Cave City Watermelon Festival

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821437326
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cave City, AR, USA
Phone
8703079631
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,431
Expenses
$99,025
Assets
$117,564

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY FINSTER (President)
  • TYLER PARSLEY (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ASHTON MARTIN (Secretary)
  • CODY PARSLEY (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ANDREA SMITH (Treasurer)

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

To promote our local economy through the argicultural production of watermelons

What it reported doing in 2025

Planned and hosted the watermelon festival with a three day event including a parade, entertainment, vendor booths, and other community events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.4%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.9%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.4% of revenue deployed · 73.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.