George Washington Carver Interpretive Museum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
631252575
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Dothan, AL, USA
Phone
3347120933
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,917
Expenses
$72,335
Assets
$106,962

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SYLVIA FLEMING (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SYLVIA FLEMING (PRESIDENT)
  • SHERYL WHITING (SECRETARY)
  • DESMOND DOUGLAS (VICE PRESIDE)

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

The g.w. Carver interpretive museum is a community museum focused on educating individuals of all ages, races and creeds on the rich historical contributions of african-americans.

What it reported doing in 2025

In honor of dr. Carver's achievements, the g.w. Carver interpretive museum not only provides tours to the public, but we encourage science exploration in our discovery zone, a place of excitement and hands-on learning for students pre-k to 12th grade as well as home-school groups. These services are provided to over 1,200 elementary students as well as the general public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 58; 58th 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: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.2% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $50K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.