Camlann Medieval Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911271525
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Carnation, WA, US
Phone
4257888624
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,935
Expenses
$129,029
Assets
$1,130,353
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lauren Poyer (Executive Director)
  • Iwalani Christian (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Lynette Fricke (Secretary Treasurer,Kitchen Manager): $11,119 total reported compensation
  • Lauren Poyer (Executive Director): $4,835 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Camlann Medieval Association is dedicated to offering the public powerful personal experiences of medieval history, including multiple learning and performing arts opportunities, built upon thorough research of rural communities in fourteenth-century England, to provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between historical events and society today.

What it reported doing in 2024

DINNER THEATER: 14th-century dining and feasts at the Bors Hede Inne, based on medieval recipes, with minstrel and interpreter presentations. Friday through Sunday 5-9 PM. Meals from $15 (lunch) to $40 (dinner) to $60 (feast) per guest (50% for food, 50% for entertainment). Holiday banquets for March (Mid-Lenten), April (St George) May, June, July (St James), August (Harvest), September (Michelmasse), October (All Hallows), and December (Yule), all with historical cuisine and entertainment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.4%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 70.6%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.1%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.76; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 50.4% of revenue deployed · 70.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.