American Association of Historic
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208087955
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011
- Location
- Akron, OH, USA
- Phone
- 3302531832
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,525,275
- Expenses
- $19,133
- Assets
- $94,970,063
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary exempt purpose of the organization is to further historic preservation, provide educational initiatives on historic preservation and to hold easements (specifically, including but not limited to, conservation and historic preservation easements)
What it reported doing in 2011
Acquisition of additional easements.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 100
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4,963.68; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 40.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 39.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.