Defiance County Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
346573633
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Defiance, OH, USA
Phone
2603160169
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,981
Expenses
$106,223
Assets
$280,679

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FOYLE SOLETHER (PRESIDENT)
  • TOM BIDLACK (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • FOYLE SOLETHER (PRESIDENT)
  • TOM BIDLACK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIM FREDERICK (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 provide facilities and opportunities for educational activities

What it reported doing in 2025

Motorama and displays of historical motorized vehicles and other equipment 125 attendedwwii reenactment: historical presentation of life as a soldier including u.s. Soldiers, german, italian, and british. Demonsttrating tactical skirmish. 250 attendedfiberpalooza show demonstrating historical methods for the use of various fibers including the processing of flax to spin thread, weaving and quilting.new attendees 91 and members attending 60.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.8%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 16

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.64; rating input score 86; 86th 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: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.8% of revenue deployed · 15.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 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
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.