE FRIENDS of GUISACHAN HOSTED A TEA for MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE DURING WHICH A NOTED HISTORAN GAVE A LECTURE ON THE HISTORY of GUISACHAN and THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER. IN 2018, A SPECIAL SHIRT WAS CREATED FEATURING A PHOTO of THE GATHERING IN SCOTLAND. THIS TOO WAS SOLD VIA OUR WEBSITE STORE and AT THE GOLD
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HENRY RINESPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- 14 GLOVER RD, WAYLAND, MA 01778-2305
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- HENRY RINES
- Primary officer
- HENRY RINES
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BLOCK ADVISORS
- NTEE classification
- Historical Organizations (A80)
- IRS tax category
- Historical Organizations