Fayette County Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310922493
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Washington Ch, OH, USA
Phone
7403352953
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,512
Expenses
$18,668
Assets
$434,270

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF GARRINGER (PRESIDENT)
  • GLENN RANKIN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JEFF GARRINGER (PRESIDENT)
  • GLENN RANKIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES CARR (SECRETARY)

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

Operation of local historical museum

What it reported doing in 2025

Promotiona grant-newsletter, postage, mailings, signage, artifact preservation, artifact aquisition, operation of a local history museum, 30000 residents and 300 visitors

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.2%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 53.6%; rating input score 54

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: 63%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.26; rating input score 96; 96th 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: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.2% of revenue deployed · 53.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 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 29/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.