Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE FOUNDATION'S MOTTO IS "PRESERVE THE HERITAGE AND EDUCATE THE FUTURE", FROM WHICH HAVE COME THREE SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES: 1) RAISING FUNDS, AS DIRECTED BY CONGRESS IN SECTION 4772 OF TITLE X OF THE U.S. CODE, TO BUILD THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY (NMUSA); 2) CONTINUING OTHER ARMY HISTORY INITIATIVES (PUBLISH THE AWARD-WINNING QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARMY HISTORY-ON POINT, ANSWER 400+ HISTORICAL INQUIRIES ANNUALLY, CONDUCT STAFF RIDES TO CIVIL WAR AND OTHER BATTLEFIELDS, PRESENT ANNUAL BOOK AND ARTICLE AWARDS FOR THE WRITING OF U.S. ARMY HISTORY; AND 3) PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE MAJOR INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATE, AND FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NMUSA, PUBLICIZE THE FOUNDATION'S LEAD ROLE IN SUPERVISING THE NMUSA'S CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, AND DEVELOP BUSINESS PLANS TO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCT ALL REVENUE-GENERATING ACTIVITIES FOR THE NMUSA.
2019 NATIONAL MUSEUM PROGRAMTHE FOUNDATION CONTINUED THE DEVELOPMENT OF REVENUE GENERATING ACTIVITIES FOR MUSEUM OPENING. BOTH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. ARMY STAFF AND THE ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION MOVED THEIR OPERATIONS INTO THE MUSEUM FACILITY. THE ARMY WILL OWN, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THE MUSEUM, WHILE THE FOUNDATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVENUE GENERATION, FUNDRAISING, AND MEMBERSHIP. REVENUE GENERATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: SPECIAL EVENTS, RETAIL SERVICE, FOOD SERVICES (CAFE AND CATERING), SIMULATORS, AND PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES.
2019 HISTORICAL AND EDUCATION PROGRAMOUR CHIEF HISTORIAN AND TWO FOUNDATION VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTED TWO BATTLE RIDES DURING 2019, ONE IN THE SPRING TO THE SECOND BULL RUN. THE SECOND ONE IN THE FALL TO ANTIETAM.SINCE 1995 AHF HAS PROVIDED HISTORICAL RESEARCH FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY DOES NOT PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. THE SUBJECT OF MANY OF THESE QUERIES OFTEN RELATES TO FAMILY HISTORIES, DETAILS OF A RELATIVE'S ARMY SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE BUT THEY CAN ALSO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER SUBJECT. THIS IS A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED BY FOUNDATION STAFF HISTORIANS WHO CONDUCTTHE RESEARCH IN THE FOUNDATION'S OWN MILITARY HISTORY LIBRARY, AT THE U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY, THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, AND VIA ONLINE RESOURCES. IN 2019, THE AHF STAFF RESPONDED TO 400 INQUIRIES FROM MEMBERS, DONORS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.FOUR ISSUES OF ON POINT WERE PUBLISHED IN 2019, WITH APPROXIMATELY 6,000 COPIES PER ISSUE MAILED OUT, MOST GOING TO MEMBERS AND DONORS. THE FOUNDATION HAS PUBLISHED ON POINT, WHICH STARTED AS QUARTERLY EIGHT-PAGE NEWSLETTER AND IS NOW A FULL-COLOR, AWARD-WINNING, 68-PAGE MAGAZINE. ON POINT FEATURES ARTICLES ON A WIDE RANGE OF ARMY HISTORY AND ARTWORK, ALONG WITH MILITARY BOOK REVIEWS AND NEWS ABOUT THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THE PUBLICATION INCLUDES ARTICLES BY NOTABLE MILITARY HISTORIANS AND ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING HISTORIANS AND NOVICE AUTHORS TO GET PUBLISHED IN A HISTORY MAGAZINE.AHF HAS PRESENTED DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS FOR BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON U.S ARMY HISTORY. THE AWARDS GO TO AUTHORS WHOSE WORK HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORICAL LITERATURE OF THE U.S. ARMY. IN 2019, AHF PRESENTED $7,750 IN AWARD MONEY TO AUTHORS OFSIX BOOKS AND THREE ARTICLES. AWARD-WINNING BOOKS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES INCLUDE: BIOGRAPHY: