Ohio Historical Society

“The ohio history connection offers 5 levels of membership; individual, duo, household, plus and premium. All categories of memberships include a variety of standard benefits and/or special benefits depending on the membership type. Each membership also includes the right to vote in the annual board of trustees election.”

“The ohio historical society is governed by a board of trustees comprised of up to 21 members serving three year staggered terms. Nine members of the board are elected by the society's membership, nine members are appointed by the governor of the state of ohio, and three members are appointed by the society's board. Every year, the members of the ohio historical society vote on three new directors to replace the three directors whose three year terms have been completed. Every membership in the ohio historical society has one vote in this annual election.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm. The form 990 is then reviewed internally by the trusteeship and governance committee and upper management. A copy of the form 990 is provided to the board of trustees for review prior to being filed.”

“The organization annually distributes the conflict of interest policy to all officers, directors, trustees and key employees and reviews the conflict of interest policy with these individuals annually. Each individual is required to maintain the highest standards, by prompt disclosure, or submission for review, of any situation or circumstance, whether or not covered by the code of ethics, that could develop into a possible conflict of interest or might be inconsistent with the philosophy and principles of the code of ethics.”

“The compensation of the executive director is determined by the compensation committee, which is made up of the executive committee of the board of directors. Comparability information from charity navigator, guidestar non-profit compensation report, and other sources is used in determining the compensation package for the executive director. Compensation for the other officers and key employees is determined by salary comparability data based on organizational data and other non-profit compensation reports.”

“Ohio historical society makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“The mission of the ohio historical society is to help people connect with ohio's past in order to understand the present and create a better future. To that end, the society conducts programs that identify, authenticate, collect, preserve, educate and interpret records, objects and places related to the state of ohio's pre-history, history and natural history and publishes a magazine and pamphlets. The society has been authorized and directed by numerous acts of the general assembly of ohio to perform certain functions such as manage the state's historic preservation program, supervise the state archives and major history library, and act as custodian and administrator of certain historic sites owned by the state. The society operates several museums and sites throughout the state.”

“The organization has not changed its process from prior years.”