California Historical Artillery Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770480342
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Walnut Creek, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9257888071
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,906
- Expenses
- $66,019
- Assets
- $31,779
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TED MILJEVICH (President)
- MIKE BERRY (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- TED MILJEVICH (President)
- SCOTT FOSTER (Recording Secr.)
- MIKE BERRY (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educational portrayals of mounted artillery units in use from 1840 through 1918.
What it reported doing in 2024
Educational portrayals of mounted artillery units in use from 1840 through 1918. C.h.a.s. Provides three horse drawn artillery teams, (each team comprised of 6 horses, a cannon, a limber, 3 drivers and 6 cannoneers) to demonstrate historically accurate mounted artillery teams in use from 1840 through 1918.the focus is civil war battle tactics and uniform demonstrated during civil war reenactments which are held in California and on the east coast. An authentic civil war camp site is established to show living history scenarios of the civil war soldier's daily life.exhibits, demonstrations and living history presentations of the civil war artillery methods and equipment are provided for public education. In addition, the team does demonstrations for civic historic days at the California state capitol and in various cities throughout California. C.h.a.s. Has provided educational exhibits at school sites, with presenters who teach the students about civil war history. A newsletter is published to inform members of the upcoming schedule and to give historical information for authentic living history impressions. The web site, www.warhorse.org, provides a public link to our organization. The number of public spectators and school children viewing the living history demonstrations approximates 150,000 annually. Horse rescue operation provides a home, food, vet care and work for horses who would otherwise be destroyed after they are too old to service as harness racing horses.to date, over sixty horses have been rescued.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 29; 29th 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: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.