Greater Elmer Area Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272627326
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Elmer, NJ, USA
Phone
8563586171
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,661
Expenses
$19,600
Assets
$345,082

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bonny Beth Elwell (President)
  • Benjamin Nolan (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Bonny Beth Elwell (President)
  • Benjamin Nolan (Vice President)
  • Darla Timberman (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

To preserve and promote the histories of the Borough of Elmer, the Township of Pittsgrove, and the Township of Upper Pittsgrove and to promote the cultural growth of the three communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The purpose for which the Greater Elmer Area Historical Society was created is to unite the historical connections of the Borough of Elmer and its two neighboring municipalities - the Township of Upper Pittsgrove and the Township of Pittsgrove. The Society's goal is to utilize that connection to contribute to the understanding and appreciation of the history that the three municipalities share and to promote the cultural growth of the three communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 59
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.3%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0.3%; 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: 5.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.61; rating input score 95; 95th 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: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.3% of revenue deployed · 0.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $60 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.