Deposit Community Historical Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237259696
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Deposit, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6074674422
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $62,330
- Expenses
- $28,720
- Assets
- $238,773
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TERRY RAYMOND (PRESIDENT)
- MICHELE SHIRKEY (VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAMMI)
- ED SHIRKEY (VICE PRESIDENT - FACILITIE)
- MICHAEL MUSANTE (VICE PRESIDENT - ARTISTIC)
People named in this filing
- TERRY RAYMOND (PRESIDENT)
- MICHELE SHIRKEY (VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAMMI)
- ED SHIRKEY (VICE PRESIDENT - FACILITIE)
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 historical society was established to preserve and share the unique history of deposit, ny. It serves to motivate and inspire all of us to continue the innovative and creative traditions of our predecessors.
What it reported doing in 2025
The society operates a museum, publishes an informational newsletter, and holds several educational programs during the year. The society aims to showcase the people, places, and events that have shaped our community over the years.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 1.8%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 3
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 53.9%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.31; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -29% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -23.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 1.8% of revenue deployed · 2.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $819 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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 2/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.