Friends of Crowell Hilaka
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270780916
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Bedford, OH, USA
- Phone
- 4406673356
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $79,971
- Expenses
- $67,436
- Assets
- $315,534
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- COREY RINGLE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- COREY RINGLE (PRESIDENT)
- BETH SANDERSON (VICE PRESIDE)
- ROBERT RICHARDSON (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
Friends of crowell hilaka is a nonprofit advocacy group partnering with the rjrd to preserve, protect, enhance, and promote richfield heritage preserve, formerly crowell hilaka
What it reported doing in 2025
336 acres of winding streams, lakes, and forests that had been closed off from the public for over 75 years. It had been farmed by the pioneer oviatt family and then became the estate of inventor jim kirby. During the 1920s kirby constructed a patented lake, a mill to generate electric power, a house air-conditioned with spring water, and a dance hall built on springs. Upstream, the neal family built their fairy tale houses and operated a thriving fruit farm. The land was purchased by the cleveland girl scouts in 1937 and enclosed for the protection of the girls. In 2015, the property was purchased by the citizens of richfield. It is governed by the richfield joint recreation district (rjrd). Richfield heritage preserve is open to the public every day, dawn to dusk. No admission charge. The main entrance is at 4374 broadview rd, just south of the richfield giant eagle. The oviatt gate (aka the south entrance) is located at 3771 oviatt road, just off of state route 303 the horse gate (aka the summer barn entrance) is located at 4225 oviatt road, just at the top of the long curving hill.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
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: 15.7%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.68; rating input score 83; 83rd 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: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 70.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.