Program areas at Landis Valley Associates
Landis Valley Associates (lva) provides educational programs and special events for the Landis Valley village and farm museum. The educational programs consist of interpretive components for school groups of different grade levels and include experiential components and educational materials tied to curriculum requirements. The lva also sponsors special events and programs throughout the year for the public. The two largest events include "herb and garden faire" in may and "harvest days" in october. Other special events include charter day; talks and lectures; september sundays interpretive programming; the country christmas village holiday program and other events.
The lva funds the farm program at the Landis Valley village and farm museum which includes keeping and propagating various breeds of historic livestock such as draft horses, oxen, sheep, pigs and fowl. The museum demonstrates plowing and working fields with the draft animals and provides horse-drawn wagon rides for visitors and school students throughout the year. The staff also conducts classes in draft horse driving for the public. The farm program also includes the "heirloom seed project" which involves planting and harvesting seeds of non-hybridized heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs, flowers and small grains. The museum maintains period gardens and fields as part of the museum experience and sells the harvested seeds to the public and to other museums. The museum also produces for publication pamphlets and books relating to the farming program and the history of Pennsylvania german gardens and farming practices.
The lva provides crafts people and interpreters to man the historic and exhibition buildings at the Landis Valley village and farm museum which is one of the largest open air museums in the northeast. The museum consists of 100 acres and 50 structures which include historic structures from the 19th century. Crafts people and interpreters man the museum six days per week from march through october; other forms of interpretation are utilized five days per week from november through february. The lva also provides other interpretive and museum support including helping to fund changing exhibits, upgrading labels and graphics in exhibit galleries and funding reproduction garb and costuming.
Who funds Landis Valley Associates
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Landis Valley Associates
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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James Walko | Treasurer | $0 | 2021-11-24 |
Shayla Carey | Secretary | $0 | 2021-06-30 |
Tyler Morton | Vice President | $0 | 2021-06-30 |
Brandon Harter | President | $0 | 2021-06-30 |
Steven Petersen | Secretary | $0 | 2020-06-30 |
...and 7 more key personnel |
Financials for Landis Valley Associates
Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $57,165 | $161,812 | -64.7% |
Program services | $210,223 | $34,740 | 505.1% |
Investment income and dividends | $0 | $0 | - |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $81,631 | $2,594 | 3046.9% |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $20,669 | $7,119 | 190.3% |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $4,473 | $-5,991 | 174.7% |
Miscellaneous revenues | $78,735 | $92,057 | -14.5% |
Total revenues | $452,896 | $292,331 | 54.9% |
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Data update history
August 10, 2022
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
August 1, 2022
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
August 23, 2021
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
June 17, 2021
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
MembershipsFundraising eventsState / local levelEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringAuction fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 2451 Kissel Hill Rd
- Lancaster, PA 17601
- Metro area
- Lancaster, PA
- County
- Lancaster County, PA
- Website URL
- landisvalleymuseum.org/Â
- Phone
- (717) 569-0401
IRS details
- EIN
- 23-1573202
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1959
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A54: History Museums
- NAICS code, primary
- 7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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