Curtiss Mansion Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650878612
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Miami Springs, FL, USA
Phone
3058695180
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Commemorative Events

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,873
Expenses
$64,918
Assets
$206,984
Liabilities
$25,041

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Wheeler (President)

People named in this filing

  • Richard Wheeler (President)
  • Carlos Leonard (Treasurer)
  • Carlos Danaan (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Restore and operate the home and gardens of Glenn H Curtiss, visionary, aviator, inventor and developer as an interactive technology based educational center focusing on the inventions and contributions of Mr. Curtiss.

What it reported doing in 2024

Maintenance and restoration of Historic Curtiss Mansion and surrounding grounds and display to the public. Over 15,000 citizens of Miami Springs have benefited from this as well as other residents of Miami Dade County.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.1%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.19; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 85.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.1% of revenue deployed · 0.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 14 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.