Kit Carson Home and Museum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202211854
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Taos, NM, USA
Phone
5757584945
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,700
Expenses
$181,271
Assets
$145,779
Liabilities
$72,401

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dee Dee Miller (Vice President)
  • John Smedly Jr (President)

People named in this filing

  • Dee Dee Miller (Vice President)
  • John Smedly Jr (President)
  • Charles Randall (Trustee)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inform the public about the life, accomplishments and experiences of Christopher "Kit" Carson during America's expansion to the West and to preserve the Carson Family home and artifacts for visitors and future generations.

What it reported doing in 2018

The Organization provide interpretives tours by trained staff that educates the public about Kit Carson and the 1800s era as well as a lecture series that had over 80 attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $149K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.