Gothenburg Pony Express Assoc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812053458
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Gothenburg, NE, USA
Phone
3085372426
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,125
Expenses
$75,688
Assets
$94,362
Liabilities
$4,055

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW G WEISS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW G WEISS (PRESIDENT)
  • LINDSEY M ZAHLLER (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
  • LORRI A WEISS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Operation and mainteance of a museum in an original pony express station, and conduct of related activities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Operation and maintenance of a pony express museum in an original pony express station. The museum attracts about 45,000 people each year

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 72% 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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 44
  • Growth: 60

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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.