Blackhawk Museum Formerly Behring-hofmann Educational Ins

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680002178
IRS 990-PF coverage
2009–2013
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2013
Location
Danville, CA, USA
Phone
9257362277
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,552,732
Expenses
$1,913,553

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Museum, Museum Activities

What it reported funding in 2013

The foundation reported 9 grants totaling $9,929. The stated grant purposes included contributions ofadmission tickets to various schools, groups, and other for their fundraising activities., reimbursement of transporation expenses to museum, and assistance, plus 4 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The foundation carried out 99% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

MIXED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 90
  • Endowment Health: 98

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 0.5%; rating input score 1; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 15 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 79
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Fail
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Fail
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1,288.02; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 98th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 4 of 19 not reported.