Klamath County Museum Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931085292
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Klamath Falls, OR, USA
Phone
5418915128
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$248,689
Expenses
$170,836
Assets
$1,325,116
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Eric Nelson (President)
  • Joe Young (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Linda Hammerich (Member)
  • Linda McBride (Secretary)
  • Eric Nelson (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Support, Improvement and Maintenance of the Klamath County Museum, Baldwin Hotel Museum and the Fort Klamath Museum.

What it reported doing in 2025

7-01-25 to 06-30-26 Klamath County Museum Foundation and dba Klamath County Historical Society accomplishments.$122,878 funding of painting and electrical upgrades to the Klamath County Baldwin Hotel Museum.$16,897 funding for new carpet for the lobby of the Klamath County Museum.$9,850 funding of Klamath County Museum roof repair.$1,400 for payments to fund speakers for the Klamath County Museums Snake War lecture series.$283 funding for the Museums trolley drivers vests.07-12-25 Mitchell Monument on site presentation.08-10-25 - Program: Cemetery Walk at the historic Linkville Cemetery.09-20-25 - Program: Historic Walk on Pacific Terrace.09-25-25 - Program: The 1983 Earthquake and Rebuilding of the Courthouse.03-19-26 - Program: Blacksmithing in the Klamath Basin04-16-26 - Program: History of the Klamath County Museum05-21-26 Program: Marsh to MeadowsJune 2025 Participating with the Museum and Klamath County Library to have a USA 250th year time capsule that will be opened in 50 years.06-20-26 Program: Historic Walk on High Street.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.3%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.76; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $171K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.