Friends of Ebeys Landing National Historical Reserve
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461730957
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Coupeville, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3606786633
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $228,083
- Expenses
- $203,254
- Assets
- $422,481
- Liabilities
- $1,821
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LYNDA AUSTIN (Vice President)
- MARILYN SHERMAN CLAY (President)
People named in this filing
- MARLYS ERICKSON (Director)
- LINDA ECKHOLM (Director)
- VICKY REYES (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization is the fundraising entity for ebey's landing national historical reserve. Working in cooperation with the trust board of ebey's landing national historical reserve and the national park service, the organization funds projects and programs that protect, preserve and enhance the cultural and natural resources and visitor experience of the reserve.
What it reported doing in 2024
Ebey's forever grant program - the grant program was established in 2009 as a means of supporting the preservation, rehabilitation and continued use of heritage buildings within the reserve. The organization works with donors to fund the ebey's forever grant program annually. To date, over ninety structures have received critical funding for brick and mortar preservation work. The program has circulated more than $2,000,000 into the local economy. Overall, the ebey's forever grant program is an inspiring example of how a vibrant community can keep history alive. The organization is proud to support the hard work of the trust board and their implementation of the ebey's forever grant program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.8%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 89.9%; rating input score 90; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.08; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.8% of revenue deployed · 62.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $127K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 26 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.