MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF THE GERMANNA COLONIES IN VIRGINIA INC

Programs

1. Since 1956, historic germanna has owned and managed about 176 acres of riparian deciduous forest called siegen forest located between the rapidan river and virginia route 3 (germanna highway) in orange county, virginia. Historic germanna developed hiking trails on the land with the assistance of skilled professionals and dedicated volunteers, including area boy scouts. Historic germanna is committed to wise stewardship of this historic area by working with the commonwealth of virginia and private-sector conservation groups, as well as making the educational value of this historic site available to the public.in 2021, historic germanna started the process of placing the siegen forest property under historic easement with the viriginia department of historic resources (dhr). Historic germanna applied for and was successfully awarded a grant from the virginia land conservation foundation (vlcf) of $629,901 and a grant from the american battefield protection program (abpp) for $628,910. Historic germanna finalized the easement of this property in november of 2023, and at that time, received the grant funding from vlcf and abpp. Historic germanna organizes and executes several events…

   $344,130 spent$548,699 earned by the program
   43% of program spending

2. In october 2013, historic germanna acquired a 62.2-acre tract of land situated in the gordon district of orange county, virginia from the commonwealth of virginia, which had been managed by the university of mary washington (umw) with a historic easement place on the property. The property contains several known archaeological sites, including fort germanna, the "enchanted castle", the first spotsylvania courthouse and the gordon plantation. Germanna archaeologist excavate these sites annually, with oversite from the department of historic resources. This property is protected by a conservation easement donated by historic germanna to dhr.beginning in 2016, historic germanna's archaeology program partnered with dr. Bernard means (faculty member of the anthropology department and school of world studies at virginia common university). Historic germanna has hosted the virginia common university (vcu) field school since 2016. The field school is a six-week hands-on, experiental learning opportunity for students interested in archaeology. The students are introduced to data collection methods on a real world, working excavation site. In the practice of professional and academic…

   $316,528 spent$21,838 earned by the program
   39% of program spending

3. In october 2000, historic germanna accepted stewardship of salubria, an 18th century georgian style mansion with 19.6 acres of wooded grounds and a terraced garden located in culpeper county, virginia. A conservation easement held by dhr also protects this property.outreach and public programminghistoric germanna organizes and executes several events focused on public participation at the site, along with programs using the site as backdrop.several public access days are held at salubria. These events consists of tours of the property with experts, family activities, brickmaking and quill pen writing, and demonstrations. These events allow the public to learn about the environment and landscape and what the people of salubria would have experienced.historic germanna held six public events at salubria in 2025: 1) salubria oktoberfest and history faire to kick off culpeper's 250th week, 2) salubria after dark tours, an after-hours halloween tradition, 3) salubria art day, 4) american battlefield trust's park day clean-up at historic salubria, 5) historic salubria's highway marker rededication and unveiling, and 6) preservation months tour at historic salubria to honor national…

   $140,989 spent$168,751 earned by the program
   17% of program spending

4. In september 2017, historic germanna acquired a 7.4 acre propertywhich contains a c.1800 log house built by and for peter hitt in marshall magisterial district, fauquier county, virginia. The dating of the log house was confirmed by a dendrochronology study performed by oxford tree-ring laboratory in 2017 and is among the oldest log houses in the county. The property is adjacent to the 4.2 acre property which contains the historic peter hitt cemetery site. These two properties are referred to by historic germanna as the hitt farm. Historic germanna maintains this property with the goal of caring for it and making it available to researchers, conservationists, and descendants.in february 2007, historic germanna acquired a 4.2-acre property which contains the historic peter hitt cemetery site located in marshall magisterial district, fauquier county, virginia. Historic germanna maintains this historic property with the goal of caring for it andkeeping it available for future researchers, conservationists, and descendants.

   $5,054 spent$5 earned by the program
   1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $806,701.