Historic Elsah Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237174494
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Elsah, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6183741565
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,015
- Expenses
- $29,462
- Assets
- $263,410
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DONNA DEWEESE (President)
- TIM TOMLINSON (PRESIDENT EMERI)
People named in this filing
- DONNA DEWEESE (President)
- CLAYTON BOWERS (Director)
- STEPHANIE YOUNG (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
The organization is dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of historic buildings, house architecture and culture of the village of elsah. The foundation supports and encourages historical research on the village and other nearby historic areas, the publication of brochures, pamphlets and periodicals regarding the village and the establishment of an educational program to inform the general public of the historical and educational value of the village.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided educational services to the general public of the historical and educational value of the village
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.4%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.94; rating input score 91; 91st 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: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.