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LYNDEN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

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LYNDEN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

EIN 91-1166202 · History Museums (A54)

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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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Of every $100 spent, about $71.30 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.

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71.3%of expenses went to mission workForm 990 program services
28.7%of expenses went to managementOffice and general costs

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Tax year 2025

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Revenue$326,292
Expenses$206,881
Assets$591,715

How reported expenses were divided

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Mission workProgram services71.3%of expenses
ManagementOffice and general costs28.7%of expenses
FundraisingAsking for donations0.0%of expenses

Mission work is the Form 990 category called program services. These are the organization’s reported accounting categories, not an independent measure of results.

About this charity

Recognized since
January 1982
Location
217 FRONT STREET, LYNDEN, WA 98264
County
Whatcom
In care of
JENNIFER MAAS

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