Mcarthur Burney Falls Interpretive Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680041373
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Burney, CA, USA
Phone
9169557078
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,737
Expenses
$54,669
Assets
$80,347
Liabilities
$343

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Downie (Vice President)
  • Jim Sacson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Bob Boyce (Director)
  • Mark Downie (Vice President)
  • Alice Hoveman (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

Support the provision of interpretive and educational services at the McArthur-Burney Falls State Park, the Castle Crags State Park and Ahjumawi-Lava Springs State Park.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educational & Interpretive Services at McArthur Burney Falls State park: 35,000 Visitor Guides were printed & distributed to park visitors. The Visitor Center provided services to 12,780 visitors during the 2025 season, April-October, 2025. 1500 visitors completed the Discovery Challenge and received 2025 patches. MBFIA sponsored Shasta Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue to conduct 5 campfire presentations and an Art In The Park Event Twelve hundred adults & children attended Heritage Day, held in October with Old Time Fiddlers, ropemaking, branding, log sawing, candle making, apple juicing, cornhusk dolls, embroidery and other activities of the 1870's. Two Interpretive Signs were created to replace damaged signs on the Falls Loop Trail. Managed the production and sale of 3600 firewood bundles for 1700 campers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 87% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.7%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.