Empire Alpaca Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020582129
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Prattsburgh, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6078685401
- Rating
- 40
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,569
- Expenses
- $22,614
- Assets
- $189,013
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JUSTIN MCELROY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- HOLLY JACOBS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JEFFREY JORRITSMA (TREASURER)
- JUSTIN MCELROY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEAN RUSSELL (MEMBER-AT-LARGE)
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 promote knowledge regarding alpacas
What it reported doing in 2025
Conduct a joint annual alpaca show exhibition in upstate ny to promote education through various seminars & sessions, with vendors promoting the latest products; demonstrations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.1%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 56.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.36; 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: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 7.1% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.