Dry Creek Historical Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203832450
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Boise, ID, USA
- Phone
- 2082294006
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,095
- Expenses
- $46,052
- Assets
- $39,563
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Cyndi Elliot (President & Tre)
People named in this filing
- Cyndi Elliot (President & Tre)
- Jay Karamales (Historian)
- Cheryl Cook (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
It is the mission of the Dry Creek Historical Society to inspire respect for the past; to enrich our understanding of the present through historic preservation; to contribute to the preservation of the agricultural history of Ada County and the Dry Creek Valley; to preserve and support the Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead; and to partner with local and regional history organizations to promote a vibrant connection amoung the past, present and future.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025 Dry Creek Historical Society provided educational services to 2,000 students from area schools and the general public.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.8%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 6.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 44; 44th 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: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.