Friends of Coronado Historic Site

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030523638
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Bernalillo, NM, USA
Phone
5058675153
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,587
Expenses
$68,168
Assets
$145,468
Liabilities
$12,335

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHERRY HARDAGE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHERRY HARDAGE (PRESIDENT)
  • JAE RIEBE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KATE HORA (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

The mission of the friends of coronado historic site is to support the conservation and restoration of historical assets and museum exhibits, and to promote through community outreach, the historical and cultural significance of the coronado and jemez historic sites - including the ancestral pueblos of kuaua and giusewa, the coronado expedition, and the mission of san jose de los jemez.

What it reported doing in 2025

Selected 2025 accomplishments: volunteerism: donated more than 5,800 volunteer hours in 2024, valued at more than 159,300. Fundraising: raised over 138,800 (before expenses) from gift shops, member dues, and donations. Financial support: invested over 66,200 to support ongoing programs and special events at both historic sites. Evenets/programs: funded and provided volunteers for astronomy ights, pubelo independence day, lights og gisewa, fiesta of cultures, environmental education, crafts workshops, horno baking, traditional storytelling, the dedication ceremony for the diane schuler educational pavillion and a performance of traditional New Mexico music by the group lone pinon. Academic awards: awarded 3,000 to phd candidate peter kovacik for radiocarbon dating of sample materials for his study of land use practices in colonial New Mexico. Branding/website: hired a marketing expert who created a cohesive appearance for all our print, online, and other communications; ensured that our messaging is onsistent; and overhauled our website to include an online registration to automate volunteer sign-ups and vendor registration/payment. Administration: several critical administrative tasks were completed this yer. These included bringing our by-laws up to date and concluding a new general operating agreement with the state of New Mexico (allows the friends to operate onsite).

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 74% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.7%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 66.3%; rating input score 66

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.7% of revenue deployed · 66.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 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 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.