Elcho Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822596765
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Elcho, WI, USA
Phone
7736190848
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,928
Expenses
$37,148
Assets
$68,298
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Wheeler (President)
  • Bryan Spransy (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • William Wheeler (President)
  • Bryan Spransy (Vice-President)
  • Gregory E Mejak (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

A community-based organization with a collaborative and dedicated mission in collecting, preserving and sharing the history of Elcho, Wisconsin and the surrounding communities. The museum will house historical artifacts. There are plans for sections in the museum to highlight our local logging and railroad history, local veterans who served in the armed forces, the relationship with local settlers with our Native American ancestral neighbors and a display of historical chainsaws. Future generations will experience rotating and interactive exhibits.

What it reported doing in 2025

Restoration began on the historic building that was gifted to the Elcho Historical Society to house a museum dedicated to reflecting the rich past of Elcho Wisconsin and surrounding communities. In 2022 the building was raised up and a full basement was dug out. Also the existing three layers of roofing were removed and a new roof was installed. In 2023 the front wall was restored to its original appearance, electricity and a new furnace were installed. In 2024 the windows were replaced, insulation installed, interior was replastered, caulked and painted. In 2025 handicapped accessible decks and ramps were installed and exhibit displays were created & installed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.9%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 63; 63rd 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: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.9% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 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.
  • 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 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.