Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison C Camp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473155603
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Elmira, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6074265819
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $122,179
- Expenses
- $22,455
- Assets
- $279,716
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARTIN CHALK (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN TRICE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARTIN CHALK (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN TRICE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TERRI OLSZOWY (BOARD MEMBER)
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
It is the mission of the friends of the elmira civil war prison camp to protect and preserve the history of the civil war in elmira, chemung county and surrounding areas and to educate the public about that history.
What it reported doing in 2024
Co-hosted the second annual elmira civil war symposium with elmira college which included lectures and tours covering a range of topics related to elmira's civil war history. Scheduled activities were held on the historic elmira college campus, barracks #3 of the civil war prison camp, john w. Jones museum, chemng valley history museum, woodlawn cemetary and park church. The keynote speaker was wayne e. Potts, president emeritus and historian of the gettysburg foundation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 11
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 92
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 4%; rating input score 4
- Program expense ratio: 22%; rating input score 22
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 81.6%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.46; rating input score 99; 99th 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: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 4% of revenue deployed · 22% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.