Gordon Historical Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391311926
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Gordon, WI, USA
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,385
Expenses
$57,540
Assets
$167,749

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brian Finstad (President)
  • Janet Jenson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Brian Finstad (President)
  • Janet Jenson (Vice President)
  • Rebecca Keith (Secretary)

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

Gordon Wascott Historical Society purpose is to preserve the history of our area through historical displays restoration and maintenance of local historical structures programming and historical tours.

What it reported doing in 2025

The society has created Amick Historical Park at the site where Antoine and Sarah Gordon founders of the Town of Gordon established a trading post in 1858 neat an Ojibwe Indian Village. We have installed and dedicated an official Wisconsin Historical Marker several memorial benches picnic shelters a brick patio with engraved donor brick sidewalks etc. Future plans include an authentic birch bark wigwam and historical markers commemorating historical local figures and events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.1%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76

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: 60.1%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.92; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.1% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.