Lower Macungie Township Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232656813
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Wescosville, PA, USA
Phone
6109673653
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies & Historic Preservation

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,287
Expenses
$33,616
Assets
$71,277
Liabilities
$152

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarajane Williams (President)
  • Ann Bartholomew (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Linda Bloom (Director)
  • Richard Gorton (Director)
  • Lee Lichtenwalner (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Lower Macungie Township Historical Society's Mission is to collect, preserve, and celebrate the history of Lower Macungie Township.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Fries Rebellion film, an awards winning film describing the events of the Fries Rebellion that took place in our township and the surrounding region, was produced in 2024, in anticipation of America250 celebrations. Distribution and promotion were active during 2025, including screenings; DVD production and distribution, including sales and donations of copies to and libraries and schools, with a teacher's guide; publication of a self-guided tour map of sites where the rebels met; cable TV; and publicity in many media. The Lower Macungie Township Historical Society also awarded two $1000 scholarships, each to a 2025 graduate of the local high school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.8%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.12; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -138.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 61.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.8% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.