EDWARD M. ALMOND AND THE US ARMY: FROM THE 92ND INFANTRY DIVISION TO THE X CORPS, BY MICHAEL E. LYNCH (UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY); JOURNALS, MEMOIRS, AND LETTERS:EVERY MAN A HERO: A MEMOIR OF D-DAY, THE FIRST WAVE AT OMAHA BEACH, AND WORLD AT WAR, BY RAY LAMBERT AND JIM DEFELICE (WILLIAM MORROW); OPERATIONAL/BATTLE HISTORY: VICKSBURG: GRANT'S CAMPAIGN THAT BROKE THE CONFEDERACY, BY DONALD I. MILLER (SIMON AND SCHUSTER); INSTITUTIONAL/FUNCTIONAL HISTORY: CONTEST FOR LIBERTY; MILITARY LEADERSHIP IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY 1775-1783, BYSEANEGAN P. SCULLEY (WESTHOLME PUBLISHING); UNIT HISTORY; THE PETERSBURG REGIMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR: A HISTORY OF THE 12TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY FROM JOHN BROWN'S HANGING TO APPOMATTOX, 1859-1865 BY JOHN HORN (SAVAS BEATIE); REFERENCE AND COMPILATION: WORLD WAR II INFOGRAPHICS BY JEAN LOPEZ., NICHOLAS AUBIN, VINCENT BERNARD, AND NICHOLAS GUILLERAT (THAMES ANDHUDSON)BOOK AWARDSBIOGRAPHYDANIEL MORGAN: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE, BY ALBERT LOUIS ZAMBONE (YARDLEY, PA: WESTHOLME PUBLISHING)OPERATIONAL/BATTLE HISTORY; THE REAL HORSE SOLDIERS: BENJAMIN GRIERSON'S EPIC 1863 CIVIL WAR RAID THROUGHMISSISSIPPI, BY TIMOTHY B. SMITH (EL DORADO HILLS, CA: SAVAS BEATIE), INSTITUTIONAL/FUNCTIONAL HISTORYTHE CALCULUS OF VIOLENCE: HOW AMERICANS FOUGHT THE CIVIL WAR, BY AARON SHEEHAN-DEAN (CAMBRIDGE:HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS)JOURNALS, MEMOIRS, AND LETTERSAMERICANS AT WAR: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO THE 21ST CENTURY, EDITED BYJAMES R. ARNOLD (SANTA BARBARA, CA: ABC-CLIO)UNIT HISTORYUNDER THE CRESCENT MOON WITH THE XI CORPS IN THE CIVIL WAR, VOLUME 2: FROM GETTYSBURG TO VICTORY,1863-1865, BY JAMES PULA (EL DORADO HILLS, CA: SAVAS BEATIE)REFERENCEAMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE DEFINITIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA AND DOCUMENT COLLECTION, EDITED BY SPENCER TUCKER(SANTA BARBARA, CA: ABC-CLIO)REPRINTAMERICAN ARMIES AND BATTLEFIELDS IN EUROPE, EDITED AND UPDATED BY THE HISTORICAL PRODUCTS DIVISION, U.S.ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY (WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY)ARTICLE AWARDSARMY PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS"AMERICA'S ARMY OF DEMOCRACY: THE NATIONAL ARMY, 1917-1919," BY JOHN A. BOYD (ARMY HISTORY, FALL2018)ACADEMIC JOURNALS"MILITARY LEARNING AND ADAPTATION SHAPED BY SOCIAL CONTEXT: THE U.S. ARMY AND ITS 'INDIAN WARS',1790-1890," BY SAMUEL WATSON (THE JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY, APRIL 2018)JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES"THE GREAT WAR IN THE BIG WOODS," BY JESSICA WAMBACH BROWN (AMERICAN HISTORY, SEPTEMBER 2018)THE BOOK AWARD WINNERS RECEIVE A PLAQUE HONORING THE BOOK AND A $1,000 CASH AWARD. THE ARTICLE AWARD WINNERS ALSO RECEIVED A PLAQUE AND A $250 CASH AWARD. ANOTHER BOOK, LEST WE FORGET: THE GREAT WAR (CHICAGO: PRITZKER MILITARY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY), BY MICHAEL W. ROBBINS, WAS HONORED WITH THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD G. TREFRY AWARD. THE BOOK WAS HAILED AS A "COMPREHENSIVE AND LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR I."THE ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, A NON-PROFIT, TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER. ITS GOAL IS TO PROMOTE GREATER PUBLIC APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AMERICA'S ARMY REGULAR, RESERVE, AND NATIONAL GUARD HAS MADE TO THE NATION IN 244 YEARS OF SERVICE. THE FOUNDATION IS THE PRINCIPAL FUNDRAISER TO BUILD THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JUNE 2020 AT FORT BELVOIR. IN ADDITION TO FUNDRAISING FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, THE FOUNDATION'S PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REFURBISHMENT OF HISTORICAL ARMY BUILDINGS; ACQUISITION AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL