Friends of the Hendricks County Historical Museum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262168960
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Danville, IN, USA
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,528
Expenses
$42,341
Assets
$320,954

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Patricia Baldwin (President Board of Directors)
  • Martha Carter (VIce President Board of Directors)

People named in this filing

  • Patricia Baldwin (President Board of Directors)
  • Martha Carter (VIce President Board of Directors)
  • Gary Owen (Treasurer Board of Directors)

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

Educate preserve and stimulate interest in the history of Hendricks County. 2024 was the Bicentennial of the County so we took a lead in providing historical programs displays and posts also in preparing for America 250.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educate via programs for seniors students scouts civic groups. . 500 approximately in presentations 1400 museum visitors thousands see displays at libraries fairgrounds town hall. Volunteers provide most of this. More than 1500 volunteer hours go toward this.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 88% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

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: 46.1%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.58; rating input score 89; 89th 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: -43.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.