Entertaining History Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273949595
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Notre Dame, IN, USA
- Phone
- 5749046588
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $139,139
- Expenses
- $89,766
- Assets
- $133,246
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH MARKELL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DOUGLAS MARKELL (DIRECTOR)
- JON ZOOK (DIRECTOR)
- LYNN ROY (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Entertaining history, inc. Is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the exciting task of promoting enjoyment and education of interesting historical periods through reenactments, festivals, and fairs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.3%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 68.7%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.3% of revenue deployed · 68.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.