ART, ARTIFACTS, AND DOCUMENTS; SUPPORT OF ARMY HISTORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS ON THE AMERICAN SOLDIER; AND PROVIDING COUNSEL AND SUPPORT TO PRIVATEAND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO THE SAME GOALS AS THE FOUNDATION.THE AHF DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 TO RECOGNIZE AUTHORS WHO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERATURE ON U.S. ARMY HISTORY. EACH YEAR NOMINATIONS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE AWARDS COMMITTEE BY PUBLISHERS AND JOURNAL EDITORS. A SMALL GROUP OF FINALISTS ARE SELECTED AND A FINAL JUDGING IS MADE. THE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED IN MAY AND PRESENTED AT THE FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL MEMBERS' MEETING.AWARD-WINNING ARTICLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES INCLUDE ACADEMIC JOURNALS: "THE DEADLIEST ENEMY: THE U.S. ARMY AND INFLUENZA, 1918-1919 BY KATHLENEN M. FARGEY (ARMY HISTORY, SPRING2019); JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES: "BLACK SOLDIERS FOUGHT SEGREGATION, GERMANS," BY LT. GEN. DANIEL P. BOLGER, U.S. ARMY RETIRED (ARMY, DECEMBER 2019).THE ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION'S INTERN PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL, UNDERGRADUATE, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN U.S. ARMY HISTORY TO GAIN PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE FOUNDATION'S STAFF HISTORIANS. USING THE AHF LIBRARY AND VARIOUS ONLINE AND ARCHIVAL RESOURCES, AHF INTERNS (ASSISTANT HISTORIANS) PERFORM MANY OF THE SAME TASKS AS THE FOUNDATION'S REGULAR STAFF, INCLUDING WRITING AND EDITING ARTICLES FOR ON POINT, RESEARCHING AND ANSWERING HISTORICAL INQUIRIES, AND CONDUCTING IMAGE RESEARCH. AHF INTERNS HAVE GONE ON TO VARIOUS CAREERS AND OTHER ENDEAVORS AFTER COMPLETING INTERNSHIPS, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT AS HISTORIANS, CURATORS, AND TEACHERS, AS WELL AS ACCEPTANCE TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN HISTORY AND LIBRARY SCIENCE.
2019 MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMIN 2019, MEMBERSHIP STOOD AT 3,660, INCLUDING 738 LIFE MEMBERS, 657 CHARTER MEMBERS, 636 SUSTAINING MEMBERS, AND 1,629 MEMBERS.
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 |
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| Richard A Couture | VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMS & SERVICES | 40 | $126,321 |
| Kerri A Kline | VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS | 40 | $114,039 |
| Ltg Roger Schultz Usa-Ret | PRESIDENT | 40 | $103,000 |
| Cdr Talmadge Seaman Uscg Ret | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Bg Creighton W Abrams Usa-Ret | EXECUTIVE DIR., ASST. SECR | 40 | $0 |
| Col Ian Patterson Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Hon Thomas E White Jr Bg Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Don M Fox | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Debbie Rub Brooks | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sma Kenneth O Preston Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Col Krewasky A Salter Usa-Ret Ph | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mg Russell L Fuhrman Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ltg Larry Jordan Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ltg David K Heebner Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ltg William H Campbell Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Hon Sandra L Pack | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gen Ann E Dunwoody Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gen George W Casey Jr Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gen Eric K Shinseki Usa-Ret | BOARD DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gen William W Hartzog Usa-Ret | BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Gen Gordon R Sullivan Usa-Ret | BOARD CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
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