Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912168547
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Phone
8055431763
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,918
Expenses
$48,209
Assets
$123,603

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BART TOPHAM (President)

People named in this filing

  • BART TOPHAM (President)
  • MIKE POST (Secretary)
  • SHARON BELMONT (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

The central coast veterans memorial museum is a history museum, 501(c)(3)non-profit organization, that educates all age groups, preserves history, and honors veterans by recording veteran stories and providing historical exhibits, services, programs & events. Their mission is to honor all veterans, past and present, and to tell their stories, with emphasis on those from the central coast of California.the veterans museum is a designated member of the library of congress veterans history project, with over 500 veteran stories recorded by the museum since 2002. The veterans museum works in conjunction with the library of congress to collect and preserve firt hand accounts of men and women who have served our nation. The central coast veterans memorial mnuseum believes every veterans's story of service is worthy of preservation, whether they served during peacetime or wartime, regardless of what job they performed. Their service and sacrafices will not be forgotten.

What it reported doing in 2025

The museum's purpose is to educate all age groups, and preserve historical artifacts associated with all aspects of veteran's lives. The museum strives to honor all veterans, past and present, and to tell their stories through the use of displays and genuine historical artifacts, with emplasis on throse form the central coast of California.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 71; 71st 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: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 66.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.