Knight Foundry Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832165652
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Sutter Creek, CA, USA
Phone
2095606160
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,085
Expenses
$107,217
Assets
$396,155
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Robin D Peters (Director)
  • Joseph Harralson (Director)
  • Wade Worsham (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Historic industrial site restoration & industrial education

What it reported doing in 2024

Restoration of historic industrial site - the Knight Foundry site in Sutter Creek, CA. Activities include repair & restoration of buildings, equipment, site features, etc. Persons benefitted: 3,000-6,000 est.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 65.8%; rating input score 66

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.69; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45% of revenue deployed · 65.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.