Media Heritage Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311773997
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5137777891
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Media, Communications Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,322
- Expenses
- $9,089
- Assets
- $84,083
- Liabilities
- $520
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL M MARTINI (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BILL MYERS (DIRECTOR)
- CONNIE LANGHORST (DIRECTOR)
- HAROLD MERTEN (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
Acquisition, preservation and presentation of historic media
What it reported doing in 2024
A museum of radio, television and film history located at the voice of america park which includes restoration of historical radio and television broadcast for use by public radio/televison stations and other non profit organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 17
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 21.5%; rating input score 21
- Program expense ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 10
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -110.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.25; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 21.5% of revenue deployed · 10.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $926 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.