Colbert County Historical Landmark Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630868017
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Tuscumbia, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2053528977
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- History Museums
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,712
- Expenses
- $64,616
- Assets
- $226,812
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LORIE JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LORIE JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
- ANDREW WALKER (VICE - PRESD)
- DANNY HESTER (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
Primary exempt purpose - the colbert county historical landmarks foundation (cchlf) supports education and preservation of historiacl landmarks within colbert county, Alabama. Cchlf offers quarterly meetings at teh tuscumbia public library for the community with guest speakers providing education on historical landmarks in the area. Cchlf also provides historical walking tours each saturday in may; each june as part of the helen keller festival; each deember as part of the it's a dickens christmas, y'all festival and at other times throughout the year. Cchlf offers trolley tours of historic tuscumbia that includes historical churches, homes and downtown businesses and often offers special events for children each fall during he okakapassa festival in spring park.
What it reported doing in 2024
The belle mont celtic fest is a two-day heritage-culture event held each may at belle mont mansion in tuscumbia, al. This festival is Alabama's first and only celtic music and cultural festival. Friday's events are centered within the museum in what was billed as a "museum day', when the colbert county historical landmarks foundation and belle mont mansion hold historic presentations, life-skills demonstrations, small venue musical performances with scholarly discussions, crafts, a canine demonstration (gordon setters), and music instrument workshops presented by celtic musicians - bagpipe, bazouki and celtic vocals. Events are free of charge. More than 400 elementary school students visitied and participated in the educational programming. The attendance and reach of museum day was about 500 people. Saturday's events are focused on outstanding and authentic celtic musical performances staged on the grounds of belle mont. A gate admission was charged for these performances, which included acclaimed professional musicians: chambless and muse, the piper jones bank, the steel city rovers and the Alabama pipes and drums, along with parlor performances by two hammers (hammered dulcimers). Celtic heritage was on display by arts and craft vendors and demonstrators. Celtic baked goods were included among food vendors. Tartans and celtic merchandise were available to study and to purchase. Creative and educational activities were provided for children. Attendance was estimated to be about 900 people. Total reach was about 1400 people.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.7%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.51; rating input score 78; 78th 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: 55.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.7% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.