Arthur a Collins Legacy Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465691240
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Robins, IA, USA
Phone
3196514666
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$-29,760
Expenses
$1,732
Assets
$49,842
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Dupree (President, Director (BoD), Doc. production team member)
  • Rodrick Blocksome (Vice President, Director (BoD), Doc. production team member)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Dupree (President, Director (BoD), Doc. production team member)
  • Rodrick Blocksome (Vice President, Director (BoD), Doc. production team member)
  • Rebecca Woodward (Secretary, Director (BoD))

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association (AACLA) is committed to preserving and honoring the legacy and memory of Arthur A. Collins and the significant contributions he made in the world of communications, aerospace and defense technologies. AACLA is organized for the purpose of promoting education in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). AACLA works to inspire and teach future generations by the preservation and display of artifacts, conducting educational events, exploring grants and other funding opportunities which may ultimately lead to the creation and operation of a facility in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. The facility would be used by schools, other non-profit organizations, and the general public.

What it reported doing in 2024

Production of a documentary film about Collins' significant role, with DARPA, in the development of the internet to inspire future generations in areas of math, science and technology. It includes interviews with main creators of the internet and DSL about Collins' participation and use of its technology

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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.

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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -105.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.78; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -135.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.