Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Heritage Society (THS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to tell the stories of Houston's diverse history through collections, exhibits, educational programs, film, video and other content.
The Heritage Society operates ten historic buildings, maintains a collection of historic artifacts, presents exhibitions, and offers educational tours, lectures, programs, and activities that demonstrate the history of the Houston region.
The Heritage Society cares for and operates historic buildings in order to demonstrate Houston's and Texas's history and to educate the public about the lifestyles of the area's early residents. Curators work diligently to maintain, preserve, and restore the historic buildings and collections for the education and enjoyment of the public.The Heritage Society collects and exhibits items of relevance to Houston's and Texas's history and is obligated to preserve and care for those items. Collections items are exhibited in the historic buildings and Museum Gallery, and through rotating exhibitions both on- and off-site.
The Heritage Society provides tours of historic buildings which demonstrate how and why people settled in the Houston area; lectures regarding important people and events in Houston's and Texas's history; educational programs for children and families both on site and off site. Additionally, THS has monthly and quarterly educational programs in the form of guest lecturers speaking about historical events, sites, structures and people of Houston and Texas.
Other program activities include membership and volunteer coordination, communications, marketing, gift shop operations and museum gallery and meeting space maintenance and usage.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Alison Bell | Executive Dir. | 45 | $57,600 |
| Joanne Zumbrun | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Martha Whiting-Goddard | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Rives Taylor | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gail Rosenthal | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Bob Pando | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Barry Moore | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Harriet Latimer | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Dougal Cameron | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Brooks | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Evelyn Boatwright | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Marc Melcher | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Stephen Lucchesi | VP / Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| James Furr | Past President | 4 | $0 |
| Minnette Boesel | Interim Pres | 10 | $0 |
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