Helvetia Sharpshooters Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
370321049
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Highland, IL, USA
Phone
6186543506
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$189,642
Expenses
$192,972
Assets
$437,342
Liabilities
$267

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gary Bargetzi (President)
  • Mike Lengerman (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Gary Bargetzi (President)
  • Mike Lengerman (Vice President)
  • Fred Bircher (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

The organization's primary purpose is to provide a public park for the City of Highland and Madison County residents, as well as a place to hold the Madison County Fair.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization owns and maintains a public park of 44.88 acres for the benefit of the residents of the City of Highland and Madison County. Board members and members of the organization maintain and mow the park. The expenses shown are for the maintenance of the park, which includes a public swimming pool that is leased by the City of Highland for $1 per year, and operated by the City. There are 3 pavilions on the premises, one large one and two smaller ones that are available to the public at a nominal fee. The organization has a close relationship with the Madison County Fairgrounds Association. The county fair is held in the park. The Fairgrounds Association has built structures in the park that are used for the annual county fair. The organization also has a dance hall that is provided to civic organizations or individuals for a rental fee. The food, bar, and rental receipts and dance admissions associated with the dance hall are included on Form 990-T as unrelated business income tax; however, board members and members of the organization volunteer their help in addition to the employees. All of the activities of the dance hall provide wholesome activities for the community at a reasonable price.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - 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: 4
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.6%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 2

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.27; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.6% of revenue deployed · 2.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.