Armstrong County Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237132453
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Kittanning, PA, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,627
Expenses
$168,826
Assets
$196,935

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tyler Woodside (President)
  • Jacqueline Demetris (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tyler Woodside (President)
  • Jacqueline Demetris (Vice President)
  • Kathryn Wolfe (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To uncover and celebrate Armstrong County Pennsylvanias history acquire and safeguard historically significant items and buildings operate a museum and carriage house with a genealogical library and develop and restore two 1895 railroad structures.

What it reported doing in 2025

Operate a museum from early May to late October attracting visitors nationwide to view special events and historical artifacts related to the countys people and places. The museum opens two days a week for two hours each day with extended hours for weekend events like artisan festivals living history encampments antique engine shows quilt exhibits and a Christmas Open House offering educational experiences. A team of two to three volunteers oversees regular hours with additional volunteers for events. The majority of displayed items date back to the 19th century. Recent upgrades include landscape and interior electrical services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.8%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 62.9%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.8% of revenue deployed · 62.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $106K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.