Public Charity

FRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

FRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Public Charity headquartered in FRIEND, NE. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $449K revenue, $90K expenses, $1.6M total assets. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $126K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 260876473 FRIEND, NE Historical Organizations NTEE: A80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$449K
Total Expenses$90K
Total Assets$1.6M
Grant Records4
Funding Total$126K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

ENTITY'S PURPOSE IS TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC 1886 WARREN OPERA HOUSE. THIS HISTORIC BUILDING IS TO BE USED BY THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE PUBLIC FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS: ACCOMODATNG PERFORMING ARTS; HOUSE MUSEUM ITEMS; PROVIDE CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES; BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY (AS SPACE IS AVAILABLE) FOR RENT FOR EVENTS AND GENERAL BUSINESS USE TO HELP GENERATE MONEY TO CONTINUE THE RESTORATION PROCESS.

Where $100 goes at Friend Historical Society

How Friend Historical Society divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$82 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $82 for programs

$60
The organization continues to make improvements to restore the historic 1886 warren opera house
74% of program spending
$11
Accomodate performing arts and house museum items providing cultural opportunities for the community
13% of program spending
$11
Provide educational opportunites for area youth
About 13% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Deb Polacek
PRESIDENT Mary Ann Losh
TREASURER Pam Hromadka-Ernst
VICE PRESIDE Terry O'neel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$79,475 3 grants
Unspecified
$46,900 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $449K $90K $1.6M
2024 $316K $64K $1.3M
2023 $383K $60K $1.0M
2021 $108K $36K $563K
2020 $59K $49K $492K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $59K to $449K (+657%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.6M.

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