Idaho City Historical Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
826008868
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Idaho City, ID, USA
Phone
2083924550
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$93,009
Expenses
$52,749
Assets
$124,722
Liabilities
$89

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barbara McClain (President)
  • Wayne Bushnell (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Barbara McClain (President)
  • Wayne Bushnell (Vice President)
  • John Roberts (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

It is the mission of The Foundation to dedicate itself to the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Boise Basin of Idaho as an historical area for present and future generations.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Idaho City Historical Foundation is trying to capture and preserve the flavor of life in the bustling mining camps that grew up in a few short months after gold was discovered on Grimes creek in August 1862, revealing what it was like to live in Boise Basin in the years between 1862 and 1890 when Idaho became a state. We do so through our three museums, all housed in historic buildings dating from the 1800's and have relied heavily upon descriptions and representations of those people and events. It is the mission of the Foundation to dedicate itself to the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Boise Basin of Idaho as an historical area for present and future generations. The Foundation will develop goals and objectives that further its mission and will strive to focus all activities of The Foundation on achievement of these goals and objectives.We also maintain four other historic buildings for occasional viewing and, with the City of Idaho City, restore and maintain the historic cemetery, with gravesites dating back to the 1860s. Recent donations have allowed us to create a mining history trail and a logging history display.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.6%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.6% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.