Belton Area Museum Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
570650877
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Belton, SC, USA
Phone
8643387400
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,069
Expenses
$111,899
Assets
$128,686
Liabilities
$1,407

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN LEHEUP (PRESIDENT)
  • HAL CANNON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ABIGAIL BURDEN (DIRECTOR/CURATOR)
  • JOHN LEHEUP (PRESIDENT)
  • HAL CANNON (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Mission Statement: The Belton Area Museum Association's purpose is to collect, exhibit, preserve, and interpret the artifacts, sites, antiquities, and genealogical, archival, cultural, and natural history of Belton, SC, Anderson, SC, and the State of South Carolina. BAMA also provides cultural enrichment, intellectual stimulation, learning opportunities, and activities to increase the appreciation of the traditional, visual, and performing arts.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Museum organized a Farm-to-Table progressive event to educate the public and support local agriculture. The event highlighted several local farms, where ticketholders toured each farm, learned about the farmers' products and operations, and sampled chef-prepared dishes featuring ingredients from each participating farm. The program fostered community connection, agricultural education, and appreciation of local food systems.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.6%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.6% of revenue deployed · 8.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.