Gendron Ranch Living History Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831806824
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Selah, WA, USA
Phone
5094949224
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$250
Expenses
$88
Assets
$338
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Terri Towner (President/Executive Director)
  • Rondi Downs (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Terri Towner (President/Executive Director)
  • Rondi Downs (Vice President)
  • Elaine Kelting (Co-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

We are still in startup status. The farm has the only historic unmodified hop kiln with horse drawn capability in the US. Programs are being developed to portray farm life as it was in 1920 through living history. Heritage breeds of farm animals are going to be onsite. The board has been developing policies and procedures, recruiting volunteers and researching things like period clothing. Logos, brochures and a facebook page (Gendron Ranch-Living History Museum) have been completed. We are beginning to write for grants and working on a website right now.

What it reported doing in 2025

A heritage chicken breed, Speckled Sussex, has been established on the farm during the year. We have 1 rooster and 9 hens at this time.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.84; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -23.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.