Historic Old Town Auburn Business Association-Merchants Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680010895
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Auburn, CA, USA
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,793
Expenses
$75,205
Assets
$129,831

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kat Eich (President)

People named in this filing

  • Linda Lareau (Treasurer)
  • Jessica Hicks (Secretary)
  • Kat Eich (President)

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 initiate, sponsor, promote and carry out plans, policies, and activities that will tend to promote the preservation and improvement of the historical Auburn business area. To promote the common business interest of the business members, and to engage in all lawful activities and operations normally engaged in by a business league.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Association promotes the Historic Old Town Auburn business area for its 98 current business members by maintaining a web-site and data base to promote the "Old Town" businesses with membership directory registrations and to allow on-line vendor registration for events, email campaigns, and payment processing. All business members are given opportunity to participate in sponsored events by having either a booth on the street or to remain open during the hours of the event. During the year, online presence increased by 25% with social media followers compared to the prior year, after hiring a media consultant. Also, this year $10,000 was contributed towards an Auburn city project for signage outside the particular Business Association area for ensuring a comprehensive and cohesive wayfinding system throughout the city of Auburn area directing local community members and tourists to points of interest and historical sites including the historic "Old Town" district.

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
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -51%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.