Butts County Historical Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581488112
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Jackson, GA, USA
Phone
6785886818
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,984
Expenses
$57,221
Assets
$123,469

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANKIE WILLIS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • FRANKIE WILLIS (PRESIDENT)
  • JIMMY HOBGOOD (VICE PRESIDE)
  • ELAINE BROWN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this society shall be to bring together those people interested in history and especially the history of butts county, Georgia and the state of georiga. Understanding the history of our community is basic to our democratic way of life and gives us a better understainding of our state, nation, and our relative position in the world, thereby promoting a better appreciation of our american heritage. The society's major function will be to discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history of the area. The society will provide for the preservation of such material and for its accessibility as far as may be feasible, to all who wish to examine or study the material. The society shall cooperate with officials in ensuring the preservation and assessibility of the records and archives of the county and of its people, cities, towns, villages, and institutions, and to undertake the preservation of historic buildings, monuments, cemeteries, and

What it reported doing in 2024

See mission info

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • 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: 17.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.16; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K 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: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.