Ghost Army Legacy Project Inc % Mr Rick Beyer

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813583716
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lexington, MA, USA
Phone
7815073646
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,279
Expenses
$29,845
Assets
$48,085
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD BEYER (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ROY EICHHORN (DIRECTOR)
  • RICHARD MARK (CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR)
  • CAROLYN CAGLE (DIRECTOR)

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

To honor and preserve the legacy of the men who served in the 23rd headquarters special troops (the ghost army) during world war ii. To increase public awareness about the unit's unique achievements through exhibitions and historical artifacts.

What it reported doing in 2025

Outreach accomplishments: continued to consult on new ghost army displays traveling throughout the country in collabration with the national wwii museum, provide support for the ghost army traveling exhibit, and to continue to generate media coverage and public awareness of the ghost army. The exhibit will open at the Texas tech university in lubbock Texas, scheduled to move to the New York state museum in albany, New York and end at the Washington state history museum in tacoma Washington.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 70.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.